Appendix VIII Basic examination standard for category L aircraft maintenance licence

(a)The standardisation basis for examinations related to the Appendix VII basic knowledge requirements shall be as follows:

(i)all examinations must be carried out using the multiple-choice question format as specified in point (ii). The incorrect alternatives must seem equally plausible to anyone ignorant of the subject. All of the alternatives should be clearly related to the question and of similar vocabulary, grammatical construction and length. In numerical questions, the incorrect answers should correspond to procedural errors such as corrections applied in the wrong sense or incorrect unit conversions: they must not be mere random numbers;

(ii)each multiple-choice question must have three alternative answers of which only one must be the correct answer and the candidate must be allowed a time per module which is based upon a nominal average of 75 seconds per question;

(iii)the pass mark for each module is 75 %;

(iv)penalty marking (negative points for failed questions) is not to be used;

(v)the level of knowledge required in the questions must be proportionate to the level of technology of the aircraft category.

(vi)a failed module may not be retaken for at least 90 days from the date of the failed module examination;

(vii)the maximum number of attempts for each examination is three in a 12-month period.

(b)The number of questions per module shall be as follows:

(i)module 1L ‘BASIC KNOWLEDGE’: 20 questions. Time allowed: 25 minutes;

(ii)module 2L ‘HUMAN FACTORS’: 20 questions. Time allowed: 25 minutes;

(iii)module 3L ‘AVIATION LEGISLATION’: 28 questions. Time allowed: 35 minutes;

(iv)module 4L ‘WOODEN AND/OR METAL-TUBE STRUCTURE COVERED WITH FABRIC’: 40 questions. Time allowed: 50 minutes;

(v)module 5L ‘COMPOSITE STRUCTURE’: 32 questions. Time allowed: 40 minutes;

(vi)module 6L ‘METALLIC STRUCTURE’: 32 questions. Time allowed: 40 minutes;

(vii)module 7L ‘AIRFRAME – GENERAL, MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS’: 60 questions. Time allowed: 75 minutes;

(viii)module 8L ‘POWER PLANT’: 64 questions. Time allowed: 80 minutes;

(ix)module 9L ‘BALLOONS – HOT-AIR BALLOONS’: 36 questions. Time allowed: 45 minutes;

(x)module 10L ‘BALLOONS – GAS (FREE/TETHERED) BALLOONS’: 44 questions. Time allowed: 55 minutes;

(xi)module 11L ‘AIRSHIPS – HOT-AIR/GAS AIRSHIPS’: 40 questions. Time allowed: 50 minutes;

(xii)Module 12L ‘RADIO COM/ELT/TRANSPONDER/INSTRUMENTS’: 20 questions. Time allowed: 25 minutes.