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Knowledge Checklist
Quiz 1
Multiple Choice Quiz (tick the best answer
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1 Amateur Radio Licences are issued by
A [ ] The Radio Society of Great Britain
B [ ] OFCOM
C [ ] The local College of Further Education
D [ ] The TV Licensing Authority
2 Which of the following is NOT permitted on Amateur Radio?
A [ ] A reply to a station in another country
B [ ] A message in Morse code
C [ ] Transmitting music
D [ ] Agreeing to meet at the radio club
3 Radio waves ..
A [ ] can only be used by Radio Amateurs
B [ ] are part of the waves known as sonar
C [ ] travel at the speed of sound
D [ ] are part of the electromagnetic spectrum
4 If a radio wave has a long wavelength then
A [ ] Its frequency is low
B [ ] Its frequency is high
C [ ] Its frequency changes on sunny days
D [ ] Its frequency changes at night
5 A Radio Wave with a frequency of 144MHz is known as
A [ ] Low Frequency LF
B [ ] High Frequency HF
C [ ] Very High Frequency VHF
D [ ] Microwave
6 Band Plans are published because
A [ ] it is a convenient way of remembering the amateur licence conditions
B [ ] it allows the different modes and types of transmission to best share the
band without causing chaos
C [ ] it allocates most of the band to the higher power stations
D [ ] it is illegal to operate in contravention of the band plan.
7 RAYNET is
A [ ] a type of radar
B [ ] the latest type of commercial fishing sonar
C [ ] a group of radio amateurs all called Ray
D [ ] a group of Radio Amateurs providing emergency communications
Answers are on the bottom of page 10.