ERGO 2 MIDTERMS Flashcards
An inapproproate or undesirable human decision that reduces effectiveness and safety or exceeds system tolerances
human error
An error due entirely to the human operator
operator error
T/F: you can’t eliminate operator error but a good human factors design will make these virtually impossible
T
An error due to poor design
design error
The two kinds of theories of accident causation:
accident-proneness theories
job demand vs. worker capability theories
What does the accident-proness theory suggest?
certain individuals are more likely to have accidents than others
it suggests that accident-proneness is limited to specific factors
accidental liability
When does accident liability increase?
when job demand exceeds worker capabilities
what are the theories under job demand vs. worker capability theories
adjustment-to-stress theory
arousal-alertness theory
enumerate the stages of human decision making where errors can occur
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- Activation/detection of system state signal
- Observation and data collection
- Identification of system state
- Interpretation of situation
- Definition of objectives
- Evaluation of alternative strategies
- Procedure selection
- Procedure execution
Unsafe acts can either be ___________ or __________ actions
Intended; Unintended
What are the two basic errors that fall under Unintended Action?
Slip and Lapse
It is a basic error that pertains to attentional failures
Slip
It is a basic error which pertains to memory failures
Lapse
Intended Actions yield to ___________ and ______________ (not a basic error)
Mistakes; Violation
A basic error that pertains to rule-based or knowledge-based mistakes
Mistake
This pertains to routine violations and sabotage
Violation
Enumerate the four categories of error mechanisms
skill based
perceptual based
decision based
knowledge based
what are the errors that fall under skill based?
attention failures
memory failures
execution failures
what are the errors that fall under perceptual based?
visual
auditory
tactile
what are the errors that fall under decision based?
misapplication of a good rule
application of a bad rule
what are the knowledge based errors?
inaccurate knowledge of the system
incomplete knowledge of the system
Enumerate all attentional failures
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Intrusion
Commission
Omission
Reversal
Misordering
Mistiming
Identify the kind of attentional failure:
- Joy trespasses into a restricted construction site despite the No Entry sign
- Alan forgot to lock the doors and thus left the house vulnerable to theft
- Kent realized he emailed his nudes instead of the company files to the CEO and tried to retract it.
- The technician accidentally connected the wrong wires and thus causing machine malfunction
- The chef assembled the lasagna without layering the pasta, causing a messy dish
- David did not wake up despite multiple alarms and missed his meeting
- Intrusion – entering a dangerous area / location
- Omission – failure to due something
- Reversal – trying to stop or undo a task already initiated
- Commission – performing an act incorrectly
- Misordering – task or set of task performed in the wrong
sequence - Mistiming – person fails to perform the action within the time
allotted
Losing one’s place and forgetting intentions are examples of what type of failure?
memory failures
A person believing that since he is in a crowd where many people can see him, he will not be robbed is an example of what rule-based mistake?
Application of a bad rule
A patient deliberately stopping his medication for fear of addiction even though the medicine is not addictive is what kind of rule-based mistake?
misapplication of a good rule
Enumerate the contributing factors in accident causation
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Management
Environment
Equipment
Work
Social/Psychological environment
Worker/coworkers
Enumerate all Typical Errors associated with new technologies and systems
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- Mode Error
- Getting Lost
- Not Coordinating Data Entries
- Overload
- Data Overload
- Not Noticing Changes
- Automation Surprises
Identify what type of typical error:
- A typical error wherein the user thought system was in one mode but was actually in another
- System automation did something the user did not expect
- Users are forced to sort through a large amount of data
- User is lost in display architectures
- Poor coordination between multiple users in the same system
- System use is draining attention resources from other equally important tasks
- failure to notice changes used in communication systems
- Mode Error
- automation surprises
- data overload
- getting lost
- not coordinting data entries
- overload
- not noticing changes
What are the three generic approaches to minimizing human error?
Personnel selection
Training
Design
It appropriates skills and capabilities to perform required tasks
Personnel Selection
It helps ensuring appropriate skills but can be expensive and time-consuming
Training
A preferred method; preference on the kinds of displays and controls used
Design
Categories of design
Exclusionary
Preventive
Fail-safe
It is a systematic way of identifying potential human errors
human error analysis
human error analysis usually starts with ___________
task analysis
The phases of task analysis
Data collection
Task description
Task analysis
Task analysis begins with data collection __________ of interest and the ____________ in which the task is performed
about the task; work system
Usual data gathering methods:
- observation of users doing tasks
- worker interviews
- review of archival data sources
The steps in task description
Create a task lexicon
develop task descriptions
This step in task analysis makes comparisons between the demands of the task and the capabilities of the system. The analyst also identifies mismatches in between the two.
Task Analysis
Enumerate the typical investigation errors due to hindsight bias
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Counterfactual reasoning
Data availability
micro-matching error
cherry-picking error
is the inclination, after an event occurred, to see the event as having been predictable, despite there having been little or no objective basis for predicting it
Hindsight bias