FEAST Vigilance and Conflict Recognition 2

Question 1

A radar display shows 10 aircraft tracks. Nine are maintaining their cleared altitudes. One aircraft is 200 ft above its cleared altitude and trending upward. The controller who spots this first demonstrates:

Accepted Answer

High vigilance — detecting a small deviation against a background of normal tracks

Answer

Detecting a small anomaly (200 ft deviation) among normal tracks requires sustained attention and vigilance — the ability to detect rare change against a stable background.

Question 2

Two aircraft are on parallel headings, same altitude, separated by 4 NM. ICAO minimum radar separation is 5 NM. The controller should:

Accepted Answer

Issue an immediate instruction to increase separation to at least 5 NM

Answer

4 NM is already below the 5 NM minimum radar separation. Regardless of whether the tracks are parallel, the current separation infringement requires immediate corrective action.

Question 3

During a 20-minute radar monitoring simulation, a candidate has a hit rate (correctly identifying deviations) that decreases from 100% in the first 5 minutes to 75% in the last 5 minutes. This change is most consistent with:

Accepted Answer

Vigilance decrement — the well-documented decline in detection performance during sustained monitoring

Answer

A decreasing detection hit rate over sustained monitoring is the defining characteristic of vigilance decrement — a fundamental cognitive phenomenon in watchkeeping tasks.

Question 4

An aircraft is squawking 7700 (general emergency) but has not made any radio contact. The controller's correct first action is to:

Accepted Answer

Attempt to establish communication on the guard frequency 121.5 MHz and on the assigned frequency

Answer

A 7700 squawk requires immediate communication attempts on all available frequencies — the pilot may be unable to transmit but might be able to receive.

Question 5

A conflict recognition task shows 8 aircraft. Two of them will reach minimum separation in 4 minutes but are not yet in conflict. A candidate who takes no action for 3 minutes before acting is demonstrating:

Accepted Answer

Late conflict recognition — the situation should have been acted on as soon as the converging trend was identified

Answer

Waiting 3 of 4 available minutes before acting on an identified converging trend is dangerously late — early action ensures effective resolution with maximum safety margins.

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FEAST Vigilance and Conflict Recognition 2