§  97.507   Preparing an examination.

   (a) Each telegraphy message and each written question set administered
   to an examinee must be prepared by a VE holding an Amateur Extra Class
   operator license. A telegraphy message or written question set may also
   be prepared for the following elements by a VE holding an operator
   license of the class indicated:

   (1) Element 3: Advanced Class operator.

   (2) Elements 1 and 2: Advanced or General Class operators.

   (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;  65 FR 6551 , Feb. 10, 2000;  69 FR 24997 , May
   5, 2004]