Extra exam question E1B05
Subelement E1, COMMISSION RULES· Group E1B · 47 CFR §97.3
What is the National Radio Quiet Zone?
- A.An area surrounding the FCC monitoring station in Laurel, Maryland
- B.An area in New Mexico surrounding the White Sands Test Area
- C.An area surrounding the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (correct answer)
- D.An area in Florida surrounding Cape Canaveral
WhyThe National Radio Quiet Zone surrounds the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, West Virginia. The National Radio Quiet Zone surrounds the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, West Virginia, an area where transmissions are restricted to protect extremely sensitive radio telescope receivers from interference, answer C. It has nothing to do with the FCC's Laurel, Maryland monitoring station, White Sands, or Cape Canaveral, those are real federal facilities but none of them is the Quiet Zone.
Published 2026-08-28 · Last updated 2026-08-28 · Question text is verbatim from the 2024-2028 NCVEC Element 4 pool (public domain); the explanation above is original writing, see our methodology.
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