FAA A&P · AIRFRAME & POWERPLANT
Get your FAA A&P.On the first try.
PrepAMT Academy is FAA A&P mechanic test prep: 13,135 questions for anyone taking the General, Airframe and Powerplant written tests. Work through every subject the FAA tests, read a plain explanation for each answer, and walk in knowing you are ready.
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Nothing you’ll be asked on the FAA A&P is missing.
All 40 subject areas in the Airman Certification Standards, across the three A&P knowledge tests. The bank is written to every one.
- AFundamentals of Electricity and Electronics
- BAircraft Drawings
- CWeight and Balance
- DFluid Lines and Fittings
- EAircraft Materials, Hardware, and Processes
- FGround Operations and Servicing
- GCleaning and Corrosion Control
- HMathematics
- IRegulations, Maintenance Forms, Records, and Publications
- JPhysics for Aviation
- KInspection Concepts and Techniques
- LHuman Factors
- AMetallic Structures
- BNon-Metallic Structures
- CFlight Controls
- DAirframe Inspection
- ELanding Gear Systems
- FHydraulic and Pneumatic Systems
- GEnvironmental Systems
- HAircraft Instrument Systems
- ICommunication and Navigation Systems
- JAircraft Fuel Systems
- KAircraft Electrical Systems
- LIce and Rain Control Systems
- MAirframe Fire Protection Systems
- NRotorcraft Fundamentals
- OWater and Waste Systems
- AReciprocating Engines
- BTurbine Engines
- CEngine Inspection
- DEngine Instrument Systems
- EEngine Fire Protection Systems
- FEngine Electrical Systems
- GEngine Lubrication Systems
- HIgnition and Starting Systems
- IEngine Fuel and Fuel Metering Systems
- JReciprocating Engine Induction and Cooling Systems
- KTurbine Engine Air Systems
- LEngine Exhaust and Reverser Systems
- MPropellers
| Item | Subject area | ACS code |
|---|---|---|
| General AMG · 60 QUESTIONS · 2 HOURS | 4,071 in bank | |
| A | Fundamentals of Electricity and Electronics | AM.I.A |
| B | Aircraft Drawings | AM.I.B |
| C | Weight and Balance | AM.I.C |
| D | Fluid Lines and Fittings | AM.I.D |
| E | Aircraft Materials, Hardware, and Processes | AM.I.E |
| F | Ground Operations and Servicing | AM.I.F |
| G | Cleaning and Corrosion Control | AM.I.G |
| H | Mathematics | AM.I.H |
| I | Regulations, Maintenance Forms, Records, and Publications | AM.I.I |
| J | Physics for Aviation | AM.I.J |
| K | Inspection Concepts and Techniques | AM.I.K |
| L | Human Factors | AM.I.L |
| Airframe AMA · 100 QUESTIONS · 2 HOURS | 5,614 in bank | |
| A | Metallic Structures | AM.II.A |
| B | Non-Metallic Structures | AM.II.B |
| C | Flight Controls | AM.II.C |
| D | Airframe Inspection | AM.II.D |
| E | Landing Gear Systems | AM.II.E |
| F | Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems | AM.II.F |
| G | Environmental Systems | AM.II.G |
| H | Aircraft Instrument Systems | AM.II.H |
| I | Communication and Navigation Systems | AM.II.I |
| J | Aircraft Fuel Systems | AM.II.J |
| K | Aircraft Electrical Systems | AM.II.K |
| L | Ice and Rain Control Systems | AM.II.L |
| M | Airframe Fire Protection Systems | AM.II.M |
| N | Rotorcraft Fundamentals | AM.II.N |
| O | Water and Waste Systems | AM.II.O |
| Powerplant AMP · 100 QUESTIONS · 2 HOURS | 3,450 in bank | |
| A | Reciprocating Engines | AM.III.A |
| B | Turbine Engines | AM.III.B |
| C | Engine Inspection | AM.III.C |
| D | Engine Instrument Systems | AM.III.D |
| E | Engine Fire Protection Systems | AM.III.E |
| F | Engine Electrical Systems | AM.III.F |
| G | Engine Lubrication Systems | AM.III.G |
| H | Ignition and Starting Systems | AM.III.H |
| I | Engine Fuel and Fuel Metering Systems | AM.III.I |
| J | Reciprocating Engine Induction and Cooling Systems | AM.III.J |
| K | Turbine Engine Air Systems | AM.III.K |
| L | Engine Exhaust and Reverser Systems | AM.III.L |
| M | Propellers | AM.III.M |
| Total | 40 subject areas, one certificate | 13,135 |
Our bank is filed in 44 subjects rather than the ACS’s 40, because it is written to study from, not to test from. Every ACS area is covered, and some of them run across more than one of ours. Every question is multiple choice with 3 options, like the tests. The writtens are the first 3 of 9: the other 6 are the oral and practical, one of each for General, Airframe and Powerplant, and your A&P is issued after those. We help you get ready for them but do not give them.
