[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR97.503]

[Page 615]
 
                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 97_AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart F_Qualifying Examination Systems
 
Sec. 97.503  Element standards.

     A written examination must be such as to prove that the examinee 
possesses the operational and technical qualifications required to 
perform properly the duties of an amateur service licensee. Each written 
examination must be comprised of a question set as follows:
    (a) Element 2: 35 questions concerning the privileges of a 
Technician Class operator license. The minimum passing score is 26 
questions answered correctly.
    (b) Element 3: 35 questions concerning the privileges of a General 
Class operator license. The minimum passing score is 26 questions 
answered correctly.
    (c) Element 4: 50 questions concerning the privileges of an Amateur 
Extra Class operator license. The minimum passing score is 37 questions 
answered correctly.

[54 FR 25857, June 20, 1989, as amended at 61 FR 41019, Aug. 7, 1996; 65 
FR 6550, Feb. 10, 2000; 72 FR 3082, Jan. 24, 2007]