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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 - Changes in blood-pressure are measured by:
2 - 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.
3 - Excessive exposure to noise can damage:
4 - Behaviour is the outward result of...................and is......................:
5 - The normal arterial blood-pressure of a healthy adult at rest is (systolic/diastolic):
6 - The transfer of carbon dioxide from the blood to the alveoli can be described by:
7 - A pilot can overcome hyperventilation by:
8 - 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.
9 - Air at an altitude of 18.000 feet contains, approximately:
10 - 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
11 - 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
12 - Having a serious cold, you are going to fly. What can you expect?
13 - 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.
14 - Action plans (SOP's) in a cockpit must:
15 - What is the name of the functional connection between neurones?
16 - Any prolonged exposure to noise in excess of 90 dB can result in:
17 - A stereotype and involuntary reaction of the organism on stimulation of receptors is called:
18 - Within communication, what element suggests that a message has been received and understood?
19 - What is a stressor?
20 - During sustained positive G-forces the order of symptoms you can expect is:
21 - Why is hypoxia especially dangerous for pilots flying solo?
22 - During hyperventilation:
23 - Below 70,000 ft., what gas makes up the major part of the atmosphere?
24 - Judgement is based upon:
25 - What can be said concerning the following two statements? 1. Euphoria can be a symptom of hypoxia. 2. Someone in an euphoric condition is more prone to error.
26 - The capacity of the short-term memory is:
27 - The two types of fatigue are:
28 - Vitamin A and possibly vitamins B and C are chemical factors and essential to good night vision: 1. Vitamin deficiencies may decrease night vision performance 2. An excess intake of vitamin A will improve night vision performance significantly 3. Pilots should be carefully concerned to take a balanced diet containing sufficient vitamin A 4. Vitamin deficiencies may decrease visual acuity in photopic vision but not in scotopic vision
29 - Which gas most readily combines with haemoglobin?
30 - Symptoms caused by gas bubbles in the lungs, following a decompression are called:
31 - In-flight incapacitation of a pilot is most frequently caused by:
32 - An engine low oil pressure light has just illuminated. The pilot feels some stress building up. He should:
33 - The assessment of risk in a particular situation will be based on
34 - Which of the following list may stress effect? 1. Attention 2. Concentration 3. Memory 4. Judgment
35 - Caffeine may cause an increase in cardiac rate, restlessness/nervousness, insomnia, anxiety and intestinal irritability. Excessive consumption is considered to be in excess of:
36 - The relevance of check procedures during flight becomes even more important when:
37 - Which of the following laws explains bubbles of nitrogen coming out of solution in body tissues due to a decrease in atmospheric pressure?
38 - The maintenance of man's internal equilibrium is called:
39 - The time between inadequate oxygen supply and incapacitation is called TUC (Time of Useful Consciousness). It
40 - Which of the following statements concerning hypoxia is correct?
41 - Incapacitation is most dangerous when it is:
42 - A pilot who is hyperventilating for a prolonged period of time may even become unconscious. Hyperventilation is likely to occur, when:
43 - Hyperventilation is:
44 - The maximum number of unrelated items that can be stored in working memory is:
45 - Which statement applies to hypoxia?
46 - Someone who has anaemia has:
47 - The errors of a motor programme are:
48 - The vestibular apparatus
49 - Stress is a frequent aspect of the pilot's job. Under which of the following circumstances does it occur? 1. Stress occurs whenever the pilot must revise his plan of action and does not immediately have a solution 2. Stress occurs with inexperienced pilots when the situational demands exceed their individual capabilities 3. Stress occurs if a pilot is convinced that he will not be able to find a solution for the problem he/she faces.
50 - The sleep cycles repeat during the course of a night's sleep. 1. Each succeeding cycle contains a greater amount of REM-sleep. 2. Frequent interruption of the REM-sleep may be harmful.
51 - 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
52 - Once a pilot has constructed a mental model he/she tends to:
53 - Decision-making results in:
54 - An identical situation can be experienced by one pilot as exciting in a positive sense and by another pilot as threatening. In both cases:
55 - The physiological rhythms of a pilot in a new time zone will resynchronise to this new time zone at a rate of about
56 - What may trigger stress in humans?
