ARMY AEROMEDICAL COMPREHENSIVE
EXAMINATION 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Types of Visual Illusions (FFF-CRASH-SCAR).
Answer: False Horizon Illusion
Fascination/Fixation
Flicker Vertigo
Confusion w/Ground Lights
Relative Motion Illusion
Autokinesis
Structural Illusion
Height-Depth Illusion
SIze-Distance Illusion
Crater Illusion
Altered Planes of Reference
Reversible Perspective Illusion
◉ False Horizon.
Answer: The Pilot confuses a sloping cloud deck with the horizon or
ground causing the pilot to fly in a banked attitude.
, ◉ Fascination/Fixation.
Answer: Fascination-(Task Saturation) The Pilot becomes so
engrossed with problem a problem or task they fail to properly scan
outside the A/C.
Fixation-(Target) The pilot becomes so intent on shooting the target
forgetting to flying the A/C, causing the A/C to strike the ground,
Target or Shrapnel.
◉ Flicker Vertigo.
Answer: A flickering light at a rate of 4-20 cycles/sec can cause
seizures in individuals susceptible to flicker-induced epilepsy.
(sunlight between the blades or strobe light)
◉ Confusion w/Ground Lights.
Answer: Pilot mistakes ground lights for celestial lights which could
lead to the illusion A/C nose-high or one wing low attitude. Also
unlighted terrain can blend in with dark overcast causing confusion
on where the horizon is. (use instruments)
◉ Relative Motion.
Answer: The false perception of your motion in relationship to
another object's motion.
EXAMINATION 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Types of Visual Illusions (FFF-CRASH-SCAR).
Answer: False Horizon Illusion
Fascination/Fixation
Flicker Vertigo
Confusion w/Ground Lights
Relative Motion Illusion
Autokinesis
Structural Illusion
Height-Depth Illusion
SIze-Distance Illusion
Crater Illusion
Altered Planes of Reference
Reversible Perspective Illusion
◉ False Horizon.
Answer: The Pilot confuses a sloping cloud deck with the horizon or
ground causing the pilot to fly in a banked attitude.
, ◉ Fascination/Fixation.
Answer: Fascination-(Task Saturation) The Pilot becomes so
engrossed with problem a problem or task they fail to properly scan
outside the A/C.
Fixation-(Target) The pilot becomes so intent on shooting the target
forgetting to flying the A/C, causing the A/C to strike the ground,
Target or Shrapnel.
◉ Flicker Vertigo.
Answer: A flickering light at a rate of 4-20 cycles/sec can cause
seizures in individuals susceptible to flicker-induced epilepsy.
(sunlight between the blades or strobe light)
◉ Confusion w/Ground Lights.
Answer: Pilot mistakes ground lights for celestial lights which could
lead to the illusion A/C nose-high or one wing low attitude. Also
unlighted terrain can blend in with dark overcast causing confusion
on where the horizon is. (use instruments)
◉ Relative Motion.
Answer: The false perception of your motion in relationship to
another object's motion.
