Human Factors

Question 1

Oxygen is transported by the circulating blood to the tissues of the body combined with which carrier molecule?

Answer 1

Hemoglobin in the erythrocytes

Question 2

Some subjective symptoms of hypoxia include:

Answer 2

Apprehension, headache, euphoria

Question 3

Useful consciousness at 40,000ft

Answer 3

15-30 secs

Question 4

Useful consciousness at 30,000ft

Answer 4

45-75 secs

Question 5

T/F - Hyperventilation symptoms always develop very rapidly

Answer 5

False

Question 6

Carbon monoxide is:

Answer 6

A highly toxic, odourless gas that is a product of incomplete fuel combustion

Question 7

Physiological aspects of exposure to carbon monoxide:

Answer 7

1. Binding affinity of carbon monoxide for hemoglobin is about 210 times that of oxygen
2. Oxygen carrying capacity of the blood is reduced in heavy smokers
3. Heavy smokers may become hypoxic at altitudes below 10,000ft ASL

Question 8

Initial symptom of carbon monoxide poisoning would be

Answer 8

Blurred thinking

Question 9

Four areas of the body that are most sensitive to mechanical effect of trapped gas are,

Answer 9

GI tract, teeth, sinuses, middle ear

Question 10

Primary focusing element of the human eye is:

Answer 10

Cornea

Question 11

Rods are for:

Answer 11

Night vision

Question 12

Black hole illusions results in flying an approach:

Answer 12

Too low

Question 13

You see a plane moving next to you when you’re stopped and think you are moving backwards, the illusion is called:

Answer 13

Vection illusion

Question 14

Rain on the windscreen may cause the runway to appear:

Answer 14

Closer and lower

Question 15

At night, during the transition phase to a lighted up sloped runway there is the possible illusion of ____________ when there is rain on the windscreen.

Answer 15

Being very high and thus increasing rate of descent

Question 16

You are flying a low altitude downwind with a strong tailwind. What illusions will be sensed as you enter the base turn?

Answer 16

Aircraft skidding, airspeed decreasing.

Question 17

Definition of a CFIT accident is an event which:

Answer 17

An airworthy and normally functioning aeroplane is inadvertently flown into the ground, water, or and obstacle with no prior awareness by the crew

Question 18

Under the threat and error management model a threat may be defined as:

Answer 18

An event or error that occurs beyond the influence of the flight crew.

Question 19

Useful consciousness at 20,000ft

Answer 19

5-12 mins

Question 20

When are CFIT accidents most likely to occur?

Answer 20

Below DA/MDA

Question 21

What effect can happen when the airplane is in a turn and the pilot turns their head in the opposite direction?

Answer 21

Coriolis effect

Question 22

How to avoid a flock of birds?

Answer 22

Climb as the birds natural tendency is to dive

Question 23

What are the three components of the threat and error management system?

Answer 23

Threats, errors, undesired state (aircraft)

Question 24

What are the most hazardous runway illusions?

Answer 24

-narrow runway
-upslope runway

-black hole
-blowing snow

Question 25

What communication errors are most hazardous?

Answer 25

Crews ANTICIPATE what they expect to hear, not what they actually hear

Question 26

What is an effective scan for other aircraft?

Answer 26

Break canopy into sectors

Question 27

What is the best cockpit lighting for night flying?

Answer 27

Low density white light as red lights can make anything red in the cockpit disappear (barber pole etc)