Every month, in this week running up to the CAA exam, the number of question feedbacks quadruples, or more. And with record numbers of people now using club66pro.com as a pre-exam check on their knowledge, it is understandable.
Whilst we check every feedback we receive, and provide a credit where we change either a question, or its answer, or add a reference you have provided...
there have been more than the usual "null point" this month. These are often due to missinterpretations of the question, or just a plain lack of understanding of the subject, but usually, the old mistake of simply not reading the question fully.
Since we started playing the CAA's own game, of slightly rewording questions and/or their answers, you might be surprised how many people report that we have two identical questions but with different answers marked. It is no surprise to us then, when they report that they failed the CAA exam but were so sure they had passed because they had "seen" most of the questions before.
In other cases, people have been so convinced of their correctness, and our "stupid mistakes" that they get quite upset and (just like John McEnroe) actually get abusive towards us. The most disputed question of all our 16,000 questions, is that from Module 9
Consumption of alcohol
a) increases mental and physical reaction times
b) decreases mental and physical reaction times
c) has no affect upon mental and physical reaction times
The answer is a), but even after all the evidence, and attempts by the police etc. to educate people, some are so convinced that consumption of alcohol actually decreases (i.e. speeds-up) reaction times, that they call us "stupid" and "fools" for believing anything else.
Here are some other fact that people have disputed:
Liquid really is compressible (just ask George Dowty)
Binary Coded Decimal really isn't the same as Binary
Stall warning device really does activate ABOVE the stall speed, otherwise it would not be a "warning".
ARINC 429 is not "unidirectional half duplex" - Unidirectional-half-duplex is an oxymoron.
I could go on, but there is no helping some people. The issues are usually already explained in the Tutorial Support forums. Unfortunately, the people who hold these incorrect theories, are often not members of the Tutorial Support service, and we don't have the resources to reply to everyone personally.
So what we are saying, is if you have an issue with a question, or how it is worded, or how we have answered it, please raise the subject in the Tutorial Support forum. Please do not get upset or angry or abusive - it didn't get John McEnroe his points, and it won't help you either - and it might just drive you to drink!
