By conscientious use of this program in preparation for the written test, it is very possible to score well enough to impress the FAA examiner at checkride time so that the oral portion of this exam will be short and sweet. This program is not intended to teach concepts directly. Rather, it simply presents the questions in a convenient, highly customizable manner that has been designed to implant the correct answers in your brain. After using this program for a while, the correct answers will start to leap out at you so that in a great many cases you won't even have to read the questions. You may be worried that this is mere rote memorization that does little for you as a pilot.
Nothing can be further from the truth.
As you become good at answering the questions, you will begin to internalize their content, and as you begin to encounter situations discussed in the questions as your training progresses, you will have developed a very complete understanding that will have become almost second nature due to the way you will have learned the material. The software is highly customizable and features tracking of your progress by subject area, so you will know what you need to brush up on. Best of all, it is shareware, meaning you are free to download it, as long as you agree to pay the modest registration fee if you decide to use it for longer than a basic 'evaluation' period. Yes , these are the actual questions you will see on your FAA written test. If you see other test preps with a greater number of questions listed, this is because they count the helicopter, glider, etc.