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Human Performance & Limitations

There are 20 questions in this examination.
Only one answer is correct.  The pass mark is 75%
You would normally be allowed 30 minutes. (This quiz is not timed.)

1   Which part of long term memory is concerned with the memory of events?

   A  Situational
   B  Semantic
   C  Spatial
   D  Episodic

2   As your aircraft climbs, your susceptibility to carbon monoxide poisoning will:

   A  decrease
   B  increase
   C  stay the same as at sea level
   D  increase up to 8,000 ft and then stay constant at higher altitudes

3   The retina contains two types of light sensitive cells. Which type is responsible for sensing colour and sharpness of an image (visual acuity)?

   A  The rods
   B  The cones
   C  The lens
   D  The fovea

4   What term is given to the situation when a person gives in to the wishes of a group?

   A  Abdication
   B  Conformity
   C  Contiguity
   D  Cohesion

5   What is the name of the sensory illusion which gives a false sense of pitching forwards when you rapidly decelerate?

   A  The somatogravic illusion
   B  The muller-lyer illusion
   C  The retroactive illusion
   D  The autokinetic illusion

6   You are approaching a runway that is much smaller than what you are used to. Due to the visual effects of this phenomenon, how will the runway tend appear to be?

   A  Smaller than it really is
   B  Larger than it really is
   C  Longer than it really is
   D  Further away than it really is

7   Which of the following statements concerning REM and non-REM sleep is correct?

   A  REM sleep recharges the brain, non-REM sleep recharges the body
   B  REM sleep recharges the body, non-REM sleep recharges the brain and body
   C  REM sleep recharges the brain and body, non-REM sleep recharges the brain only
   D  REM sleep recharges the body, non-REM sleep recharges the brain only

8   If the design eye position has been set too low, what will be the effect as you approach to land?

   A  You will have a good forward and downwards view for landing
   B  You will have a poor forward and downwards view for landing
   C  You will have a poor view of the instruments
   D  You will have a good view for landing but a poor view of the instruments

9   What sound pressure level (measured in decibels) is usually accepted as being the threshold where prolonged exposure above this level is likely to cause temporary or permanent hearing loss?

   A  60 dB
   B  80 dB
   C  100 dB
   D  120 dB

10   Which of the following conditions is the most common form of sudden pilot incapacitation?

   A  Heart attack
   B  Collapsed lung
   C  Stroke
   D  Gastroenteritis

11   Which of the following lists is made up of items that would be considered to be entirely made up of environmental or physical stressors?

   A  Illness, cold, noisy environment, anxiety
   B  Excessive heat and humidity, vibration
   C  Turbulence, divorce and difficult situations at home
   D  Fatigue, anxiety, heat and humidity, vibration

12   How long should you wait before flying after SCUBA diving to a depth of less than 30 ft? (Note: Decompression Tables used for diving will give more precise guidance than this rule of thumb!)

   A  6 hours
   B  12 hours
   C  24 hours
   D  48 hours

13   If you are on a collision course with another aircraft, just before the moment of impact, the other aircraft will appear to:

   A  suddenly grow in size as it nears you
   B  slowly grow in size as it nears you
   C  stay a constant size until impact
   D  have come from the side of your view

14   Calculate the body mass index (BMI) for someone who is 1.65 m tall, with a weight of 72 kg.

   A  24.6
   B  26.4
   C  27.9
   D  28.2

15   At what distance will your eyes tend to focus at night, if you are not looking at any particular object?

   A  At 1-2 metres in front of you
   B  At the distance they focused on last
   C  At approximately 20 metres
   D  At infinity

16   Flickering lights can bring on an epileptic type of fit in people who are susceptible. Which of the following flicker frequencies would be most likely to cause this?

   A  55 Hz
   B  30 Hz
   C  8 Hz
   D  100 Hz

17   Approximately what is the normal percentage of nitrogen in the atmosphere?

   A  78%
   B  21%
   C  0.04%
   D  1%

18   Sounds are stored in a sensory memory, and are available for recall (approximately) up to:

   A  1 second later
   B  5 seconds later
   C  one minute later
   D  ten minutes later

19   What two components make up the central nervous system?

   A  The brain and the peripheral nerves
   B  The brain and the spinal cord
   C  The brain and the motor neurons
   D  The cortex and the cerebellum

20   Your 'time of useful consciousness' at 22,000 feet is approximately:

   A  45 minutes
   B  10-30 minutes
   C  1-2 minutes
   D  5-10 minutes

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