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title: "147.A.135 Examinations — Part-147 · Avioverse"
description: "The examination staff shall ensure the security of all questions."
url: "https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/continuing-airworthiness/part-147/section-a-technical-requirements/147-a-135"
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# 147.A.135 Examinations

Annex IV (Part-147) · Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 · EAR revision 2 Sep 2025

IR Implementing rule

## 147.A.135 Examinations

(a) The examination staff shall ensure the security of all questions.

(b) Any student found during a knowledge examination to be cheating or in possession of material pertaining to the examination subject other than the examination papers and associated authorised documentation shall be disqualified from taking the examination and may not take any examination for at least 12 months after the date of the incident. The competent authority shall be informed of any such incident together with the details of any enquiry within one calendar month.

(c) Any examiner found during a knowledge examination to be providing question answers to any student being examined shall be disqualified from acting as an examiner and the examination declared void. The competent authority must be informed of any such occurrence within one calendar month.

(d) The examination shall be performed in a controlled environment by a training [organisation](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/organisation) approved under this Annex and described in its [maintenance](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/maintenance) training organisation exposition (MTOE).

For examination purposes, a ‘controlled environment’ means an environment where the following can be established and verified:

(a) the identity of the students;

(b) the proper conduct of the examination process;

(c) the integrity of the examination and

(d) the security of the examination material.

IR · 147.A.135 — Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 · Regulation (EU) 2023/989 · Continuing Airworthiness Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 2 Sep 2025

AMC Acceptable means of compliance

## AMC 147.A.135 Examinations

1\. Examinations may be computer- or hard-copy-based or a combination of both.

2\. The actual questions to be used in a particular examination should be determined by the examiners.

AMC · AMC 147.A.135 — Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 · ED Decision 2015/029/R · Continuing Airworthiness Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 2 Sep 2025

[All rules in SECTION A — TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/continuing-airworthiness/part-147/section-a-technical-requirements)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 2 Sep 2025, extracted 13 Oct 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.