Don’t take our word for it. Try an FAA A&P question yourself.
Two items from the A&P General bank, exactly as they are set: one multiple choice and one fill-in-the-gap. Switch the format and give it a try.
Multiple choice
Every question gives you 3 options and one correct answer, written the way the A&P tests are. The bank holds 13,135 of them.
Fill-in-the-gap
One word, typed from memory. 11,807 items that make you recall the answer instead of picking it from a list.
An explanation every time
You never get a bare mark. Every question comes with the reasoning behind its answer, and every answer written from an FAA handbook names the chapter it came from.
Which form does an applicant use for a mechanic certificate or added rating?
An applicant applies for a mechanic certificate or added rating on FAA Form 8610-2, the Airman Certificate and/or Rating Application. It is easy to confuse with FAA Form 8610-1, but that form is the application for inspection authorization. (FAA-H-8083-30B, ch. 13, p. 13-1)
The certificate issued while the FAA reviews your documents and prepares the real one is a certificate.
Pass the oral and practical and the examiner hands you FAA Form 8060-4, a temporary airman certificate. It carries the full privileges of the rating and it is good for 120 days, or until the Airmen Certification Branch issues the permanent card, whichever comes first. (FAA-H-8083-30B, ch. 13)
The handbooks, condensed for study.
One for every A&P subject, written from the FAA handbooks themselves. The traps are flagged, and where the sources disagree we say so instead of quietly picking one.
General privileges and limitations
What the certificate lets you do, and the two things it never does.
- Perform or supervise. A certificated mechanic may perform or supervise maintenance, preventive maintenance and alteration of an aircraft, appliance or part for which they are rated.
- Two things are carved out. Major repairs and major alterations to propellers, and any repair or alteration of instruments. Instruments are excluded entirely, not just major work. That work goes to a certificated repairman at an authorized repair station.
- Rating alone does not establish task competence. Before supervising or approving a task, the mechanic must previously have performed it satisfactorily, demonstrated it to the Administrator, or performed it under the direct supervision of an appropriately experienced mechanic or repairman.
- The mechanic must understand the current manufacturer instructions and maintenance manuals for the operation concerned.
- Recent experience. Serving as a mechanic, technically supervising mechanics, supervising maintenance in an executive capacity, or any combination totaling at least 6 months in the last 24.
- The certificate itself does not expire because the recent experience requirements are not met. Its privileges cannot be exercised until eligibility is restored. Those are different things, and the distinction is examinable.
- Carry it. Keep the certificate in the immediate work area and present it on request to the Administrator, an authorized NTSB representative, or a federal, state or local law enforcement officer.
Inspection Authorization
The one thing an A&P cannot sign, and how you get to sign it.
- Application is Form 8610-1. Not 8610-2, which is the mechanic certificate application. One digit apart, and both appear as options in the same question.
