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Escondido Amateur Radio Society Quiz Night - 2008.
Welcome !!!
A mixture of questions: historical, theoretical, operational, legal, factual, … Some multiple choice – others straight answers.
Some easy, some not so easy… But all in fun.
35 questions – in about 30 minutes.
Escondido Amateur Radio Society Quiz Night - 2008.
First steps…
Chose your team captain. Chose your team name.
No shouting out the answers. No asking questions.
Escondido Amateur Radio Society Quiz Night - 2008.
Question 1:
What does the acronym EARS stand for in the following URL (WEB address)?
http://www.earsclub.com
Escondido Amateur Radio Society Quiz Night - 2008.
Question 2:
How many world-time-zones are there?
1. 24
2. 26
3. 27
4. 30+
Escondido Amateur Radio Society Quiz Night - 2008.
Question 3:
What was the name of the 2008 movie inspired by an extraordinary true event - a daring, unsolved robbery which took place more than 35 years ago in London.
In the movie - communications by the criminals are intercepted by a Radio Amateur who becomes involved in the attempt to catch them?
Escondido Amateur Radio Society Quiz Night - 2008.
Question 4:
Which of these prefixes are not in Africa?
1. 5N
2. EA9
3. 8P
4. ZS
Escondido Amateur Radio Society Quiz Night - 2008.
Question 5:
A type of oscillator, using a hybrid of design techniques of both Armstrong & Colpitts types exists, and has been dubbed the ‘Armpitt’ oscillator.
1. True
2. False
Escondido Amateur Radio Society Quiz Night - 2008.
Question 6:
Alexander Graham Bell – widely credited with the invention of the telephone was born in which country?
Bonus question: Of which organization was he a founding member?
Escondido Amateur Radio Society Quiz Night - 2008.
Question 7:
In what year was the ARRL founded?
1. 1902
2. 1909
3. 1914
4. 1921
Bonus question: Who was the founder?
Escondido Amateur Radio Society Quiz Night - 2008.
Question 8:
What electronic component does the following symbol represent?
1. N-Channel dual-gate MOSFET
2. P-Channel dual-gate MOSFET
3. NPN Bipolar junction transistor
4. PNP Bipolar junction transistor
Escondido Amateur Radio Society Quiz Night - 2008.
Question 9:
Which IOTA number is for Puerto Rico?
1. SA-036
2. NA-45
3. NA-99
4. EU-126
Escondido Amateur Radio Society Quiz Night - 2008.
Question 10:
Which of these are not valid UK call-signs?
1. GD0AGF
2. 2M0AUF
3. MP56HAP
4. MM5TQA
Escondido Amateur Radio Society Quiz Night - 2008.
Question 11:
What is the total value of the two capacitors, when connected in parallel - if each is 10µF?
1. 5 µF
2. 10 µF
3. 20 µF
4. 33 µF
Escondido Amateur Radio Society Quiz Night - 2008.
Question 12:
In what year was the USA “W” call-sign prefix first introduced?
1. 1909
2. 1912
3. 1927
4. 1934
Escondido Amateur Radio Society Quiz Night - 2008.
Question 13:
What was the name of the US TV Sci-Fi show - about a small town’s survival after a nuclear attack on 24 US cities - in which the opening credits are done in Morse code?
Escondido Amateur Radio Society Quiz Night - 2008.
Question 14:
What was the former name of the land now known as Taiwan?
1. Formosa
2. Indo-China
3. New China
4. New Hong-Kong
Escondido Amateur Radio Society Quiz Night - 2008.
Question 15:
The frequency at which a power pentode’s screen capacitance and lead inductance are in resonance is called:
1. Cut-off frequency
2. Bias Point
3. Self-neutralizing frequency
4. Maximum Usable Frequency
Escondido Amateur Radio Society Quiz Night - 2008.
Question 16:
When was DXCC introduced?
1. 1935
2. 1927
3. 1946
4. 1937
Escondido Amateur Radio Society Quiz Night - 2008.
Question 17:
Which space shuttle carried Owen Garriott, W5LFL into space?
