New General Class Exam Question Pool Released

 

The Question Pool Committee of the National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (NCVEC) has released updated questions for the General Class license exam. According to the ARRL, the new pool contains 432 questions to use in formulating the Element 3 exam for test sessions held between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2027. The new pool has 22 fewer questions than the current one, representing 73 questions that are being dropped and 51 new ones being added. Other questions and answers are being modified slightly for clarity. The ARRL says the “level of difficulty of questions is more balanced, and the techniques and practices addressed have been updated.” The new pool may be downloaded from <http://www.ncvec.org/page.php?id=369>.