ISED Releases New Basic Amateur Radio Question Bank

[Richard VE3OZW]

I see that Dave posted this already.  This is the official email from RAC and provides the recognition.

Dave, thanks for your dedication and many hours spent to put this together.

ISED Releases New Basic Amateur Radio Question Bank

For immediate release – January 27, 2025
https://www.rac.ca/ised-releases-new-basic-amateur-radio-question-bank/
On January 27, 2025, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) released the new Basic Qualification Question Bank for Amateur Radio.
This new Question Bank will be used for all Basic Amateur Radio Certificate examinations beginning July 15, 2025.
Until then, the old Basic Question Bank will be used for all Basic examinations. Candidates, instructors and authors of Amateur Radio Study Guides may want to study the new Question Bank which is available for download from the ISED website at the link provided below.
Since early 2023, Radio Amateurs of Canada has had a committee of 20 instructors and Accredited Examiners (AEs) working to update and improve the quality of the 984 questions, 984 correct answers and 2,952 distractors (incorrect answers) in the Question Bank. This was the first major update to the Question Bank since 2013.
RAC's Examinations Standards Committee (Comité des normes d'examen) (RAC-ESC-CNE) worked closely with ISED officers on the final versions of the exams which were agreed on by RAC and ISED in late 2024.  
Radio Amateurs of Canada has prepared the following documents to help with the transition to the new Question Bank:

• a bilingual document which contains the old questions next to the new questions and provides notes explaining the changes
  
• separate English and French versions of a document containing a list of the 201 new questions 
  

The documents are available for download from the RAC website at: www.rac.ca/esc_cne
We are extremely grateful to the 20 Radio Amateurs from nine provinces who gave so freely of their time and expertise to bring this enormous project to a successful conclusion. 
 
This is the combined work of a large group of RAC members from across Canada. All were instructors in courses or Accredited Examiners (AEs), or both. The two most prominent were François Daigneault, VE2AAY and Dave Newcombe, VE3WI, who dedicated endless hours to this very exacting project. 
 
The other members of the committee were: 

• Mark Richardson, VA3OBO
  
• Francis Pitre, VA6FP
  
• Tony Fonseca, VA7TF
  
• Yvon Hachey, VE1VON
  
• Gaétan Trépanier, VE2GHO
  
• Michel Dumais, VE2SIG
  
• Rod Clifton, VE3ISO
  
• Geoff Bawden, VE4AE
  
• Peter Driessen, VE7AB
  
• Don Tolson, VE7ATJ
  
• Frank Vanderzande, VE7AV
  
• Sandy Wohl, VE7SFW
  
• John Schouten, VE7TI
  
• Frank Davis, VO1HP
  
• Al Penney, VO1NO
  
• Brent Taylor, VY2HF
  
• Fred Archibald, VE1FA
  
• Dave Goodwin, VE3KG
  

Most of these volunteers are also working on the update to the Advanced Question Bank. This work is expected to be complete in 2026.
Dave Goodwin VE3KG
Regulatory Affairs Officer
Radio Amateurs of Canada
regulatory@rac.ca
Links:

• Update of Basic Amateur Radio Exam (ISED)
  
• Reference Files: Canadian Basic Amateur Radio Question Bank 2025