An Air Force Pilot Is Flying Over Enemy Lines

question 88

Multiple Choice

An Air Force pilot is flying over enemy lines. He has been assigned a target to destroy, but also knows that the target is in a heavily populated civilian area. His knowledge of the region represents what aspect of signal detection theory?

• A) information acquisition
• B) criterion
• C) false alarm
• D) sensory failure

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