FCC Technician Class Exam Study Guide - 2014-2018/Subelement T1 Group E

"Control operator and control types: control operator required; eligibility; designation of control operator; privileges and duties; control point; local, automatic and remote control; location of control operator."

Question 1

 * When is an amateur station permitted to transmit without a control operator?
 * A. When using automatic control, such as in the case of a repeater
 * B. When the station licensee is away and another licensed amateur is using the station
 * C. When the transmitting station is an auxiliary station
 * D. Never

Reference to 97.7(a). The correct answer is D.

Question 2

 * Who may a station licensee designate to be the control operator of an amateur station?
 * A. Any U.S. citizen or registered alien
 * B. Any family member of the station licensee
 * C. Any person over the age of 18
 * D. Only a person for whom an amateur operator/primary station license grant appears in the FCC database or who is authorized for alien reciprocal operation

Reference to 97.7(a). The correct answer is D.

Question 3

 * Who must designate the station control operator?
 * A. The station licensee
 * B. The FCC
 * C. The frequency coordinator
 * D. The ITU

Reference to 97.103(b). The correct answer is A.

Question 4

 * What determines the transmitting privileges of an amateur station?
 * A. The frequency authorized by the frequency coordinator
 * B. The class of operator license held by the station licensee
 * C. The highest class of operator license held by anyone on the premises
 * D. The class of operator license held by the control operator

Reference to 97.103(b). The correct answer is D.

Question 5

 * What is an amateur station control point?
 * A. The location of the station’s transmitting antenna
 * B. The location of the station transmitting apparatus
 * C. The location at which the control operator function is performed
 * D. The mailing address of the station licensee

Reference to 97.3(a)(14). The correct answer is C.

Question 6

 * Under what type of control do APRS network digipeaters operate?
 * A. Automatic
 * B. Remote
 * C. Local
 * D. Manual

Reference to 97.109(d). The correct answer is A.

Question 7

 * When the control operator is not the station licensee, who is responsible for the proper operation of the station?
 * A. All licensed amateurs who are present at the operation
 * B. Only the station licensee
 * C. Only the control operator
 * D. The control operator and the station licensee are equally responsible

Reference to 97.103(a). The correct answer is D.

Question 8

 * Which of the following is an example of automatic control?
 * A. Repeater operation
 * B. Controlling the station over the Internet
 * C. Using a computer or other device to automatically send CW
 * D. Using a computer or other device to automatically identify

Reference to 97.3(a) and 97.205(d). The correct answer is A.

Question 9

 * What type of control is being used when the control operator is at the control point?
 * A. Radio control
 * B. Unattended control
 * C. Automatic control
 * D. Local control

Reference to 97.109(b). The correct answer is D.

Question 10

 * Which of the following is an example of remote control as defined in Part 97?
 * A. Repeater operation
 * B. Operating the station over the Internet
 * C. Controlling a model aircraft, boat or car by amateur radio
 * D. All of these choices are correct

Reference to 97.3(a)(39). The correct answer is B.

Question 11

 * Who does the FCC presume to be the control operator of an amateur station, unless documentation to the contrary is in the station records?
 * A. The station custodian
 * B. The third party participant
 * C. The person operating the station equipment
 * D. The station licensee

Reference to 97.103(a). The correct answer is D.

Question 12

 * When, under normal circumstances, may a Technician Class licensee be the control operator of a station operating in an exclusive Extra Class operator segment of the amateur bands?
 * A. At no time
 * B. When operating a special event station
 * C. As part of a multi-operator contest team
 * D. When using a club station whose trustee is an Extra Class operator licensee

Reference to 97.119(e). The correct answer is A.