At the checkride an examiner asks you questions and you answer them out loud, then you show what you can do on the projects they assign. ATA Prep prepares you for the questions: 1,064 oral questions across General, Airframe and Powerplant, practised the way you will be asked them, with an AI examiner that critiques how you actually put your answer. The hands-on projects stay hands-on; that part is between you, your tools and your examiner.
The oral follows the same three areas as the written tests, and each is its own package. Every card carries the ACS area and subject it comes from, so you always know what you are being asked about.
412 oral questions
The questions every examiner starts with: the basics you are expected to explain without reaching for a book.
310 oral questions
Systems you will be asked to explain and trace, and the inspection questions that go with them.
342 oral questions
How engines work and how you know when they are not: the area with the most "walk me through it" questions.
Recognising the right answer is not the same as explaining it. The oral cards are built to make you say it.
Read the question, answer it out loud the way you would in front of the examiner, and only then turn the card over.
Compare what you said to the answer and mark the card Pass, Borderline or Miss. Borderline and Miss go to your review queue.
Type or speak your answer and the AI examiner critiques your wording, the terms you left out, and shows you a stronger way to put it. It coaches your delivery; it does not replace your examiner. It needs a one-time setup in the app.
Cards you miss come back until you clear them, and your recent results point out the subjects you keep struggling with.
Every card carries its ACS area and subject, so the app can point you at exactly what you are weak on.
Pick subjects, keywords or ACS codes and save them as a study guide. Guides are saved to your account and follow you between devices.
Upload a photo or PDF of your Airman Knowledge Test Report and the app reads the ACS codes on it, shows you what it found, and builds a guide from the codes you confirm. See how it works in the Study App.
Your review queue holds every card you marked Borderline or Miss, and your recent results surface the subjects that need more time.
The Oral & Practical is one examination with two parts. ATA Prep prepares you for the oral questions and the knowledge behind the projects; the practical projects themselves are hands-on tasks you perform for your examiner, and no app stands in for them. Knowing the material cold is what lets you talk through a project while you do it.
The oral cards live in the ATA Prep Study App, in your browser, offline once loaded, with your progress and guides on your account. Preparing for the knowledge tests too? Read about written test prep, or buy both together on the pricing page.