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11 - ATPL Question Bank in English - Compared with sporadic solar energetic-particle events, how is the galactic cosmic-radiation contribution to aircrew exposure best described?

Question 11 - Human Performance and Limitations - ATPL - Airline Transport Pilot Licence

It is present only during individual solar-flare events.
Its dose rate is constant at every altitude and geomagnetic latitude.
It is a relatively continuous background that can be modelled, although the received dose varies with altitude, geomagnetic latitude and solar activity.
It is eliminated entirely by normal aircraft cabin pressurisation.

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