- Eligibility requires an effective A&P certificate, the experience periods, a fixed base reachable in person or by telephone during a normal workweek, and access to the equipment, facilities and inspection data needed for the articles inspected. The fixed base does not have to be where every inspection happens.
- What it adds. Inspect and approve for return to service after a major repair or alteration when approved data was used, except for an aircraft maintained under a part 121 continuous airworthiness program. It also adds annual inspections, and lets you perform or supervise progressive inspections.
- The authorization must be kept available for inspection by the aircraft owner, the mechanic presenting the work, the Administrator, an authorized NTSB representative, or any law enforcement officer. It is the document that has to be produced on request, not just the person who has to be reachable.
- It stops being effective if surrendered, suspended or revoked, if the fixed base is lost, or if the required equipment, facilities or data cease to be available.
Tools, equipment, facilities and inspection data are the §65.91 conditions for an Inspection Authorization. They are good practice on any job, and they are not what §65.81 requires of a mechanic exercising the ordinary privileges of the certificate. Two rules sit side by side and look like one rule, and both wordings show up as options in the same question.
The handbook names the Aviation Mechanic Practical Test Standards as the publication describing the oral and practical. That is the handbook’s snapshot, not the current standard. FAA-S-ACS-1 is incorporated into the regulation by reference and has been the testing standard since 31 July 2023. Study the handbook’s content, but test to the ACS.
Book against the gauge, not a gut feeling.
Every FAA A&P test gets its own readiness gauge. It only climbs when you answer questions right, so it never flatters you. Free shows you the band you are in. Pro shows you the exact number. When it clears 70%, you are ready to book.
Pick what to practice
A whole test, or one of its subjects. There are 44 across the three. There is no clock, so you stop when you want.
Learn from every answer
Right or wrong, you get the reason, and for every answer written from the FAA handbooks, the page it came from.
Book when the gauge says so
A question you have never seen counts as a miss, so the gauge cannot run ahead of you. Clear 70% and you book knowing the work is done.
- GEN AElectricity & Electronics91%
- GEN LHuman Factors87%
- AF ELanding Gear Systems80%
- PP BTurbine Engines64%
- AF AMetallic Structures47%
EXAMPLE FIGURES, NOT A LIVE ACCOUNT
WHY THIS EXISTS
Nobody fails the A&P because the information isn’t out there. It’s all in the handbooks. People fail because they read a thousand pages, feel like they know it, and find out at the test center that they didn’t.
I came through the UK licence exams the same way, weeks of reading and no idea what had actually stuck, and I swore the next time I’d build the tool I wished I’d had.
PrepAMT is that tool. It doesn’t ask you to read more. It makes you answer, shows you exactly where you’re weak, and keeps at it until the gaps close. You stop guessing whether you’re ready. By the time you book, you know it for a fact.
- 13,135QUESTIONS
Every question comes with a written explanation, not just a bare right or wrong, and not just on some of them.
- ThreeFAA HANDBOOKS
Every answer written from those handbooks names the chapter and the page it came from, so you can go and check us instead of just trusting us.
- 40SUBJECT AREAS
Read out of the current Airman Certification Standards itself, not copied from material that still describes a standard the FAA retired.
More on who writes these FAA A&P questions, which handbooks they are written from, and how to reach a person.
Cheaper than one retest.
Every FAA A&P retake costs another $175 plus tax at PSI, their price on 19 August 2026, and a 30 day wait. Pro costs less than one retake, and you can cancel anytime.
Free
$0/month
Study every subject area. 25 new questions and 25 gaps a day, per subject.
- All 40 ACS subject areas open
- 25 new questions per subject per day
- 25 fill-in-the-gaps per subject per day
- Study guides, the opening section of each
- Mock papers are Pro only
- Readiness shown as a wide band
- No card required
Pro
$26.99/month
Everything for the FAA A&P: General, Airframe and Powerplant.
