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Part 66 - ANNEX III - Maintenance Certifying Staff

66.APP7 Appendix VII - Basic knowledge requirements for category L aircraft maintenance licence
The definitions of the different levels of knowledge required in this Appendix are the same as those
contained in point 1 of Appendix I to Annex III (Part-66).
For Tables, see https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/1321/annex/III/appendix/VII
66.APP8 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.
(b) The number of questions per module shall be as follows:
(i) module ll 'Basic knowledge': 12 questions. Time allowed: 15 minutes;
(ii) module 2L 'Human factors': 8 quest ions . Time allo wed: 10 minutes;
(iii) module 3L 'Aviation legislation': 24 questions. Time allowed: 30 minutes;
(iv) module 4L 'Airframe wooden/metal tube and fabric' : 32 questions. Time allowed : 40
minutes;
(v) module SL 'Airframe composite': 32 questions . Time allowed : 40 minutes;
(vi) module 6L 'Airframe metal' : 32 questions . Time allowed : 40 minutes;
(vii) module 7L 'Airframe general' : 64 quest ions. Time allowed: 80 minutes;
(viii) module 8L 'Power plant': 48 questions. Time allowed: 60 minutes;
(ix) module 9L 'Balloon/Airship hot air': 36 questions. Time allowed: 45 minutes;
(x) module 10L 'Balloon/Airship gas (free/tethered)': 40 questions. Time allowed: 50
minutes;
(xi) module 11L 'Airships hot air/ gas' : 36 questions. Time allo wed: 45 minutes;
(xii) Module 12L 'Radio Com/Ell/transponder/instruments': 16 questions. Time allowed 20
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