Maybe if more people got the poorly-written questions wrong, the FAA might have a mechanism to identify bad questions and fix them. But much like the examiner lead time problem, things sometimes don’t show up on the FAA’s radar because of the way we deal with them.
Pretty sure.
Heh…well they could start by proof-reading their own questions.
And a quick perusal of their charts might even mean they’d catch a couple printing errors. They could do a lot of things, but, being the FAA, the only things that matter are the things that have been written into their policies and procedures for correcting issues. And if applicants continually subvert those policies and procedures, the problems aren’t going to go away.Heh…well they could start by proof-reading their own questions.
And failing that, they could purchase a bit of test prep software (ha!) and identify the vast majority of the questions with straight errors.
And as a last resort they could read the reviews that they request test takers fill out after they finish exams.
I mean, they do have options.
That’s a fair point of course. And policies often exist for a reason. But apparently these issues have been pointed out to the FAA, thru the proper channels for quite a while, with small effect, so far.
What are “the proper channels”?
Sorta feels like you’re spoilin’ for an argument on this. I’m not really into that.
I’m just trying to figure out what your claim actually is.
That's the only way I can see them being able to provide what they do if in fact the FAA doesn't release the questions. They are word for word the same.
Back in the day ( here we go young-uns ) we had to read the study material and hope for the best...no test prep questions to memorize on the computer.
In the early 90s, we didn't have computer test prep, we had the actual FAA test questions. So if you were inclined to memorize (I'm not), it was a cakewalk.Study the test prep...Gleim, ASA, etc....go take the test and move on. If you have a problem with a specific question, you can tell the proctor at the testing site. I had one question thrown out when I took my Airframe written...people make mistakes.
Back in the day ( here we go young-uns ) we had to read the study material and hope for the best...no test prep questions to memorize on the computer.
I preferred to read books … and pester my CFI, the ground school instructor … the shop mechanics … the FBO front desk … heck I’d talk to the airport cat if I figured he’d tell me about airplanes. And watched every video tape of John and Martha King I could find between washing airplane bellies and pumping 80 gasoline (it was 1994…). I’m still a nerd that likes to understand everything he can about this flying thing, but I’d rather get the written out of the way so I can actually start learning. Confusing, poorly written questions and tests get in the way of actual, useful learning and really just slow down the whole process. It would be cool if the FAA figured a way out to fix that. Make it either real world applicable (certainly more than it is now), less “gotcha”, or at the very least just make it clean and clear and concise.
I’ve always liked the “slide rule accuracy” method one of my college professors used…3 digits for everything unless the number started with a 1, in which case it was 4 digits.
