Course 1 - Foundation of Decision Making

Question 1

What are the three levels of the situational awareness model?

Answer 1

Level 1 - Perception
Level 2 - Comprehension
Level 3 - Projection

Question 2

In the situation awareness model, what is perception?

Answer 2

The ability to take in raw inforamtion

Question 3

In the situation awareness model, what is comprehension?

Answer 3

Question 4

In the situational awareness model, what is projection?

Answer 4

Question 5

Perception in the operational environment

Answer 5

Question 6

Recognizing Patterns

Answer 6

Question 7

Recognizing Patterns: Abstractions

Answer 7

Question 8

Recognizing Patterns: Grouping Information

Answer 8

Question 9

Recognizing Patterns: Identifying Critical Points

Answer 9

Question 10

Recognizing Patterns: Cue Recognition

Answer 10

Recognizing cues that lead to critical points like an aircraft heading into an area that requires a climb on a hot day or a waiter seeing you close your menu in restaurant

Question 11

Perception: Recap

Answer 11

Question 12

Level 2: Comprehension

Answer 12

eg. knowledge that when a restaurant customer closes their menu, they do not want to wait much longer to make their order

In ATS, interpreting aviation weather report combined with your knowledge of of aircraft performance makes you realize the impact of these two factors will have on that day’s operations