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Exam simulation Human Performance and Limitations - ATPL - Airline Transport Pilot license

Exam simulation ATPL Human Performance and Limitations 120 questions on 120 minutes

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1 - With regard to the practice of English, which of the following statements is correct?
2 - Physiological stressors include:
3 - In decision-making, the selection of a solution depends on: 1. objective and subjective criteria 2. the objective to be achieved 3. the risks associated with each solution 4. the personality of the decision-maker
4 - The proprioceptive senses (seat-of-the-pants sense) are important for motor coordination. They
5 - Saturation of oxygen in the blood at sea level is approximately 98%. This saturation decreases with: 1. decreasing air pressure 2. carbon monoxide poisoning 3. increasing altitude 4. increasing air pressure
6 - Our body takes its energy from: 1: minerals 2: protein 3: carbohydrates 4: vitamins
7 - The ozone-layer is situated in the
8 - Who in the aviation industry is responsible for flight safety?
9 - The time between inadequate oxygen supply and incapacitation is called TUC (Time of Useful Consciousness). It
10 - You can overcome hyperventilation by breathing into a plastic or paper bag. The intention is:
11 - The average pulse of a healthy adult at rest is about:
12 - Flying at pressure altitude of 10 000 ft, a pilot, being a moderate to heavy smoker, has an oxygen content in the blood equal to an altitude
13 - The Coriolis effect in spatial disorientation occurs as a result of:
14 - For a normal and healthy person, personality traits are:
15 - The sleep pattern is closely associated with:
16 - Which of the following concepts relating to human reliability is true?
17 - When suffering from Hypoxia short-term memory impairment starts at approximately at:
18 - Which of the following is not a hazardous attitude?
19 - Galactic Radiation is:
20 - Barotrauma of the middle ear most likely will occur
21 - Behaviour is the outward result of...................and is......................:
22 - The following actions are appropriate when faced with symptoms of decompression sickness: 1. climb to higher level 2. descent to the higher of 10000 ft or MSA and land as soon as possible 3. breathe 100 % oxygen 4. obtain medical advice about recompression after landing
23 - Which gas most readily combines with haemoglobin?
24 - Which measure(s) will help to compensate for hypoxia? 1. Descend below 10 000 FT. 2. Breathe 100 % oxygen. 3. Climb to or above 10 000 FT. 4. Reduce physical activities.
25 - The available cognitive resources of the human brain:
26 - When the weather is foggy, on approach, a pilot may get a feeling of:
27 - A pilot is used to land on small and narrow runways only. Approaching a larger and wider runway can lead to:
28 - When problem-solving, what determines the transition from rule-based activities to knowledge-based activities?
29 - Before takeoff, a briefing:
30 - The General Adaption Syndrome is associated with the:
31 - The otoliths in the inner ear are sensitive to:
32 - Which of the following answers is correct?
33 - If somebody starts breathing faster and deeper without physiological need
34 - A pilot successfully completes a difficult and stressful landing at an aerodrome. The next time a landing is attempted under the same conditions and at the same aerodrome, is the pilot likely to experience:
35 - General Adaptation Syndrome is characterised by the following phases: 1: alarm 2: alert phase 3: resistance phase 4: exhaustion phase 5: vigilance phase
36 - Breathing 100% oxygen will elevate the pilot's physiological safe altitude to approximately:
37 - Physical exercise in high temperatures (tropical climates) may:
38 - How many stages of sleep are there including REM sleep?
39 - The capacity of the short-term memory is:
40 - Having made an important decision, a Commander of an aircraft should:
41 - When a pilot suffers from hypothermia (for example, after loss of cabin heating) his / her demand for oxygen will be:
42 - The main purpose of lumbar support is to:
43 - Action plans (SOP's) in a cockpit must:
44 - Which of the following operations are performed more effectively by automatic systems than by people? 1. Waiting for an infrequent phenomenon 2. Long term controlling of a set value (for example, holding of trajectory) 3. Monitoring to ensure that certain values are not exceeded (for example, holding of flight path) 4. Qualitative decision-making
45 - What is the main problem caused by positive (+Gz) accelerations?
46 - Which of the following characteristics apply to short-term memory? - 1: It is limited in time and size - 2: It is unlimited in time and limited in size - 3: It is stable and insensitive to disturbances - 4: It is limited in time and unlimited in size
47 - Decision-making results in:
48 - Workload essentially depends on:
49 - Disturbance of the biological clock appears after a: 1. bad night's sleep 2. day flight Amsterdam - New York 3. day flight Amsterdam - Johannesburg 4. night flight New York - Amsterdam
50 - What are the main parts of the Central Nervous System and where is vision processed?
51 - Trapped intestinal gases can cause severe pain. When is this the case?
52 - A barotrauma of the middle ear is:
53 - The consumption of medicines or other substances may have consequences on qualification to fly for the following reasons: 1. The disease requiring a treatment may be cause for disqualification. 2. Flight conditions may modify the reactions of the body to a treatment. 3. Drugs may cause adverse side effects impairing flight safety. 4. The effects of medicine do not necessarily immediately disappear when the treatment is stopped.
54 - Judgement is based upon:
55 - Among the factors which affect visual acuity are:
56 - The normal rate of breathing when at rest is:
57 - Caffeine may cause an increase in cardiac rate, restlessness/nervousness, insomnia, anxiety and intestinal irritability. Excessive consumption is considered to be in excess of:
58 - The part(s) of the eye responsible for night vision:
59 - Flying a coordinated level turn will
60 - Which of the following statements are correct: 1: Scuba diving may be practiced without restriction 2: Many medicines have effects which are incompatible with flight safety 3: An adequate amount of fluid should be drunk when flying 4: Alcohol has no effect on the inner ear.
