Originally Posted by
KT1988
@paco: Since you have before heard about some questions did you maybe hear if EASA did something with this one:
Consider maximum range speed and speed for maximum angle of climb. How will headwind affect those speeds (everything else remain the same).
What seems the right answer is: Maximum range speed increases and speed for maximum angle of climb remains the same
BUT the correct answer according to comments and an another question bank is: Both speeds remain the same......
Have EASA corrected the question or we shall answer both speeds remain the same to skip contesting the question etc. itd. ? Seriously this is totally strange that other exams got their questions in shape while in this one no one knows what the CAA expect and whether or not they care about what is correct by the book.
They will not be correcting this question because there is nothing to be corrected. The very definition of those 2 speeds is that they will give you the max range possible and best climb angle possible. You can increase the max range speed in a headwind, but then you'll burn fuel a lot faster -> original calculated max range speed must stay the same.
On the subject of performance, at the risk of sounding like I'm bragging i found it one of the most pleasurable exams and scored 95. It taught me a lot more than performance though, it taught me to not listen to anyone who tries to put fear into you. All I heard leading up to the exam was horror stories of people failing it 4 times and impossible graph questions etc ... but it turned out to be one of my best exams and there was a lesson in that.
Finally i should add that I agree there are many ambiguous questions in the EASA database, however there really are not very many questions that are actually wrong. 99% of the time the answer is absolutely correct, students are just phased by how the question is worded etc.