bristol atpl question bank

[maxwell4065]

I am sitting my first atpl exams in Feb. I have recently signed up to the bristol question bank which says that it closely resembles the JAA bank.

Would someone who has recently taken exams and studied with the help of this bank please tell me how close.

(I know in an ideal world I should study and learn all possible material as this will help me in interviews etc etc. At present all I want is first time passes.)

Maxwell4065

[Martin1234]

Can you please expound how the ATPL material will help you in interviews?

[BoraBora007]

Martin1234, can you please "expound" the reason why you asked that random question. (the answer to which is self-explanatory anyway)

The guy asked a question on a completely different area, so if your not going to try and answer it, just keep your comments to yourself.

maxwell,

All I ever hear about Bristol is good things, I know many people who have used them for distance learning and all highly recommend them.

This indicates that their question bank is likely very very good.

[Martin1234]

BoraBora007, the reason I asked that question is that I want to point out that studying feedback-questions shouldn't necessarily be considered as a short-cut. For two reasons actually. It probably doesn't matter if you learn f.e. the wake-turbulence separation by studying feedback or from a lecture. Most means of studying will gear the student towards where the emphasis are on the exams anyway.

I subscribe to the Bristol question bank myself. maxwell4065 implies that he will rely almost entirely on studying by means of using feedback-questions. Use it to refresh and practice on the knowledge you learned, but using it as a way of learning the material will probably be harder than to "study and learn all possible material".

Note though that the Bristol question bank gives you the result in percentage of correct answered questions. The UK CAA does give you more credit for some questions. This means that if you persistently score 75% on the Bristol question bank but get the exact same questions on the UK CAA test your result will probably differ. Probably not to the better if you are failing on the "killer questions" and vice versa.

[Whirlygig]

maxwell4065 implies ......
....hhhmmm, I think you've inferred. I am inferring from Maxwell's question ( and only he can confirm his implication) that, as he wants to do well, he wants to know HOW closely matched the BGS question bank is matched to the CAA's in terms of standard of style.

As a shot in the dark (and I have never had an aviation job interview) but might not one be asked technical questions? And these would ne be multi-guess so an understanding would be required in this situation.

Cheers

Whirlygig

[High Wing Drifter]

Maxwell,

Here is my synopsis of the BGS QB from my time with them. This may well vary depending on when an exam was taken. This is my utterly subjective view of how relevant the feedback was to the exams I sat. When I say relevant, I mean that I directly recognise the question or I thought I knew how to answer purely from feedback (warning...very subjective!!):

Air Law: 70%
A/C Gen: 70%
Met: 60% (just plain tough)
Gen Nav: 40% (lots of CRP and calcs so unlikely to get the same questions)
Rad Nav: 90%
Instruments: 70%
Human Factors: 70%
Principles of Flight: 50% (weasle wording!)
Performance: 50% (as above)
Comms (VFR & IFR): 90%
Mass & Balance: 80%
Ops Procs: 70%
Flight Planning: 40% (good FB, but lots of chart work).

[esvdx]

I sat my first 8 exams last month (through BGS) and was very happy with the standard / style of the questions available from the online question bank. Suffice to say I was not unduly shocked to turn over the first page of the exam in the exam room.

If you can:

understand the questions and what they are actually asking (sometimes quite hard!)
work out the answer (be it by theory, mnemonics or just memory recall)
work with accuracy / speed
generally understand all of the concepts studied

I would suggest you will be fine come the exams.

Don't just rely on the question bank, it is a useful additional tool that probably has people who studied a few years ago green with envy. Plus the price is probably the best value for money around.

Regards,

esvdx
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[eason67]

In reply,

It closely resembles the JAA bank.
I think it does but how close depends on how often JAA bank is updated.


I know in an ideal world I should study and learn all possible material as this will help me in interviews etc etc. At present all I want is first time passes.

I wouldn't think it will help you in interviews at all. I subscribed to it and have now passed all my exams. I think its great as an additional means of revision and does indicate key areas that you should definitely understand. I personally believe it helped me alot to pass my Performance retake and that itself means it has served its purpose. Worth it? Without a doubt.

Shaun

[Paul McKeksdown]

Having just sat and passed Air Law and OP rubbish with the CAA I have to say that the question bank from Bristol was extremely useful.

Learn you stuff well and then with a month to run get yourself into 'exam' mode by sitting mock after mock with the question bank.

(Hint, 9 out of every 10 questions in the two exams I took I had seen before!!!!! But be wary the CAA changes a couple of things every mow and again so this method is not recommended. Good overall knowledge wins out every time:p )