57 - The process of responding to a sender by confirming the reception of a message is called
58 - Cognitive evaluation which leads to stress is based on:
59 - Rods (scotopic visual cells) allow for:
60 - A barotrauma of the middle ear is:
61 - Which of the following are included in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs? 1. Freedom from pain and danger 2. Expressions of capacities and talents 3. Self-esteem needs 4. Self-fulfilment needs 5. Physiological needs
62 - To resynchronize a circadian rhythm, it takes more time after:
63 - After a cabin pressure loss at approximately 35 000 FT the TUC (Time of Useful Consciousness) will be approximately:
64 - The retina of the eye
65 - The effects of the following are cumulative:
66 - Which of the following list are symptoms of fatigue? 1. Diminished accommodation 2. Slowed reactions 3. Long-term memory access problems 4. Being over-talkative 5. Diminished motor skills
67 - In the case of changes to circadian rhythms, the readjustment to a new time zone:
68 - A passenger complains about a painful inflated belly at 8.000 feet. You advise him to: 1. unbuckle and massage the belly 2. stand up and let go the gases out of the intestines 3. eat less gas forming food and avoid carbohydrates beverages before flight in the future 4. drink a lot of water throughout the flight
69 - How can vertigo be prevented in conditions of good visibility?
70 - Which of the following statements best characterise a synergetic cockpit? 1. Decisions are taken by the captain, but prepared by the crew 2. There is little delegating of tasks 3. Communications are few in number but precise and geared purely to the flight 4. Fluid, consensual boundaries exist in regard to leadership-style, which fluctuate between authority and laissez-faire
71 - Which flight-manoeuvre will most likely induce vertigo? Turning the head while
72 - You fly VFR from your home base (runway width 45 m) to a small airfield (runway width 27 m). On reaching your destination there is a risk of performing a:
73 - The confirmation bias of decision making is
74 - The effect of experience and repetition on performance:
75 - Glaucoma is due to:
76 - Which of the following are either cumulative or tend to escalate? 1. Stress Factors (stressors) 2. Errors 3. The effects of carbon monoxide poisoning 4. Human conflict 5. Colour blindness
77 - What should a pilot do to optimise his/her night vision (scotopic vision)?
78 - Phobic states or obsessional disorders will:
79 - Which of the following statements is correct? The blood-pressure which is measured during flight medical checks is the pressure
80 - In order to completely resynchronise with local time after zone crossing, circadian rhythms require
81 - Resonance of the body parts can result from:
82 - Divided attention is the ability: 1. to execute several mental activities at almost the same time (that is, when switching attention from outside the aircraft to the airspeed indicator on the instrument panel) 2. to monitor the progress of a motor programme (that is, flying or taxiing the aeroplane) on a relatively subconscious level, while making a radio call at the same time (requiring a rather conscious level) 3. to select information and check if it is relevant to the task in hand. At the same time no other operation can be performed. 4. to delegate tasks to the copilot while concentrating on the procedures
83 - How is oxygen mainly transported in the blood?
84 - Alcohol, even when taken in minor quantities
85 - Galactic Radiation is:
86 - The otoliths in the inner ear are sensitive to:
87 - With regard to the practice of English, which of the following statements is correct?
88 - The carcinogen (a substance with the ability to produce modifications in cells which develop a cancer) in cigarettes is:
89 - Which is the audible range to human hearing?
90 - If coping with a stress situation is impossible, one will remain in the state of:
91 - Flying immediately after SCUBA diving involves the risk of getting:
92 - Mental schemes correspond to:
93 - Dry air is a mixture of gases. Their volume percentage is about:
94 - When flying at night the first sense to be affected by a slight degree of hypoxia is the
95 - CRM and MCC training are designed to improve:
96 - 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
97 - Which of the following is correct?
98 - Which of the following drawbacks are associated with automation? 1. Reduced competence in manually controlling the aircraft 2. Increased likelihood of slips while programming automatic systems 3. Difficulties in adapting to the use of a sidestick 4. General decrease in technical reliability
99 - 'Pilot's vertigo'
100 - During paradoxical sleep
101 - In the decision-making process, confirmation bias results in:
102 - The most dangerous symptoms of hypoxia at altitude are
103 - A pilot who is trying to pick up a fallen object from the cockpit floor during a tight turn, may experience:
104 - How can a pilot increase his tolerance to +Gz?
105 - Haemoglobin has an affinity for carbon monoxide of _______ times over oxygen
106 - During the cruise, at night, when the workload is low, it is recommended that:
107 - Which of the following applies when alcohol has been consumed?
108 - In order to make sound decisions it is important to:
109 - The Coriolis effect in spatial disorientation occurs as a result of:
110 - The heart muscle is supplied with blood by:
111 - Which part of the inner ear is responsible for the perception of sound?
112 - Fatigue and stress
113 - Which of the following responses is an example of 'habit reversion' (negative habit transfer):
114 - The rate and depth of breathing is primarily regulated by the concentration of:
115 - Physiological stressors include:
116 - When stopping the rotation of a spin we have the sensation
117 - Which of the following statements is correct? 1. Psychosomatic means that mental and/or emotional stressors can be manifested in physical reactions. 2. Psychosomatic means that a physical problem is always followed by psychological stress.
118 - What is understood by air-sickness?
119 - Information received from the senses is lost:
120 - Of the following statements regarding stress, which is correct?
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