Human Performance and Limitations - ATPL - Airline Transport Pilot license

Question 1

The use of professional languages offers:

Accepted Answer

Quick comprehension and simplified grammar

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Longer attention span

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More precise meaning

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Better communication even if professionals are not from the same field

Question 2

What can a pilot do to avoid 'Flicker vertigo' when flying in the clouds?

Accepted Answer

Switch strobe-lights off

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Dim the cockpit lights to avoid reflections

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Engage the autopilot until breaking the clouds

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Fly straight and level and avoid head movements

Question 3

Healthy people are usually capable of compensating for a lack of oxygen up to:

Accepted Answer

10000 - 12000 feet

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25000 feet

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20000 feet

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15000 feet

Question 4

The acquisition of a motor programme (skill) will mean that:

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The more behaviour is automated, the less it requires conscious attention and thus the more it frees mental resources

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The more behaviour is automated, the more it requires attention and the more it frees resources

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The less behaviour is automated, the less it requires attention and the more it frees resources

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The more behaviour is automated, the more it requires attention and the less it frees resources

Question 5

Barotrauma of the middle ear most likely will occur

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When descending rapidly

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In sudden steep turns

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When climbing

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During a long high altitude flight

Question 6

Presbyopia is:

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Long sightedness linked with age

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High intraocular pressure

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Myopia

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Short sightedness

Question 7

The ideal cockpit can be termed as:

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Synergistic

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Cohesive

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Communicative

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Co-operative

Question 8

Autokinesis can give the pilot the impression that:

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A star is another aircraft

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The aircraft is climbing

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Lights from ships are stars

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Lights are further away than in fact they are.

Question 9

Among the factors that increase tolerance to long-duration g forces are:

Accepted Answer

Bending forward or supine body position and tensing of the abdominal muscles

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Anti-g suits and correct use of pilot's harness

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Correct use of pilot's harness and tensing of the abdominal muscles

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Tensing the leg muscles and correct use of pilot's harness

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

GPWS

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DME

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SSR

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TCAS

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