Facts

Question 1

Restrictions to flying after going scuba diving

Answer 1

No flying within 24 hours if a depth of 30 feet has been exceeded limit is 12 hours

Question 2

Smoking raises the physiological altitude by

Answer 2

4000 to 5000 ft

Question 3

TUC at 20,000 mod activity

Answer 3

5 min

Question 4

Symptoms of CO poisoning

Answer 4

Ruddy complexion, headache, tightness across the forehead, impaired judgement

Question 5

Adaptation of the rods to the dark

Answer 5

30 min

Question 6

Dark adaptation for the cones

Answer 6

7 mins

Question 7

Found poisoning takes effect within

Answer 7

90mins of eating contaminated food

Question 8

Illusions of interpretation, cognitive illusions

Answer 8

Associated with the task of mental construction of the environment

Question 9

Situational awareness

Answer 9

The process that ensures the pilot maintains an accurate model of his/her environment

Question 10

Personality which tends to have accidents in where risk taking are involved

Answer 10

Unstable, anxious extrovert

Question 11

3 types of cockpit authority gradient

Answer 11

Autocratic, Laisser-faire, Synergistic

Question 12

Coordinated cooperation

Answer 12

Allows for synergy in the actions between the captain and the pilot
Communication here in synchronised actions and the distribution of responsibilities

Question 13

General adaptation syndrome is characterised by

Answer 13

Alarm
Resistance phase
Exhaustion phase

Question 14

High degrees of automation may alter traditional tasks

Answer 14

The attention of the cockpit crew will become reduced with the consequences of being “out of the loop”

Question 15

If a sleeper wakes early, how does this affect the sleep pattern

Answer 15

The sleeper goes into sleeper deficit and will need twice the amount of sleep lost in order to catch up

Question 16

Relative humidity definition

Answer 16

Absolute humidity relative to the max humidity for that temp expressed as a percentage

Question 17

Adverse effects of CO poisoning increase as

Answer 17

Altitude increases

Question 18

Conductive hearing loss can be caused by

Answer 18

Damage to the ossicles in the middle ear caused by infection or trauma
Damage to the auditory nerve
An obstruction in the auditory duct

Question 19

Symptoms of hyperventilation

Answer 19

Dizziness, tingling sensation, nausea, blurred vision

Question 20

Out of hyperventilation, hypoxia, hypertension, fatigue which ones cause visual disturbances

Answer 20

Hyperventilation
Hypoxia
Fatigue

Question 21

Breathing 100% O2 at 33,700 is equivalent to breathing O2 at

Answer 21

MSL

Question 22

An EEG (Electroencephalography) is used for

Answer 22

Recording of electrical activity along the scalp produced by the firing of neurons within the brain

Question 23

Hypoxic hypoxia is explain by which gas law

Answer 23

Dalton’s law

Question 24

O2 diffusion from the lungs depends on

Answer 24

Partial O2 pressure gradient

Question 25

Diseases associated with contaminated water

Answer 25

Typhoid, Cholera, Dysentery

Question 26

Subdivisions of reasons safety culture

Answer 26

Informed, Just, reporting, flexible, learning and national cultures

Question 27

Using shell model what is the relationship between a pilot reading an altimeter

Answer 27

Livewere hardware

Question 28

Psychosomatic

Answer 28

Mental/ emotional stressors can be manifested in organic stress reactions

Question 29

3 stages of acquisition of a skill

Answer 29

Cognitive Associative Automatic