Human Factors in Aviation Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass

Human Factors in Aviation Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass What is Human Factors? - Answer- Optimizing the relationship between people, activities and equipment. What does accident data show? - Answer- Everything can be related to Human Factors 7 Milestones of Human Factors? - Answer- 1. Hawthorne Effect (First World War) 2. Cambridge Cockpit (Second World War) 3. Human Factors Society (1957) 4. Accident Investigation Course Stressing Human Factors (1971) 5. First Human Factors Conference of IATA (Istanbul 1976) 6. Tenerife (March 27, 1977) 7. First "Human Factors Awareness course" (KLM 1978) Aviation Safety Reporting System - Answer- Confidential, Voluntary, Non-Punative mishap report Professor Edwards - Answer- Inventor of the SHELL Model Twin Objectives of Human Factors - Answer- 1. The effectiveness of the system, including safety and efficiency, 2. and well-being of the individual. What is ergonomics? - Answer- Ergonomics is the study of designing equipment and devices that fit the human body, its movements, and its cognative abilities. 3 steps of Error Management - Answer- 1. Avoid error 2. Trap error 3. Mitigate consequences of error What is Circadian Rhythm? - Answer- Your bodies natural clock What is a Micro Sleep? - Answer- Brief periods during which sleep uncontrollably intrudes into wakefulness. Factors of crew fatigue - Answer- Extended duty Circadian Disruptions Short Layovers Root Cause of Fatigue? - Answer- Insufficient sleep Three basic tenets with respect to human error - Answer- Firstly, that the origins of errors can be fundamentally different; Secondly, that anyone (even airline captains) c