Alternate Flight Aptitude Selection Test (AFAST ...

1 Department of the ArmyPamphlet 611 256 2 ALTERNATEFLIGHTAPTITUDESELECTIONTEST (AFAST)INFORMATIONPAMPHLETH eadquartersDepartment of the ArmyWashington, DC1 March 1987 UnclassifiedSUMMARY of CHANGEDA PAM 611 256 2 Alternate Flight Aptitude Selection TEST (AFAST) INFORMATION PAMPHLETThis revision--o o HeadquartersDepartment of the ArmyWashington, DC01 March 1987 Alternate Flight Aptitude Selection TEST (AFAST) INFORMATION PAMPHLET*Department of the ArmyPamphlet 611 256 2H i s t o r y . T h i s p u b l i c a t i o n h a s b e e nr e o r g a n i z e d t o m a k e i t c o m p a t i b l e w i t h t h eA r m y e l e c t r o n i c p u b l i s h i n g d a t a b a s e . N ocontent has been Not Not r o p o n e n t a n d e x c e p t i o n a u t h o r i t y .Not changes. Interim changes to thispamphlet are not official unless they are au-thenticated by The Adjutant General. Userswill destroy interim changes on their expira-t i o n d a t e u n l e s s s o o n e r s u p e r s e d e d o r r e Improvements.

2 Comments orinquiries concerning the AFAST InformationPamphlet should be addressed to: Chief, . A r m y R e s e a r c h I n s t i t u t e F i e l d U n i t ,A T T N : P E R I - S R , F o r t R u c k e r , A l a b a m Not (Listed by paragraph and page number)Section IPURPOSE OF THIS PAMPHLET, page 1 Section IIWHY AN AFAST?, page 1 Section IIIWHAT IS THE AFAST?, page 1 Section IVTAKING THE AFAST, page 1 Section VTHE AFAST ANSWER SHEET, page 1*This pamphlet supersedes DA 611 256 2, February PAM 611 256 2 01 March 1987iUnclassifiedContents ContinuedSection VITHE AFAST SUBTESTS, page 1 SUBTEST 1. BACKGROUND INFORMATION FORM, page 1 SUBTEST 2. INSTRUMENT COMPREHENSION TEST, page 2 SUBTEST 3. COMPLEX MOVEMENTS TEST, page 4 SUBTEST 4. HELICOPTER KNOWLEDGE TEST, page 4 SUBTEST 5. CYCLIC ORIENTATION TEST, page 5 SUBTEST 6. MECHANICAL FUNCTIONS TEST, page 6 SUBTEST 7.

3 SELF-DESCRIPTION FORM, page 7 REFERENCE LIST, page 8 Figure ListFigure 1:, page 1 Figure 2: EXAMPLES OF THE ARTIFICIAL HORIZON DIAL,page 2 Figure 3: EXAMPLES OF THE COMPASS DIAL, page 2 Figure 4:, page 3 Figure 5:, page 4 Figure 6:, page 4 Figure 7:, page 5 Figure 8: EXAMPLE OF CYCLIC MOVEMENTS, page 5 Figure 9: EXAMPLE OF CYCLIC MOVEMENTS, page 6 Figure 10:, page 7 Figure 11:, page 7 Figure 12: ANSWERS TO SUBTEST PRACTICE PROBLEMS,page 8iiDA PAM 611 256 2 01 March 1987 Section IPURPOSE OF THIS PAMPHLETThis pamphlet has been prepared to give general information aboutthe Alternate Flight Aptitude Selection Test (AFAST). The AFASTis used to select men and women for training to become Armyhelicopter is intended that after reading this pamphlet you will have a clearerunderstanding of the purpose and make-up of the AFAST and thusbe more at ease when you take the copies of this pamphlet can be obtained through yourservicing Test Control IIWHY AN AFAST?

4 To be an Army aviator requires that a person have special abilities,high motivation, good coordination, leadership skills, and be inexcellent physical condition. Because Flight training is so expensive,and there are a limited number of openings for new students, it isnecessary to screen the applicants to insure that only those personswith the capabilities to succeed in Flight school are accepted fortraining. People who score higher on the test are generally moresuccessful in Flight training than those who score IIIWHAT IS THE AFAST?The AFAST is not an intelligence test, but rather a test that meas-ures those special aptitudes and personality/background characteris-tics that are predictive of success in Army helicopter Flight AFAST has a total of 200 questions broken down into sevensubtests. Each subtest has separate directions and time IVTAKING THE AFASTYour application for Flight training will be given further considera-tion only if your AFAST score is equal to or higher than theestablished cut score.

