Provided by: fccexam_1.0.7-1.1_all bug

NAME fccexam - Study guide for USA FCC commercial radio license examinations.

SYNOPSIS

       fccexam [option]

DESCRIPTION

       fccexam presents questions in random order from the selected question pool, and terminates
       when all questions have been answered correctly. The session may be interrupted  with  ^C,
       and resumed later.

       Some  questions refer to figures. The figures for the selected question pool are displayed
       in a separate  window  using  $HTML_VIEWER,  if  it  is  executable.  If  $HTML_VIEWER  is
       undefined,  xdg-open(1) will be used to choose the default browser. If $HTML_VIEWER is not
       an executable command (e.g. ""), then questions which refer to figures will be  noted  and
       skipped.

       Licenses  are  issued by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), but examinations are
       administered              by              COLEM               examiners.               See
       http://wireless.fcc.gov/commoperators/index.htm?job=home  for  information  regarding  USA
       commercial radio licenses.

OPTIONS

       If no pool is specified, usage, version, and help information is displayed.

       To initialize the question pool, one of the element numbers may be specified:

              1 Element 1, Basic radio law and operating practice.

              3  Element  3,  General  Radiotelephone;  Electronic  fundamentals  and  techniques
              required to adjust, repair, and maintain radio transmitters and receivers.

              5 Element 5, Radiotelegraph operating procedures and practices.

              6  Element  6,  Advanced  technical,  legal,  and  other  matters applicable to the
              operation of all classes of radiotelegraph stations.

              7 Element 7, GMDSS Radio Operating Practices.

              7R Element 7R, Restricted GMDSS Radio Operating Practices.

              8 Element 8, Ship Radar Techniques.

              9 Element 9, GMDSS Radio Maintenance Practices and Procedures.

              The following abbreviations may be used to select multiple elements:

              T1 First Class Radiotelegraph: elements 1, 5, 6.

              T2 Second Class Radiotelegraph: elements 1, 5, 6.

              T3 Third Class Radiotelegraph: elements 1, 5.

              GROL General Radiotelephone Operator License: elements 1, 3.

              GROL+ General Radiotelephone Operator License + Radar: elements 1, 3, 8.

              MROP Marine Radio Operator Permit: element 1.

              GMDSS Global Maritime Distress Safety System Radio Operator: elements 1, 7.

              GMDSS+ GMDSS Radio Maintainer + Radar: elements 1, 7, 8, 9.

              RGMDSS Restricted GMDSS Radio Operator: elements 1, 7R.

              q The question pool is selected interactively. This is  needed  when  starting  the
              application from an icon.

FILES

       A  directory  ~/.fccexam  is created to hold the names of the questions which remain to be
       answered correctly.

SEE ALSO

       For         more          information          regarding          licensing,          ref.
       http://wireless.fcc.gov/commoperators/index.htm?job=home

       For information regarding amateur radio licensing (ham radio), see the package hamexam.

COPYRIGHT

       fccexam is Copyright (c) 2012-2015 John Nogatch <jnogatch@gmail.com>.

       fccexam version 1.0.7, containing question pools as recent as 17-May-2013.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
       the GNU General Public License as  published  by  the  Free  Software  Foundation;  either
       version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

       This  program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
       without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR  PURPOSE.
       See the GNU General Public License for more details.

BUGS

       The  question  pools,  and  number  of  questions  required,  are sometimes modified; ref.
       http://wireless.fcc.gov/commoperators/index.htm?job=question_pools

       Radiotelegraph Operator licenses also require Morse code proficiency elements,  which  are
       not provided by fccexam.

       fccexam does not automatically update the question pools from the FCC Web site.

                                                                                       HAMEXAM(1)