---
name: "canadian-ham-exam"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "canadian-ham-exam"
version: "1.0.1-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/canadian-ham-exam"
---

# canadian-ham-exam(1)

practice test for the Canadian Amateur Radio exam

## NAME

canadian-ham-exam - practice test for the Canadian Amateur Radio exam

## SYNOPSIS

**canadian-ham-exam** \[ **-h** \] \[ **-l** *LANGUAGE* \] \[ **-n** *NUMBER*\] \[ **-s** *SECTIONS* \] \[ **-V** \] \[ *questions\_txt* \]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **canadian-ham-exam** command.

**canadian-ham-exam** uses the official question bank from Industry Canada and allows aspiring hams to practice the section of their choice as they are learning the material for the exam.

It requires a copy of the question bank, which can be downloaded free of charge from the Industry Canada website:

http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/025.nsf/eng/h\_00004.html

Both the basic and the advanced exams are supported, in English and French.

## OPTIONS

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (\`-'). A summary of options is included below.

- **questions\_txt**

  Specifies the question bank file to use.

- **-h, --help**

  Show summary of options.

- **-l LANGUAGE, --language LANGUAGE**

  Selects the user interface language (one of *en* or *fr*).

- **-n NUMBER, --number NUMBER**

  Specifies the number of questions to display.

- **-s SECTIONS, --sections SECTIONS**

  Selects the sections to pull the questions from (e.g. "1,2,4", "3-8", "1,4-7", or "\*" for all).

- **-V, --version**

  Show version of program.\

## AUTHOR

Written by Francois Marier \<francois@debian.org\>

Project Homepage: https://launchpad.net/canadian-ham-exam