Exam format

9 subjects in 7 CBR exams + RT · pass mark 75%

• Air Law01020 questions · 60 min · 4 answer options per question
  Allowed materials

  Calculator (Casio fx-82NL), provided by CBR. Source: CBR

• Aircraft General Knowledge02016 questions · 30 min · 4 answer options per question
  Allowed materials

  Calculator and scratch paper, provided by CBR. Source: CBR

• Performance and Principles of Flight031 · 032 · 08122 questions · 75 min · 4 answer options per question
  Allowed materials

  Calculator and scratch paper from CBR. You may bring your own flight computer and ruler. Source: CBR

• Human Performance04012 questions · 30 min · 4 answer options per question
  Allowed materials

  Calculator (Casio fx-82NL), provided by CBR. Source: CBR

• Meteorology05020 questions · 45 min · 4 answer options per question
  Allowed materials

  Calculator and scratch paper, provided by CBR. Source: CBR

• Navigation060 · 03318 questions · 60 min · 4 answer options per question
  Allowed materials

  Calculator and scratch paper from CBR. Bring your own flight computer, protractor, ruler, compasses and the latest ICAO 1:500,000 chart of the Netherlands. Source: CBR

• Communications09012 questions · 30 min · 4 answer options per question
  Allowed materials

  Calculator (Casio fx-82NL), provided by CBR. Source: CBR

• Radiotelephony (RT)RT12 questions · 30 min · 4 answer options per question · separate radio exam
  Allowed materials

  Calculator from CBR. You may bring a flight computer, protractor, ruler and compasses. Source: CBR

You pass an exam with 75% or more. Source: EASA

Rules

• Pass all exams within 18 months, counted from the end of the month of your first attempt. Source: EASA
• At most 4 attempts per exam. Source: EASA
• Your passes count for 24 months for the licence, from the day you pass the last exam. Source: EASA
• Exam fee: €122.25 per exam. Source: CBR
• After a fourth failed attempt at one paper, or when the 18 months run out, all passes lapse. You then need further training at a DTO or ATO before you take the full set again. Source: EASA
• Your school's recommendation for the exams is valid for 12 months. You take all papers with the same national authority. Source: EASA
• Operational Procedures (070) has no exam of its own. Its questions are part of Air Law, Aircraft General Knowledge, Performance and Principles of Flight, and Meteorology. Source: CBR
• The RT exam is a separate national exam for the radiotelephony licence. It is not one of the seven theory exams. Source: CBR
• You take the exams with CBR. Exam language: Dutch.

Units and conventions

Altimeter setting

hPa

Visibility

metres and kilometres

Distance

nautical miles (NM)

Speed

knots (kt)

Altitude

feet (ft)

Mass

kilograms (kg)

Fuel

litres (L)

Phraseology

ICAO

Radio licence

separate exam: RT