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HPL Flashcards

1
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Vitamin for night vision

A

Vitamin A

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2
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Alcohol metabolised __mg/100ml/hour

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15mg/100ml per hour

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3
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Maintaining Internal equilibrium is called ______

A

Homeostasis

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4
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What is self-concept?

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How you see yourself

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5
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What law governs oxygen transfer at the alveoli?

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Fick’s Law (Gas Diffusion Law)

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6
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What does Boyle’s Law state

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Climb higher, gases expand (in body too)

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7
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Henry’s Law is?

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Amount of gas dissolved in liquid proportional to pressure of gas over liquid

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8
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Dalton’s Law is?

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Pressure of mixture of gas is sum of partial pressure of member gases

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9
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Total Lung Capacity (ml)

A

6000ml = 5000ml Vital Capacity + 1000ml Residual Volume

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10
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TUC at 20000ft (Rest)

A

30mins

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11
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TUC at 30000ft (Rest)

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60-120secs

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12
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TUC at 35000ft (Rest)

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30-90secs

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13
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TUC at 40000ft (Rest)

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15-20secs

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14
Q

Each beat of heart pumps ___ml of blood

A

70ml

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15
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Scotopic vision

A

Night

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16
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Photopic Vision

A

Day

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17
Q

Alcohol limit

A

20mg or 0.2promille

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18
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Eye sight degredation due to age is?

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Presbyopia

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19
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General Adaptation Syndrome stages are…

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1) Alarm
2) Resistance
3) Exhaustion

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20
Q

REM Sleep gets longer or shorter throughout cycles of sleep?

A

Longer

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21
Q

Cosmic Radiation monitors above ____ft

A

49,000ft

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22
Q

How many stages of sleep?

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5 including REM

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23
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Long-term memory types and stores

A

Semantic - Gen Knowledge
Episodic - Memories
Procedural - Skills

Acronym SEP

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24
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Bottom-Up Mental Model

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External Stimuli - Lines, Patterns and Planes

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25
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Top-Down Mental Model

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Influenced by previous experience

expectations, knowledge and context. Could make false assumptions

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26
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Phases of Learning a Skill

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Cognitive - Discuss theory
Associative - Demonstrated
Autonomous - Refined into Motor Programmes - Skill-Based Behaviour

Anderson’s Model (CAA)

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27
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Potential error categories unde TEM

A

Aircraft Handling
Procedural
Communication

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28
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Threats under TEM

A

Environmental

Organsiation

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29
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Pressoreceptors are located?

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Carotid and Aortic arterial vessels and monitor blood pressure

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30
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What is Modelling when learning

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Learning by imitation

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31
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1 Pack of Cigs a day loses % of total oxygen transportation

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5-8%

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32
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Heart muscle is supplied with blood via

A

Coronary arteries

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33
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Haze affects perception of object

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Appears futher away

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34
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Errors in Skill-Based Behaviour - Rasmussen

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Routine Errors / Slips and Lapses

35
Q

Decompression Sickness unlikely below

A

18,000ft

36
Q

Dengue spread by Aedes Aegypti Mosquiti - During what period?

A

Daytime

37
Q

Risky Shift is

A

Bravado

38
Q

Group-think is

A

Group consensus

39
Q

Indifferent Stage

A

Up to 10,000ft

40
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Compensatory Stage

A

10,000ft - 15,000ft

41
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Disturbance Stage

A

15,000 - 20,000ft

42
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Critical Stage

A

20,000 - 23,000ft

43
Q

Short Term memory issues at unpressurized altitude

A

> 12,000ft

44
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Vision issues at what unpressurized altitude

A

> 5,000ft

45
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Tidal Volume in ml

A

500ml

46
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Cornea is

A

Front of eye - clear, focuses 70%

47
Q

Pupil does what

A

Controls mount if light (controlled by iris)

48
Q

Lens focus __%

A

30%

49
Q

Cerebral Cortex deals with what?

A

Sight, Sound and Taste

50
Q

Cerebellum

A

Movement / Balance / Posture

51
Q

Blood from lung into what in heart?

A

Left Atrium (upper)

52
Q

Left side of heart does what?

A

Pumps blood from lungs out to arteries via Aorta

53
Q

What are External Errors typically caused by in cockpit

A

Ergonomics
Economics - Fewer crew/get there/etc
Social Environment

54
Q

Carbon Monoxide causes which sort of Hypoxia

A

Hypaemic Hypoxia

55
Q

DECIDE Model

A 
Detect - Action may be needed
Estimate - Significance of action
Choose - Desired Outcome
Identify - Actions need to acheive
Do - Action
Evaluate - Did it work?
56
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NIHL above __ and pain above ___

A

90dB and 140dB

57
Q

What does Hyperventilation do to arteries

A

Reduces diameter

58
Q

100% O2 needed above

A

38,000ft

59
Q

Pressue O2 needed above

A

40,000ft

60
Q

% Oxygen breathing at 25,000ft

A

62%

61
Q

Aerodontalgia usually occurs

A

During climb (pockets of air in teeth)

62
Q

Lumbar supports the ___ back

A

lower back

63
Q

Skill-based, Rule-based and Knowledge-based are associated with what?

A

Behaviours

64
Q

GAS - Alarm Stage - What happens

A

React… Increase Heart-rate/breathing/saliva/blood to brain

65
Q

GAS - Resistance - What happens

A

Parasympathetic response - glucose production

66
Q

Maslow’s Model - Bottom to top

A 
Need for survival
Need for safety
Need for love and belonging
Need for self-esteem
Self-actualisation
67
Q

Hep-A from

A

Food/water (with human poop)

Can be vaccinated against

68
Q

Hep B+C from

A

B bodily fluids, C blood only.

B Can be vaccinated against

69
Q

Cyanosis is

A

Blue extremities (due to low O2)

70
Q

Tympanum is

A

ear drum

71
Q

Three components of TEM

A

Threats - Outside the control of the flight crew
Organisation/Environmental

Errors - Actions or Inactions leading to deviations from org or flight crew intentions
Aircraft Handling / Procedural / Comms

Undesired Aircraft States - Result of the above

72
Q

Human error for common/simple tasks

A

1 in 100

73
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Human error for complicated/stimulating tasks

A

1 in 1000

74
Q

Total gas pressure in mmHg at sea level

A

760mmHg

75
Q

Left side of heart does what

A

Takes oxygenated blood from lungs and pumps to body

76
Q

Right side of heart does what

A

Takes deoxygenated blood from veins and returns to lungs

77
Q

Part of heart connected to lungs

A

Atriums - top of heart

78
Q

Bottom part of heart connected to Aorta and Vena Cava

A

Ventricles

79
Q

Selective attention

A

Hearing attention in convo

80
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Divided attention

A

Monitoring peripheral channels alongside primary - limited by over-arousal

81
Q

Short of retina means ____ sightedness

A

short of retina = short sightedness (Myopia)

82
Q

Irony of Automation is ….

A

That Pilots will be needed (and less competent) when the automation breaks!

83
Q

100% O2 at 33,400ft is equiv. to what altitude

A

MSA

ATPL 2019 (10 decks)

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