_______ errors were the second leading cause of pilot-error-induced commercial air-taxi accidents in the United States over a twenty-year period between 1983 and 2002...
a. Skill-based b. Perceptual c. Decision d. Exceptional correct answers Decision
A _______ occurs when an aircraft departs the end (overrun) or the side (veers off) of the runway during a takeoff or landing. a. Runway incursion (RI) b. CFIT c. Runway excursion (RE) d. MAC correct answers Runway Excursion (RE)
Who was the first to fly with a pressure suit to combat the effects of decompression sickness while attaining a height of 50,000 feet?
a. Lieutenant James Doolittle b. Wiley Post c. Three French aeronauts d. James Glaisher correct answers b. Wiley post
Forgetting to set the flaps to the appropriate flap setting before takeoff or landing is an example of a _________.
a. Lapse b. slip c. mistake d. event horizon correct answers a. Lapse
Some of the earliest aviation problems that contributed to the development of the discipline of human factors involved human __________.
a. Cognitive physiology b. I/O psychology c. Thinking d. Physiology correct answers d. Physiology
Pilots in LOC-I accidents often experience a _______ reflex; a surprised reaction that results in an involuntary delayed response, no response, or even an incorrect one. a. subtle b. hypoxia c. spatial d. startle correct answers d. startle
_______ is defined as an occurrence other than an accident, associated with the operation of an aircraft, which affects or could affect the safety of operations.
a. An incident b. An accident c. An occurrence d. A threat correct answers a. An incident
The scientific study of the relationship between the flight crew and the flight environment, with the goal of optimizing the relationship between the two, is a good definition of ________ for pilots.
a. physiology b. human factors c. psychology d. anthropology correct answers b. human factors (Ergonomics)
An aircraft _______ is an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and all such persons have disembarked, and in which any person suffers death or serious injury, or in which the aircraft receives substantial damage.
a. occurrence b. incident c. hazard d. accident correct answers d. accident
If you operate your aircraft above its maximum certificated takeoff weight to avoid having to deal with the headache of off-loading passengers or baggage, you are committing a ________.
a. skill-based error b. routine perceptual error c. violation d. physiological error correct answers c. violation
_______ involves an unintended departure of an aircraft from controlled flight.
a. A collision with obstacles during takeoff or landing (CTOL) b. A runway incursion (RI) c. Loss of control in flight (LOC-I)