SIFT Spatial Apperception 3

Question 1

A cockpit view shows the nose well below the horizon with the wings level. Simultaneously, the airspeed is increasing. What maneuver is being performed?

Accepted Answer

Wings-level descent

Answer

A nose-below-horizon attitude with level wings and increasing airspeed indicates a straight-ahead descent.

Question 2

You are shown an outside view of an aircraft flying over a city grid. The aircraft's nose is pointing between two city blocks and the left wing is higher than the right. What does the cockpit view show?

Accepted Answer

Horizon tilted with right side lower, nose near horizon

Answer

A high left wing from outside means the aircraft is banked right, causing the horizon in the cockpit to tilt with the right side lower.

Question 3

An aircraft is heading east at low altitude over flat farmland. A road running north-south is directly beneath the aircraft. How does the road appear from the cockpit?

Accepted Answer

Passing directly underneath, left-to-right

Answer

Flying east over a north-south road means the road is perpendicular to the heading and passes underneath left to right.

Question 4

The artificial horizon in a cockpit shows the sky bar tilted so the right end is up and the left end is down, with the miniature aircraft symbol above the horizon bar. What is true?

Accepted Answer

The aircraft is in a right bank, climbing

Answer

The right end of the horizon bar up indicates a right bank, and the miniature aircraft above the horizon bar indicates a climb.

Question 5

An outside image shows an aircraft with wings level and its nose pointing about 20° above the horizon. A lake is visible to the aircraft's right. Which cockpit view is correct?

Accepted Answer

Horizon below center, level, lake on right

Answer

Nose 20° above the horizon means the horizon appears below the cockpit center; level wings mean no tilt; lake to the right stays on the right from the cockpit.

SIFT Exam Practice Test

SIFT Exam Practice Test

SIFT Spatial Apperception 3