Is Your Part 107 Question Bank Out of Date?

Part 107 practice material ages faster than most people expect. The 2021 amendments rewrote the night, people and recency rules. Remote ID became mandatory after September 16, 2023. The FAA moved the knowledge test blueprint on September 29, 2025, so Regulations is now 48% of the exam. A question bank written before those dates will still look professional, and it will teach you answers that are now wrong.

Which six answers give an old bank away?

The first five are rules that changed; the last is a misreading that shows up in otherwise current material. If you get two or more of these from a source, treat the rest of it with suspicion.

Why does the blueprint date matter so much?

Because it changes what to study. Under the current split, Regulations and Operations together are 73% of the test, and Weather and Loading together are 7%. A practice exam built to the old proportions over-drills operations and weather and under-drills regulations. The exam mistakes post breaks the weights down.

How do you check a source quickly?

1. Look for a visible last-updated or last-verified date on each section, not only a copyright year.
2. Check whether explanations cite the current eCFR text, with links you can open.
3. Ask the six questions above.
4. Check how a full practice exam is split across the five areas. Roughly half should be regulations.
5. Check whether chart practice goes beyond the testing supplement. Since October 26, 2026, the FAA test also asks about excerpts from current sectional charts that are not in the supplement, as the October 26 test changes post explains. A bank built only on the supplement figures can leave you knowing those figures by heart without being able to read a new chart.

How does Clear107 keep questions current?

Every question, handbook page and blog post is tagged with the regulation sections it relies on, and an automated check compares each section against the current eCFR. If a rule changed after a question's last verification date, the question is flagged for review. Full simulator runs are built to the current blueprint weights. The question bank page shows the counts and the last verification date.

What this means for the exam

Most of these six changes are tested directly. The night operations, Operations Over People and Remote ID posts cover each in detail.