Ground School Exam Questions & Question Banks
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Can any oxford students confirm this?
I'm sure OAT guys (and girls) along with some students from every other school in Europe (and the JAA approved U.S. ones) have got the most recent disk including all the appendices.
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Not sure if this is a practical work around for your circumstances.... but I found that you can log onto the BGS question bank and load say all the questions for a subject and the software seems to save itself into your pc's memory so that as long as the pc/laptop is kept powered on you can play for as long as you like. Found this out after having a dodgy wireless connection at some accomodation I was using for a short while.
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So the big question!
Has the Bristol OQB lived up to its name on this months round of exams? Would be good to get some feedback as have my mod 1 next month!
Many thanks
Expedite
Has the Bristol OQB lived up to its name on this months round of exams? Would be good to get some feedback as have my mod 1 next month!
Many thanks
Expedite
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How does anyone manage to remember ATPL Law?
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Plodding through my ATPL subjects at the moment via distance learning, quite impressed with the textbooks from my school, very comprehensive.
But that is just the problem when it comes to ATPL Law, there is just too much information to take in!
In other subjects I try and gain a good understanding of the material,then attempt the assessments issued with the notes, then about a week out from the exam will give the Online Question Bank a go just to confirm my understanding and to pick up on any oddly worded questions.
But with Law I just feel swamped,there are just so many items they could choose, my noggin just isnt big enough!
Any tips, advice?How good is the BGS Databank in this regard, is it up to date/comprehensive enough just to thrash and hope for a pass?
Thanks in advance, Im off to bury my head back in the books.
Nad
Plodding through my ATPL subjects at the moment via distance learning, quite impressed with the textbooks from my school, very comprehensive.
But that is just the problem when it comes to ATPL Law, there is just too much information to take in!
In other subjects I try and gain a good understanding of the material,then attempt the assessments issued with the notes, then about a week out from the exam will give the Online Question Bank a go just to confirm my understanding and to pick up on any oddly worded questions.
But with Law I just feel swamped,there are just so many items they could choose, my noggin just isnt big enough!
Any tips, advice?How good is the BGS Databank in this regard, is it up to date/comprehensive enough just to thrash and hope for a pass?
Thanks in advance, Im off to bury my head back in the books.
Nad
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Thanks Robs Dad and for your Pm KMS
Have started flogging the Question Bank and have already started to improve my score each successive time, if they ask me questions from the Database only I should be sweet
So my next question of course is, how many non Database Qs do they tend to throw in? is it just pot luck each exam?
Right back to trying to get my head around the book!
Nad
Have started flogging the Question Bank and have already started to improve my score each successive time, if they ask me questions from the Database only I should be sweet
So my next question of course is, how many non Database Qs do they tend to throw in? is it just pot luck each exam?
Right back to trying to get my head around the book!
Nad
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Bristol...
Hi Nad,
I have so far passed 9 of the 14 exams and currently studying the last 5 (M&B, Flight Planning, Ops, HPL, met) and the Bristol questions have been very similar if not exactly the same as the exams:
Air Law was pretty much word for word the same thing, out of 76 questions in the exam I think only 2 or 3 were not in the Bristol bank. The same can be said for AGK (except Instruments, there were quite a few new questions), Perf and of course IFR/VFR comms.
I tend to really understand everyhing rather than learn answers like some people do, but don't stress yourself with Air Law, read the book once, not more, than do the feedback questions, and unless they change ALL the questions, you'll be just fine.
Some students I know who just took the Flight Planning exam this month were surprised as most questions were NOT in the Bristol bank, the Gen Nav exam had also noticeable differences. Our lecturers (I'm doing a full time course) told us the CAA is rolling out new questions...
Good luck with your studies!
JJ
I have so far passed 9 of the 14 exams and currently studying the last 5 (M&B, Flight Planning, Ops, HPL, met) and the Bristol questions have been very similar if not exactly the same as the exams:
Air Law was pretty much word for word the same thing, out of 76 questions in the exam I think only 2 or 3 were not in the Bristol bank. The same can be said for AGK (except Instruments, there were quite a few new questions), Perf and of course IFR/VFR comms.
I tend to really understand everyhing rather than learn answers like some people do, but don't stress yourself with Air Law, read the book once, not more, than do the feedback questions, and unless they change ALL the questions, you'll be just fine.
Some students I know who just took the Flight Planning exam this month were surprised as most questions were NOT in the Bristol bank, the Gen Nav exam had also noticeable differences. Our lecturers (I'm doing a full time course) told us the CAA is rolling out new questions...
Good luck with your studies!
JJ
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Usefulness of ATPL Question Banks
Hi All,
I am looking for some opinions on the usefulness of the few JAA ATPL question banks available online. In particular I am thinking of paying the £50 for access to Bristol's database, however before I do spend the cash I would like to hear from anyone who has done so and then sat the exams. Is there a great deal of relevance of the database questions to the actual exam? Or am I better just to stick with the manuals? Any thoughts greatly appreciated.
