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The document contains 11 multiple choice questions about human factors in aviation. Question 1 asks about symptoms shown by a passenger suffering from hypoxia. Question 2 asks about maintaining night vision during night flights. Question 3 asks about the simplified model of how the human brain functions.

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The document contains 11 multiple choice questions about human factors in aviation. Question 1 asks about symptoms shown by a passenger suffering from hypoxia. Question 2 asks about maintaining night vision during night flights. Question 3 asks about the simplified model of how the human brain functions.

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4/4/2020 Human Factors – PPL Exams

HUMAN FACTORS

#1 ON A FLIGHT IN A LIGHT TWIN YOU START


TREATMENT ON AN ELDERLY PASSENGER WHO YOU
SUSPECT IS SUFFERING FROM HYPOXIA. AS YOU
BEGIN TREATMENT, THE PASSENGER COMPLAINS OF
HEADACHES AND DIZZINESS AND PUSHES THE
OXYGEN MASK AWAY. YOUR PASSENGER IS PROBABLY
SHOWING SYMPTOMS OF:

Break-off phenomenon

Somatagravic illusion

Cross-coupled stimulation

Oxygen paradox

#2 DURING NIGHT FLIGHTS WHEN THE RODS OF THE


EYE PROVIDE A PILOTS NIGHT VISION, IT IS
IMPORTANT TO:

Remember to look at bright lights occasionally to reset the cones


so that colour perception is maintained

Not look at bright lights since this would cause your night vision to
be impaired

Not look at ay lights, as they will cause damage to the sensitive


rods of the eye

Avoid looking at city lights ahead of the aircraft, since this could
lead to the auto kinetic effect

#3 IN THE SIMPLIFIED MODEL OF THE WAY IN WHICH


THE HUMAN BRAIN FUNCTIONS:

All of the sensation and sensory information which enters the


brain is processed by it

When making decisions, the brain uses information stored in the


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Information processing is a continual process of receiving, sorting,


deciding upon, filing or discarding data

A person can consider and make a conscious decision on several


different matters at the same time

#4 OTOLITH ORGANS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHICH OF


THE FOLLOWING ILLUSIONS?

Somatogravic illusion

Black-hole phenomenon

Somatogyral illusion

The leans

#5 THE PERFORMANCE LEVEL OF A PERSON WILL:

Increase as arousal levels increase and continue increasing at


high arousal levels

Peak at an optimum level of arousal and any increase or


decrease in arousal will cause performance to reduce

Be best at low levels of arousal when the pilot can concentrate


better. Increasing arousal will reduce performance

Be best at either high or low levels of arousal and drops to a


minimum between these levels

#6 YOU ARE IN A CLIMB TO 10,000 FEET AMSL FLYING


SINGLE PILOT IFR AND WITH 10 PASSENGERS ON
BOARD. PASSING 9,000 FEET YOU EXPERIENCE A
SEVERE AND SHARP PAIN BEHIND THE “BRIDGE” OF
YOUR NOSE BETWEEN YOUR EYES. YOU REMEMBER
FEELING “A COLD” COMING ON EARLY THAT
MORNING. THE MOST LIKELY CAUSE FOR THE PAIN IS
THAT YOU:

Are experiencing “the bends”

Are experiencing “oxygen paradox” 67:56

Have a blocked Eustachian tube


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Are experiencing “sinus” pain

#7 MOTION SICKNESS IS CAUSED BY:

The semi-circular canals becoming blocked due to illness

Low blood sugar levels

Too much Carbon Dioxide being exhaled

A mismatch of sensory inputs

#8 A “HUMAN FACTORS” DEFINITION COULD BE:

A general term which broadly encompasses the medical,


psychological, and ergonomic aspects associated with aviation

The combination of environmental information concerning aviation

The study of humans in space and associated behaviou

The effects of human operators in aviation

#9 GOOD PILOT JUDGEMENT:

Involves returning home if the weather ahead looks as though it is


deteriorating

Involves continuing on to a destination if you have flown there


before since you know the way, even if the weather conditions are poor.

Involves relying on the fact that you have heard on the radio that
another aircraft has arrived at your destination, so you decide to continue
on with the flight despite that the weather conditions are poor.

Is not something that can be taught, some people are just born
with good judgement.

#10 CHRONIC FATIGUE:

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Can occur as a result of continual time zone changes

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Is not usually helped by good quality sleep

Can develop over one or two days

Is unlikely to affect judgement and decision making

#11 YOU ARE FLYING AN OLD UNPRESSURISED TWIN


FROM THE WEST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND TO
CHRISTCHURCH. YOU ARE FORCED BY TERRAIN TO
CLIMB TO 8,000’AMSL WHERE IT IS VERY COLD AND
YOU TURN ON THE AIRCRAFT’S HEATER. YOU START
TO FEEL LIGHT HEADED. YOU ARE MOST PROBABLY
SUFFERING FROM:

Cold induced headache

Carbon monoxide poisoning

Hyperventilation

The leans

NEXT

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