NZART Amateur Examination                     page 1          NZARTX07 Security code 270029
  1. The prime document for the administration of the Amateur Service in New Zealand is the:
    1. New Zealand Radiocommunications Regulations
    2. Broadcasting Act
    3. Radio Amateur's Handbook
    4. minutes of the International Telecommunication Union meetings

  2. All amateur stations, regardless of the mode of transmission used, must be equipped with:
    1. a reliable means for determining the operating radio frequency
    2. a dummy antenna
    3. an overmodulation indicating device
    4. a dc power meter

  3. Unqualified persons in your family cannot transmit using your amateur station if they are alone with your equipment because they must:
    1. not use your equipment without your permission
    2. hold a General Amateur Operator Certificate of Competency before they are allowed to be operators
    3. first know how to use the right abbreviations and Q signals
    4. first know the right frequencies and emissions for transmitting

  4. Peak envelope power (PEP) output is the:
    1. average power output at the crest of the modulating cycle
    2. total power contained in each sideband
    3. carrier power output
    4. transmitter power output on key-up condition

  5. The holder of a General Amateur Operator Certificate of Competency may permit anyone to:
    1. use an amateur radio station to communicate with other radio amateurs
    2. pass brief messages of a personal nature provided no fees or other consideration are requested or accepted
    3. operate the amateur station under the supervision and in the presence of a qualified operator
    4. take part in communications only if prior written permission is received from the MED

  6. Messages from an amateur station in one of the following are expressly forbidden:
    1. ASCII
    2. International No. 2 code
    3. Baudot code
    4. secret cipher

  7. A person in distress:
    1. must use correct communication procedures
    2. may use any means available to attract attention
    3. must give position with a grid reference
    4. must use allocated safety frequencies
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