NTC Review:

ELEMENT 2
Distrito ng Quezon
July 10, 2022
A: EXTRA CLASS

1. A class A amateur
radio license is also
known as?

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A: GENERAL CLASS

2. A class B amateur
radio license is also
known as?

3
A: TECHNICIAN CLASS

3. A class C amateur
radio license is also
known as?

4
A: FOUNDATION CLASS

4. A class D amateur
radio license is also
known as?

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A: 0.635 cm high

5. What size of the callsign

character shall be posted
on the equipment used for
a portable station?

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A: 5.08 cm high

6. What size of the callsign

character shall be posted on
the windshield of a vehicle
or vessel of a mobile
station?

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A: 10 cm high

7. What size of the callsign

character shall be posted
at the entrance of the
premises where it is
located?

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A: MAYDAY

8. What is the distress

signal for radio telephony?

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A: SOS

9. What is the distress

signal for radio
telegraphy?

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A: SECURITE

10. What is the distress

signal for safety?

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A: PAN

11. What is the distress

signal for urgency?

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A: AMATEUR PORTABLE STATION

12. What amateur station is so

designed that it may conveniently
be moved about from one place to
another or personally carried and
be operated while in motion or
during temporary halts?

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A: AMATEUR FIXED STATION

13. What radio station in the

amateur service is installed at a
specified and fixed location?

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A: AMATEUR MOBILE STATION

14. What station in the amateur

service is installed onboard a
vehicle or vessel and intended
to be used while in motion or
during halts at unspecified
points?
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A: AMATEUR RADIO
COMMUNICATION

15. Refers to
telecommunications using
radio waves conducted by or
among duly authorized
amateur operators on a non-
commercial basis.
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A: 200 WATTS

16. A Class C amateur shall be

authorized to operate an HF
fixed Radio Station with output
power not exceedingly how
much on single sideband
suppressed carrier?
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A: 500 WATTS

17. A Class B licensee shall be

authorized to operate on HF
fixed radio station with an
output power not
exceeding___ watts on CW?

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A: ITU

18. What is the United Nations

agency based in Geneva,
Switzerland which coordinates
the global use of the radio
spectrum?

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A: PARA

19. The only recognized

national society of amateurs in
the Philippines is?

20
A: Only to duly recognized amateur
organization

20. NTC may grant the

organization to install and
operate a repeater to whom?

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A: AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE

21. A radio communication

service for self-training,
intercommunication, and
technical investigations
conducted by amateurs.

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A: 3 YEARS

22. What is the maximum

effectivity period of a license
may issue to a new qualified
applicant or for renewal?

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A: COMMERCIAL AND BROADCAST
MESSAGES

23. In the amateur band what

kind of message should not be
transmitted?

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A: DU

24. In DU1XXX what is the

prefix?

Note: Prefix is the first two letters of a

callsign.
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A: RADIO STATION

25. ________is the station with one

or more transmitter-receivers or
combinations of transmitters or
receivers including the accessory
equipment authorized at a location
for carrying on the radio
communication.
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A: DUPLICATE LICENSE

26. What application should be

filed with the NTC when an
amateur license has been lost,
mutilated, or destroyed?

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A: ONLY DULY LICENSED AMATEUR

27. Who is eligible to use the

amateur frequency band
allocated for the rules and
regulations governing the
amateur radio service in this
country?
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A: DU1ZEF Mobile 8

28. If an amateur with DU1ZEF

dives into Zamboanga for a day,
how should he identify his mobile
station when transmitting in
radiotelephony?

Note: Callsign + Station + PARA District of current

location 29
A: 7.000 – 7.300 MHz

29. What frequency band on

40-meter HF can be used by an
amateur in the Philippines?

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A: Anytime upon request by an NTC representative
or inspector with a written authority

30. When shall an amateur

make his station and
documents available for NTC
inspection?

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A: 10,000

31. How much shall NTC fine

a firm, company, corporation,
or association found to have
illegally purchased a
base/radio transceiver?

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A: 2,000 and/or imprisonment of not
more than 2 years for each offense

32. How much shall NTC fine

any person who had been found
to have violated the law with
illegal possession and illegal
transmission of an amateur
transceiver?
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A: AMATEUR SATELITTE SERVICE

33. ______ is defined as a

radio communication service
using space station on earth
satellites for the same purpose
as those of the amateur radio
service.
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A: NTC

34. What is the government agency

which grants permits for the use of
radiofrequency for wireless telephone
and telegraph systems and radio
communications systems including
amateur radio stations and radio-
television broadcasting systems?
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A: ELEMENT 2

35. An applicant for an

amateur class D license is
eligible if he passes what
element?

