Three knowledge tests stand between you and the checkride: General, Airframe and Powerplant. ATA Prep has a written test bank for each, 2,776 multiple-choice questions in all, every one with an explanation, organised around the ACS area it comes from. Study a subject at your own pace, then sit a timed practice test and see what you would score.
Each area is its own package, so you can buy the one you are testing on next and add the others later. Within a package the questions are grouped by subject; pick a whole area, a single subject, or a guide of your own.
689 written questions
The foundations every mechanic is tested on first, from the maths and physics up through records, publications and what your certificate lets you do.
1,056 written questions
The largest of the three banks, and the one with the most figures: structures, systems and the inspections that tie them together.
1,031 written questions
Both engine families, everything bolted to them, and the propeller: the bank most students say they wish they had started sooner.
Two ways through the bank, and one place everything you miss ends up.
Work through a subject at your own pace. Answer, then reveal the correct choice and the explanation behind it; questions that refer to a figure show it. No clock is running.
Sit a practice test drawn from the area you choose: a shuffled 25, 50, or every question, graded when you submit. Standard gives you two hours; Challenge gives you one, for pacing under pressure.
Every question you get wrong, in study or on a test, goes into your review queue and stays there until you clear it. Your recent results also point out the subjects you keep struggling with.
Every question carries the ACS area and subject it belongs to. Build your own study guide from subjects, keywords or ACS codes, and it is saved to your account for every device you sign in on.
The written banks live in the ATA Prep Study App: sign in from any browser, and once your questions have loaded they keep working offline. The oral side of the checkride has its own preparation; read about oral and practical prep, or buy both together on the pricing page.