In article , Robert Casey
writes:

So 1 of the other questions required knowledge of a few different points
of knowledge to get right. "You have a linear which uses B+ of 800V.
For use with SSB, what is the max current your ampmeter on the finals will
show?"

You had to know
1) The FCC dictated input "plate" power for power limits for hams,

And that the amateur rules of the time dictated that hams measure
plate/collector power input, not transmitter output.

2) What the power limit was for SSB,

And the band in use

3) and how to factor in PEP averaging.

And

4) how to calculate plate power.

Yup - all in *one* little multiple choice question!

Maybe it could be rewritten and made part of the question pool. Updating
it as needed.

Anyone can submit questions to the QPC. Might be worth a go.

And what did you think of the written tests then?

With the multi-point knowledge some of them required, actually quite good.
And this was pre-Bash.....

I agree. But we're not going back to secret tests, so we need the next-best
thing.

73 de Jim, N2EY