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    What is one of the initial indications of Hypoxia?

    • Blue tinge in the lips
    • Stomach cramps
    • Pain in the joints
    • Impaired judgment
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  • 2. 

    Why does cold make you more susceptible to Hypoxia?

    • Hear beats faster which uses up more oxygen

    • More energy is required when shivering therefore more oxygen used

    • Lowers temperature of the body which makes it less efficient

    • Lowers temperature of the body and especially the head which has a debilitating effect on the brain

    Correct Answer
    A. More energy is required when shivering therefore more oxygen used
  • 3. 

    Henry's Law has applications in Human Performance to:

    • Otic Barotrauma

    • DCS

    • Carbon Monoxide poisioning

    • Partial pressure in the alveoli

    Correct Answer
    A. DCS
  • 4. 

    Why is it essential to ensure that the combustion heaters are serviceable? 

    • To prevent carbon dioxide poisoning and possible fire

    • To prevent carbon dioxide poisoning, possible fire or explosion

    • To prevent carbon monoxide poisoning

    • To prevent carbon dioxide poisoning and possible fire

    Correct Answer
    A. To prevent carbon monoxide poisoning
  • 5. 

    A pilot must wait at least 24 hours before flying after donation blood:

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
  • 6. 

    From the list beleow select those errors that are considered to be human errors 1. Distraction 2. Failing to meet targets 3. Poor communication 4. Non-standard operations 5. Violation of minima 6. Ambiguity of instruction 7. Discrepancy in situation awareness 8. No one flying the aircraft 9. Confusion

    • 1, 3, 6, 7 and 9

    • 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6

    • 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8

    • 2, 4, 5 and 8

    Correct Answer
    A. 1, 3, 6, 7 and 9
  • 7. 

    Human errors can be categorized as:

    • Error of commission or omission

    • Errors of command and omission

    • Errors of commission and operation

    • Errors of command and operation

    Correct Answer
    A. Error of commission or omission
  • 8. 

    Which of the following statement is correct in regard to motivation?

    • Low motivation will guarantee adequate attention management capabilities

    • Too much motivation may result in hypo vigilance and thus in a decrease in attention

    • Extremely high motivation in combination with excessive stress will limit attention management capabilities

    • Motivation will reduce the task automation process

    Correct Answer
    A. Extremely high motivation in combination with excessive stress will limit attention management capabilities
  • 9. 

    The ideal leader, and therefore pilot should exhibit which qualities:

    • G+G+

    • G++G++

    • G+P+

    • P+P+

    Correct Answer
    A. G+P+
  • 10. 

    Approximately what percentage of communication is achieved by metacommunications?

    • 30%

    • 80%

    • 50%

    • 10%

    Correct Answer
    A. 80%
  • 11. 

    Which of the following experiences would lead to the highest level of stress?

    • A major change of health

    • A personal injury

    • Death of a spouse or partner

    • Death of a close family member

    Correct Answer
    A. Death of a spouse or partner
  • 12. 

    The relationship between workload and performance can be graphically illustrated by the performancearousal graph. This graph is conceived as:

    • A straight line

    • An inverted 'U'

    • A logarithmic scale

    • A hyperbolic function

    Correct Answer
    A. An inverted 'U'
  • 13. 

    The most important factor in an approach to stress management is:

    • Making action plans to cope with any problem

    • Identifying stress reactions and dealing with them one at a time

    • Recognizing that there is a problem and deciding to do something about it

    • Identifying stressors and dealing with them one at a time

    Correct Answer
    A. Recognizing that there is a problem and deciding to do something about it
  • 14. 

    After changing time zones, circadian rhythms:

    • Rapidly adjust to the new time zone

    • Adjust quickly if the pilot has flown an eastbound route

    • Adjust slowly at a rate of 1-1.5 hours per week

    • Adjust slowly at a rate of 1-1.5 hours per day

    Correct Answer
    A. Adjust slowly at a rate of 1-1.5 hours per day
  • 15. 

    Choose the correct statement below for automation management.

    • The computer is always wrong

    • Understanding how to access the different pages and system of an FMS and associated automated systems

    • The computer is always right

    • The correct use and interpretation of the flight data given by automated systems

    Correct Answer
    A. The computer is always right
  • 16. 

    Increased automation and glass cockpit instrumentation:

    • Has removed the need for the flight crew to monitor each others actions other in normal operations

    • Allows increased reliance on the autopilot to free up both pilots to carry out secondary tasks in normal operations

    • Has resulted in a reduction in the need of both pilots monitor the actions of each other in normal operations

    • Still requires the flight crew to monitor each others actions and selections in normal operations

    Correct Answer
    A. Still requires the flight crew to monitor each others actions and selections in normal operations
  • 17. 

