Advice for PPL written test
Posted by arlo_the_wizard@reddit | flying | View on Reddit | 8 comments
Hey all,
I’m about to do my PPL written test. Any advise? I’ve been doing the Sporty’s test prep and am getting 88-90% consistently. I’m just worried that the actual written will look a lot different from the Sporty’s tests. I know that the numbers will be different, but are the structures of the questions the same as the FAA test?
Thanks
MangledX@reddit
If you know the material, then they can't stump you. If you're going in there on rote memory alone, and hoping to see the same questions you've been trying to memorize, you're not going to like the outcome. Learn the material.
AdImpressive9014@reddit
Work on actually having a solid understanding of the topics you are being tested on and not just learning the correct answers for rote memory. Memorizing the correct answers for each specific question will only hurt you in the long run.
Intrepid_Hat_7692@reddit
I just took the written last week after using sportys! Try to be shooting in the 90s. Like sit down for four hours and just keep doing the practice tests. Probably 75% of the questions were identical to what was on the written. The wording and the answer choices are identical if not slightly different.
PP4life@reddit
Don't just keep spamming random practice tests. Actually study the questions and topics you are weak on. You'll be way more efficient at learning the things you get wrong. The Sporty's algorithm isn't very random so you end up getting the same questions over and over or you never see some questions. You have to take ~19 tests to maybe get each question once. That's if it was perfectly random, but it's not. I bet you could take 60 x 60 question practice tests and still not see some questions. Unless you paid for the full course and can use the "show me questions I haven't seen" mode.
arlo_the_wizard@reddit (OP)
Sweet. Thank you very much
InJailForCrimes@reddit
Study the whole test bank until you can get better than 90% on that.
TxAggieMike@reddit
Work towards fully understanding the information, not rote memorization.
Use your instructor to explain any topics that you consistently miss.
rFlyingTower@reddit
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Hey all,
I’m about to do my PPL written test. Any advise? I’ve been doing the Sporty’s test prep and am getting 88-90% consistently. I’m just worried that the actual written will look a lot different from the Sporty’s tests. I know that the numbers will be different, but are the structures of the questions the same as the FAA test?
Thanks
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