It is frequently not necessary to prepare in any way for "Get Your License in One Day." Many succeed with no previous study or knowledge. But if you would like a headstart, here's what to do:

Get the Question Pool

1. Click here for [ TECHNICIAN QUESTION POOL ] (formatted MS Word).
2. Print it out.
3. Study it before the session. ( Carefully follow the study guidelines below. )
4. Take the practice exams on the Web (see home page).


5. [ GENERAL QUESTION POOL ] (formatted MS Word).
6. [ ALL QUESTION POOLS ] from the ARRL

How to Study

From many dozens of successful sessions, we've isolated the KEYS to success. We explain these before each session, but if you'll master them in advance, you'll achieve maximum efficiency in your session. They maximize your short-term memory.

1. Do not think, or try to undestand.
   Your ONLY objective is to match questions to answers in a session. Feeling that you MUST understand the question is a serious hinderance. You will answer fewer questions by insisting that you understand. Trust your short-term memory, it is very good. Our success rate proves that it works.
   
   
2. Read ONLY the question, then ONLY the RIGHT answer.
   If you read the wrong answers it will confuse your short-term memory. You'll have more chance of recognizing the correct anwser if it is the only one you have read.
   
   
3. "Hook" the answer.
   Use memory hooks, even if they're unusual, to remember the answers. Use whatever comes to your mind -- to connect the answers to questions. It does not matter if your hooks have nothing whatsoever to do with the meaning of the questions. For example, if you can recognize a correct answer only because it's your aunt's birthday, it makes no difference.
   
   
4. Don't use a highlighter pen.
   Highlighting answers is an inefficient use of time. A small mark, if you feel you still need one, is okay, but you'll do better if you don't slow down to highlight.
   
   
5. Go over each section several times if possible.
   Read rapidly enough to be able to go back over each section more than once. Rapid repetition improves short-term memory. Remember, don't think or try to understand. Federal law expects you to learn what the questios mean by the active experience of being a ham, not before you get your license. All the law requires is that you thoroughly read the rules.
   
   
6. Do not study with someone else.
   It is slower to orally quiz another person than to read silently to yourself. Most who have tried this have failed.