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What is a latent threat?

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May not be observable

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In terms of background radiation, in relation to cosmic radiation, how much is received?

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Equal

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What is the most common symptom of decompression sickness?

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The bends.

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A rapid positive Gz acceleration causes a decrease in pressure above/below the heart.

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Above

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Pilots need to keep hydrated. Water helps the body to..

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Absorb nutrients.

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Out of the following options, which will is the correct option after donning your oxygen mask after an explosive decompression at FL350:

Immediately descend to 10 000 ft or to MSA, whichever is highest

Immediately descend to 10 000 ft or to MSA, whichever is highest, at a rate that reduces the symptoms of decompression sickness

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Immediately descend to 10 000 ft or to MSA, whichever is highest

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What may lead to a cerebral artery stroke?

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Hypertension.

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What happens to partial pressure as you increase with altitude?

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Decreases

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The normal respiratory rate of an adult at rest is how many breaths per minute?

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12-20

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A pilot, climbing in a non-pressurised aircraft and without using supplemental oxygen, will pass the “critical threshold” at approximately..

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20,000ft

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Due to high arousal or overstress, an individual starts to hyperventilate. Consequently, the carbon dioxide level in the blood is lowered which results in:

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Less oxygen diffusion.

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What is anaemic hypoxia?

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Reduction in haemoglobin.

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What is hypoxic hypoxia?

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Reduction in oxygen.

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What is hypertension?

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High blood pressure.

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At what altitude will blood oxygen saturation affect a pilot’s judgement?

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10,000ft

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Does the physiological effects of an acceleration of 3G on the human body depends on the onset rate of the force?

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Yes

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Carbon monoxide in the human body cannot lead to:

  1. loss of muscular power
  2. headache
  3. impaired judgement
  4. pain in the joints
  5. loss of consciousness
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Pain in the jojnts

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Should you turn cabin heat on or off when experiencing carbon monoxide production?

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Off

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Which of the following is not seen at cruise :

Solar storms, galactic radiation, naturally occurring elements

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Elements

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When suffering from hypoxia, short-term memory impairment starts at approximately at..

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12000ft

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During flight, a terrain proximity caution sounds in the flight deck. The pilot misidentifies the problem, believing that the auditory alert is associated with a configuration warning; subsequently applying the wrong procedures. This error is associated with…

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Rule based

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How long is the visual image of am abnormal value stored in the sensory store for?

