FAA Private Pilot Knowledge Exam?

Question

I was told by my ground school instructor that the FAA writen exam for Private Pilot is word by word from the studying materials in my case it's the book "Gleim".

That's the book im using to prepare myself for the test. My question is if all the questions including the ones with charts Ex: weight and balances and airplane performance are also exactly the same?

I know how to determine the weight and balance, but in case I make a mistake I have already memorized the whole Gleim book just to be safe ,because I hope on getting a perfect score on the test.

Also should I take my E6-B, Plotter and Sectional Chart?

Watson

Answer 1

If you have memorized the answers, you will only need about 20 minutes to take the test.

Take your stuff, in case you have a brain f**t.

Its very hard to get a perfect score, even when you know all the right answers. Don't feel bad about having 1 or 2 wrong answers, your still better by far then most who take the test.

Usually, your DE will not give you a long oral exam with a score in the 90's. Make sure you know any questions you got wrong on the written for the oral.

Good Luck!

Answer 2

gleim is word for word the same as the faa written, (assuming you have a recent release of the book) but the answers are in a different order so don't try to memorize the letters.

On the last written I took there was a screen at the beginning of the test that said there could be up to 8 unpublished questions on my test. I think they called them test questions or something but they are not in the gleim. I made a point to look for these mystery questions but only counted 3 or 4 so dont worry too much about them you sound like you are on top of it and i'm sure you will do fine.

Yes take your e-6b and plotter but you wont be allowed to take the sectional chart. also take a couple pencils and a calculator and if they will let you bring a blank piece of paper do that too. If they give you a hard time about bringing in your own piece of paper just ask them for one and they will give it to you.

just a side note, while lists and other things are fine to memorize you should not just be memorizing all of the answers, if you do not learn the basic concepts you will have a much harder time learning instrument, commercial, etc.

Answer 3

Take your E6-B and I think your plotter. You won't need the sectional chart.

Your instructor is correct about the FAA written exam but has it turned around. The FAA exam is not FROM the Gleim book, but rather the Gleim book is from the FAA exam. The FAA is required under the Freedom of Information Act to release the text of the exams. All text written by the government is in the public domain by definition, so companies like Gleim get it free from the FAA and publish it.

You will get a chart booklet (published by ASA -- you can also buy that for yourself if you don't have it) when you take the test. You'll use that for any diagrams and charts you have to use on the test.

Don't worry if you don't get a perfect score. All you need to do is pass.

Answer 4

I have only ever used Gleim for all of my writtens.  Private thru ATP.

I give them full credit for my results. Between 90% to 98% each time.

I believe you may take your E6B and a calculator. It would be best to check with your test administrator.

Good luck!

Remember " If you move you got a month " :-) ( To update your FAA records ) etc. etc. etc.!

Good Luck.