5 Once you meet the cut score (qualifyingscore), you may not retest. Therefore, it is to your advantage toscore as high as you can on this you fail to achieve a qualifying score, you must wait six (6)months before your commander can authorize a retest. If you fail toachieve a qualifying score on the retest, you will not be authorizedto take the test you go in to take the test, you will be given a test booklet, aseparate answer sheet and two soft lead pencils. You will receivecomplete instructions for each test section and be told how to markyour some subtests, it is to your advantage to answer every other subtests a portion of the wrong answers are counted againstthe right answers. Even in the latter case you should make the bestchoice you can unless your answer would be a pure guess. For thisreason it is important that you listen closely to the test administra-tion instructions and that you read the instructions for each testsection to yourself as the test examiner reads the instructions VTHE AFAST ANSWER SHEETThe answer sheet has a space for your name, social security number,and other identifying information.

6 This must be carefully the identification part are the subtest sections, with adifferent answer circle for each question. The questions are num-bered from 1 to 200. Be sure you are always marking the sameanswer on the answer sheet that matches the question number in thetest is an example of how to properly mark an this were Question No. 1 on the test, and you decide that answer B is the best choice you would carefully darken in the circlemarked B on your answer sheet. Remember to mark the circleheavily, completely filling in the circle. If your mark is too small ortoo light, the machine that scores the test may not read the mark. Ifyou decide to change an answer you mustcompletely erase theanswer you wish to change, then mark your new answer. Also,never have more than one answer marked for each question. If youdo, you will not receive credit for the VITHE AFAST SUBTESTSThis section will provide a description and instructions for eachsubtest on the AFAST.

7 One practice question is given for subtest 2through 7. Answers to the questions are on page 1. BACKGROUND INFORMATION FORMD escription. This section has 25 questions about your background.(Time: 10 min)1DA PAM 611 256 2 01 March 1987 SUBTEST 2. INSTRUMENT COMPREHENSION TESTa. Description. In this subtest, you will have to determine theposition of an airplane in Flight by looking at two dials, one show-ing the artificial horizon, the other showing the compass these you will determine the amount of climb or dive, thedegree of bank to left or right, and the heading. Five airplanesilhouettes are shown from which you will choose the one that mostnearly represents the position indicated on the are 15questions. (Time: 5 min)b. Instructions. Below are shown two sets of dials, labeled ARTI-FICIAL HORIZON and COMPASS. The heavy black line on theARTIFICIAL HORIZON represents the horizon line.

8 If the airplaneis above the horizon, it is climbing. If it is below the horizon, it isdiving. The greater amount of climb or dive, the farther up or downthe horizon line is seen. The ARTIFICIAL HORIZON dial also hasa black arrowhead showing the degree of bank to left or right. If theairplane has no bank, the arrowhead points to zero. If it is banked tothe left, the arrowhead points to the right of zero. If the airplane isbanked to the right, the arrowhead points to the left of 2. EXAMPLES OF THE ARTIFICIAL HORIZON DIALThe COMPASS dial shows the direction the airplane is headed atthe 3. EXAMPLES OF THE COMPASS DIALNow look at Problem P2 and decide which airplane is in the posi-tion indicated by the dials. You are always looking north at thesame altitude as each of the planes. East is always to your right asyou look at the PAM 611 256 2 01 March 1987 Figure PAM 611 256 2 01 March 1987S U B T E S T 3.

9 C O M P L E X M O V E M E N T S T E S T a . D e s c r i p t i o n .The 30 questions in this subtest measure your ability to judgedistance and visualize motion. Five pairs of symbols are givenrepresenting direction and distance. You will choose the one pairthat represents the amount, and direction of movement to move adot from outside a circle into the center of the circle. (Time: 5 min)b. Instructions. Look at the heavy dark dot below the circle inExample task is to move this dot to the center of the will have to decide which direction ordirections (right or leftand up or down) the dot has to be moved and the distance in eachdirection moved to reach the center of the at the KEYS. These show the meaning of the symbols in thetest. There is a Direction Key which shows the meaning of thetoprow of symbols for movement right or left (horizontal movement)and the bottom row of symbols for movementup or down (verticalmovement).

10 Notice in each there is a symbol for no Key shows the three line widths in which the arrowscan be drawn. The thinnest line width represents movement ofapproximately 1/8 inch. The medium width line represents approxi-mately 2/8 inch and the thickest line represents approximately 3 decide which answer in P3 is correct by looking at the arrowsin the top row and the arrows in the bottom row and the width ofthe line in which the arrows are one pair of symbols 4. HELICOPTER KNOWLEDGE TEST a. subtest deals with your general understanding of the principlesof helicopter Flight . It contains 20 incomplete statements followedby 5 choices. You will decide which one of the 5 choices bestcompletes the statement (Time: 10 min).b. Instructions. The incomplete statement is followed by which one of the choices best completes the PAM 611 256 2 01 March 1987 Figure 5.