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hamexam {t,g,e,q}
hamexam 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 $PNG_VIEWER, if it is executable. If $PNG_VIEWER is undefined, eog(1), gwenview(1), gpicview(1), ristretto(1), will be used, whichever is first found to be an executable command. If $PNG_VIEWER is not an executable command (e.g. ""), or if none of the other viewers are installed, 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 Volunteer Examiners.
If no pool is specified, usage, version, and help information is displayed.
In normal usage, one of the following options should be specified:
g Element 3, the General Class pool (for examinations administered July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2023). Element 2 is also required.
e Element 4, the Extra Class pool (for examinations administered July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2020). Elements 2 and 3 are also required.
q The question pool is selected interactively.
A directory ~/.hamexam is created to hold the names of the questions which remain to be answered correctly.
For more information regarding licensing, ref. http://www.arrl.org/licensing-preparation-exams
For information regarding the question pools, ref. http://www.ncvec.org/
hamexam is Copyright (c) 2011-2019 John Nogatch AC6SL <jnogatch@gmail.com>.
hamexam version 1.7.0
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.
The question pools are normally good for 4 years, but are sometimes modified; ref. http://www.ncvec.org/
hamexam does not automatically update the question pools from the VEC Web site.