Element 2
Technician
409 active questions
Effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2030.
K6RCS · License study
Practice the actual pool.
Technician, General and Amateur Extra practice exams built from the current NCVEC public-domain question pools, including the official diagram questions. No invented questions, no mystery answer key, no educational séance.
Three current pools
Use the exam class you are actually studying.
The practice engine draws directly from the official pool files on this page. Full practice exams select one question from every question group, matching the published pool blueprint: 35 questions for Technician, 35 for General and 50 for Amateur Extra.
Element 3
General
423 active questions
Effective July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2027.
Element 4
Amateur Extra
599 active questions
Effective July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2028.
ARRL instruction · no teaching fee
The practice engine is free. So is the instruction.
I am an ARRL instructor and provide amateur-radio licensing instruction without a teaching fee. The point is to help people understand the material, pass the appropriate exam, and become capable operators rather than merely memorize answer letters.
If getting to a class or student requires travel, I may ask only for the actual transportation or travel costs involved. There is no charge for the instruction itself.
What “free” means here
No tuition, hourly teaching fee, course fee, or quiz fee from K6RCS. If travel is necessary, actual travel or transportation cost may be passed through or reimbursed.
Interactive practice
Pick a class. Make yourself commit.
Quick Study reveals the answer after each committed response. Full Practice Exam withholds the key until the exam is finished. Progress and missed-question review stay in this browser; nothing needs an account or leaves the device.
Question 1
Controlling material
The source files are right here.
The NCVEC Question Pool Committee releases these pools into the public domain. The copies below are the errata-current files used to build this practice engine. If a future erratum changes a question, the source wins and the local bank should be rebuilt.
Technician · 2026–2030
General · 2023–2027
Amateur Extra · 2024–2028
Study note. This is a practice tool, not an examination session and not an FCC or NCVEC service. Question wording, choices and answer keys are preserved from the supplied official pools. The site adds only selection, scoring and local review behavior.
How to use it
Do not memorize the letter.
Quick Study is deliberately immediate: choose an answer, commit, then see the official keyed choice and rule citation when one is supplied in the pool. Full Practice Exam is less forgiving and more useful near test day because it keeps the answer key hidden until the end.
Use subelement study when a score tells you exactly where the holes are. Missed-question review is stored locally in the browser, so the machine can remember your weak spots without creating yet another account for humanity to forget the password to.
What this engine does
- Uses only active, keyed questions from the current supplied pools.
- Excludes questions marked deleted or withdrawn.
- Displays official diagrams when a question calls for one.
- Builds full exams by selecting one question from each published question group.
- Scores the attempt and reports missed question IDs for targeted review.