which question bank is better
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which question bank is better
Hi Guys
I have subscribed so bristols question bank and also aviationexam.
I have noticed different questions are coming up on aviationexam to the question coming up on Bristol.
Can you please let me know you advise on which one is the best.
I have my exams in Dec
Regards
Steve
I have subscribed so bristols question bank and also aviationexam.
I have noticed different questions are coming up on aviationexam to the question coming up on Bristol.
Can you please let me know you advise on which one is the best.
I have my exams in Dec
Regards
Steve
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From: White Waltham, Prestwick & Calgary
They are as good as each other in various ways, but it depends where you are going to take your exams. If you are going to do them in the UK, go for Bristol. Anywhere else in Europe do aviationexam, especially for Holland where they have had wrong answers in their Helicopter POF question bank for ten years. 
I also believe you get feedback as to scores immediately with Bristol, but you have to wait for the end of the exam with aviationexam (as reported by my students).
Phil
I also believe you get feedback as to scores immediately with Bristol, but you have to wait for the end of the exam with aviationexam (as reported by my students).
Phil
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Bristol just introduced Version 3 to all of us that we are studying in EU , including the UK so for phase 1 thats another 1200 questions.
Right now for me and the rest of my classmates it all looks like a pile of
We have an issue in aviation training as which questions are still used in the exams.
A friend last year took POF and Bristol had 400 questions in the bank.
Today they are 1200 and that is only POF.
In my opinion is that Bristol is still good stuff but as things are going it will come a point where the purpose of having question banks COULD go out the window unless they find a way to take out the questions not used.
For us that are going through these exams right now, good luck....we will need it.
Right now for me and the rest of my classmates it all looks like a pile of
We have an issue in aviation training as which questions are still used in the exams.
A friend last year took POF and Bristol had 400 questions in the bank.
Today they are 1200 and that is only POF.
In my opinion is that Bristol is still good stuff but as things are going it will come a point where the purpose of having question banks COULD go out the window unless they find a way to take out the questions not used.
For us that are going through these exams right now, good luck....we will need it.
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Hi Guys..
Thank you for the advice. In responce to CY333 i have had a quick look at bristols Version 3 database and to be honest half the questions they are asking i cant even remember studing for.
Am i alone with this, or are other people having the same problem?
Just when i was getting really good passes on every attempt they throw another spanner in the works.
I look forward to your responces
Regards
Steve
Thank you for the advice. In responce to CY333 i have had a quick look at bristols Version 3 database and to be honest half the questions they are asking i cant even remember studing for.
Am i alone with this, or are other people having the same problem?
Just when i was getting really good passes on every attempt they throw another spanner in the works.
I look forward to your responces
Regards
Steve
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If you learn and understand the subject matter surely it doesn't make a difference how many questions there are?
Please don't tell me you are not understanding the subjects and just learning 1200 answers? If you are you might have some great passes but you will feel very silly at an airline technical interview.
Just my two pennies worth
Please don't tell me you are not understanding the subjects and just learning 1200 answers? If you are you might have some great passes but you will feel very silly at an airline technical interview.
Just my two pennies worth
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From: Germany
Bristol, all the way....Used the Jepp/AFT books and bought the subscription to the Bristol QB. Gave myself at least 4 mock exams an evening for 3 months leading up to the September exams. Great way of seeing how much you have taken on board from studying, and it paid off - all 14 passed in 4 days.
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Sorry chaps, time for a rant - if you're not in the mood then just ignore this post and move on! It's not aimed at anyone except the authorities ;-)
Here we go...
It's all very well saying you'll look like a prat in an airline interview if all you've done is learn the question bank BUT - let's get real over here...
When I was doing my JAR exams, I was already flying bizjets and had been doing so for a few years. I had FAA licenses and was doing a conversion.
Initially I started out doing the JAR ATPL with all the enthusiasm in the world - mistakenly thinking that I was about to learn all the magic about flying that somehow the FAA system had failed to impart on me many moons before. Somewhere in the middle of my first phase of exams I realised it was all a crock of s***t, and despite everyone moaning that the FAA licence was inferior in every way to the JAR licence, I wasn't being taught anything meaningful that I didn't already know... who cares how the gyro's in an INS system work - or how to work out what range you'll pick up a vor? (either you can or you can't... simples)
Then they go and ask the questions in such a way that you really need a degree in psychology and english (with an understanding of the nuances of german/french/ any other european language to english translation) to interpret... I lost count of the times that an instructor said "if you see this question then answer x.. I know the answer is Y, but for the purposes of the exam just forget that and answer x".
If they really want to know if you understand a subject, then asking 30 random multiple choice questions (on a subject that really requires 500) that were written by someone who's first language is not english is not the way to go about it. ( Now before anyone gets on their high horse about me criticising people who have another first language - this is not a criticism. Most of these people speak english better than me - it's just that something gets lost in translation).
