SIFT Spatial Apperception 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A cockpit view shows the horizon tilted so the left wing is lower than the right wing, with the nose slightly above the horizon. What is the aircraft doing?
- Climbing in a left bank (Correct answer)
- Descending in a right bank
- Climbing in a right bank
- Level flight in a left bank
Correct answer: Climbing in a left bank
A low left wing indicates a left bank, and a nose above the horizon indicates a climb.
Question 2: The horizon line in a cockpit instrument view appears perfectly horizontal and sits at the top quarter of the display. What does this indicate?
- Wings level, nose pitched down (Correct answer)
- Wings level, nose pitched up
- Left bank, nose level
- Right bank, nose pitched up
Correct answer: Wings level, nose pitched down
A high horizon line means the nose is pointed below it, indicating a nose-down pitch with no bank.
Question 3: A pilot sees a coastline off the right side of the aircraft and water directly ahead. The aircraft is in level flight. What heading is the aircraft most likely flying?
- Parallel to the coast heading south
- Perpendicular to the coast heading out to sea (Correct answer)
- Parallel to the coast heading north
- Toward the coast from over water
Correct answer: Perpendicular to the coast heading out to sea
Water directly ahead with coastline to the right means the aircraft is flying away from land toward the sea.
Question 4: In the SIFT Spatial Apperception section, you see an outside view of an aircraft with its right wing dipped toward the ground and nose pointing down. Which cockpit view matches?
- Horizon tilted left-high, horizon above center
- Horizon tilted right-high, horizon below center (Correct answer)
- Horizon level, horizon above center
- Horizon tilted left-high, horizon below center
Correct answer: Horizon tilted right-high, horizon below center
A right-wing-down bank causes the horizon to tilt with the right side higher from the cockpit, and a nose-down pitch places the horizon above center.
Question 5: An aircraft is flying straight and level heading west. A river runs north-south below. How will the river appear from the cockpit?
- Running left to right across the view (Correct answer)
- Running directly away from the pilot toward the horizon
- Running at a 45-degree angle
- Not visible from this heading
Correct answer: Running left to right across the view
Heading west and flying over a north-south river means the river crosses perpendicular to the flight path, appearing left-to-right.
Question 6: The cockpit attitude indicator shows the aircraft banked 30° to the right with the nose on the horizon line. What is the aircraft's flight condition?
- Descending right turn
- Level right turn with no climb or descent (Correct answer)
- Climbing right turn
- Straight and level flight
Correct answer: Level right turn with no climb or descent
A 30° right bank with nose on the horizon means the aircraft is in a coordinated level turn to the right.
Question 7: From a cockpit view, mountains are visible on the left side and flat terrain on the right. The aircraft is in level flight heading north. Where are the mountains relative to the aircraft's track?
- To the west of the flight path (Correct answer)
- To the east of the flight path
- Directly ahead
- Directly behind
Correct answer: To the west of the flight path
Heading north with mountains on the left means the mountains are to the west (left when facing north).
SIFT Spatial Apperception 2
A cockpit view shows the horizon tilted so the left wing is lower than the right wing, with the nose slightly above the horizon.
What is the aircraft doing?