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1 second

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A captain who has just recently been trained to a new aircraft type is learning the memory items for an emergency procedure. What is the type of learning described?
Cognitive learning
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A small aircraft has joined the circuit and is on final approach. Code 4202 is set on the transponder and QNH of 1009 is set on the altimeter. The pilot receives the following message from ATC: "G-ABCD cleared to land, runway 01, wind 350 degrees, 10 knots". Which option lists the information that the pilot is expected to hold in working memory at this point?
Wind direction and speed
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Is long term memory limited or unlimited?
Unlimited.
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The acquisition of a skill comprises of which three stages (Anderson model)?
Cognitive, associative, automatic
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Smaller objects from a given distance are normally perceived as being further away than larger objects from the same distance. Which type of perception causes this?
Top - down
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When a pilot is controlling an aircraft, the ability to maintain level flight while adjusting the power, without effort or continuous thought, is a skill kept in the...
Long term
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True or false : Strong motivation to achieve is a cognitive stressor, and it can negatively affect performance.
True
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Whats the difference between operant and cognitive learning?
Operant - stimuli Cognitive - sudden response
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Retrograde amnesia causes loss of memory of events and …….. memory.
Episodic
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Cognitive psychology identifies several factors that affect a person’s level of attention. They include environmental, physiological, and BLANK factors.
Task
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According to James Reason, an organisation which collects and analyses relevant data relates to which component of safety culture?
Informed
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In a company, a safety culture is established where a person is not legally prosecuted when committing an error without intent, but where intentional violation or negligent behavior are not tolerated. This safety culture is called…
Just
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Risk management is more effective with what component of a safety culture?
Informed
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In an organisation where a good safety culture is predominant, the accountability rests largely with..
Management
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During an approach with thunderstorms in the vicinity, the pilot notices that the visibility has dropped below minimum. This is a/an (1)__
Threat
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The time needed for an eye to adjust to bright light is:
10 seconds
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In night VFR, the visual illusion of being too low/high due to the runway lights appearing to be in a lower position than expected on the windscreen, and the risk of descending early/late.
High Early
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Which of the following statements are correct about the effects of hypoxic hypoxia and anaemic hypoxia? 1. Hypoxic hypoxia can be caused by the decrease in the pressure of oxygen as you ascend. 2. Hypoxic hypoxia can be caused by the decrease in the percentage of oxygen as you ascend.
1
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One illusion that pilots experience in conditions of fog or mist are that objects appear to be closer/further-away leading to shallower/steeper approaches
Further away Steeper
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Is it probable that the symptoms of Aerodontalgia start to show or become more severe in the assent or descent?
Assent
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Sunglasses with a BLANK tint can cause disorientation.
Yellow
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Caffeine may cause an increase in cardiac rate, restlessness/nervousness, insomnia, anxiety and intestinal irritability. An excessive consumption of caffeine is considered to be in excess of XXX mg/day
250
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The number of REM-cycles in a night is:
4-5
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In the case of aircraft operations, which of the following should be classed as a "fume event"? 1. An unusual smell in the cabin with some passengers reporting eye irritation. 2. The discharge of a hand fire extinguisher in the cockpit. 3. The spillage of hydraulic oil on the ground near an aircraft parked on a nearby stand. 4. A small amount of smoke in the galley from an overheated meal tray.
1 2
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The gas or fluid used or transported in aviation which is both extremely toxic and corrosive is:
Mercury
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Rapid linear acceleration during the take-off roll may lead to the illusion of being in a nose-up attitude. What is this kind of illusion called?
Somotogravic
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True or false : Alcohol, when taken in minor quantities can make brain cells more susceptible to hypoxia.
True
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Which of the following senses angular acceleration: - semicircular canal -otolith organs
Semicircular canal
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Prolonged exposure to jet engine noise levels can cause Noise induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) when these are above:
85db
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A student pilot is planning his/her first VFR cross-country flight with full landings at different aerodromes. The runway dimensions of the training base aerodrome are 980 m x 30 m, and the runway dimensions of the first destination aerodrome are 2420 m x 45 m. When returning to the home base, is the student likely to over or under estimate approach distance?
Under estimate
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An aircraft is approaching over deep water to a runway which lies perpendicular to a rocky shoreline. The sky is blue and cloudless. Will the pilot think they’re too high or low?
High
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What is the main cause of conductive deafness?
Blockage such as wax
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Visual acuity during flight at high altitudes can be affected by: 1. autokinesis, 2. carbon monoxide poisoning, 3. smoking, 4. hypoxia.
2,3,4
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What human emotion can worsen motion sickness?
Anxiety
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Situations particularly vulnerable to "reversion to an earlier behaviour pattern" are: 1. when concentration on a particular task is relaxed 2. when situations are characterised by stress 3. when situations are characterised by medium workload
1,2
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A pilot is distracted by a failure of his/her navigation equipment and consequently does not execute a planned turn, but quickly realises and corrects. What is the forgotten turn an example of?
A lapse.
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A captain who has just recently been trained to a new aircraft type is learning the memory items for an emergency procedure. What is the type of learning described?
Cognitive learning
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Is stress easy or hard to recognise?
Hard
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A pilot that avoids making errors and taking responsibilities is characterized as...
Resignating
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What is the dec part of DECIDE?
Detect Estimate Choose
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Is Stress Exposure Training (SET) long term or short term managment?
Long term
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What does ergonomic mean?
Design
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Flying in the cruise, an aircraft suffers an engine failure. The way a pilot acts in response to this is their (1) _____, which depends on their (2) _____. Attitude / personality / behaviour
1 = behaviour 2 = attitude
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A helicopter pilot is performing a landing and on short final he/she is not keeping the mandatory airspeed and heights. At debriefing, his/her commander pointed out what he/she did not follow the operating standards. The pilot roughly said that he/she is a good pilot and is very good at flying. What kind of attitude is this?
Macho
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What can explicit conformation be prone to?
Conformation bias.
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You have started the before take -off checklist, when there is an extended interruption by ATC due to another aircraft mixing up their call sign with yours. Just before take-off, you realise that you forgot to select the fuel pump ON because you failed to complete the before take-off checklist. This can be described as an error what?
Chain.
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An under-confident and unassuming First Officer is promoted to Captain. What behavioural tendency is likely?
Agression
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What are the 4 main objectives of CRM and MCC training? 1. Situational awareness 2. Checklists 3. Standard operating procedures 4. Cross-check and monitoring 5. Communication 6. Leadership 7. PF and PM concept
4,5,6,7
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What can can state the minimum altitude for the manoeuvre and the conditions under which the instructor should take control of the aircraft.
SOP’s
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Levels of stress above the optimum level decrease/increase arousal.
Increase.
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Which type of human error may be triggered if a pilot becomes distracted and does not complete a task or omits a step whilst performing it?
Lapse
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What is operant conditioning?
Learning based of a stimuli in the moment
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What type of memory can be lossed with retrograde amnesia?
Episodic.
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The commander believes that the copilot has done the radio call. However, he did not ask him. The radio call has not been done for five minutes. What type of model can relate to this?
False mental model
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Which memory is skill kept?
Long-term
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During flight, a terrain proximity caution sounds in the flight deck. The pilot misidentifies the problem, believing that the auditory alert is associated with a configuration warning; subsequently applying the wrong procedures. This error is associated with what type of behaviour?
Rule based behaviour
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Re-programming of the FMS in the LNAV VNAV mode during periods of high workload can lead to errors and also cause a loss of situational awareness. What should the pilots do?
Downgrade to something like manual flying.
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True or false : hypoventilation is a symptom of motion sickness.
False
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