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A&P General test code

AM.I.F.K16Ground Operations and Servicing

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

Written as am.i.f.k16 or AM.I.F.K16 on your score report.

The FAA's wording

Foreign object damage effects.

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

What it means

AM.I.F.K16 is a knowledge element in the Ground Operations and Servicing 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
F
Subject: Ground Operations and Servicing
K16
Knowledge element 16

Seeing it on your score report

Your Airman Knowledge Test Report lists an ACS code for each question you missed. Seeing AM.I.F.K16 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.F.K16

Ground Operations and Servicing ยท AM.I.F.K16

A technician leaves a socket wrench on the ramp a few feet in front of a parked business jet's engine intake. Why is this a serious FOD hazard once the engine is started?

Practice ground operations and servicing

The full A&P General course has questions on every element in this subject area, with an explanation and FAA source for each.