Getting people to write an essay, or do an oral exam will stop the hordes of people who walk into an exam, sit down and then walk out after 10 mins having just scored 100%. Of course they will never do that, because it would mean the CAA would actually have to do something for their 30 quid per exam (or has that gone up by now?).
My advice (for what it's worth) is pay attention in your groundschool, cos no matter where you go there are bound to be some instructors who really know their stuff and will impart some valuable knowledge. Then go get your Bristol question bank out and do every question in there - you will start to realise that the info you got in groundschool will help you answer half the questions correctly. For the other half... learn them parrot fashion, write the exam and move on.
The reality of the matter is, is that by the time most people actually get asked in for an interview, they have already forgotten 95% of the stuff they learned at school. You will have to do loads of prep work anyway.
Oh, and from when I did mine... the Bristol bank was the best at the time.
Here we go...
It's all very well saying you'll look like a prat in an airline interview if all you've done is learn the question bank BUT - let's get real over here...
When I was doing my JAR exams, I was already flying bizjets and had been doing so for a few years. I had FAA licenses and was doing a conversion.
Initially I started out doing the JAR ATPL with all the enthusiasm in the world - mistakenly thinking that I was about to learn all the magic about flying that somehow the FAA system had failed to impart on me many moons before. Somewhere in the middle of my first phase of exams I realised it was all a crock of s***t, and despite everyone moaning that the FAA licence was inferior in every way to the JAR licence, I wasn't being taught anything meaningful that I didn't already know... who cares how the gyro's in an INS system work - or how to work out what range you'll pick up a vor? (either you can or you can't... simples)
Then they go and ask the questions in such a way that you really need a degree in psychology and english (with an understanding of the nuances of german/french/ any other european language to english translation) to interpret... I lost count of the times that an instructor said "if you see this question then answer x.. I know the answer is Y, but for the purposes of the exam just forget that and answer x".
If they really want to know if you understand a subject, then asking 30 random multiple choice questions (on a subject that really requires 500) that were written by someone who's first language is not english is not the way to go about it. ( Now before anyone gets on their high horse about me criticising people who have another first language - this is not a criticism. Most of these people speak english better than me - it's just that something gets lost in translation).
Getting people to write an essay, or do an oral exam will stop the hordes of people who walk into an exam, sit down and then walk out after 10 mins having just scored 100%. Of course they will never do that, because it would mean the CAA would actually have to do something for their 30 quid per exam (or has that gone up by now?).
My advice (for what it's worth) is pay attention in your groundschool, cos no matter where you go there are bound to be some instructors who really know their stuff and will impart some valuable knowledge. Then go get your Bristol question bank out and do every question in there - you will start to realise that the info you got in groundschool will help you answer half the questions correctly. For the other half... learn them parrot fashion, write the exam and move on.
The reality of the matter is, is that by the time most people actually get asked in for an interview, they have already forgotten 95% of the stuff they learned at school. You will have to do loads of prep work anyway.
Oh, and from when I did mine... the Bristol bank was the best at the time.
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Yup, spot on. As far as I am concerned, the whole JAA question system is a disgrace, which is not interested in what you know but how clever the questioners are. We have a student here who is a CFII and who really does know his stuff, but he hasn't really been using the databank, and is consistently failing. Now he has to use it to pass, and that is not the way to train pilots.
Phil
Phil
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I also agree with drogue in the majority, but please try and understand the subject matter somewhat. Of course the CAA are out there to rip you off and make life stupidly difficult and Bristol will help you through the exams but please learn the subject not just the answers to Bristol it may even save your life one day
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I have been reading for 4 hours a day for 6 months now and also using the question banks so hopefully i should get good passes.
It is good to hear all of your views on the exams as im not too sure what to expect. Lets hope all the hard work pays off
It is good to hear all of your views on the exams as im not too sure what to expect. Lets hope all the hard work pays off
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From: Germany
Spot on Drogue, couldn't agree more. 10 years flying in the US, and apparently I was deeply unsafe because I had never known what a "Zeder diode" is......It took a lot of cursing and frustration to get through those utterly pointless exams. I think, out of all 14 exams there were maybe 2 or 3 questions that had a practical application and would make you a better pilot. The rest were absolutely the most worthless waste of ink and 86 pounds. When will the CAA arrive in the 21st century I wonder?
Anyway, yes, by doing what you're doing as far as the exams and studying I would think you'd do fine......Pass 'em, and then hit the dump lever!
Anyway, yes, by doing what you're doing as far as the exams and studying I would think you'd do fine......Pass 'em, and then hit the dump lever!
