January 2010 edition Compiled by Fred Johnson MNZM ZL2AMJ zl2amj@nzart.org.nz
Study Notes with an introduction to Amateur Radio, the Syllabus, the Examination Question-Bank
and test-yourself
facilities!
Files for downloading follow below: All material here prints OK in black on white paper.
All BOOK files are .pdf
A one-page SUMMARY
of this page
(.pdf for printing or circulating with newsletters)..
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Book 1. “What YOU do ...to Become a Radio
Amateur". The Syllabus and other
features of the examination system. (13 pages.)
Book 2. “All you need to know...to BECOME a RADIO AMATEUR!”. A
theory text-book, or, if
required, classroom “hand-out” notes. (130 pages.)
"Quick Indexing"*.
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Book 3. “The Amateur Radio Question-Bank (WITHOUT Answers)”. All the genuine questions for
self-testing!
(60 pages.)
"Quick Indexing"*.
Book 4. “A Sample examination paper (WITHOUT Answers)”,
with a candidate’s answer sheet. (12
pages.)
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Book 5. “The Amateur Radio Question-Bank”.
The MASTER copy of the Question-bank for this examination system.
(60 pages.)
"Quick Indexing"*.
Book 6.
A short
“Statement” version of “The Amateur Radio
Question-Bank”.
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(For the
visually impaired, here is an
uncluttered.txt file of BOOK 6 for
screen-reading/talking.)
The EXAMINATION:
The Syllabus content is divided into 60 "Clusters".
(Book 1)
The Examination Question-Bank has 600 questions
spread into 60 Clusters with 10 questions in each Cluster. (Book 5)
Examinations are 60 questions,
one randomly selected from each Cluster. All examination papers are different.
(Book 4) A pass is 40 correct
answers.
Each question is identified by a Cluster Number (01 to 60)
and the number within the Cluster (0 to 9). The correct answer choice may also
appear:
For example:
23-7-(c)
is Cluster 23, Question 7
in that Cluster,
c is the correct answer.
*"Quick Indexing":
Navigating between books and tracking questions is easy!
1.
The
CONTENTS list on the first page of
BOOK 2
is clearly visible through the transparent plastic front cover sheet. The
subject topics for the Study Notes and the relevant Syllabus (Cluster) Numbers
are listed.
2.
The
footnotes at the bottom of each page
of the Study Notes in
BOOK 2 show the relevant Syllabus (Cluster)
Numbers and the Cluster Name.
3.
The Question-Banks (BOOKS
3 and 5), have all the ten questions in a Cluster on one page - and
the page number is the same as the Cluster
Number!
Check your study progress!
The 600-question examination Question-Bank is in two Books:
Book 3 – all answers have been removed,
and,
Book 5 – has the answers to all questions.
You
can easily self-test yourself!
Use Book 3 and attempt (say) question 5 from clusters 1 through to 60. Note your selections on the chart inside the back of Book 2, page 129. Then check your answers using Book 5 – mark your own paper.
Two students can work together: One has the answers, and quotes a Question Number. The other locates the Question and states the answer – to be told if it is right or wrong and - discuss the topic. Keep a score!
Test yourself
regularly to monitor your progress.
You can practice answering real questions from the New Zealand Amateur Radio Examination question-bank and track your score too!
Click here and log-on. This facility has been kindly provided by KD0FNR.
Moving diagrams: For your computer:
Resistor
Circuits
Alternating Current
Radio
Waves
Are you are ready to be examined? Contact the
Wellington VHF Group.
A formal test will be arranged, for a mutually-agreed time and place.
JOIN NZART - The New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters Inc.
- the New Zealand radio amateurs' organisation.
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