Technician exam · sample question
What type of amateur station simultaneously retransmits the signal of another amateur station on a different channel or channels?
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Correct answer: C
FCC rule: §97.3(a)(40)
Question T1F09 · Technician · Commission’s Rules
Practice for the FCC amateur radio license exams with all 1,431 pool questions.
Ham Radio License Quiz Prep is a free app to help you prepare for the amateur radio license exams in the United States. It covers the three license classes, Technician (Element 2), General (Element 3) and Amateur Extra (Element 4), with every question from the question pools published by the NCVEC Question Pool Committee and released into the public domain, including the 14 diagrams. The app is in English.
Practice exam
One question from each group of the pool: 35 for Technician and General, 50 for Amateur Extra, with the same pass mark as the real exam and no time limit.
Practice by topic
One subelement of the pool at a time, in sessions of up to 50 questions, with the correct answer shown after every question.
Review mistakes
The questions you got wrong come back until you answer them correctly 3 times in a row.
New questions
Only the questions you have not answered yet, so you cover the whole question pool.
Statistics
Questions answered, correct answers and mistakes to review, for each topic of your license class.
Exam rules used in the practice exams
- Technician — Element 2 35 questions · pass with 26 correct
- General — Element 3 35 questions · pass with 26 correct
- Amateur Extra — Element 4 50 questions · pass with 37 correct
- Questions drawn one from each topic group of the pool
- Questions in the app 1,431
Based on the FCC rules (47 CFR 97.503) and the NCVEC syllabus. The real exam is prepared by the Volunteer Examiners and may present questions and answer options differently.
Question pools in the app
- Technician 2026–2030 valid July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2030 · 409 questions
- General 2023–2027 valid July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2027 · 423 questions
- Amateur Extra 2024–2028 valid July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2028 · 599 questions
- Withdrawn questions not included
What the app offers
- ✓Every question from the three NCVEC pools, with the diagrams
- ✓Answers in the same A–D order as the pools
- ✓Mistake review: the questions you got wrong come back until you know them
- ✓Statistics by topic and by license class, to see where you need more practice
- ✓No account: your progress is saved on your device
- ✓Works offline: all the questions are in the app
- ✓Free, with ads and no in-app purchases
Topics
Technician — Element 2
General — Element 3
Amateur Extra — Element 4
This app is an independent study aid. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the FCC, the NCVEC, the ARRL or any Volunteer Examiner Coordinator, and it does not use any official seal or logo.
Questions are taken from the public-domain question pools released by the NCVEC Question Pool Committee. The pools published by the NCVEC and the rules published by the FCC always prevail.