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A: PERMIT TO POSSESS

36. What document is issued

by NTC authorizing
possession of a radio
transmitter or receiver?

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A: 9 YEARS OLD

37. For foundation class, the

minimum age requirement
provided with parental
consent?

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A: ELEMENT 2

38. Holders of first-class or

second-class radio telegraphy
certificate shall be required to
pass only to secure a class B
certificate?

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A: 100%

39. For every year that an

Amateur license has expired and
filed for renewal at NTC, a
surcharge equivalent to ____
shall be charged in addition to
the regular annual license fee?
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A: 50 MHz

40. Simultaneous transmission

of sound and picture in
amateur TV on all frequencies
above ____ is allowed by
NTC?

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A: 850 Hz

41. In radio teletype

transmission, the frequency
shift shall not exceed?

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A: CLASS D

42. If a candidate for class C

fail in element 3 and 4 but
passes element 2, he shall be
eligible for class license in
class_____?

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A: an output power not exceeding 50 WATTS
and 10 WATTS on VHF mobile or portable

43. A Class D license shall be

authorized to operate a VHF
fixed radio station with an
output power not exceeding ___
watts and ___ watts on VHF
mobile or portable?
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A: TRUSTEE

44. The amateur repeater

station is in the name of?

45
A: 25 MEMBERS

45. An Amateur Radio Club

must have at least how many
members?

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A: UNIMPORTANT MESSAGES

46. Communication with

amateur stations of other
countries is allowed but shall
be limited only to
__________?

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A: TRUSTEE

47. Who is responsible for the

correct and proper operation of
the amateur fixed station of an
amateur club?

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A: 145.000 MHz (+- 25 KHz)

48. The frequency _______

shall be used only for
emergency communication and
general calling for
radiotelephony.

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A: SEPT. 20, 2007
49. The amateur class C license of
Mr. Maldito will expire in 2007. If
he was born on October 20, 1976,
when should he file his license to
avoid a penalty?

Note: Renewal of license should be done 1

month before expiry 50
A: BROAD STATION

50. An amateur radio station is

allowed to contact?

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A: VHF only

51. Amateur class D certificate

holders are authorized to
operate___ band only.

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A: 50%

52. The Average passing grade

of the amateur examination is
70% provided there is no grade
below ___%.

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A: RADIO

53. ______ is the general term

applied to the use of radio
waves.

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A: CALLSIGN

54. What is the combination of

letters and numbers to identify
a radio station known as?

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A: RADIO APPARATUS

55. ______is defined as a

reasonably complete sufficient
combination of a district radio
signal or both?

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A: POSTED IN A CONSPICUOUS
PLACE

56. Where should amateur

radio station license be placed
in the radio station?

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A: D. ALL OF THE ABOVE
a. Upgrading to higher class
57. What type of of license
modification of the b. Transfer of Location of
the fixed station
amateur it was first
c. Installation of additional
issued can be filed with or change of transmitter
the NTC? or transceiver
d. All of the above
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A: LICENSEE’S BIRTH MONTH

58. On what month does the

expiration of a license issued
by NTC fall, except for those
with lifetime privileges?

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A: NOT EXCEEDING 1 MINUTE

59. To facilitate the reception of

distress calls using the
emergency frequency on 2-
meters transmission should be
kept to a minimum and for how
long?
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A: 2 YEARS

60. How long should a radio

logbook be kept?

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A: 5 YEARS

61. How long should a radio

logbook with a distress signal
be kept?

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A: Listen for a reasonable time before
transmitting

62. What should an amateur

without distress traffic does on
the emergency frequency on 2-
meters to make sure no distress
traffic is taking place?

63
A: REPEATER STATION

63. Refers to an unmanned

fixed station that receives a
signal on a frequency and
automatically transmits the
same signal on another
frequency.
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A: MODIFICATION OF LICENSE

64. If a Class C amateur passes

the examination for an upgrade
in class B, how does he affect
the upgrade in the license?

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A: RADIO COMMUNICATION

65. It refers to
telecommunication using radio
waves.

66
A: TELECOMMUNICATION

66. Any transmission, emission,

or reception of signs signal
writings, image and sounds or
intelligence of any nature by
wire, radio, optical, or other
electromagnetic systems.
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A: 145.000 and 7.045 MHz

67. In April 2011 NTC issued a

memorandum 04-03-2011 on
some frequencies under this on
2M and 450M shall be used by
amateur as calling frequency
under this MC.
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A: 144 MHz

68. The Frequency of a

transmitter operating below
____ must be suppressed
during periods of reception.