    The best method for losing weight is:

    • The use of appetite suppressants

    • Plenty of exercise

    • Crash diets

    • Eat less

    Correct Answer
    A. Eat less
  • 18. 

    What part of the spectrum should sunglasses filter out?

    • The red and UV end of the spectrum

    • The blue and UV end of the spectrum

    • All high intensity light

    • UV only

    Correct Answer
    A. The blue and UV end of the spectrum
  • 19. 

    The four elements of the SHELL model are:

    • Software, Hardware, Environment and Liveware

    • Software, Heading, Environment and Liveware

    • Software, Human, Environment and Licensing

    • Software, Hardware, Environment and Licensing

    Correct Answer
    A. Software, Hardware, Environment and Liveware
  • 20. 

    The approximate percentage by volume of O2 in the atmosphere at ground level is:

    • 40%

    • 15%

    • 21%

    • 78%

    Correct Answer
    A. 21%
  • 21. 

    Above what altitude must supplemental O2 be used if the cabin is not pressurized?

    • 33,700 ft

    • 18,000 ft

    • 40,000 ft

    • 10,000 ft

    Correct Answer
    A. 10,000 ft
  • 22. 

    Respiration is:

    • The exchange of the respiratory gases O2/CO2 between the environment and tissues

    • The transport of O2 from the lungs to the tissues of the body

    • The change of O2 to CO2

    Correct Answer
    A. The exchange of the respiratory gases O2/CO2 between the environment and tissues
  • 23. 

    Which of the following are true with regard to smoking and flying? 1. G tolerance is reduced 2. The risk of coronary heart disease increases 3. Less O2 can be carried in the blood due to the affinity of the hemoglobin for CO

    • Only 3 is correct

    • Only 2 is correct

    • Only 1 is correct

    • 1,2 and 3 are correct

    Correct Answer
    A. 1,2 and 3 are correct
  • 24. 

    Supplemental oxygen must be earned on all flights where the atmospheric pressure is less than:

    • 500 hPa

    • 700 hPa

    • 800 hPa

    • 600 hPa

    Correct Answer
    A. 700 hPa
  • 25. 

    The greatest concentration of ozone is to be found in the:

    • Ionosphere

    • Stratosphere

    • Troposphere

    • Mesosphere

    Correct Answer
    A. Stratosphere
  • 26. 

    The optic nerve is part of the structure of the eye and is:

    • Used to help focus light on the fovea

    • Commonly known as the fovea

    • The reason for the "blind spot"

    • Part of the retina that is used for low light illumination

    Correct Answer
    A. The reason for the "blind spot"
  • 27. 

    The eye has two methods of adjusting to brightness, they are the:

    • Pupil changing diameter and chemical changes occurring to the rods and cones in the fovea

    • Iris changing diameter and chemical changes occurring to the rods and cones in the fovea

    • Pubil changing diameter and chemical changes occurring to the rods and cones in the retina

    • Iris changing diameter and chemical changes occurring to the rods and cones in the retina

    Correct Answer
    A. Iris changing diameter and chemical changes occurring to the rods and cones in the retina
  • 28. 

    Visual acuité is best within (a) _________ of the fovea and reduces (b) _________ towards the periphery of vision:

    • (a) 1.2º (b) gradually

    • (a) 1.2º (b) rapidly

    • (a) 1.20º (b) rapidity

    • (a) 1.20º (b) gradually

    Correct Answer
    A. (a) 1.2º (b) rapidly
  • 29. 

    Damage to the ear drum of ossicles can cause:

    • Presbycusis

    • Transductive deafness

    • Conductive deafness

    • NIHL

    Correct Answer
    A. Conductive deafness
  • 30. 

    All pilots suffer some hearing loss as a part of the process of growing old. This is called

    • Presbyaudio

    • Presbyopia

    • Presbycusis

    • Presmyopia

    Correct Answer
    A. Presbycusis
  • 31. 

    The vestibular system consists of the otoliths and semi-circular canals, the otoliths sense (a) __________ and the semi-circular canals sense (b) __________.

    • (a) angular acceleration (b) angular acceleration

    • (a) linear acceleration (b) linear acceleration

    • (a) angular acceleration (b) linear acceleration

    • (a) linear acceleration (b) angular acceleration

    Correct Answer
    A. (a) linear acceleration (b) angular acceleration
  • 32. 

    The cerebellum is responsible for:

    • Rapidly conducting electrical impulse to the hindbrain

    • Coordination and precise maintenance of equilibrium

    • Coordination the structures of the brain lying between the spinal chord and the hindbrain

    • Coordination the diencephalons, midbrain and hindbrain

    Correct Answer
    A. Coordination and precise maintenance of equilibrium
  • 33. 

