There's a lot to be said for doing checks out loud. I didn't learn that way, but I noticed that some people - often those with a military background - always did them out loud. When I did my FI course, my instructor, with 30,000 hours or so under his belt, quite automatically did his checks out loud. I decided to try it, and I now think it's a good idea. You're less likely to miss something, and much more likely, if the checks are very familiar, to DO them rather than just go through the motions (OK, I know none of us would EVER do that anyway!
). So I now do them out loud myself, and teach them that way too.
So I'm not saying change what you do for the test. But if you've learned to do them out loud, and that's what you do, then do it.
