Man and Machine - Kafli 14 Flashcards

1
Q

What percentage of the appropriate population are anthropometric data table measurements taken from?

a. 80%, i.e. the tenth to the ninetieth percentile, using contour, dynamic and static data
b. 90%, i.e. the fifth to the ninety-fifth percentile, using contour, dynamic and static data
c. 50%, i.e. the twenty-fifth to the seventy-fifth percentile, using contour, dynamic and static data
d. None of the above

A

b. 90%, i.e. the fifth to the ninety-fifth percentile, using contour, dynamic and static data

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What is the most common checklist error?

a. Action slip
b. Too many capital letters are used
c. Responded to automatically
d. Missing items

A

c. Responded to automatically

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What is the most important feature of flight deck design?
a. Escape and emergency exits should be clear of obstructions
b. The design eye point must be clearly marked
c. Important controls must be located in easily reached and unobstructed
positions
d. Controls and indicators should be standardized

A

b. The design eye point must be clearly marked

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What will the pilot lose sight of on the approach if seated below the Design Eye Point?

a. Some of the undershoot
b. Some of the overshoot
c. Peripheral objects especially at night
d. The sight view

A

a. Some of the undershoot

Undershoot er væntanlega það sem er næst vélinni..hmm

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What instrument is best for showing small change?

a. A digital display
b. An analogue display
c. A mixed digital/analogue display
d. Ultra/high-precision gyro instrument

A

c. A mixed digital/analogue display

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Which pitot/static instrument is most likely to be misread?

a. The ASI at night illuminated by a red light
b. The ASI at night illuminated by low intensity white light
c. The three point altimeter
d. The four point altimeter

A

c. The three point altimeter

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A manually operated valve should be opened by:

a. turning it clockwise
b. turning it anticlockwise
c. turning either way
d. depends on the system it operates

A

b. turning it anticlockwise

Hugsaðu bara um kókflösku, þú opnar anti-clockwise.

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The three types of anthropometric measurements are:

a. static, design, contour
b. contour, design, dynamic
c. static, dynamic, contour
d. static, dynamic, design

A

c. static, dynamic, contour

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9
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System Tolerance can be subdivided into:

a. protected and semi-protected systems
b. protected and endangered systems
c. protected and vulnerable systems
d. protected and quasi-protected systems

A

c. protected and vulnerable systems

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10
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Hver er munurinn á steady red og flashing red í CRT?

A

flashing red: emergency

steady red: Alert

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Mode error is associated with:

a. automation
b. hardware
c. INS
d. software

A

a. automation

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A danger of automation is that:

a. there can be greater delays between the performance of the crew and its ultimate effect
b. delays between the performance of the crew and its ultimate effect are shortened
c. delays between the performance of the crew and its ultimate effect are not appreciated
d. delays between the performance of the crew and its ultimate effect have no effect

A

a. there can be greater delays between the performance of the crew and its ultimate effect

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Automation:

a. helps with unusual and unexpected situations
b. may result in a pilot being unaware of important information when dealing with an unusual and unexpected situation
c. increases reaction time when dealing with unusual and unexpected situations
d. decreases reaction time when dealing with unusual and unexpected situations

A

b. may result in a pilot being unaware of important information when dealing with an unusual and unexpected situation

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Automation can result in:

a. lack of information being passed between crew members
b. too much information being passed between crew members
c. confused information being passed between crew members
d. too much detailed information being passed between crew members

A

a. lack of information being passed between crew members

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