    What is the purpose of the 'Sympathetic Nervous System'?

    • To calm the body after a flight for fight situation has passed

    • To ensure the supply of adrenaline and nor-adrenaline

    • To control the bodily functions under stress conditions

    • To prepare the body for flight of flight

    Correct Answer
    A. To prepare the body for flight of flight
  • 34. 

    If a runway slopes downwards, how does this effect the pilots' approach?

    • It is likely to be too high

    • It is likely to be too low

    • It is likely to be too fast

    • It is likely to be too slow

    Correct Answer
    A. It is likely to be too high
  • 35. 

    If two aircraft are on a line of constant bearing, what is the likely outcome?

    • Depends whether by day or by night

    • They will collide

    • There will be a near miss

    • It is quite safe and they will pass well clear of each other

    Correct Answer
    A. They will collide
  • 36. 

    The scanning technique should differ by day and night

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
  • 37. 

    On what does NIHL depend?

    • Both the intensity and duration of the noise above 100 dbs

    • The duration of the noise above 100 dbs

    • The duration of the noise above 110 dbs

    • Both the intensity and duration of the noise above 90 dbs

    Correct Answer
    A. Both the intensity and duration of the noise above 90 dbs
  • 38. 

    Does it make any difference to the circadian thythm adjusting to time zone changes if the flight is to the East of West?

    • Yes, due to the free running of the circadian thythm tends to adjust more quickly to West bound flights

    • Yes, due to the free running of the circadian thythm tends to adjust more quickly to East bound flights

    • No, it make no difference. West of East has the same effect

    • Yes, due to the free running of the circadian thythm tends to adjust more slowly to West bound flights

    Correct Answer
    A. Yes, due to the free running of the circadian thythm tends to adjust more quickly to West bound flights
  • 39. 

    When suffering from sleep deprivation, will performance be further decreased by altitude?

    • No

    • Yes

    • Sometimes

    • Under certain circumstances

    Correct Answer
    A. Yes
  • 40. 

    The peripheral nervous system consists of: 1. Sensory nervous 2. Motor nerves 3. The autonomic nervous system

    • 1 only

    • 2 and 3

    • 1, 2 and 3

    • 1 and 2

    Correct Answer
    A. 1, 2 and 3
  • 41. 

    The part of the brain responsible for the processing of information is the:

    • Pons

    • Cerebellum

    • Hypothalamus

    Correct Answer
    A. Cerebellum
  • 42. 

    Which of the following statements is false motor nerves?

    • Motor nerves control the digestive system

    • Motor nerves are attached to the muscles of the body

    • The majority of motor nerves are voluntary

    • If more control is needed than more motor nerves are required

    Correct Answer
    A. Motor nerves control the digestive system
  • 43. 

    When the heart is beating too fast:

    • The automatic nervous system will send signals to slow the heart down

    • The individual is able to control the heart beat voluntarily

    • The sympathetic nervous system will send signals to slow the heart down

    • The parasympathetic nervous system will send signals to slow the heart down

    Correct Answer
    A. The parasympathetic nervous system will send signals to slow the heart down
  • 44. 

    Which of the following is not a part of the brain?

    • The cerebrum

    • The pons

    • The visual cortex

    • The adrenal cortex

    Correct Answer
    A. The adrenal cortex
  • 45. 

    The part of the brain responsible for temperature control is:

    • Mid brain

    • Cerebellum

    • Medulla

    • Hypothalamus

    Correct Answer
    A. Hypothalamus
  • 46. 

    When flying in conditions of poor visibility due to mist, fog or snow, pilots may experience an illusion that means that:

    • Objects appear to be closer than they really are

    • Objects appear to move faster than they really do

    • Objects appear to be further away thanm they really are

    • Objects appear to move slower than they really do

    Correct Answer
    A. Objects appear to be further away thanm they really are
  • 47. 

    Which of the following is the most likely cause of cornary heart disease?

    • Family history

    • High blood pressure

    • Obesity

    • Smoking

    Correct Answer
    A. Family history
  • 48. 

    A stroke occurs when:

    • The blood supply to a certain part of the brain is cut off

    • The blood supply to a certain part of the circulatory is cut off

    • The blood supply to a certain part of the heart is cut off

    • The blood supply to a certain part of the body is cut off

    Correct Answer
    A. The blood supply to a certain part of the brain is cut off
  • 49. 

    A lack of vitamin 'A' can lead to:

    • Night blindness

    • Hair loss

    • Headaches

    • Loose of badly formed teeth

    Correct Answer
    A. Night blindness

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