Curves
I am looking for some opinions on the usefulness of the few JAA ATPL question banks available online. In particular I am thinking of paying the £50 for access to Bristol's database, however before I do spend the cash I would like to hear from anyone who has done so and then sat the exams. Is there a great deal of relevance of the database questions to the actual exam? Or am I better just to stick with the manuals? Any thoughts greatly appreciated.
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same thing for me. In my time, when I did my atpl, this didn't exist.
If i had to redo again, I would sign with Bristol.gs to guaranty a 100% at the exams.
and the good thing, is they probably update their database regularly.
If i had to redo again, I would sign with Bristol.gs to guaranty a 100% at the exams.
and the good thing, is they probably update their database regularly.
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I too would recommend the Bristol Database but offer a few words of advice-
1) You need to know the subjects. If you only learn the question database then you may pass the exam but you will not do well. In my recent experience about 80% of questions were SIMILAR to Bristol but there were also questions that were new. You will not get 100% with the database alone!
2) Does your school already offer Feedback? If so, you may find it is very similar to Bristol. So did Bristol copy your school, or did your school copy Bristol?
3) Think long term. Databanks will help you pass exams, but further down the line will you retain the knowledge required for interviews and more importantly your future career?
1) You need to know the subjects. If you only learn the question database then you may pass the exam but you will not do well. In my recent experience about 80% of questions were SIMILAR to Bristol but there were also questions that were new. You will not get 100% with the database alone!
2) Does your school already offer Feedback? If so, you may find it is very similar to Bristol. So did Bristol copy your school, or did your school copy Bristol?
3) Think long term. Databanks will help you pass exams, but further down the line will you retain the knowledge required for interviews and more importantly your future career?
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Unfortunately, the more Q's you do the more chance you have of passing those 
exams.
£50 < failing one paper.
2 X sittings = £100 well spent
plus all the other Q's you get from your school
plus the trial exams you do on the course with your school.
You will have seen a "high proportion" of the actual questions that you get in your exams.
h-r
exams.£50 < failing one paper.
2 X sittings = £100 well spent
plus all the other Q's you get from your school
plus the trial exams you do on the course with your school.
You will have seen a "high proportion" of the actual questions that you get in your exams.
h-r
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Remember that this also helps form the foundation of your professional knowledge and passing 'tests' is just a bureaucratic hurdle for now. Later on you'll be expected to know this stuff for 'real applications' especially the interview!
Whilst you're at it why now study the material backed up with feedback questions rather than simply shortcutting the process and loosing the opportunity of knowledge.
Whilst you're at it why now study the material backed up with feedback questions rather than simply shortcutting the process and loosing the opportunity of knowledge.
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Thanks for the replies guys.
I think my initial post could have been a lot clearer. I am primarily using my school's manuals to pass the exams, and the question bank was seen as a secondary aid, I was not planning to use just one or the other!
Nevertheless, I think Bristol will now see my £50.
Curves
I think my initial post could have been a lot clearer. I am primarily using my school's manuals to pass the exams, and the question bank was seen as a secondary aid, I was not planning to use just one or the other!
Nevertheless, I think Bristol will now see my £50.
Curves
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ATPL extras
I am just about to sign up to study for the ATPL with C.A.T.S at Cranfield- for its location and after a good chat with the staff there who impressed me with their enthusiasm. I will be doing the distance learning route with the hope of working part time alongside studying. What other 'extras' would you recommend i get to help my studying? i have read the posts of people suggesting getting the Bristol question bank- anything else I should consider to go along with what the school will provide? I like to read from more than one source, so that I can get a wider understanding and feel more prepared for the range of questions.
Let me know what i should ask Santa for! And if anyone else has an opinion of C.A.T.S I'd love to hear it.
Louise.
Let me know what i should ask Santa for! And if anyone else has an opinion of C.A.T.S I'd love to hear it.
Louise.
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Well I intend to sit my exams in 24 months ... but I am reading through 'JAR Professional Pilot Studies' by Phil Croucher. Phil sold it to me on Ebay and it's a nice book to read through. *Didn't say I look forward to reading it every other night but it's certainly not a chore.
Cheaper than all the text books and probably easier to read.
I'm sure I'll finish it within 24 months
Andrew
... but I am reading through 'JAR Professional Pilot Studies' by Phil Croucher. Phil sold it to me on Ebay and it's a nice book to read through. *Didn't say I look forward to reading it every other night but it's certainly not a chore.Cheaper than all the text books and probably easier to read.
I'm sure I'll finish it within 24 months
Andrew
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Dec Results
Would someone be able to post when the dec results are out? Am away from home and will have to drive up to collect them when they arrive (not sure I really want to know but hey - hopefully a good xmas pressie!)
Ta!
Ta!