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March 2014 edition
Compiled by Fred Johnson MNZM ZL2AMJ (ARX2106)
A
Team of Approved Radio
Examiners is ready to answer your enquiry
You wish to be a radio amateur?
The
EXAMINATION The Question Numbers
*Quick Indexing Check your study progress
Computer
demonstrations to support your studies
Have a
computer score your tests
Androids, eBooks, Quick Response (Qr) Codes, etc.
A BANK
of prepared examination papers
[This regulatory
reference manual will bring you up-to-date:
AMATEUR RADIO IN NEW ZEALAND – The RULES Explained
It
is the Regulatory part extracted from Book 2 (below)]
Prepare
yourself! Use these free books!
Download and
print double-sided:
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”. All questions and answers without
distractors! (30 pages.)
"Quick Indexing"*.
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The Syllabus content is divided into 60
"Clusters". (See Book 1)
The Examination Question-Bank
has
600 questions spread into 60 Clusters,
i.e. 10 questions in each
Cluster. (See Book 5)
Examinations are 60 questions,
one randomly selected from each Cluster. All examination papers are different.
(Book 4 is a typical example)
A pass is 40 or more correct
answers.
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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) = Cluster 23,
Question 7 in that Cluster,
c is the
correct answer.
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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!
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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. (Print that one
page.)
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 - with a real exam!
Here is a Bank of Examination-Papers! Pick a paper, print an Answer
Sheet – and try a real examination!
Repeat daily as your study progresses!
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6. Computer demonstrations to
support your studies:
Moving diagrams to supplement your study: View on-screen, (may not work with some
browsers):
Resistor
Circuits
Alternating Current Radio
Waves
Standing Waves
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7. Ask your computer to present test
papers to you On-Screen!
You can practice answering real
questions from the New Zealand Amateur Radio Examination question-bank
on-screen and track your score too!
Click here and log-on Click on “New Zealand” in the left-hand column to
load the New Zealand Question-Bank.
This facility has been kindly provided by KD0FNR.
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8. Androids,
eBooks, Quick Response (Qr)
Codes, etc.
The prime source of teaching material in this Study
Guide series is still the traditional printed Book. You can install these Books
as eBooks on your hand-held Smartphone device and can “revise while you are on
the bus”. There are many Apps available for Android devices to display.pdf
files. Many are free.
SPREAD THE AMATEUR RADIO STORY!
A “Quick Response (Qr)”
code can be used to very quickly copy all this Amateur Radio study information
to other hand-held devices. Students with Smartphones
can each receive the complete material for immediate self-study.
Club Newsletter Editors are welcome to
include this Qr code in their publications.
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9. A BANK OF PREPARED
EXAMINATION PAPERS
Here is a bank of
already-prepared examination papers.
Pick and print them as you wish! More may be added from time-to-time.
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Are you are ready to be examined?
Contact your local Amateur Radio Club or an ARX.
A formal test can be arranged, for a mutually-agreed time
and place.
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[ Experimental Area:
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Revise your studies by having the contents of Book 6 read to you.
An experimental Book 6 Speech file is being edited for best results. It is being developed as an aid for the visually-disabled.
Many Android Apps are available for text-to-speech and pdf-to-speech. There are so many, each with different voices available, so recommendation is difficult. Try them. An especially-edited Book 6 Speech file is available for you to try on a no-guarantee trial basis. Enquiries are welcome. Your feedback comments will be appreciated. ]
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