How I PASSED my Instrument Rating Written & Check Ride Exam | Things to Know & Things to Learn

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[vorlon1]

Congratulations on passing!

Looking forward to videos of approaches...

[flyboy0681]

Good job. I studied for the written for ten months, also starting out by using the King course (Martha's orange and brown jumpsuit was too much to take at times). After I completed it, I searched and found every site I could for sample tests, and there were a lot. I can honestly say that I took dozens of tests covering thousands of questions. My goal was to get the best score possible because I knew that all of the subject areas that I got wrong would have to be covered in detail during the oral exam, which would extend the session and make it that much more grueling. In the end I got two questions wrong, one related to icing. The DPE I used was very popular down here and I contacted others that used him to get an idea of where we would go and be doing. Everyone had the same scenario and that's exactly what he had me do, making for slightly less sweaty palms.

[jaylw314]

11 minutes ago, flyboy0681 said:

Good job. I studied for the written for ten months, also starting out by using the King course (Martha's orange and brown jumpsuit was too much to take at times). After I completed it, I searched and found every site I could for sample tests, and there were a lot. I can honestly say that I took dozens of tests covering thousands of questions. My goal was to get the best score possible because I knew that all of the subject areas that I got wrong would have to be covered in detail during the oral exam, which would extend the session and make it that much more grueling. In the end I got two questions wrong, one related to icing. The DPE I used was very popular down here and I contacted others that used him to get an idea of where we would go and be doing. Everyone had the same scenario and that's exactly what he had me do, making for slightly less sweaty palms.

Wait, I thought your incorrect answers had to be gone over by your instructor, not (necessarily) the DPE?

[PilotFun101]

13 hours ago, jaylw314 said:

Wait, I thought your incorrect answers had to be gone over by your instructor, not (necessarily) the DPE?

Yes.  I'm sorry.  It was with my instructor not the DPE. 

[flyboy0681]

Not to beat a dead horse, but I found this response from an instructor on the subject. It could be wrong however.

 

Examiner's responsibilities
The examiner must review deficient areas of the written exam to be sure that you've got it.  This changed in 2004 with revision D of the DPE Handbook.  No longer can the DPE accept the instructor's endorsement that you've learned from your mistakes.

[StevenL757]

On 11/10/2021 at 9:22 AM, flyboy0681 said:

Not to beat a dead horse, but I found this response from an instructor on the subject. It could be wrong however.

 

Examiner's responsibilities
The examiner must review deficient areas of the written exam to be sure that you've got it.  This changed in 2004 with revision D of the DPE Handbook.  No longer can the DPE accept the instructor's endorsement that you've learned from your mistakes.

This is correct.  Although OP states his instructor went over missed items with him (a good idea nonetheless), the DPE must review the items as you indicated.

Steve

[mike_elliott]

2 hours ago, StevenL757 said:

This is correct.  Although OP states his instructor went over missed items with him (a good idea nonetheless), the DPE must review the items as you indicated.

Steve

Its not just a good idea, it is still a requirement for the CFII to go over the missed knowledge test questions with the applicant and endorse he has done so before the applicant can sit for the practical oral with a DPE.