Ground School Exam Questions & Question Banks

[High Wing Drifter]

no such thing as a fATPL

Tell that to LASORS!

[Hour Builder]

you tell me where the requirements for a licence called "frozen ATPL" are in Lasors then

[Deano777]

I think we're digressing from the question here somewhat, and being a little over pedantic, I think we all know what is meant by the term "pass mark is 75% for the fATPL"

[Hour Builder]

very true, was simply trying to hint that there is no such thing as a frozen atpl exam, or a frozen atpl licence.

and I am pretty sure lasors does not use that term

[Aussie]

Thanks mate,

Anyone else out there care to comment?

Aussie

[Waryhawk]

I've been using Bristols question bank and its money well spent, questions they have are good preparation for the exams.

[Brian304]

Bristol databank heard well spent

Well when I was studying in OFT in orlando, which is part of cabair, one of the members told us to use the bristol databank as it was very close to the questions which will be on your atpl tests. He just said he did the questions non stop for a week and passed. Well it was the same with me for my PPL, I just used the AFE questionbank and passed them all. Anyway hope this helps.

BRI ^^

[rwhites]

its all well and just good learning the answers . but you will need to know some or most of the subjects especially when you have an interview for an airline.
oh i did use the database and it helped a lot.
the lerning never stops.

[pipertommy]

Think its good to consolidate your knowledge AFTER the course work. with the question bank

[Aussie]

Thanks guys


looks like i might fork out the dosh and give it a go!

Aussie

[Jimmy The Big Greek]

Well, I have received some private messages regarding "how did it go".

As you know I studied the bristol question bank and all I can say is that 100% of all the question where identical with the bristol questionbank.

Anyway, I passed 12 exams and failed 2 (NAV and Flight planning).

It was really hard because I did 14 exams on only 4 days. Basicly I was doing exams between 8:30 to 15:30 each day.

Here are my results:

COMUNICATIONS VFR 95%
COMUNICATIONS IFR 95%
SYSTEMS 94%
HUMAN FACTORS 93%
RADIONAVIGATION 92%
OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES 90%
ATC (LAWS) 90%
PERFORMANCES 88%
METEOROLIGY 88%
INSTRUMENTS 88%
PRINCIPLES OF FLIGHT 88%
MASS AND BALANCE 81%

[adwjenk]

Hi,


Bristol question bank is great but YOU MUST have the general knowledge from the ATPL subjects on the whole you will be better off in the long run! Especially with regards to Principles of flight, that you have to learn the theory and know how to apply it!

Also whats the point in spending hours going through the books when you could sit and learn the question bank!!!

Also using question banks is a good way to find you weak areas, then you can target your revision etc!!

Best of luck to everyone with ATPL exams in November I’m sitting my first set of 7 then and already nervous as anything!!

[Jimmy The Big Greek]

You are right about that. You need to have the basic understanding before doing something like this.

I am converting my FAA license to JAA and I wanted to finnish as soon as possible and I really think that without the questionbanks it would have been impossible.

[pilot-320]

My Way

Every question bank , feedback etc is helpful and yes it is reccomended using it! but learning something about 6000 questions by heart that means u have the ability to read 200 pages with ease!!
ill use them for consolidation and practise!! friends failed interviews because the didnt know MET properly! I missed my lecture today due to high temperature indication (fever) and i feel really bad even worst i must say!
efficient study and notes is the tip! spend a week consolidating and i agree tha BRISTOL questionbank is good but that depends!! i cant use it as i am not allowed to print out and i am not a computer guy!! my eyes hurt after spending time in front of a pc! (dont even think about commenting about my scanning in glass cockpits!! IT IS NOT THE SAME!!!)

HAVE FUN EVERYONE!!!

[andrewX]

General Nav Question

This is just a quick one, and hopefully it hasn't already been covered. Apologies in advance if it has, but upon using the search function the computer said no.

I was just over on the atpl.gs website taking some practice exams, and I keep getting my averages pulled down with the wind questions when I use my crp5. I checked on the exam progress monitor, and the questions that I am getting wrong are mainly made up of crp5 windface questions.

Does anybody know if it's okay to take my older Jeppesen flight computer to the exam? It's just that the wind face on that is a lot smoother and (for me at least) provides the correct answer almost all of the time.

Thanks in advance.

Andrew

[ric180880]

I have just done that exam and we were told you are free to take in which ever type of wizz wheel you want.

[Lightning_Boy]

Not sure if you can use the E6B though, as it has the instruction of how to use it printed on it.

[badboy raggamuffin]

try unscrewing the wind side of the wizz wheel, taking it off and giving the whole rotating mechanism a good scrub with some washing up liquid. Its very likely that it will be filthy with bits of pencil and eraser which will hamper greatly its accuracy. Had the same problem myself, gave the wheel a good clean and you wouldn't believe the improvement, just dont loose the screws, then you'll be fooked!

[DC-8]

You could also solve wind questions drawing a triangle and using trigonometry (sine and cosine theorems, etc.). You'll get the most accurate answer. I did like that in the exam and worked fine.

[boogie-nicey]

Hmm, maybe you're using a different method that's a bit inaccurate. There appear to be a number of different methods that student's get taught and some are more accurate than others. On my brush up course I was goofing up Wind Calculation questions too until the RAF chappie next to me pointed out where I was going wrong.