Here is what to do to prepare for the licensing test. This will take very little of your time but if you follow the instructions carefully, you will pass the Technician level exam.

Get the Question Pool

1. We will hand out the question pool:

2.Study the question pool as described below

How to Study the Question Pools

We've isolated the KEYS to success. If you'll master them, you'll achieve maximum efficiency in your test. They maximize your short-term memory.

1. Do not think, or try to understand. Your ONLY objective is to match questions to answers in a session. Feeling that you MUST understand the question is a serious hindrance. You will answer fewer questions by insisting that you understand. Trust your short-term memory, it is very good. Our success rate proves that it works.

2. Read ONLY the question, then ONLY the RIGHT answer. If you read the wrong answers it will confuse your short-term memory. You'll have more chance of recognizing the correct answer if it is the only one you have read. The correct answer is shown clearly on the question pool printout.

3. Go over each section several times if possible. Read rapidly enough to be able to go back over each section more than once. Rapid repetition improves short-term memory. Remember, don't think or try to understand. Federal law expects you to learn what the questions mean by the active experience of being a ham, not before you get your license. What the law requires (and tests) is that you have thoroughly read the rules.

4. Test yourself with the online exams until you consistently score 88% – 90%. Remember, you only need 70% on the actual exam to pass. The online exams are located at:

http://aa9pw.com/ (highly recommended site)

http://www.eham.net/exams/ (another very good site)

The online tests that are generated at the websites above are identical to actual FCC tests. The generated tests sample the question pool in exactly the same manner as the FCC test generation program. They are exactly as long as a real exam (35 Multiple choice questions). Each particular FCC test is different, but they all have the same number of questions from each section. If you can pass the generated tests, you will pass the FCC exam!

It is also possible to study for the higher level licenses (General and Extra) in exactly the same manner. True learning about amateur radio will take place once you have your license in hand. “Practice makes perfect.”

One Day Study Session Schedule

You MUST be present all day -- no exceptions