Case # 1 - Question Bank Study - Failure

Say you prepared hard from your Question Banks but you had that one bad day on the day of the exam. Nothing went to plan.
After you’re done analyzing why you didn’t pass, maybe by the narrowest of margins, you get back to your ‘routine’…which one?...the one about preparing from question banks! Why? Let’s look at the possible thoughts in your mind right now.

“well, maybe I forgot a couple of correct answers to certain questions…”
“Maybe the examiner mixed up some of the options and wordings, so I’m going to be ready for that next time around!”
“I’ve come too far already now to go back and pound through leaflets and leaflets of jargon!”
You force yourself to pick up your regulations book once again, go through a few pages of that ‘jargon’ and – “Ah, I know this! This is that question…the answer to this is that…I know it all!”
“I think I need more questions. There are probably some questions I’ve not covered…let me buy that other question bank by that other author. More questions…more…more…collect more…collect…collect !”
And now that you’ve got a whole lot more questions, “Now we’ll see who’s smarter!”

In all likelihood, you’ll follow the question bank approach until you pass…finally! The thing about it is that you’ll have passed an exam, without much clue about the subject matter.
“Who cares?!”

Well, let’s see how this has actually brought you closer to failure, than success, to your goal of becoming an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer at a major airline.