Human Performance and Limitations - ATPL - Airline Transport Pilot license

Question 1

Which of the following abilities will not improve efficient decision making on the cockpit?

Accepted Answer

Ability to persuade others to follow your own point of view.

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Ability to think ahead and specify alternative courses of action.

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Ability to search for and examine all available information regarding a situation.

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Communicational skills and social competence.

Question 2

The vestibular apparatus

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Reacts to linear/angular acceleration and gravity

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Reacts to vibrations of the cochlea

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Reacts to pressure changes in the middle ear

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Gives the impression of hearing

Question 3

The risk of spatial disorientation increases when:

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There is contradictory information between the instruments and the vestibular organs

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The pilot is buckled tightly to his/her seat and cannot sense the attitude changes of the aircraft by the Seat-of-the-Pants-Sense

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The pilot is performing an effective instrument cross-check and is ignoring illusions

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Information from the vestibular organ in the inner ear are ignored

Question 4

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

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1

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1,3

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3,4

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2,3

Question 5

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.

Accepted Answer

2 and 3 are correct

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1, 2 and 3 are correct

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2, 3 and 4 are correct

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1, 3 and 4 are correct

Question 6

Informal roles within a crew

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Evolve as a result of the interactions that take place among crew members

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Are explicitly set out by the crew

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Will always impair the captain's influence

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Characterize inefficient crews

Question 7

What may trigger stress in humans?

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The subjective interpretation an individual gives to a situation experienced

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Always the reaction to upsetting emotions caused either by physiological or psychological conditions

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Only strong stimulation of the sensory organs: a flash of light, noise and the smell of smoke

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Only objective stimulation from environmental factors

Question 8

CO (carbon monoxide) present in the smoke of cigarettes can lead to:1. reduction of time of useful consciousness2. hypoxia at a lower altitude than normal

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1 and 2 are both correct

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1 is correct, 2 is false

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1 and 2 are both false

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1 is false, 2 is correct

Question 9

The retina of the eye

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Is the light-sensitive inner lining of the eye containing the photoreceptors essential for vision

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Only regulates the light that falls into the eye

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Is the muscle, changing the size of the crystalline lens

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Filters the UV-light

Question 10

In order to limit stress when flying, a pilot should:

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Maintain his competence by practicing his professional skills and learning from past experiences

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Drop activities outside work so as to focus on his work better

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Avoid anticipating events during a flight to manage his workload

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Forget about bad past experiences

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