General Class
Intermediate license providing expanded HF privileges. Covers more advanced operating procedures, radio wave propagation, and circuit theory. 35 questions, 26 needed to pass.
Which of the following is characteristic of a switchmode power supply as compared to a linear power supply?
What is the purpose of neutralizing an amplifier?
Which of these classes of amplifiers has the highest efficiency?
Which of the following describes the function of a two-input AND gate?
In a Class A amplifier, what percentage of the time does the amplifying device conduct?
How many states does a 3-bit binary counter have?
What is a shift register?
Which of the following are basic components of a sine wave oscillator?
How is the efficiency of an RF power amplifier determined?
What determines the frequency of an LC oscillator?
Which of the following describes a linear amplifier?
For which of the following modes is a Class C power stage appropriate for amplifying a modulated signal?
What circuit is used to select one of the sidebands from a balanced modulator?
What output is produced by a balanced modulator?
What is one reason to use an impedance matching transformer at a transmitter output?
How is a product detector used?
Which of the following is characteristic of a direct digital synthesizer (DDS)?
Which of the following is an advantage of a digital signal processing (DSP) filter compared to an analog filter?
What term specifies a filter’s attenuation inside its passband?
Which parameter affects receiver sensitivity?
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