Our GroundSchool series of FAA knowledge test preps are divided into individual app titles which each cover a number of related tests.
For example, our GroundSchool FAA Private Pilot test apps contain study material for the Private Pilot Airplane, Private Pilot Helicopter,
Private Pilot Glider, and other tests. Some questions in a given title are common to most or all of the tests in that title while some
are unique to specific tests. When you start any of our titles, you are given the option to select exactly which test you want to study
and then you are presented with only those questions which our editors have deemed correspond to that test - nothing more and nothing
less.
Our FAA knowledge test prep apps also feature an (optional purchase) audio mode where questions and answers are read by a human narrator.
The audio mode does not cover all of the questions for a given test - specifically, questions with a large calculative or visual element
are not included. Additionally, the audio modes generally do not include explanations for the material and as such won't prepare you
well to actually learning the material deeply so that you'll be prepared for new and variant FAA questions. With those caveats out
of the way, the audio prep is an extremely effective complementary mode to help familiarize you with questions and answers which you can
listen to, for example, in your car. We regularly get feedback from people who love the audio mode and tell us how much time it saved
them and how much it helped them learn.
The list below contains the number of questions per title, per test, and in the audio mode for each. These totals are regularly changing
as our editors update the material.
The number of questions in the audio versions is generally less than that in our full test banks because the audio does not cover questions that have a significant visual or calculative element. Imagine sitting in your car listening to our narrator read off list of questions for a complicated weight and balance question--it would be boring and pointless. Pointless because not only would it encourage counter-productive memorization, but also pointless because the actual quantitative questions that you will see on your actual FAA test are likely to have different numbers and answers specifically because the FAA these days wants to discourage memorization. Smart pilots use our audio-mode as a supplement to our core test prep app study modes and make sure that they take the time to read and understand our detailed explanations in those modes.
Total Questions: 14209 (11118 in audio version)
Recreational and Private Pilot (PVT) : 1658 (1277 in audio version)
Private Pilot Airplane : 1222 (925 in audio version)
Private Pilot Rotorcraft Helicopter : 1053 (809 in audio version)
Private Pilot Glider : 920 (703 in audio version)
Private Pilot Balloon - Hot Air : 711 (556 in audio version)
Private Pilot Balloon - Gas : 685 (532 in audio version)
Private Pilot Lighter-Than-Air (Airship) : 744 (572 in audio version)
Private Pilot Rotorcraft Gyroplane : 1061 (798 in audio version)
Private Pilot Airplane/Recreational Pilot - Transition : 1174 (887 in audio version)
Private Pilot Helicopter/Rec. Pilot - Transition : 1036 (795 in audio version)
Private Pilot Gyroplane/Recreational Pilot - Transition : 1045 (786 in audio version)
Recreational Pilot Airplane : 1223 (931 in audio version)
Recreational Pilot Helicopter : 1070 (829 in audio version)
Recreational Pilot Gyroplane : 1083 (822 in audio version)
Private Pilot Powered Parachute : 809 (631 in audio version)
Private Pilot Weight Shift Control : 864 (674 in audio version)
Private Pilot Canadian Conversion (Airplane) : 638 (521 in audio version)
Private Pilot Canadian Conversion (Helicopter) : 610 (496 in audio version)
Private Pilot EU Part - FCL Conversion (Airplane) : 642 (525 in audio version)
Instrument Rating (IFR) : 1513 (1054 in audio version)
Instrument Rating Airplane : 1428 (990 in audio version)
Instrument Rating Helicopter : 1274 (866 in audio version)
Parachute Rigger (PAR) : 324 (307 in audio version)
Parachute Rigger Senior : 316 (299 in audio version)
Parachute Rigger Master : 298 (281 in audio version)
Parachute Rigger Military Competence : 321 (304 in audio version)
Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner : 321 (304 in audio version)
Sport Pilot - General (SPG) : 1352 (1052 in audio version)
Sport Pilot General : 684 (540 in audio version)
Sport Pilot Airplane : 1027 (796 in audio version)
Sport Pilot Glider : 851 (672 in audio version)
Sport Pilot Gyroplane : 915 (707 in audio version)
Sport Pilot Powered Parachute : 687 (551 in audio version)
Sport Pilot Weight-Shift-Control : 740 (591 in audio version)
Sport Pilot Lighter-Than-Air (Balloon) : 702 (563 in audio version)
Sport Pilot Lighter-Than-Air (Airship) : 710 (571 in audio version)
Sport Pilot - Instructor and Examiner (SPI) : 1905 (1733 in audio version)
Flight Instructor Sport Airplane : 1035 (898 in audio version)
Flight Instructor Sport Balloon : 650 (580 in audio version)
Flight Instructor Sport Glider : 880 (770 in audio version)
Flight Instructor Sport Lighter-than-Air : 680 (603 in audio version)
Flight Instructor Sport Powered Parachute : 662 (590 in audio version)
Flight Instructor Sport Weight-Shift-Control : 739 (650 in audio version)
Flight Instructor Sport Gyroplane : 886 (781 in audio version)
Pilot Examiner Sport Airplane : 1030 (895 in audio version)
Pilot Examiner Sport Balloon : 682 (612 in audio version)
Pilot Examiner Sport Glider : 881 (771 in audio version)
Pilot Examiner Sport Lighter-than-Air : 713 (636 in audio version)
Pilot Examiner Sport Powered Parachute : 673 (601 in audio version)
Pilot Examiner Sport Weight-Shift-Control : 736 (647 in audio version)
Pilot Examiner Sport Gyroplane : 885 (780 in audio version)
Fundamentals of Instruction : 532 (519 in audio version)
Remote / Drone Pilot (RDP) : 787 (693 in audio version)
Small UAS Remote Pilot in Command (Initial) : 787 (693 in audio version)
Small UAS Remote Pilot in Command (Recurrent) : 638 (566 in audio version)
If the totals above don't match what you see in the app:
Most important: use the update feature from the main menu of the app to update the content to the latest available. Please check for updates regularly when using the app.
Make sure you have no 'filtering' conditions set. For example:
Make sure all chapters / study areas are selected
Make sure all 'question stacks' are selected
Make sure you don't have any search term typed in the search box
etc.
It is really important that as soon as you get our test prep app, the very first thing you do is to start it up and click on "check for updates" (or similar) from the main menu. This will update the learning content to the latest and greatest. It's really critical that you do this, especially for mobile app versions. Our editorial team is hard at work updating the content regularly through 2025, 2026 and beyond, so check for updates regularly as you study.
