^^^ He's got it

Cheat Sheets? I used the Sheppard Air for my CFII and FOI writtens and I do not necessarily agree with your assessment. Every question has a detailed explanation section which I used to study. Every calculation is explained, every regulation is cited. I fail to see why that would be considered a "cheat sheet". Unless a person is just memorizing the answers- which I do agree is a bad idea -especially on the questions involving calculations... I suppose it is possible that someone could just memorize all the answers without bothering to learn any of the Regs or study and practice any of the calculations...

But you have to admit that there are quite a few silly questions on the FAA writtens. Here is my favorite example of this:


To see how bad some of the questions are, let’s take an example question from the commercial written exam.

Inbound on the 190 radial, a pilot selects the 195 radial, turns 5 degrees to the left, and notes the time. While maintaining a constant heading, the pilot notes the time for the CDI to center is 10 minutes. The ETE to the station is

A. 20 minutes
B. 15 minutes
C. 10 minutes
D. It doesn’t matter. No one ever does this in an airplane.

The correct answer, of course, is D, “It doesn’t matter. No one ever does this in an airplane.” Unfortunately, D was the only answer the FAA didn’t supply. I had to make it up myself just now. The correct answer, as far as the agency is concerned, is … well, unless you’re taking the test, it doesn’t really matter, now, does it?


Read more at Going Direct: ?Cheating? on the Writtens | Flying Magazine

Where do you fly out of ?

I currently fly out of Pittsfield in the Berkshires in Massachusetts. I am then transferring to BSU this fall, of course things havent been going as planned and its hard getting my PPL done this summer due to a lack of instructors. But I can finish up down there and I still want to get my test out of the way I plan on taking it in another month....

As far as now Im studying the videos from Sporty's, as well as software my instructor gave me... Gleims FAA Test Prep. Havent had time to try it out hopefully it gives me a good explanation with the questions... So stressful with the lack of hours and worrying about my written, oral, and check ride.. :/

Just soyou know everysingle test question is going to be useless. The FAA is re-writting EVERY question on all the tests. They are going to be all situation based.

Mypilottests.com has a nice set of practice questions

Where on earth are you getting that information?

I would say sheppard air material is the most up to date for written tests. Though more pricey than gleim. When you study for these tests, the very first time, look at the question, then immediately look at the correct answer. It helps you to memorize it for purposes of passing the writtens.

Sheppard Air for certain. I cannot vouch for any of the other tests, but the ATP written was FILLED with crap you simply don't need to know. Plus as mentioned above, there is an explanation and FAR/AIM citation (if applicable) for every single answer.