If you are planning to take your General Class Amateur Radio License exam before July 1, 2007, you should study these questions. However, if you are planning to take the exam after then, you should study the question at Current General Class Questions.

To be granted a General Class Amateur Radio License, you must pass the Element 3 examination. The Element 3 Exam consists of 35 questions selected randomly from a pool of about 430 questions. Element 3 is broken down into 10 subelements G0 to G9 which cover different aspects of Amateur Radio skills. Within each subelement, there are groups of question. One question is drawn from each group. Therefore, there are 35 groups of questions. The number of questions within each subelement varies, because some aspect of Amateur Radio are considered more important for proper operations once you obtain your license.

The General class exam covers the following topics:

Subelement G1 - Commission's Rules (6 questions)

Subelement G2 - Operating Procedures (6 questions)

Subelement G3 - Radio wave Propagation (3 questions)

Subelement G4 - Amateur Radio Practices (5 questions)

Subelement G5 - Electrical Principles (2 questions)

Subelement G6 - Circuit Components (1 question)

Subelement G7 - Practical Circuits (1 question)

Subelement G8 - Signals and Emissions (2 questions)

Subelement G9 - Antennas and Feed-lines (4 questions)

Subelement G0 - RF Safety (5 questions)