The exam consists of 100 questions divided into 8 topics:

• 25 questions on Regulations and Policies (B-001)
• 9 questions on Operating procedures (B-002)
• 21 questions on Station Assembly, Practice and Safety (B-003)
• 6 questions on Circuit Components (B-004)
• 13 questions on Basic Electronics and Theory (B-005)
• 13 questions on Feedlines and Antenna Systems (B-006)
• 8 questions on Radio Wave Propagation (B-007)
• 5 questions on Interference and Suppression (B-008)

More specifically, there will be one question chosen from each of the following sub-categories:¹⁾

• 1-1 radio licences, applicability, eligibility of licence holder
• 1-2 licence fee, term, posting requirements, change of address
• 1-3 licence suspension or revocation, powers of radio inspectors, offences and punishments
• 1-4 operator certificates, applicability, eligibility, equivalents, reciprocal recognition
• 1-5 operation, repair and maintenance of radio apparatus on behalf of other persons
• 1-6 operation of radio apparatus, terms of licence, applicable standards, exempt apparatus
• 1-7 content restrictions - non-superfluous, profanity, secret code, music, non-commercial
• 1-8 installation and operating restrictions - number of stations, repeaters, home-built, club stations
• 1-9 participation in communications by visitors, use of station by others
• 1-10 interference, determination, protection from interference
• 1-11 emergency communications (real or simulated), communication with non-amateur stations
• 1-12 non-remuneration, privacy of communications
• 1-13 station identification, call signs, prefixes
• 1-14 foreign amateur operation in Canada, banned countries, third-party messages
• 1-15 frequency bands and qualification requirements
• 1-16 maximum bandwidth by frequency bands
• 1-17 restrictions on capacity and power output by qualifications
• 1-18 unmodulated carriers, retransmission
• 1-19 amplitude modulation, frequency stability, measurements
• 1-20 International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Radio Regulations, applicability
• 1-21 operation outside Canada, ITU regions, reciprocal privileges, international licences
• 1-22 examinations - Department's fees, delegated examinations, fees, disabled accommodation
• 1-23 antenna structure approval, neighbour and land-use authority consultation
• 1-24 radio frequency electromagnetic field limits
• 1-25 criteria for resolution of radio frequency interference complaints

• 2-1 voice operating procedures - channelized VHF/UHF repeater
• 2-2 phonetic alphabet
• 2-3 voice operating procedures - simplex VHF/UHF and HF
• 2-4 tuneups and testing, use of dummy load, courteous operation
• 2-5 Morse (CW) operating procedures, procedural signs
• 2-6 RST system of signal reporting, use of S meter
• 2-7 Q signals
• 2-8 emergency operating procedures
• 2-9 record keeping, confirmation practices, maps/charts, antenna orientation

• 3-1 functional layout of HF stations
• 3-2 functional layout of FM transmitters
• 3-3 functional layout of FM receivers
• 3-4 functional layout of CW transmitters
• 3-5 functional layout of SSB)/CW receivers
• 3-6 functional layout of SSB transmitters
• 3-7 functional layout of digital systems
• 3-8 functional layout of regulated power supplies
• 3-9 functional layout of Yagi-Uda antennas
• 3-10 receiver fundamentals
• 3-11 transmitter, carrier, keying, and amplitude modulation fundamentals
• 3-12 carrier suppression, SSB fundamentals
• 3-13 frequency and phase modulation fundamentals
• 3-14 station accessories for telegraphy, radiotelephony, digital modes
• 3-15 digital mode fundamentals RTTY, ASCII, AMTOR, packet
• 3-16 cells and batteries, types, ratings, charging
• 3-17 power supply fundamentals
• 3-18 electrical hazards, electrical safety, security
• 3-19 electrical safety ground, capacitor discharge, fuse replacement
• 3-20 antenna and tower safety, lightning protection
• 3-21 exposure of human body to RF, safety precautions

• 4-1 amplifier fundamentals
• 4-2 diode fundamentals
• 4-3 bipolar transistor fundamentals
• 4-4 field-effect transistor fundamentals
• 4-5 triode vacuum tube fundamentals
• 4-6 resistor colour codes, tolerances, temperature coefficient

• 5-1 metric prefixes – pico, micro, milli, centi, kilo, mega, giga
• 5-2 concepts of current, voltage, conductor, insulator, resistance
• 5-3 concepts of energy and power, open and short circuits
• 5-4 Ohm’s law - single resistors
• 5-5 series and parallel resistors
• 5-6 power law, resistor power dissipation
• 5-7 AC, sinewave, frequency, frequency units
• 5-8 ratios, logarithms, decibels
• 5-9 introduction to inductance, capacitance
• 5-10 introduction to reactance, impedance
• 5-11 introduction to magnetics, transformers
• 5-12 introduction to resonance, tuned circuits
• 5-13 introduction to meters and measurements

• 6-1 feed line characteristics, characteristic impedance
• 6-2 balanced and unbalanced feed lines, baluns
• 6-3 popular antenna feed line and coaxial connector types
• 6-4 line losses by line type, length and frequency
• 6-5 standing waves, standing wave ratio, SWR) meter
• 6-6 concept of impedance matching
• 6-7 isotropic source, polarization via element orientation
• 6-8 wavelength vs physical length
• 6-9 gain, directivity, radiation pattern, antenna bandwidth
• 6-10 vertical antennas - types, dimensions, characteristics
• 6-11 Yagi antennas - types, dimensions, characteristics
• 6-12 wire antennas - types, dimensions, characteristics
• 6-13 quad/loop antennas - types, dimensions, characteristics

• 7-1 line of sight, ground wave, ionospheric wave (sky wave)
• 7-2 ionosphere, ionospheric regions (layers)
• 7-3 propagation hops, skip zone, skip distance
• 7-4 ionospheric absorption, causes and variation, fading, phase shift, Faraday rotation
• 7-5 solar activity, sunspots, sunspot cycle
• 7-6 MF and HF, critical and maximum useable frequencies, solar flux
• 7-7 VHF and UHF, sporadic E, aurora, ducting
• 7-8 scatter - HF, VHF, UHF

• 8-1 front-end overload, cross-modulation
• 8-2 audio rectification, bypass capacitors, ferrites
• 8-3 intermodulation, spurious, key-clicks
• 8-4 harmonics, splatter, transmitter adjustments
• 8-5 use of filters: low-pass, high-pass, band-pass, band-reject