Human Factors Revision Cpl

Front 1

What is skill based behaviour?

Back 1

A second nature skill that can be executed without conscious thought.

Front 2

What is rule based behaviour?

Back 2

Behaviour following procedures which require conscious thought.

Front 3

What is knowledge based behaviour?

Back 3

Behaviour based on knowledge and experience which requires conscious thought. (e.g. when to initiate a missed approach)

Front 4

What are the four steps of Judgement?

Back 4

Recognising,
Evaluating,
Deciding,
Responding.

Front 5

How long does sensory memory hold information?

Back 5

Visual - 1 second,
Sound - 5 seconds.

Front 6

What 3 types of information are found in the long term memory?

Back 6

Semantic,
Episodic,
Motor Skills.

Front 7

What is situational awareness?

Back 7

The process of maintaining a mental model that compares with the real world situation.

Front 8

What is selective attention?

Back 8

Whe inputs are sampled.

Front 9

What are the 7 Factors affecting information processing?

Back 9

TISHHAD
Time, Illness, Stress, Hangover, Hypoxia, Accuracy, Distractions.

Front 10

What are the mental symptoms of stress?

Back 10

Making mistakes,
Reverting to basic skills.

Front 11

What are the physiological symptoms of stress?

Back 11

Pale Face,
Heart Beats Faster,
Breathing rate increases,
Shivering.

Front 12

What factors affect a persons tolerance to hypoxia?

Back 12

Illness,
Hangover,
Drug effects,
Cold temperatures,
Anaemic,
Smoker,
Fatigued,
Carbon Monoxide Inhalation.

Front 13

What are the symptoms of hypoxia?

Back 13

Drunk Like symptoms,
Blue Lips and fingernails.

Front 14

What are the times of Useful Consciousness?

Back 14

18,000 - 15 to 30 mins
22,000 - 5 to 10 mins
25,000 - 3 to 5 minutes
35,000 - 45 to 75 seconds
45,000 - 9 to 15 seconds.

Front 15

Factors affecting times of useful consciousness?

Back 15

Illness,
Physical Activity,
Cold body temperatures.

Front 16

What causes decompression sickness?

Back 16

When body tissue can no longer retain nitrogen in solution so it enters the bloodstream.

Front 17

At what altitudes does the likelihood decompression sickness increase.

Back 17

18,000 - Quite Likely
25,000 - Very Likely

Front 18

How can the risk decompression sickness be reduced?

Back 18

Breathing in pure oxygen prior to the flight.

Front 19

What type of people are more suceptible to decompression sickness?

Back 19

Elderly and overweight people.

Front 20

What are the symptoms of The Bends?

Back 20

Joint Pain,
Itchiness,
Numbness,
Tingling / Paralysis of body parts,
Problems with coordination.

Front 21

What are the flying after diving rules?

Back 21

WAIT 24 HOURS.
If less than 10m dive - 12 hours
If over 35m dive - 48 hours.
If flying above 8,000ft - 48 hours.

Front 22

How do you treat The Bends?

Back 22

Recompression in a compression chamber.

Front 23

How high can you fly when transporting someone with the bends?

Back 23

Lower than 500ft AMSL

Front 24

What are the cones in you eyes responsible for?

Back 24

Recieving bright light energy,
Sharp vision of fine detail,
Registering Colour

Front 25

What are the rods in your eyes responsible for?

Back 25

Recieving weak light evergy,
Night vision,
Detecting movement,
Preipheral Vision.

Front 26

What effects does Positive 'G' have on vision?

Back 26

Loss of Colour,
Loss of Peripheral vision,
Blurred Vision,
Total loss of vision (blackout)

Front 27

What type of lens do short sighted people need?

Back 27

Concave Lens

Front 28

What type of lens do long sighted people need?

Back 28

Convex Lens

Front 29

How long does it take for the cones to shutdown at night?

Back 29

7 Minutes

Front 30

How long does it take to reach 1/2 Night vision and Full Night Vision?

Back 30

10 Mins for Half,
30 Mins for Full.

Front 31

Do you rely on your instruments or your senses when suffering from black hole phenomenon?

Back 31

Instruments

Front 32

What are the three different orientation systems?

Back 32

Vision,
Balance Organs (vestibular apparatus),
Proprioceptors.

Front 33

Where are the balance organs located?

Back 33

The inner ear.

Front 34

What are the two parts of the balance organs?

Back 34

Semicircular Canals,
Otolith Organ

Front 35

What type of acceleration to the Semi-Circular canals register?

Back 35

Angular Acceleration.
(Pitching)
(Rolling)
(Yawing)

Front 36

What is sub threshold stimulation?

Back 36

When the semi-circular organs do not pick up small accelerations.

Front 37

What is The Leans?

Back 37

When angular acceleration has stopped and the semi-circular canals no longer register any change. (Steady rate of turn)

Front 38

What two types of acceleration do otolith organs sense?

Back 38

Head/Body tilt Acceleration,
Linear Acceleration.

Front 39

What is somatogravic Illusion?

Back 39

When the otolith organs think they are climbing during rapid acceleration.

Front 40

What are Proprioceptors?

Back 40

The body's 'G' meter. (Flying by the seat of your pants)

Front 41

What is the somatogyral illusion? (graveyard spiral)

Back 41

The pilot has the leans and believes the aircraft is in a dive so tries to pull up.

Front 42

Is flying by the seat of your pants recommended?

Back 42

No, it is almost always fatal.

Front 43

What causes motion sickness?

Back 43

Anxiety,
Low cockpit activity levels,
Stress

Front 44

How can you reduce motion sickness?

Back 44

Keep Fit,
Not get overtired,
Eat sensibly,
Relax while flying,
Avoid rough weather,
Keep horizon in sight.

Front 45

What causes simulator sickness?

Back 45

When there is a mismatch of information between what the pilot sees and feels.

Front 46

How can you tell whether you are fit to fly?

Back 46

IMSAFE