Withdrawal of Questions from 2008 Element 4 Extra Class Question Pool. The Question Pool Committee of the NCVEC is withdrawing questions E1C04 and E1C05 from the Extra pool effective July 1, 2010, although these may be removed by VEC’s immediately. E1C04 E1C05

These two questions are being removed because the FCC has deleted rule 97.109(e) which is cited in these questions.

E1C04 (B) [97.109]

When may an automatically controlled station retransmit third party communications?

A. Never

B. Only when transmitting RTTY or data emissions

These two questions are being removed because the FCC has deleted rule 97.109(e) which is cited in these questions.

E1C04 (B) [97.109]

When may an automatically controlled station retransmit third party communications?

A. Never

B. Only when transmitting RTTY or data emissions

Extra Class - Element 4 Question Pool PDF Effective 7/01/08-6/30/12

Extra Class -Element 4 Question Pool MSWORD Effective 7/01/08-6/30/12

A revised and final release of the 2008 Element 4 (Extra Class) question pool is hereby released for public use. This pool will become effective for Element 4 examinations given on or after July 1, 2008, and will remain active until June 30, 2012.

While every effort was made to insure the accuracy of the material herein, this material was prepared by ordinary human beings, and there is always the possibility that a few typographical or other errors may remain. Users are authorized to make whatever typographic corrections that may be needed, keeping in mind that the basic meaning of a question, answer, or distractor must remain intact. The QPC would appreciate notification of any such errors.

A list of corrections and updates as of 02/20/2008 appear below. There are 738 questions in the pool as released.

Whenever possible, we have included references to the FCC rules for most of the questions in section E1. The citations are included only as a guideline, and while the QPC has made reasonable efforts to insure accuracy, we do not guarantee that such citations are accurate and/or complete.Any graphics required for the questions are included at the end of this document, or are available as a separate file from NCVEC.ORG To assist in viewing fine details of some of the drawings associated with certain questions, we recommend increasing the "zoom" factor to 200% (or larger) when viewing the associated graphic.

Please refer any questions to the QPC, by e-mail, to QPC@NCVEC.ORG

Jim Wiley, KL7CC

Chairman, NCVEC Question Pool Committee

****Updates and corrections to 2008 Extra class pool****

The following corrections, deletions, and updates have been incorporated in this version of the pool. Please use this version for preparing exams and related materials.

The following 8 questions were reported as having a problem by one or more persons. However, after further review by the QPC, these questions were determined to be correct as written:

E1C05

E1D01

E3B09

E4C08

E5C13

E6D01

E6D02

E7H05

The following questions were edited or deleted:

E2B08 – missing "period" following "A" in first distractor – corrected

E2E10 – this question was removed by the QPC – do not renumber section

E5C14 – Correct answer "D" should read: "Polar coordinates" instead of "Rectangular coordinates" – corrected

E5D05 – answers "A" and "B" edited as follows:

A. Electric current flow through the space around a permanent magnet

B. The region surrounding a magnet through which a magnetic force acts

E7F07 inserted missing word "of" in second line of question. Question now reads:

Which type of circuit would be a good choice for generating a series of harmonically related receiver calibration signals?

E8C04 – this question was removed by the QPC – do not renumber section

E9C16 – this question was removed by the QPC – do not renumber section

E9E04 – typo in question number, shows as E90E04, corrected to E9E04

E9H – Sub-element title was incorrect. Correct version should read as follows:

E9H Effective radiated power; system gains and losses; radio direction finding antennas

E9H12 – typo in distractor "B" (remove word "with", between "balanced" and "against")

E0 – no section title. Correct section title reads as follows:

SUBELEMENT E0 -- Safety [1 exam question -- 1 group]

Questions Withdrawn From Use in the Current Amateur Radio Question Pools

Due to errors, omissions, FCC Rule changes or other problems with original questions released, the National Conference of VECs Question Pool Committee has formally withdrawn the following questions:

Extra Element 4 (Pool Effective July 1, 2008- June 30, 2012)

E2E10
E8C04
E9C16