General Knowledge

Question 1

Slower reaction time and poor decision making are two consequences of what?

Answer 1

Fatigue

Question 2

What are the three types of Fatigue?

Answer 2

Early, Moderate and Severe

Question 3

Who is responsible for the safety of all crew members,
passengers and cargo until they leaves the aircraft
at the end of the flight?

Answer 3

Commander

Question 4

What do horizontal stabilizers do?

Answer 4

Prevents the nose of the aircraft from uncontrolled up and down motion.

Question 5

What are the four forces of flight?

Answer 5

Lift, Thrust, Weight and Drag.

Question 6

The physiological state of reduced

mental or physical performance capability is known as what?

Answer 6

Fatigue

Question 7

What do vertical stabilizers do?

Answer 7

Prevents the nose of the aircraft from uncontrolled swinging side to side.

Question 8

The left engine on the aircraft is what number?

Answer 8

Number 1

Question 9

The machine on the ground that provides electricity to the aircraft?

Answer 9

Ground Power Unit (GPU)

Question 10

A document that includes all the calculation of mass and balance of the airplane

Answer 10

Load Sheet

Question 11

This is experienced when an aircraft passes through the jet stream of another aircraft in front

Answer 11

Wake Turbulence

Question 12

Said three types when there is an emergency - no immediate danger to life

Answer 12

PAN PAN

Question 13

If there is a Hijack, how many members of crew should be in contact with the Flight Deck?

Answer 13

1

Question 14

Said three types when there is an emergency - immediate danger to life

Answer 14

Mayday

Question 15

The right engine on the aircraft is what number?

Answer 15

Number 2

Question 16

Period of time where when the flight crew members shall not be disturbed or distracted, except for matters critical to the safe operation

Answer 16

Sterile Flight Deck

Question 17

What briefing is organised in a Abnormal/Emergency operation?

Answer 17

NITS briefing

Question 18

In any consecutive 7 days, how many duty hours are permitted?

Answer 18

60

Question 19

What defines the flight time?

Answer 19

The time between an aircraft first moving from its parking place for the purpose of taking off until it comes to rest on the designated parking position and all engines or propellers are shut down.

Question 20

What defines augmented flight crew?

Answer 20

A flight crew which comprises more than the minimum number required to operate the aircraft, by allowing each one to take rest periods while being replaced by another member

Question 21

What defines the duty period?

Answer 21

A period which starts when a crew member is required by an operator to report for or to commence a duty and ends when that person is free of all duties, including post-flight duty

Question 22

What defines “block on”

Answer 22

The time when the aircraft come to its final parking position and the engines are shut.

Question 23

What defines the flight duty period?

Answer 23

A period that commences when a crew member is required to report for duty, which includes a sector or a series of sectors, and finishes when the aircraft finally comes to rest and the engines are shut down at the end of the last sector on which the crew member acts as an operating Crew member. The basic daily FDP is 13 hours.

Question 24

In any consecutive 28 days, how many duty hours are permitted?

Answer 24

190

Question 25

The total amount of flight time in any calendar year?

Answer 25

900

Question 26

In any consecutive 12 months, how many duty hours are permitted?

Answer 26

2,000

Question 27

What defines positioning?

Answer 27

The transferring of a non-operating Crew member from one place to another at the behest of the Operator, excluding travelling time (which is defined as time from home to a designated reporting place and vice versa)

Question 28

In any consecutive 14 days, how many duty hours are permitted?

Answer 28

110

Question 29

Define: WCHR

Answer 29

The code used for a passenger able to walk by him/herself inside of the plane as well as walk down and upstairs, but who requires a wheelchair or other means of transport to move long distances in the airport

Question 30

What is decompression?

Answer 30

The loss of cabin pressure due to a failure of the airplane’s structure or its pressurization system, resulting in insufficient oxygen, a decreased pressure level, low temperature, etc. - rendering the human life as unsustainable.

Question 31

Define: WCHS

Answer 31

The code used for a passenger able to walk by him/herself inside the plane, but who cannot walk down or up the stairs and who requires a wheelchair or other means of transport to move inside the airport.

Question 32

The total amount of flight time allowed within 28 consecutive days?

Answer 32

100

Question 33

Define: WCHC

Answer 33

The code used for a completely immobile passenger, requiring a wheelchair to move about and assistance from the time of arrival in the airport until the end of the flight, as well as to exit from the airport.

Question 34

The total amount of flight time allowed within 12 consecutive caldendar months?

Answer 34

1,000

Question 35

What is ditching?

Answer 35

Emergency landing of an aircraft on water

Question 36

What is time of useful consciousness?

Answer 36

Refers to the time available for individuals to perform their tasks, after they have been deprived of oxygen, but are still aware of their environment and capable of controlling their actions