Exams

Warning

The Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 provide, among other things, that CASA may treat an exam candidate as having failed an exam and ban them from re-sitting it for one year if they give another person:

1. any exam questions or materials (or a copy of them)
2. any information about the exam questions or materials; or remove any exam questions or materials from the examination room (including all calculations, writings, drawings or notes made on the scribble pad provided).

Accordingly, it is important you don’t do these things, including discussing the exam questions or materials with other persons after the exam.

This page will help you locate information about CASA pilot theory exams quickly and easily. If you haven’t done any exams using pilot examination office (PEXO), you should read the information listed under general requirements below. If you’re familiar with PEXO and know which exams you need, then you should be able to locate the information you need quickly under the licensing and rating exams.

Introduction

• Introduction
• Important messages

General requirements

• PEXO exam bookings
• Candidate identification requirements
• Pre-qualifications
• Syllabuses and standards
• Permitted material under Part 61
• Re-training periods and windows
• CASA style of exam questions
• Candidate's responsibilities

Licence and rating exams

• RPL recreational pilot licence
• PPL private pilot licence
• PPL sample examination questions
• CPL examination
• CPL change of category
• Sample questions for CPL (helicopter) examination
• CPL balloon examination
• ATPL exams
• ATPL change of category
• Instrument rating exam (IREX)
• IREX sample examination questions
• Examination guide instrument rating
• Private IFR rating examination
• Private IFR rating examination technical data and information
• Aerial application rating examination (AGRA and AGRH)
• Pilot instructor rating – common (PIRC)

Licence conversions and exams - overseas pilots and ADF

• Military flight crew qualifications recognitions
• Overseas licence conversions
• Overseas licence conversion examinations

Exam results and post exam options

• Knowledge deficiency report (KDR)
• Post exam comment
• Re-assessment of examination
• Amending flight crew exam records

Administration

• Application to conduct PEXO exams
• PEXO computer and internet requirements
• Frequently asked questions
• PEXO support
• Restart of an interrupted exam
• CASA examination policies
• PEXO eLearning
• Suggested references for PEXO exams
• Pass rates
• Old syllabuses

Other

• Approved testing officers
• Flight simulators and flight training devices
• Logging of flight time
• Frequently asked questions