Changes to FAA written test

I took the FIA Friday and passed with an 88. There were a few additional questions that I hadn't seen about maintaining currency but it was a pretty fair test for the most part.
 
Passed my FOI at 94% ... studied the AIH, then used Sheppard Air. Got three surprise questions, and missed them all. I have to agree with others that the answers are incredibly syntactically persnickety. I can reference the AIH directly and not really find "the right answer" to the questions as asked.

But they (at Sheppard Air) seem to be pretty on the ball. It's the wrong kind of learning, but it's honestly the wrong kind of testing, too.

-Fox
 
Acrofox said:
Passed my FOI at 94% ... studied the AIH, then used Sheppard Air. Got three surprise questions, and missed them all. I have to agree with others that the answers are incredibly syntactically persnickety. I can reference the AIH directly and not really find "the right answer" to the questions as asked.

But they (at Sheppard Air) seem to be pretty on the ball. It's the wrong kind of learning, but it's honestly the wrong kind of testing, too.

-Fox
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So all the questions but 3 were on Sheppards Prep?
 
Just took the IFR written (I think the FAA calls it IRA). THAR BE NEW QUESTIONS. I got an 83, studied the Jepp books and an old Gleim that had all the FAA diags in order. I pulled down the FAA's sample on its site and also used a bunch of the online free tests, Sportys, Kips, Exams4Pilots, RisingupAviation etc and was making 90's and 100's easy. Probably spent the better part of a month every other day or so - kind of spread out. The new questions that I came across were all on structural icing. I got three in a row, with virtually the same question beginning - I can't remember the exact wording but the essence was something like "we know this about icing...:" None of the answers had anything to do with clouds like in the study guides. Unfortunately, I can't remember the answers per say, but some of options had bits like: "you can't differentiate thin clear ice from a wet wing when flying"; "patches of ice on the wing will form localized areas of stall causing the plane to roll"; "blunt objects form more ice" ; "thin objects form more ice"; "you can't see white ice on a white wing"; "windshields freeze first"; and such. I'm pretty sure I got two of the three wrong, so I went back to my books looking for these kinds of structural questions, but I couldn't find any, ergo I'm pretty sure its new stuff. The other questions I bombed were all in the books, so don't worry there. The majority are the same. I just couldn't pull out the right answer.

I'm taking the CFII written also (FII I think its called) Weds this week. Its supposed to be the same test, so I'll let you know what I find.
 
Going off of what maniago said, there are quite a few new icing questions on the IFR written. I took the test when they first starting implementing new questions. I probably got around 6-7 questions on icing (types, effects, symptoms, etc.)
 
Jet said:
Does anybody know what I would show the examiner for number (3) to be except from the FOI?
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I would guess a letter from an appropriate official with academic responsibility at your university, stating that you are employed as a professor or other person with instructional responsibility.
 
Here's another IFR new test question I just remembered (its 0530 and I'm studying for the FII at 0800)...

Using Fig 152 (RNAV (GPS) RWY 30 North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird Field (LBF)), why is the LNAV/VNAV DA precision approach visual minimum (3/4mi) higher than the LNAV non-precision MDA(1/2mi)?

Its not in the study guides, and except for the note about BARO VNAV temperature issues, I'll be damned if I can noodle this one out. What am I missing?
 
maniago said:
Why is the LNAV/VNAV DA precision approach visual minimum (3/4mi) higher than the LNAV non-precision MDA(1/2mi)?... What am I missing?
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Consider the location of the missed approach points for either approach and what you would need for visibility to be able to complete either.
 
Well that might answer the question. I remember one of the answers said something like "slant range for the RNAV/VNAV is more than for the VNAV". I guess since the heights are the same, this would be the answer.

On another note took FII written today. As noted before on this thread its 50 questions vs 60 on IRA, so less room for error. All said, no new questions encountered. Scored another "B", so bit disappointed, but its a keeper. Now if I can score a "B" on the IFR practical - that'll be money!:applause:
 
I re-took the FOI today and passed with a 94. I used ASA prepware instead of dauntless and I recognized about 90% of the questions this time.
 
glad to hear that! ive been using the same schiezen. im taking it tomorrow. screw you foi screwwww youuuu....
 
I am planning on taking my iFR written tomorrow. I dnt know if anyone here knows if the FAA really changed the bank questions and if all d approach questions and all that are the same with the one in the gliem
 
I did, I know they added a few new questions, but I am asking when it comes to the approach plates and the calculations if they are the same
 
Passed the FOI today. Used ASA prepware. Scored 92. Recognized.....I'll say about 80% of the questions.
 
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