Hi,
With regard to CASA exams there is one thing I have learnt.
Read the question carefully, at least 3 or more times. When finished the exam go back over.
But remember gut feeling answers should not be changed.
Your first answer is usually the correct one. Unless its an obvious error, leave the answer as it is.

The wording of questions is sometimes the reason for incorrect answers due to the difference with the prep or test exams.
My experience was one where I had been planning and flying IFR for a couple of years, I knew the subject well from experience.
But in the exam I got 55%.
Very queer considering I didn't know how to improve on the subject matter and knowledge of IFR.
So I improved on how to interpret CASE exams. They love to jumble the data around and produce as many variations of the same question.
When going through the information on some topic I try to anticipate how CASA will create a question from the subject matter. I know it adds to the work load, but it also cements the information as well.
This seems to work, at least for the last 6 exams I have completed.
My average exam result with CASA is now 95% with a few 100% in the mix.

Anyway I hopes this helps.

Marty..

Another technique is very useful in multichoice style exams, especially where the examiner makes distractors an art form. That is to work from what is wrong, rather than what is correct in the alternative answers.

Once you have sussed out what the question is driving at (and this is very important as both Bob and Rich have emphasised)

(a) review EACH and EVERY alternative answer.

(b) identify what in each answer might make it a wrong alternative. Remember that most of the alternatives are the wrong answer ...

(c) if you are comfortable that an answer is wrong, then discard that alternative as a possible solution

(d) if you end up with ONLY one answer which can be correct, then select it with confidence

(e) if you end up with multiple answers for which you can find no clear error, then redo the review for those alternatives.

(f) if you can't narrow the alternative answers down to only the one which can be correct, select from the final shortlist whichever appears to be the "more" or "most" correct.

Reading through the CASA hyperlink cited earlier, I notice that many candidates finish early and well within the time limit. Don't do this; use EVERY minute permitted .. check and recheck until the time is up.

Some great tips here on CASA exams!
I am an Avionics LAME, and completed all the CASA exams for this trade years ago, and well before you went to a training college and did them through a course.
All of mine were done through home study, and out of 20+ exams, I failed a few before I realised that in a lot of instances I was failing to do what John above has said:
RTFQ thoroughly.
Discount that which is obviously incorrect, then make a case for the remainder as to why they may be right.
RTFQ thoroughly

Practice exams should be viewed as a guide to the style of questions and to the subject matter that may be examined, NOT the specific answers to questions.

Here's a tip also: If you print out and use the Day VFR Syllabus with the practise exams and exercises, make sure you haven't printed it "fit to page". Otherwise you will be confused as to why you are getting all the navigation calculation ones wrong. The Sydney, Bourke and Townsville WAC's will be the wrong scale

Cheers!

Hi

I've just passed the PEXO RPL exam and would like to thank the guy whose message included the suggestions about Density Altitude, Synoptic Charts and Aileron Drag. I would also recommend the CASA website notes of where candidates had difficulty. The other helpful advice someone gave was to go back and re read the questions. I had about 45 mins to spare and found it worthwhile.
I initially thought that I would only need Vol 1 of the study guide but discovered that Vol 2 was also required, luckily in time for the exam.