1. Discovery
2. Endeavor
3. Columbia
4. Challenger
Escondido Amateur Radio Society Quiz Night - 2008.
Question 18:
What is the Inductive reactance (XL) of a 56µH inductor, at a frequency of 7MHz?
1. 2.46 Ω
2. 24.6 Ω
3. 246 Ω
4. 2.46k Ω
Escondido Amateur Radio Society Quiz Night - 2008.
Question 19:
Do you have to give your call-sign when you first call a new station?
1. Yes
2. No
3. Only during contesting
4. Only during sporadic-e operation
Escondido Amateur Radio Society Quiz Night - 2008.
Question 20:
What is the national FM calling frequency on the 902MHz band?
1. 927.5MHz
2. 902.5MHz
3. 900.0MHz
4. 902.0MHz
Escondido Amateur Radio Society Quiz Night - 2008.
Question 21:
What is the resonant frequency of a parallel tuned circuit – consisting of a 68nF capacitor & a 100µH inductor?
1. 61Hz
2. 61KHz
3. 6.1MHz
4. 61MHz
Escondido Amateur Radio Society Quiz Night - 2008.
Question 22:
Radar was first demonstrated at a frequency of 432 MHz.
1. True
2. False
Escondido Amateur Radio Society Quiz Night - 2008.
Question 23:
What is the name of the book which comprises a collection of Ham Radio cartoons – written by Dick Sylvan (W9CBT)?
1. Tee Hee
2. Ho Ho Ho
3. Hi Hi
4. He He
Escondido Amateur Radio Society Quiz Night - 2008.
Question 24:
What prefix is assigned to a US Ham requesting a reciprocal call-sign in Japan?
1. JA
2. 7A
3. 7J
4. JH
Escondido Amateur Radio Society Quiz Night - 2008.
Question 25:
Which circuit component is typically operated in its reverse break-down region?
1. Ceramic capacitor
2. Field-Effect transistor
3. Electrolytic capacitor
4. Zener diode.
Escondido Amateur Radio Society Quiz Night - 2008.
Question 26:
In March 1973, where did the organizational meeting of the Escondido Amateur Radio Society take place?
Bonus question: What was the name of the first EARS club newsletter?
Escondido Amateur Radio Society Quiz Night - 2008.
Question 27:
What is a “Wouff Hong”?
1. An exotic island coveted by DX Hounds.
2. An instrument of torture to be used against bad operators.
3. A new digital mode invented in China.
4. A full-wave horizontal loop antenna.
Escondido Amateur Radio Society Quiz Night - 2008.
Question 28:
In the Emitter-Follower circuit below, what is the approximate value of Vout - given that T1 has an hFE of 10?
1. 5 Volts
2. 50 Volts
3. 55 Volts
4. 56 Volts
Escondido Amateur Radio Society Quiz Night - 2008.
Question 29:
What year did the FCC take the General written test off of the Novice license test – leaving just the Novice written, and 5 wpm code?
1. 1989
2. 1884
3. 1986
4. 1981
Escondido Amateur Radio Society Quiz Night - 2008.
Question 30:
Which of the below could a novice class control operator legally do in 1963?
1. Use CW with their VFO set to 3710KHz
2. Use CW with a crystal for 7030KHz
3. Use CW with their VFO set to 7070KHz
4. Use AM phone with a crystal for 145.800MHz
Escondido Amateur Radio Society Quiz Night - 2008.
Question 31:
What is the approximate length of a half-wave dipole antenna for 7.05MHz – assuming a velocity factor of 0.95?
1. 64’3”
2. 66’9”
3. 33’5”
4. 133’6”
Escondido Amateur Radio Society Quiz Night - 2008.
Question 32:
The Soviet Radar that plagued the HF bands with QRM a number of years ago, was nicknamed the:
1. Quacking Duck
2. Woodpecker
3. Funky Chicken
4. Chipmunk
Escondido Amateur Radio Society Quiz Night - 2008.
Question 33:
Which UK TV detective show from the 80’s - features Morse code in its haunting musical score?
Escondido Amateur Radio Society Quiz Night - 2008.
Question 34:
In the following modulation diagram, what is meant by the acronym OFDM?