A License exam

[virulindex 0]

Is this an actual written exam? If so, anybody got any suggestions on how to prepare?

Thanks!!

[Booster_MPS 0]

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Is this an actual written exam? If so, anybody got any suggestions on how to prepare?

Thanks!!

Everything you need to know is found in the SIM
Your instructors should also be able to go over everything. There should be nothing covered that you have not seen in your student program.

[Reginald 0]

In an appendix the SIM tell you what chapters to study for the A, B, C and D license exams. Couldn’t be easier.

"We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." CP

[pilotdave 0]

It's an oral exam for the A license, not written.

Dave

[virulindex 0]

Ok. That shouldn't be too hard.

Thanks Reginald and Booster as well for the replies!

[skydude2000 3]

For the record, in Canada the Solo is Oral and the 'A' is written.

Cheers

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[GLIDEANGLE 1]

For USPA A license, the exam can be either written or oral. (Mine was written, "fill in the blank").

Here is the section of the 2008 USPA SIM that addresses the nature and content of the A-License examination:

SIM §3-2
A. LICENSE EXAM INSTRUCTIONS
1. A license:
a. The examining USPA Instructor conducts a
written or oral quiz of at least 20 questions taken
from the USPA Integrated Student Program syllabus,
with emphasis on the following:
(1) cloud clearance and visibility requirements
(2) equipment operation and maintenance
(i) wing loading and its effects
(ii) closing loop
(iii) velcro and tuck flaps
(iv) packing and authorization to pack
(3) canopy flight
(i) traffic patterns and collision avoidance
(ii) braked turns and obstacle avoidance
(iii) low turn avoidance and recovery
(iv) downwind landing procedures
(v) obstacle landing emergency and recovery
procedures
(4) aircraft procedures
(i) during jump run and exit to observe
balance limits
(ii) distance between groups to maintain
separation
(iii) aircraft emergency procedures
(5) group breakoff recommendations
(6) parachute emergency procedures
(i) deployment malfunctions
(ii) cutaway decide-and-act altitude
(iii) two-canopies-deployed scenarios
(7) accountability for FAR compliance

This is from Appendix B of the 2008 USPA SIM:

Study guide information for the USPA A license exam is listed in the “Book Stuff ” at the beginning of each Category of the Integrated Student Program in SIM Section 4.

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[tetra316 0]

Mine was a written, fill in the blank also. So were the B,C,D tests.

[popsjumper 2]

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Everything you need to know is found in the SIM

Correcto Mundo! Virulindex, get a hard copy of the SIM and read it. Somehow it makes me shudder to think that someone is wondering about the A-license exam and may not know that the SIM contains all you need to know and more.

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There should be nothing covered that you have not seen in your student program.

True enough...but unfortunately not always true. I'm amazed at how many student programs concentrate so heavily on the air skills and put so little emphasis on the book stuff.

Virulindex, please, please get the SIM and read it, study it and know it. Knowledge is power...skydiving safety is the ultimate test and the SIM is your best single-source reference.

Thanks in advance.

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[grannyinthesky 0]

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Virulindex, please, please get the SIM and read it, study it and know it. Knowledge is power...skydiving safety is the ultimate test and the SIM is your best single-source reference.

And you don't even need to buy it. You can download it from the USPA website.

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safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy

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