69
A: 5 WPM

69. What is the morse code

speed requirement for class A?

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A: DISTRICT 7

70. Dumaguete is under

amateur district?

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A: CAMARINES NORTE,
CATANDUANES, SORSOGON

71. What are some provinces

under amateur district 4?

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A: DISTRICT 2

72. Baguio City belongs to

what amateur district?

73
A: AKLAN, ILOILO, NEGROS
OCCIDENTAL, CAPIZ

73. What province belongs to

amateur district 6?

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A: DISTRICT 3

74. Bulacan is under amateur

district?

75
A: 9 DISTRICTS

75. How many amateur radio

districts are in the Philippines?

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A: DISTRICT 8

76. Cotabato City is under

PARA District?

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A: NON-INTERFERENCE BASIS

77. How should frequency

bands allocated to a particular
class of amateurs be used by
duly authorized amateurs?

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A: DISTRICT 8

78. Dipolog is under what

PARA district?

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A: PROFANE or INDECENT WORDS
or LANGUAGES

79. An amateur shall not

transmit messages or signals
containing _____.

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A: D. ALL OF THE ABOVE

80. What appropriate a. Suspend the amateur station’s

operation pending a satisfactory
steps can the NTC take adjustments of the equipment
on the harmful b. Limit the power of the working
hours
interference caused by
c. Order the temporary closure in the
an amateur station? event of continued interference
d. All of the above
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A: INTENTIONAL HARMFUL INTERFERING
OR JAMMING OF LICENSED RADIO
STATIONS

81. Which of the following

acts is a ground for
suspension/ revocation of
license/ operator certificate/
temporary permit?
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A: WHEN A LICENSEE CONTROLS DIRECTLY THE ENTIRE
OPERATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROPER AMATEUR
PRACTICE

82. When is any person

permitted to transmit by voice
while operating the amateur
station of a licensee?

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A: ACT 3846
83. The basic “Radio
Control Law” is
________.

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A: SOMEONE WHO PERFORMS
COMMUNICATION FOR SELF TRAINING AND
EXPERIMENTATION

84. What is an amateur

radio operator?

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A: REGION 3

85. The Philippines is

under what ITU region?

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A: ADDRESSEE
86. The content of a radio
message shall be divulge
only to the _________.

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A: 2 YEARS
87. An expired license of not less than
how many years may be renewed upon
filing of renewal application and
payment to NTC of the prescribed fees
and surcharge with no requirement to
retake the examinations and retaining the
assigned call sign?
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A: 12 YEARS OLD

88. Minimum age requirement

for candidates for amateur
examination without parental
consent.

89
A: CEASE OPERATION
IMMEDIATELY

89. What should an amateur do

upon knowing that his station
is causing harmful interference
to the operation of any existing
station?

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A: D. ALL OF THE ABOVE

90. What is strictly a. Operation without valid amateur

radio operator certificate or radio
prohibited under the station license
Rules Governing b. Transmission of messages or
signals containing profane or
Operation of Amateur indecent words or language
Stations? c. Transmission with false or
misleading identification
d. All of the above 91
A: CLASS OF THE OPERATING STATION

91. The frequencies allocated

for amateur stations shall be
used strictly in accordance
with the ___________.

92
A: 5 YEARS

92. An amateur who failed to

renew his license for more
than _________ shall be
required to take another
examination before another
license is issued.
93
A: MORE THAN 2 YEARS BUT LESS THAN 5
YEARS

93. After how many years may an

expired license be renewed; subject
to the payment of fees and surcharges
and the assignment of a different call
sign from that of the former license
without retaking the examination?
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AMATEUR CLASS

• Class A (Extra Class) – DU, 4F, 4E

• Class B (General Class) – DV, 4I
• Class C (Technician Class) – DW, 4G
• Class D (Foundation Class) – DY, 4H
• Club Station – DX, DZ
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CALLSIGN

Example: 4H1OAV
4H – Class (Prefix)
1 – PARA District
OAV – Callsign given by NTC

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CALLSIGN

Note: Valid callsigns’ should not have any

words/letters used in radio communication and/or
profane or indecent words.

Examples of invalid callsigns:

4H3SEX – indecent word
DU1QSL – Q codes
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GOOD LUCK!
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