FOI Practice Flashcards
The study o human behavior is an attempt to explain how and why humans function the way they do.
A. True
B. False
True
Human needs are satisfied in what order?
A. Self-Actualization first, belonging, esteem, physiological
B. Cognitive, security, self- actualization
C. Order of importance.
D. Doesn’t make a any difference.
C. Order of importance
Which defense mechanism states that an individual places his or her own acceptable impulses onto someone else.
A. Fantasy
B. Displacement
C. Repression
D. Projection
D. Projection
What is the most significant psychological factor affecting flight instruction
A. Fantasy
B. Reactions to stress
C. Security
D. Anxiety
D. Anxiety
Anxiety is a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease.
A. True
B. False
A. True
Select the response that would be considered an abnormal reaction to stress.
A. Responds rapidly and exactly
B. Marked changes in mood
C. May be automatic
D. All of the above
B. Marked changes in mood
Learning can be defined as?
A. Gaining knowledge or skill
B. The process by which experience brings about a relatively permanent change in behavior
C. Gaining approval for what you have accomplished
D. Both a and b.
D. Both a and b
Initially all learning comes from
A. The sense of sight
B. Memorization
C. Perceptions
D. Insights
C. Perceptions
The statement that, “it narrows the perceptional field”, is true about which factor that affects perceptions.
A. Element of threat
B. Self-concept
C. Time and opportunity
D. Partying hard the night before
A. Element of threat
Insights involve the grouping of perceptions into ___________
Meaningful wholes
In regards to insights, the instructor should teach the relationship of perceptions ________
A. At the end of the day
B. As they occur
C. Never, it forces the student learn by trial and error
D. At the next refuel stop
B. As they occur
If a student has a clear reason and a strong interest for learning, what they need to know next is the result of the law of _______
Readiness
Which law of learning states that learning is strengthened when accompanied by a pleasant experience and weakened when associated with a negative experience? _______
Effect
Select the law of learning that states what is taught must be right the first time?
A. Intensity
B. Recency
C. Primacy
D. Complicity
C. Primacy
The affective domain is associated with
A. Attitude
B. Feeling
C. Knowledge
D. Both a and b
D. Both a and b
The four practical learning levels are ?
Rote
Understanding
Application
Correlation
Name the characteristic of learning that is represented by the phrase, “while learning the subject at hand, students may learn other things as well?”
Multi-faceted
Cognitive learning has a basis in factual knowledge
A. True
B. False
A. Trure
________is probably the dominate force that governs student progress
Motivation
What type of motivation provides the promise of rewards?
A. Positive
B. Negative
A. Positive
Short term memory stores information for 30 seconds
A. False
B. True
B. True
The memory has three components, they are?
A. Yesterday, today, tomorrow
B. Sensory register, short term memory, long term memory
C. Right brain, left brain, cognitive side
D. 30 seconds, 1 minute, short time
B. Sensory register, short term memory, long term memory
The theories on why people forget are?
Retrieval failure, fading, interference, repression or supression
Why should you teach thoroughly and with meaning?
Highly resistant to forgetting
Learning with 2 or more of your senses will cause interference and information will not be retained.
A. True
B. False
B. False
______ is one of the fundamental laws of learning and is essential for proper habit formation.
Primacy
Select the three elements of effective communications.
A. Telephone, telegraph, teleconference
B. Source, symbols, and transmitter
C. Source, signal, and sender
D. Source, symbols, and receiver
D. Source, symbols, and receiver
Three characteristics that the receiver must possess to have effective communications are?
_______, _______, and ________.
Abilities, attitudes, and experiences
What is not a barrier to effective communications?
A. Confusion between symbol and symbolized object
B. Interference
C. Understanding the meaning of the symbol
D. Lack of common experience
C. Understanding the meaning of the symbol
While role playing, experience in instructional communications come from?
Actually doing it
A list 5 of the 10 techniques instructors should use to become better listeners
Don’t interrupt, do not judge, watch non verbal behavior, concentrate, think before answering.
The teaching process consists of four steps: _____, _____, ______, and ________.
Preparation, presentation, application, and assessment
By using something the student already knows as the point of departure, the instructor can lead into new ideas and concepts. This is an example of which style of lesson development?
A. Simple to complex
B. Known to unknown.
C. Most frequently used to least frequently used
D. All of the above
B. Known to unknown
Select the delivery method used for introducing new subject, summarizing ideas, showing relationships between theory and practice, and reemphasizing main points.
A. Night school
B. Simple to complex.
C. Discussion
D. Lecture
D. Lecture
In the demonstration-performance method of delivery, these two phases involve separate actions, but are performed concurrently.
A. Performance-demonstration
B. Explanation-instructor supervises
C. Student performance and instructor supervision
D. Instructor evaluates- student cries
C. Student performance and instructor supervision
Assessment is an essential and continuous (ongoing) component of the teaching and learning processes. An effective assessment provides critical information to whom?
A. Instructor
B. Student
C. Scheduling officer
D. a and b only
D. A and b only
A good characteristic of an effective assessment is it must be constructive, when identifying a mistake or weakness, the instructor needs only to point out the mistakes.
A. True
B. False
B. False
Which is not a characteristic is of a good question?
A. Trick question
B. Apply to the subject of instruction
C. Be brief and concise, but also clear and definite.
D. Present a challenge to the student
A. Trick question
The responsibility or job or an aviation instructor is to ____.
Teach
The incorrect statement regarding minimizing student’s frustrations is?
A. Keep the student informed
B. Give credit when credit is due.
C. Do not admit your errors
D. Criticize constructively
C. Do not admit your errors
To be a professional instructor you should always consider which of the following?
A. sincerity
B. Personal acceptance fo the student
C. Proper language
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
How does dehydration affect the pilot?
A. Reduces a pilot’s level of alertness
B. Slowing of decision making process
C. Inability to control the aircraft
D. A, b, and c
D. A, b, and c
Anxiety limits the student’s preceptive ability and retards the development of insights.
A. True
B. False
A. True
