Module - 9 (Human Factors)
Final Practice Exam Test
- Which part of the body is responsible for spatial orientation in flight ?
- Lungs
- Heart
- Inner ear
- What has a great impact on the safety practices of workplace?
- Safety culture
- Organizational culture
- Motivation
- What do you do when someone is hypothermic ?
- Warm them up
- Feed them sweet things because of their diabetes
- Give them a drink because of dehydration
- What is the effect of alcohol on pilot performance ?
- Has no effect if consumed in small amounts
- Impairs judgment and reaction time
- Improves coordination
- Which of the following can help prevent human errors in aviation ?
- Ignoring fatigue
- Relying solely on automation
- Following standard operating procedures
- Which statement is true regarding avoiding and managing errors ?
- Increase the error vulnerability of particular tasks or task elements
- Decrease the error tolerance of a workplace or system
- Minimize the error liability of the individual or team
- An engineer is performing a task in less than ideal conditions in order to meet an operational deadline is ?
- making a rule based slip
- committing a situational violation
- committed a routine error
- What is a latent failure ?
- A failure which could not have been predicted
- Receiving bad instruction from a manager who is out of touch with maintenance
- A mistake that has already been made, but has not yet caused an accident
- What part of the SHEL model would the aircraft design fit into ?
- Hardware
- Liveware
- Environment
- The ear is sensitive to sounds between certain frequencies ?
- 20 khz to 2000 khz
- 20 hz to 200 khz
- 20 hz to 20000 hz
- Environmental stresses are ?
- caused by noise, fumes, heat and vibration
- tolerated by everyone equally
- not normally cumulative
- How does dehydration affect pilot performance ?
- Improves cognitive function
- Enhances reaction time
- Causes fatigue and poor concentration
- Which of the following is an example of complacency in aviation ?
- Asking for assistance when needed
- Ignoring warning signs due to overconfidence
- Carefully checking instruments
- What is the primary purpose of Crew Resource Management (CRM) ?
- Train pilots to fly faster
- Improve teamwork and decision-making
- Reduce aircraft maintenance costs
- Which type of fatigue occurs after long-term stress or workload ?
- Chronic fatigue
- Acute fatigue
- Temporary fatigue
- For a man to maintain his fitness and health the conducive maximum recommended alcohol intake is ?
- 9 - 14 units per month
- 28 units per day
- 28 units per week
- Which of the following is a sign of hypoxia ?
- Enhanced memory
- Impaired judgment
- Increased alertness
- Motivation is ?
- The thing that drives someone to do something
- A reward or punishment designed to increase work rate
- A reward or punishment designed to reduce errors
- Myopia is _______ and a ______ lens is needed to correct it ?
- long sightedness and concave
- short sightedness and convex
- short sightedness and concave
- How many things can be stored in the short term memory ?
- 9 - 15
- 3 - 5
- No limit