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I can't help feeling that flying into a cloud whilst on a test might just be a fail.
Planned altitude - the altitude you intend to fly at to avoid terrain, obstacles and remain clear of controlled airspace
MSA - safety altitude to climb to if one
inadvertently flew into IMC
One would rather hope that during a test a candidate would have more sense than risk flying at VFR minima and the possibility of inadvertently flying into cloud.