Amateur Radio licence exams
Questions come from the current NCVEC pools, including every published erratum. The FCC requires these pools to be public, so what you drill here is word for word what the volunteer examiners use.
Technician
The entry-level US amateur licence: VHF and UHF privileges, plus a slice of HF.
General
Most HF privileges. The step that opens worldwide operating.
Amateur Extra
Every privilege the service grants, and the deepest theory.
How the exam is drawn
Each pool is split into subelements, and each subelement into groups. The exam takes exactly one question from every group — 35 questions for Technician and General, 50 for Extra. The practice test follows that rule, so the spread of subjects matches the real paper instead of being a random handful.
Questions
Common questions
Are these the real exam questions?
Yes. The FCC requires the amateur question pools to be public, and the courses here are built from the current NCVEC pools word for word, including every published erratum.
What score do I need to pass?
Technician and General: 26 of 35 questions. Amateur Extra: 37 of 50. The mock exam here is scored by the same rules.
Which question pool is current?
Technician: valid 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2030. General: 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2027. Amateur Extra: 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2028.