61 - The risk of spatial disorientation increases when:
62 - Habits and routine can influence decision-making in a way that:
63 - Illusions that pilots experience in conditions of fog or mist are that:
64 - As a result of automation in cockpits,
65 - The 'Effective Performance Time' or 'Time of Useful Consciousness' after a decompression at 35 000 ft is:
66 - Although the anticipation of possible events is a good attitude for pilots to acquire, it can sometimes lead to hazardous situations. With this statement in mind, select the response below which could lead to such a hazard:
67 - How can vertigo be prevented in conditions of good visibility?
68 - What does not impair the function of the photosensitive cells?
69 - With regard to central vision, which of the following statements are correct? - 1: It is due to the functioning of rods - 2: It enables details, colours and movement to be seen - 3: It is very active both during the day and at night - 4: It represents a zone where about 150000 cones per mm are located to give high resolution capacity
70 - How should a pilot react, when suffering from chronic stress?
71 - The trend in aeroplane hull-loss rate over the last three decades seems to be related to:
72 - As a cause of accidents, the human factor:
73 - Which force(s) affect(s) the otoliths in the utriculus and sacculus?
74 - Visual acuity during flight at high altitudes can be affected by: 1. anaemia 2. smoking in the cockpit 3. carbon monoxide poisoning 4. hypoxia
75 - During sustained positive G-forces the order of symptoms you can expect is:
76 - In the absence of external reference points, the sensation that the vehicle in which you sitting is moving when it is in fact the vehicle directly alongside which is moving is called:
77 - Resonance of the body parts can result from:
78 - Having a serious cold, you are going to fly. What can you expect?
79 - Adaptation is
80 - Sleeplessness or the disruption of sleeping patterns: 1. can lead to symptoms of drowsiness, irritability and lack of concentration 2. will make an individual more prone to make errors
81 - Mental schemes correspond to:
82 - The effects of the following are cumulative:
83 - What diseases can be associated with contaminated water?
84 - With a heart rate of 72 beats per minute and a stroke volume of 70 ml the cardiac output is about:
85 - Errors which occur during highly automated actions may result from: 1. the capture of a poor action subprogram 2. a mistake in the decision making process 3. the application of a poor rule 4. an action mode error
86 - 'The Bends' as a symptom of decompression sickness consists of:
87 - The blood in the pulmonary artery is:
88 - According to Rasmussen's model, errors are of the following type(s) in skill-based behaviour:
89 - Nonverbal communication
90 - In his/her behaviour, the 'ideal professional pilot' is:
91 - A pilot who is trying to pick up a fallen object from the cockpit floor during a tight turn, may experience:
92 - At which altitude (within the "indifferent zone") may a degradation of night vision occur?
93 - The purpose of action plans which are implemented during briefings is to:
94 - A pilot may get the illusion of low altitude on approach although the aircraft is on the correct glidepath:
95 - Disorientation is more likely to occur when the pilot is: 1. flying in IMC 2. frequently changing between inside and outside references 3. flying from IMC into VMC 4. approaching over still water at night
96 - Which of the following operations are performed more effectively by people than by automatic systems? 1. Qualitative decision-making 2. Waiting for an infrequent phenomenon 3. Monitoring to ensure that certain values are not exceeded 4. Detections of unusual conditions (smell, noise, etc.)
97 - The two types of fatigue are:
98 - CRM (Crew Resource Management) training is:
99 - Barotrauma is caused by an increase or decrease in the volume of the gases contained in the body's cavities. Which, in practice, are the most frequent locations of such problems?
100 - Excessive exposure to noise can damage:
101 - Conscious perception
102 - Which of the following illusions are brought about by conflicts between the visual system and the vestibular system? - 1: Illusions concerning the attitude of the aircraft - 2: Autokinetic illusion (fixed point viewed as moving) - 3: Illusions when estimating the size and distance of objects - 4: Illusions of rotation
103 - Human behaviour is determined by:
104 - Which of the following statements are correct? 1. The first information received determines how subsequent information will be evaluated. 2. If one has made up one's mind, contradictory information may not get the attention it really needs. 3. With increasing stress, attention is limited thereby reducing the flow of information to the central decision maker.
105 - The Leans or Somatogyral illusion can be caused by:
106 - Which of the following applies to carbon monoxide poisoning?
107 - You climb from 0 to 50.000 ft and measure the decrease of the pressure per 5.000 ft. The absolute difference in barometric pressure is greatest between:
108 - Positive g will cause the blood-pressure to the brain to:
109 - An engine low oil pressure light has just illuminated. The pilot feels some stress building up. He should:
110 - Which is the most likely of the following scenarios which might lead to a conflict between status and role?
111 - Air at an altitude of 18.000 feet contains, approximately:
112 - Hyperventilation is:
113 - What characterises the notion of role?
114 - In 1972, a psychologist named Edwards presented a concept of the interface between flight crew and other parts of the airspace environment. What is this concept called and the names of those elements involved?
115 - Less experienced pilots differ from experienced pilots in the following way:
116 - What is a stressor?
117 - The volume of air exchanged during a normal breathing cycle (tidal volume) is about:
118 - Under normal circumstances, which gas will diffuse from the blood to the alveoli:
119 - Which of the following symptoms can mark the onset of hyperventilation?
120 - The skill-based, rule-based, knowledge-based model (Jens Rasmussen) is associated with:
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