Airworthy PrepA&P General test code
AM.I.E.K12Aircraft Materials, Hardware, and Processes
A&P General test (Section I), subject E
Written as am.i.e.k12 or AM.I.E.K12 on your score report.
The FAA's wording
Characteristics of acceptable welds.
What it means
AM.I.E.K12 is a knowledge element in the Aircraft Materials, Hardware, and Processes subject of the A&P General test. A knowledge element is something the FAA expects you to know, and the written test asks questions on it.
- AM
- Aviation Mechanic, the mechanic test standard
- I
- Section I: General
- E
- Subject: Aircraft Materials, Hardware, and Processes
- K12
- Knowledge element 12
Seeing it on your score report
Your Airman Knowledge Test Report lists an ACS code for each question you missed. Seeing AM.I.E.K12 there means at least one of your wrong answers was on this element. The examiner retests every code on your report during the oral part of the practical test, so study it before then.
Sources: Aviation Mechanic ACS Companion Guide, FAA-G-ACS-1 (Change 2), ch. 2, p. 11 and ch. 5, p. 19; FAA-S-ACS-1, Appendix 1, p. A-1.
The examiner will ask about the codes you missed
"All deficient knowledge areas, as indicated by the ACS codes on the AKTRs, are retested during the oral portion of the test."
Your oral test is 4 random questions plus one for every code on your report, closed book. Our A&P Oral & Practical course builds a mock oral from the codes you tick, with a model answer and FAA source for every question, and a guide for every practical project. $49.
See Oral & PracticalTry a sample question on AM.I.E.K12
Which of the welds shown best matches the handbook description of a good weld: a smooth seam with evenly spaced ripples, uniform width and thickness, slightly built up and with no spatter around it?
Practice aircraft materials, hardware, and processes
The full A&P General course has questions on every element in this subject area, with an explanation and FAA source for each.