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Simple Drawings: <\/b>This is a spatial reasoning test of speed and accuracy in identifying one shape that is different within a group of five shapes. This test goes very quickly\u2014you have only two minutes to complete 100 items, which breaks down to approximately 0.8 seconds per question. You are scored relative to your accuracy (the number correct versus incorrect) and time (the number answered versus unanswered). Incorrect answers (that is, guessing) will decrease your score on this subtest.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
Hidden Figures: <\/b>This subtest is designed to assess your ability to quickly identify shapes in a complex visual environment. These are essential skills for aircrews who may need to scan the environment at rapid speeds to identify landmarks for navigation, hazards, targets, and other features. Fifty questions (to be answered in five minutes) are designed to measure your ability to see simple figures in complex drawings. Although these figures are fairly well camouflaged, proper visualization should enable you to discern them without too much difficulty.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
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Spatial Apperception: <\/b>This test assesses your ability to understand how the view from a cockpit corresponds to an aircraft\u2019s position and to perceive aircrafts in three-dimensional space. Twenty-five questions in the Spatial Apperception Test measure your ability to determine the position or altitude of an airplane in flight by viewing through the windshield of the cockpit the natural horizon and terrain. You must determine whether the airplane is flying straight and level, or climbing, diving, banking to the right or left, or any combination of these maneuvers. You must also determine the general direction of flight of the plane.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
Reading Comprehension: <\/b>In this section of the exam, test takers will be given a passage of text to read and will be asked to answer approximately five questions for each passage. You will have 20 questions and 30 minutes to complete the section. At the intermediate level, the vocabulary is more difficult, the reading passages are of greater complexity, and the questions posed are much more complicated.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
Math Skills: <\/b>This portion of the exam is an evaluation of college-level mathematical terms and principles. Math knowledge\u2014the ability to use basic mathematical relationships learned in introductory mathematics\u2014is one of the most important skillsets tested. Most of these concepts are introduced in beginning\u00a0 courses in algebra and geometry. Arithmetic reasoning and mathematical knowledge test items appear as four-option questions in this subtest of the SIFT. While scratch paper is allowed to help you answer math problems, calculators are not.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t