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AM.I.E.K6Aircraft Materials, Hardware, and Processes

A&P General test (Section I), subject E

Written as am.i.e.k6 or AM.I.E.K6 on your score report.

The FAA's wording

Precision measurement tools, principles, and procedures.

Aviation mechanic test standard, FAA-S-ACS-1, Section I, Subject E

What it means

AM.I.E.K6 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.

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Aviation Mechanic, the mechanic test standard
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Section I: General
E
Subject: Aircraft Materials, Hardware, and Processes
K6
Knowledge element 6

Seeing it on your score report

Your Airman Knowledge Test Report lists an ACS code for each question you missed. Seeing AM.I.E.K6 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."
FAA-S-ACS-1, Appendix 1, Evaluator Responsibilities, p. A-1

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 & Practical

Try a sample question on AM.I.E.K6

Aircraft Materials, Hardware, and Processes ยท AM.I.E.K6

You read a standard outside micrometer. The last number visible on the barrel is 3, two more graduation lines are visible past it, and the thimble line 17 is aligned with the barrel's horizontal line. What is the measurement?

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.