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What best describes scenario-based questioning during the oral?
Choices
✓ The examiner poses a realistic situation and asks the applicant to work through decisionscorrect
Scenario questions test applied decision making in a concrete situation.
The examiner asks only yes/no factual questions
Scenario questioning is broader than simple factual recall.
The applicant writes an essay on aviation history
That is not part of the practical-test oral.
The examiner reads answers from a script for the applicant to repeat
The applicant reasons through the scenario, not repeats a script.
Why
In scenario-based questioning the examiner presents a realistic situation and asks the applicant to apply knowledge and manage risk to reach decisions.
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