Advanced Theory Practice Exam Overview

Step up to the challenge with hamshack.ca’s Advanced Theory Practice Exam, designed to evaluate your expertise in critical theoretical aspects of amateur radio. This exam is an integral component of the Advanced Amateur Radio course suite, specifically structured for those preparing for the Advanced License qualification in Canada. It focuses on five key areas:

  1. Time Constant – Capacitive and Inductive: Testing your understanding of the rate at which capacitors and inductors charge and discharge in a circuit.
  2. Electrostatic and Electromagnetic Fields, Skin Effect: Assessing your knowledge of field theory and the behavior of high-frequency currents on conductor surfaces.
  3. Series-Resonance: Examining your grasp of resonance in circuits where inductance and capacitance are aligned in a series configuration.
  4. Parallel Resonance: Quizzing your understanding of resonance in circuits with parallel-aligned inductance and capacitance.
  5. Quality Factor (Q): Checking your insight into the ‘Q’ factor, a dimensionless parameter that describes the damping of resonator modes.

This Advanced Theory Practice Exam pulls 25 random questions from the Advanced Theory question pool, ensuring a comprehensive test of your knowledge in these fundamental areas. The exam setup supports multiple attempts, offering a thorough learning experience and preparation for the actual certification exam.

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Upon completing the Advanced Theory Practice Exam, you’ve tested your knowledge against the complexities of advanced amateur radio theory. This exam has provided a snapshot of your proficiency in areas that are essential for any advanced amateur radio operator, including the time constants of reactive components, the principles of electrostatic and electromagnetic fields, the practical implications of the skin effect, and the nuanced concepts of series and parallel resonance, as well as the quality factor of resonant circuits.

Now, as you look to complete the rest of the hamshack.ca QSL Advanced Amateur Radio course material, you’re equipped with a clearer understanding of where your strengths lie and which areas might need further study before taking on the Spectrum Management and Telecommunications Advanced Amateur Radio Exam.

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8.1.1 Advanced Theory Exam

Advanced Amateur Radio – Advanced Theory Practice Exam

 

Step up to the challenge with hamshack.ca’s Advanced Theory Practice Exam, designed to evaluate your expertise in critical theoretical aspects of amateur radio. This exam is an integral component of the Advanced Amateur Radio course suite, specifically structured for those preparing for the Advanced License qualification in Canada. It focuses on five key areas:

  1. Time Constant – Capacitive and Inductive: Testing your understanding of the rate at which capacitors and inductors charge and discharge in a circuit.
  2. Electrostatic and Electromagnetic Fields, Skin Effect: Assessing your knowledge of field theory and the behavior of high-frequency currents on conductor surfaces.
  3. Series-Resonance: Examining your grasp of resonance in circuits where inductance and capacitance are aligned in a series configuration.
  4. Parallel Resonance: Quizzing your understanding of resonance in circuits with parallel-aligned inductance and capacitance.
  5. Quality Factor (Q): Checking your insight into the ‘Q’ factor, a dimensionless parameter that describes the damping of resonator modes.

This Advanced Theory Practice Exam pulls 25 questions from the question pool, ensuring a comprehensive test of your knowledge in these fundamental areas. The exam setup supports multiple attempts, offering a thorough learning experience and preparation for the actual certification exam.

Good luck, and enjoy the learning process.

73 Don VE7DXE

1.1 time constant – capacitive and inductive
1.2 electrostatic and electromagnetic fields, skin effect
1.3 Series-resonance
1.4 Parallel resonance
1.5 quality factor (Q) 

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Category: Time Constant – Capacitance and Inductance

A-001-001-005: What is meant by “back EMF”?

2 / 25

Category: Series-resonance

A-001-003-011: What is the value of capacitance (C) in a series R-L-C circuit, if the circuit resonant frequency is 14.25 MHz and L is 2.84 microhenrys?

