Sec. 97.507  Preparing an examination.

    (a) Each telegraphy message and each written question set 
administered to an examinee must be prepared by a VE who has been 
granted an Amateur Extra Class operator license. A telegraphy message or 
written question set, however, may also be prepared for the following 
elements by a VE who has been granted an FCC operator license of the 
class indicated:
    (1) Element 3(B): Advanced Class operator.
    (2) Elements 1(A) and 3(A): Advanced or General Class operator.
    (3) Element 2: Advanced, General, Technician, or Technician Plus 
Class operator.
    (b) Each question set administered to an examinee must utilize 
questions taken from the applicable question pool.
    (c) Each telegraphy message and each written question set 
administered to an examinee for an amateur operator license must be 
prepared, or obtained from a supplier, by the administering VEs 
according to instructions from the coordinating VEC.
    (d) A telegraphy examination must consist of a message sent in the 
international Morse code at no less than the prescribed speed for a 
minimum of 5 minutes. The message must contain each required telegraphy 
character at least once. No message known to the examinee may be 
administered in a telegraphy examination. Each 5 letters of the alphabet 
must be counted as 1 word. Each numeral, punctuation mark and prosign 
must be counted as 2 letters of the alphabet.
[ 54 FR 25857 , June 20, 1989, as amended at  58 FR 29126 , May 19, 1993;  59 FR 54834 , Nov. 2, 1994]