Wessex
You don't know how pleased I am to see your post. For far too long now, the CAA have been delivering a shoddy if not misleading product in the form of JAR exams.
The JAR FCL clearly states that questions should be in English with correct grammar and spelling, christ, how many questions, especially from the French database have actually had French words in them!!
It also states that questions should be unambiguous with only 1 right answer. What a joke.
If you do a JAA PPL you get a reading list, so you know what to read and hopefully will be able to answer the questions, if you know your subject.
When you do ATPL what do you get? The relevant schools notes which generally will be a mix of various books such as Pallet and the AP3456 Air Force Bible, and they're all different, trust me they are. The CAA won't give you references to read, why not? Don't they want professional pilots? Do they just want robots who learn feedback questions until luckily on the 4th attempt (several thousands of pounds later) they pass?
We've all come across the questions which say one thing, then when you read the answers obviously meant another.
Okay rant mode off, CAA get your fingersd out, this is 2005 and people WILL take you to court and WIN!!
Have a nice day