Human Performance and Limitations - ATPL - Airline Transport Pilot license

Question 1

It is desirable to standardize as many patterns of behaviour (operating procedures) as possible in commercial aviation mainly because

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Such behaviour reduces errors even under adverse circumstances

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It makes the flight deck easier to design

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This reduces the amount of training required

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This lowers the ability requirement in pilot selection

Question 2

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 3

Stress management programmes usually involve:

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The prevention and/or the removal of stress

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The use of psychoactive drugs

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Only the prevention of stress

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Only the removal of stress

Question 4

What aircraft equipment marked a substantial decrease in hull loss rates in the eighties?

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GPWS

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DME

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SSR

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TCAS

Question 5

According to Rasmussen's model, errors are of the following type(s) in skill-based behaviour:

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Routine errors

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Handling errors

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Knowledge errors

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Creative errors

Question 6

The barometric pressure has dropped to 1/2 of the pressure at sea level at

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18 000 feet

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10 000 feet

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30 000 feet

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25 000 feet

Question 7

In order to completely resynchronise with local time after zone crossing, circadian rhythms require

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Less time when flying from east to west

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About one week per 2.5 hours of time shift

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About one day per 2.5 hours of time shift

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More time when flying from east to west

Question 8

A person being exposed to extreme or prolonged stress factors can perceive:

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Distress

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Coping stress

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Eustress

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Stressors

Question 9

The proprioceptive senses (seat-of-the-pants sense) are important for motor coordination. They

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Are completely unreliable for orientation when flying in IMC

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Indicate the difference between gravity and G-forces

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Allow the pilot to determine the absolute vertical at flight condition

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Are important senses for flight training in IMC

Question 10

When stopping the rotation of a spin we have the sensation

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That we are starting a spin in the opposite direction

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Of turning in the same direction

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Of the immediate stabilization of the aircraft

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Of the sharp dipping of the nose of the aircraft

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

ATPL - Airline Transport Pilot license: Human Performance and Limitations 10 Questions no time limit