Human Factors - practice test

Results

#1. During long flights, it is important to drink fluids without caffeine regularly. This is to prevent the onset of which condition?

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#2. The human eye will take up to ___ minutes to adjust fully to night

#3. The process of identifying potential threats and taking actions to minimise them is referred to as...

SHELL assessment

Threat and Error Management

The Swiss Cheese Model

Crew Resource Management

#4. Which mnemonic should be used to check that you are fit to fly?

IMSAFE

PILOT

IMGOOD

FREDAH

IMSAFE

Illness

Medication

Stress

Alcohol

Fatigue

Eat

#5. How long does it take the human body to dispose of one unit of alcohol?

at least 48 hours

at least eight hours

at least 24 hours

at least one hour

#6. An important factor to remember with regard to stress factors is:

they affect all pilots equally

they are cumulative

they decay with time

#7. When performing a thorough lookout, what is the best method for spotting other aircraft?

steadily looking across the whole field of view from right to left

short regularly spaced eye movements, progressing across the field of view

checking areas where aircraft are likely to be found

starting from the top centre, look slowly downwards and then to the left and right

#8. Where the holder is under 40 years old, a class one medical must be renewed

every five years

every 12 months

every 24 months

#9. What does the I stand for in IMSAFE?

insomnia (leading to a lack of sleep)

injury

illusion

illness

IMSAFE

Illness, Medication, Stress, Alcohol, Fatigue, Eat

#10. The recommended maximum weekly intake of alcohol is:

21 to 28 units for men and women

14 to 21 units for women and 21 to 28 units for men.

20 to 27 units for men and women

14 to 21 units for men and women

#11. Ergonomics are associated with

the human-workplace interface

communications

cognition

#12. A pilot suffering from stress is

probably fit to fly

fit to fly solo only

probably unfit to fly

#13. To see something best at night, a pilot should

look slightly to the side of it

look straight at it

repeatedly look at the object and then away from it

#14. Which method is most suitable for treating a burn to the skin?

Clean the burn with cool water then apply cling flim.

Apply a soft fluffy dressing

Wrap the burn tightly with a bandage

Raise the burn above the person's head

#15. What does E stand for in IMSAFE?

eating

eject

egress

endoscopy

IMSAFE

Illness, Medication, Stress, Alcohol, Fatigue, Eat

#16. A healthy person should not experience hypoxic effects below:

30,000ft

10,000ft

20,000ft

40,000ft

#17. What is the black hole effect?

A lack of visible reference points on approach to an airport at night, giving the illusion of being too high which can lead the pilot to fly a potentially dangerous shallow approach path

Approaching an up-sloping runway at night which gives the pilot an illusion that they are lower then they actually are

A lack of runway lighting and lots of lighting from the surrounding area causing a pilot to assume they are higher then they actually are

#18. When attending to an occupant of a crashed aircraft, which action should you take immediately?

try to move the wreckage

remove their helmet

check their airway to ensure they can breathe

move them from the wreckage

#19. Several experienced pilots are intending to fly-out on a cross country. As a new pilot, they encourage you to follow them in your own aircraft, but you feel that the forecast crosswind at the destination aerodrome will be very challenging for you. This hazardous situation is referred to as....

impulsiveness

macho

complacency

peer-pressure

#20. Flying in an open-cockpit during winter without protective clothing could result in which medical condition?

enter answer here

Finish

Human Factors – practice test

Results

#1. During long flights, it is important to drink fluids without caffeine regularly. This is to prevent the onset of which condition?

#2. The human eye will take up to ___ minutes to adjust fully to night

#3. The process of identifying potential threats and taking actions to minimise them is referred to as...

#4. Which mnemonic should be used to check that you are fit to fly?

#5. How long does it take the human body to dispose of one unit of alcohol?

#6. An important factor to remember with regard to stress factors is:

#7. When performing a thorough lookout, what is the best method for spotting other aircraft?

#8. Where the holder is under 40 years old, a class one medical must be renewed

#9. What does the I stand for in IMSAFE?

#10. The recommended maximum weekly intake of alcohol is:

#11. Ergonomics are associated with

#12. A pilot suffering from stress is

#13. To see something best at night, a pilot should

#14. Which method is most suitable for treating a burn to the skin?

#15. What does E stand for in IMSAFE?

#16. A healthy person should not experience hypoxic effects below:

#17. What is the black hole effect?

#18. When attending to an occupant of a crashed aircraft, which action should you take immediately?

#19. Several experienced pilots are intending to fly-out on a cross country. As a new pilot, they encourage you to follow them in your own aircraft, but you feel that the forecast crosswind at the destination aerodrome will be very challenging for you. This hazardous situation is referred to as....

#20. Flying in an open-cockpit during winter without protective clothing could result in which medical condition?