Spatial Awareness Questions and Answers Flashcards

Facing north, you turn: 90 clockwise, 180 counterclockwise, 90 clockwise, 270 counterclockwise. What direction are you facing?

Answer: East

North(0) +90CW=East(90) -180CCW=West(270) +90CW=North(0) -270CCW=East(90). Facing East.

A helicopter reports a vehicle heading southeast. Units are at positions directly north (A) and directly east (B) of the vehicle. Which unit will the vehicle reach first?

Answer: Neither - a southeast heading won't reach either position

A southeast heading moves both south and east, away from a position directly north and past a position directly east.

A building has N/S/E/W wings from a central hub. You enter the South wing, walk to the hub, turn left, walk to the end, retrace to hub, turn right, walk to the end. Which wing?

Answer: North

Enter south, face north at hub. Left=East. Walk to East end. Retrace to hub facing West. Right=North. End up in North wing.

A 6x6 grid searched in serpentine pattern from the northwest corner heading east. After completing 3 rows, how many blocks covered?

Answer: 18

6 blocks per row times 3 rows = 18 blocks.

Officer A is at the northwest corner, Officer B at the southeast corner of a building. A suspect is at the northeast corner. Which officer is closer?

Answer: Cannot determine without building dimensions

Without knowing length vs width, we can't determine which distance is shorter.

A suspect is at 5th St and Oak Ave heading north. Unit 1 is at 5th St and Maple Ave (3 blocks north). Unit 2 is at 8th St and Oak Ave (3 blocks east). Which unit is better positioned to intercept?

Answer: Unit 1 - directly in the suspect's northbound path

Unit 1 is directly ahead on the same street. Unit 2 is on a cross street not in the suspect's path.