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ATPL HUMAN FACTORS (CASA - AHUF) 2024 Exam Questions With Correct Answers These are up to date flashcards as of SEP2022. All information is from the CASA resources listed for the AHUF exam or official CASA documents. There is conflicting information from old textbooks. All cards are verified ag...

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ATPL HUMAN FACTORS (CASA - AHUF)
2024 Exam Questions With Correct Answers

These are up to date flashcards as of SEP2022. All information is from the CASA resources

listed for the AHUF exam or official CASA documents. There is conflicting information from

old textbooks. All cards are verified against official CASA documents. Turn over for official

documents. - answer✔The official textbooks CASA lists as exam resources are:

- Human Being Pilot (ATC)

- Human Factors for Pilots (Roger G. Green)

- AC61-08 (previously CAAP 5.59)

Also Safety Behaviours for Human Pilots is a direct CASA resource:

https://www.casa.gov.au/content-search/safety-kits/safety-behaviours-human-factors-pilots

3 Categories of an Undesired Aircraft State - answer✔1. Aircraft Handling - Aircraft handling in

the air - Track & speed deviations, airspace penetration, non stabilised approach.

2. Ground Navigation - Management of aircraft while navigating on ground (this includes taxi

speed!)

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3. Aircraft Configuration - Settings & Configurations of Aircraft ie. Power setting, fuel

configuration, Autopilot mode, loading configuration.

What are the three methods of coping with stress? - answer✔Action Coping - Removing yourself

or altering situation

Cognitive Coping - Psychological change

Symptom-Directed Coping - Drugs & Alcohol

What are the 3 gas laws pertinent to Human Factors? - answer✔Boyles Law (Pressure &

Volume)

Charles Law (Partial Pressure - Concentration)

Daltons Law (Temperature & Volume)

You join a circuit on a right downwind what is the natural tendency? - answer✔The natural

tendency is to keep the runway in view. Often on a right downwind the runway is obstructed this

causes the pilot to dip the wing towards the runway and descend. Descending is the most

dangerous as we are now lower than expected on approach!

What are the notable problems with reliance on the vestibular system? - answer✔1. Not reliable

without a visual indication

2. Also may cause nausea with conflicting information

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What are the three primary categories of errors? - answer✔Aircraft Handling Error - You touch

the aircraft it's a handling error (ie. forgetting to put on carb heat)

Procedural Error - SOP's, Checklists, Approach Charts

Communication Error - ATC, Crew Communication

What are the three types of threats? - answer✔Anticipated - Pre-flight planning, or reviewed

threats

Unexpected - Usually inflight, anything we didn't prepare for.

Latent - Something that lies dormant and may not be apparent until an error has been committed.

Difference between latent and unexpected threats are, latent threats can lie dormant on multiple

flights without being apparent while an unexpected threat will show up in flight. Latent threat

(Runway illusion), Unexpected Threat (Aircraft on that runway)

What are the two categories of threats? - answer✔Environmental (Weather, Airspace

Communication, Ground environments, Terrain, Operational pressures such as arriving late)

Organisational (Documentation errors/ incorrect data entry, tour of duty problems)

What temperature ranges are considered "Uncomfortable" - answer✔<15°C and >30°C

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What are "Zeitgerbers"? - answer✔Things that help align our body rhythms such as day/night

cycles, clocks, meals

What do we call the model that fits the human to task? - answer✔SHELL With liveware (human)

in the middle

What happens to body rhythms as we travel East? - answer✔They compress/shorten

Note: You will get a question on this. This is the worst case scenario as the body rhythms have to

extend.

What is a committed error? - answer✔Pilot expecting a certain situation and is primed with an

appropriate repsonse however the situation varies from the expected and the prepared response is

incorrect.

Environmental Capture is associated with an error in "Skills Memory" define and give an

example. - answer✔Where multiple or sequential skills that are usually used together are

automatically carried out even though not all were required ie. Selecting flap on a flapless

approach

Skills once learned are difficult to modify, we call this skills memory or muscle memory. What

are the three errors associated? - answer✔Action slips (Wrong action performed, gear instead of

flap)

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