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Category: Quality factor (Q)

A-001-005-003: What is the Q of a parallel RLC circuit, if it is resonant at 4.468 MHz, L is 47 microhenrys and R is 180 ohms?

4 / 25

Category: Series-resonance

A-001-003-005: What is the resonant frequency of a series RLC circuit, if R is 47 ohms, L is 3 microhenrys and C is 40 picofarads?

5 / 25

Category: Quality factor (Q)

A-001-005-008: What is the Q of a parallel RLC circuit, if it is resonant at 3.625 MHz, L is 3 microhenrys and R is 2.2 kilohms?

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Category: Series-resonance

A-001-003-009: What is the resonant frequency of a series RLC circuit, if R is 47 ohms, L is 4 microhenrys and C is 8 picofarads?

this is a hint

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Category: Time Constant – Capacitance and Inductance

A-001-001-001: What is the meaning of the term “time constant” in an RL circuit?

 

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Category: Parallel resonance

A-001-004-001: What is the resonant frequency of a parallel RLC circuit if R is 4.7 kilohms, L is 1 microhenry and C is 10 picofarads?

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Category: Series-resonance

A-001-003-001: What is the resonant frequency of a series RLC circuit if R is 47 ohms, L is 50 microhenrys and C is 40 picofarads?

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Category: Electrostatic and electromagnetic fields, skin effect

A-001-002-001 What is the result of skin effect?

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Category: Series-resonance

A-001-003-006: What is the resonant frequency of a series RLC circuit, if R is 47 ohms, L is 4 microhenrys and C is 20 picofarads?

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Category: Time Constant – Capacitance and Inductance

A-001-001-010: What is time constant of a circuit having a 220 microfarad capacitor in series with a 470 kilohm resistor?

 

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Category: Parallel resonance

A-001-004-009: What is the resonant frequency of a parallel RLC circuit if R is 4.7 kilohms, L is 200 microhenrys and C is 10 picofarads?

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Category: Quality factor (Q)

A-001-005-011: Why is a resistor often included in a parallel resonant circuit ?

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Category: Parallel resonance

A-001-004-008: What is the resonant frequency of a parallel RLC circuit if R is 4.7 kilohms, L is 10 microhenrys and C is 50 picofarads?

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Category: Electrostatic and electromagnetic fields, skin effect

A-001-002-004 Why does most of an RF current flow within a very thin layer under the conductor’s surface?

 

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Category: Parallel resonance

A-001-004-006: What is the resonant frequency of a parallel RLC circuit if R is 4.7 kilohms, L is 3 microhenrys and C is 40 picofarads?

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Category: Electrostatic and electromagnetic fields, skin effect

A-001-002-010 Between the charged plates of a capacitor there is:

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Category: Quality factor (Q)

A-001-005-006: What is the Q of a parallel RLC circuit, if it is resonant at 7.125 MHz, L is 10.1 microhenrys and R is 100 ohms?

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Category: Series-resonance

A-001-003-007: What is the resonant frequency of a series RLC circuit, if R is 47 ohms, L is 8 microhenrys and C is 7 picofarads?

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Category: Series-resonance

A-001-003-010: What is the resonant frequency of a series RLC circuit, if R is 47 ohms, L is 1 microhenry and C is 9 picofarads?

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Category: Parallel resonance

A-001-004-011: What is the value of inductance (L) in a parallel RLC circuit, if the resonant frequency is 14.25 MHz and C is 44 picofarads?

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Category: Series-resonance

A-001-003-003: What is the resonant frequency of a series RLC circuit, if R is 47 ohms, L is 50 microhenrys and C is 10 picofarads?

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Category: Electrostatic and electromagnetic fields, skin effect

A-001-002-003 Where does almost all RF current flow in a conductor?

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Category: Quality factor (Q)

A-001-005-005: What is the Q of a parallel RLC circuit, if it is resonant at 7.125 MHz, L is 8.2 microhenrys and R is 1 kilohm?

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