Foundation Licence

WIA Amateur Radio
Foundation Level Online Assessment

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This online assessment has been made available for prospective amateurs studying for their Foundation level licence.

For the best outcome we strongly recommend you purchase a copy of "Your Entry Into Amateur Radio" the foundation licence study manual Rev 3, accessible in the Left Hand menu or by clicking this Link.

Each question in this assessment carries equal marks.
Questions must be answered by clicking the button associated with the correct answer for each question.
You have 30 minutes to complete this Amateur Radio Foundation Level online assessment.
The questions are selected at random from a pool of questions.
The order of the answers for each question have been randomised.
Exam questions are © Wireless Institute of Australia (September 2020)
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1. 2 Megavolts is equal to:-

a) 2000 volts

b) 200 volts

c) 200,000 volts

d) 2,000,000 volts

2. Antennas and antenna fittings most importantly must be kept clear of:-

a) power poles and lines

b) trees and shrubs

c) neighbours fences

d) the roof of the house

3. An amateur must produce their Amateur Licence to:-

a) a person to whom they are causing interference

b) an inspector from the Office of Communications

c) ACMA inspectors

d) a local government inspector

4. A radio call that includes PAN PAN means:-

a) an Urgency situation

b) that the call is for a specific country

c) a Distress situation

d) that the call is via the Internet

5. A receiver that can detect weak signals is said to be:-

a) sensitive

b) a parametric detector

c) selective

d) a weak signal detector

6. The primary intent of Amateur radio is to facilitate:-

a) large network of skilled radio listeners

b) prevent the need for using the public telephone system

c) a recreational hobby in radiocommunications

d) weather warnings to ships at sea

7. A Foundation station licensee may:-

a) make internal adjustments to the transmitting equipment to produce harmful interference

b) repair and fix faults inside transmitting equipment

c) construct and operate a transmitter at above 10 watts PEP output

d) fix simple faults and test 100 watt transmitting equipment on air

8. The amateur licence authorises an amateur to:-

a) talk with marine band operators

b) operate on the CB communication band

c) talk on air with other radio amateurs

d) talk with aeronautical band operators

9. Amateur radio is primarily:-

a) a hobby/service that utilises radiocommunications

b) a back up to the Maritime radio service

c) an expansion of the citizens band radio service

d) an encouragement for people to become radio engineers

10. When a fuse blows, it should only be replaced with:-

a) the next biggest current rating

b) a circuit breaker

c) the next smallest current rating

d) the specified type and current rating

11. Interference to a neighbours television equipment by amateur transmissions has been identified; pick up by the equipment through the antenna has been eliminated as the problem. The most likely cause is:-

a) damp atmospheric conditions

b) interference being fed via the mains

c) a high level of sun spots

d) ionospheric refraction

12. An amateur transceiver that is fed into an antenna with an antenna tuning unit that is out of adjustment may cause:-

a) the house lights to dim

b) the antenna polarisation to change

c) a hum in the receiver speaker

d) interference to broadcast radio and television reception

13. When erecting antennas and climbing on structures:-

a) fall prevention must be considered

b) the type of coaxial cable must be considered

c) ERP must be considered

d) the look of the antennas must be considered

14. Using the following conversion chart, convert 150 MHz to wavelength in metres:-

a) 2 metres

b) 70 centimetres

c) 144-146 MHz

d) 1 metre

15. Winding speaker or telephone leads around a ferrite rod or toroid produces:-

a) a RF choke

b) a harmonic filter

c) a bandstop filter

d) a highpass filter

16. EMR requirements pertain to a frequency range of:-

a) 300 GHz to 3000 GHz

b) 3 Hz to 3 kHz

c) 3 kHz to 300 GHz

d) HF, VHF and UHF bands

17. Interference to a telephone or audio entertainment system can be cured by:-

a) adding a highpass filter to the audio leads

b) adding an audio stop filter to the affected equipment

c) placing an RF choke in the audio leads

d) placing a capacitor in series with the audio leads

18. A SWR reading on a coaxial cable of 3:1 would indicate:-

a) that a third of the power was reflected

b) an unsatisfactory antenna match

c) that the coaxial line length is too long

d) that the antenna was one third tuned

19. In the diagram below, the highest ionospheric layer during daylight is:-

a) F1

b) E

c) D

d) F2

20. A 5 watt transmitter with an antenna that has a gain of 2, would have an effective radiated power of:-

a) 15 watts

b) 10 watts

c) 5 watts

d) 20 watts

21. When installing an antenna it is good practice to also install:-

a) lightning protection

b) wind diverters

c) antenna heaters

d) rain diverters

22. As a radio wave travels outward from an antenna it will become:-

a) narrowed and stronger

b) slower once it enters space

c) faster when it hits the troposphere

d) spread out and weaker

23. If you respond to a MAYDAY message, you must:-

a) record MAYDAY details, render all possible assistance, and report to appropriate authorities

b) switch off your radio

c) switch to another band

d) not allow anyone else to communicate with the station calling MAYDAY

24. Modern electronic equipment in the home is rated in terms of radio frequency immunity, which is the:-

a) compatibility with telephone circuits

b) compatibility with the mains supply

c) ability of the electronic equipment to operate properly when subject to strong electromagnetic fields

d) ability to jam amateur radio transmissions by being more powerful

25. An AM transmitter is likely to over modulate if the:-

a) RF gain control is set too high

b) LF gain control is set too high

c) IF gain control is set too high

d) microphone gain control is set too high