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I would put a vote in for http://hamstudy.org http://hamstudy.org as another good resource. In addition to having the question pools available and giving pract
by fr0sty 7y ago
I would put a vote in for http://hamstudy.org http://hamstudy.org as another good resource.
In addition to having the question pools available and giving practice tests it also has user-contributed explanations of how to arrive at the correct answer for each question which I find very helpful.
- Aloha 7y agoI'd also highly recommend the Gordon West ham radio study books, they do an excellent job of teaching you both the answer, and the theory behind the answer.
- joshuamcginnis 7y agoThanks to you both for the additional resources. I wish I knew about these sooner.
- kstrauser 7y agoThat's how I studied for my exams: 1. Read through (and understand) West's book. 2. Go to qrz.com and take the practice tests until I could pass with a 95% multiple times in a row, and I had answered every question in the test database correctly at least once. You only need 85% to pass the real exam but I wanted a margin of error. I passed my tech, general, and extra exams on my first tries. That's the most prepared I've been for a test in decades.
- fr0sty 7y ago> You only need 85% to pass the real exam. Current requirement is lower. Only 74% (26/35 or 37/50) to pass. One other thing to know is that the exam questions are split in to sections (35 sections for Tech/General, 50 for Extra) and only one question from each section is selected. This means that you don't need to worry about getting multiple questions from sections you struggle with and dragging down your score.
- kstrauser 7y agoYikes, you're right. It was 74% when I tested, too - not sure where I pulled 85% from. I still pushed for 95% to have the wide margin of error though.