Questions
I have to agree with P Pilcher about the way the exam questions are set.
I was lucky enough to be exempt most of the CAA ATPL technical questions due to holding an Engineers Licence (with CRS approval for BAe 1-11 B737 & A320). When asked to help a few guys on the ATPL course with the Hydraulic exam prep I found that all the stock answers for a modern aircraft were wrong................. In short if I had taken the exam I would have failed it.
The exam seemed to be frozen in the DC-3 era as I suspect was the CAA at the time!
This leaves me with the opinion that the Pilot exams have very little to do with knowing much about the practical side if the subject.