- Unlimited practice: 12,355 questions, with another 780 kept back for the mock papers
- Unlimited fill-in-the-gaps, all 11,807 of them
- 3 timed mock papers per test, full length, one sitting each, marked by ACS area
- Full study guides, all three handbooks
- Readiness shown as the exact figure, plus the READY verdict
- Progress: your projection, how each subject is moving, and what is slipping
- Cancel anytime
Enterprise
By arrangement
For Part 147 schools, and repair stations putting their people through the A&P.
- Everything in Pro, for each person on your team
- Arranged over email: you send the list, we set each person up
- Unlimited practice and fill-in-the-gaps for everyone on that list
- Mock papers and the full study guides, the same as any Pro reader
Talk to us
Questions people ask.
Yes, any time, from your account. You do not have to email us, call us, or explain why. You keep Pro until the end of the period you have already paid for, then you drop back to the free plan with all 40 subject areas still open.
We do not refund part of a month, and we would rather tell you that here than have you find it out later. If you cancel halfway through a month, the money does not come back, but Pro stays open until that month is up, so you keep what you paid for. We do refund, in full and without making you argue for it, anything we should never have taken in the first place: a charge after you canceled, one that went through twice, or one on an account you do not recognize. Tell us and we will put it right. And the free plan is there so you can see what the material is like before you pay us anything: every subject area, 25 new questions a day in each, and no card.
The mock papers, first of all: 3 full length timed papers for each of the three A&P writtens, drawn from the 780 questions we hold back so you never run into them in practice, and marked by ACS area the way your real report will be. You get one go at each paper, so what you score is what you would have scored on the day. Then the daily cap comes off the 12,355 questions practice draws from and all 11,807 gap items. You get the full study guides instead of just the opening section. Your readiness stops being a band 20 points wide and becomes the exact figure, with a READY verdict once it reaches the 70% pass mark. The Progress screen opens too: your accuracy on each subject, week by week and then against now, a projection to your test date, and which subjects are climbing or slipping.
Every question is multiple choice with 3 options and one correct answer, which is the format you will see on the A&P tests. The subject coverage follows FAA-S-ACS-1, the standard that 14 CFR §§ 65.75 and 65.79 incorporate by reference. Of the 13,135 questions, every one written from the three FAA handbooks names the chapter and the page it came from. The one subject adapted from other course material, Water and Waste Systems, cites no handbook, because the handbooks barely touch it. Nothing is copied from a live test. That would be illegal, and it would be useless to you.
Not to use this. You do need one of them before the FAA will let you test: 18 months of documented practical experience for a single rating, 30 months working on both at the same time for an A&P, or an authenticated graduation document from a certificated Part 147 school. Training time does not count toward those months. Only time spent actually doing maintenance counts.
No, and this is the step that catches most people on the experience route. You need an FAA Tracking Number from IACRA, and you need authorization to test: either a Part 147 school's graduation document, a military certificate of eligibility, or an original FAA Form 8610-2 with block V signed by an aviation safety inspector at a FSDO. A school graduate never needs the FSDO visit. If you are going the experience route, you always do.
General is 60 questions in 2 hours; Airframe is 100 questions in 2 hours; Powerplant is 100 questions in 2 hours. The passing score is 70% on each, set by 14 CFR § 65.17(c). You may see more questions on screen than that. Unscored validation questions are mixed into every test. They do not count for or against you, and the FAA does not publish how many there are.
More than almost anyone tells you. Every ACS code you miss is printed on your test report, the examiner reads that report before your oral, and each missed code adds a question. Score 100% and the oral is the minimum 4 questions per section. Scrape a 70% and it can run to 34. A 70 and a 95 are the same pass, but they are not the same test day.
No. There is no conversion route and no credit. The FAA says plainly that a certificate or license issued by another country does not exempt you from its eligibility requirements or from the tests. Your experience may well help you document § 65.77, and your knowledge will make the studying faster, but you take all three writtens and the oral and practical like everyone else.
Yes. PrepAMT runs in any modern mobile browser, so there is nothing to install. Most people drill on a phone and study the guides on a laptop.
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