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41 Cards in this Set
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Events that are associated with or influence fatality rates
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Safety (causal) factors
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a measurable safety factor
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safety indicator
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What is the primary benchmark of passenger transportation safety?
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the probability of death or injury as a result of traveling on a given mode
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T/F A single accident can greatly influence fatality rates
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The trending fatality rates requires data from extended time periods.....
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5 years or more
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T/F Accident rates can be used instead of fatality rates as indicators of safety levels.
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information that indicates the amount of opportunity for an event to occur
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Exposure data
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Cycles, distance, and time for passengers and vehicles are the principal what?
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Exposure types
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Exposure types are used in what type of rates?
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denominator rates, such as fatalities per passenger departure
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The probability of an accident is significantly higher during which phase of flight?
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takeoff or landing
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The NTSB classified accidents as.......
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major, serious, injury, or damage
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A classification popular with insurance and a/c manufacturing of accidents includes....
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hull loss or nonhull loss
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airplane damage that is beyond economic repair
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hull loss
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What is the number of accidents divided by some common base variable (flight hours, departures, and mile flown) and is more valid than accident counts?
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accident rate
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What is the accepted norm among federal regulators in analyzing and comparing safety data?
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5-10 year span
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T/F In summary, no single measurement provides the complete safety picture.
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What is the easiest accessible accident database maintained by Boeing?
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Statistical Summary of commercial jet airplane accidents
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What is the definitive and mandatory source of a/c accident data in the U.S.?
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NTSB database
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T/F When a company's product is involved in an accident, that company has a duty to help find the cause.
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Airlines often report directly to.....
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manufacturers
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Other than manufacturers, who is also in the business of collecting statistical data?
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Makers of engines and other components
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The purpose of gathering the data is ______
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trend analysis
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To prevent approach and landing accidents, Boeing has urged that every runway used by commercial transports be equipped with _______
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an ILS
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What is the primary cause in close to 70% of hull-loss accidents?
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"crew-caused accidents"----flightcrew error
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Who maintains databases and conducts trend analyses on their own?
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airlines
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What period do we see the rates for all accidents and those involving hull losses be stable?
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1959-2001
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Boeing's accident data excludes which aircraft?
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turboprop aircraft and 60,000 lbs or less
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What important lesson can be learned from the Boeing data?
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The issue of human error
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T/F The trend in fatal accident rates in the US is declining; however, the world-wide trend in developing third world aviation countries is not so optimistic.
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T/F Although the total accident rates for U.S. air carriers and commuters declined in 1989, the fatal accident rates rose.
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T/F The actual number of fatal accidents for the air carriers in 1989 was the highest since 1968.
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T/F In the NTSB's first 15 years, airline safety improved steadily.
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T/F The death toll trend due to occupational injuries has been on the decline over the years because of new technology, stricter safety regulations, and a shift in the economy toward safer service-industry jobs.
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Who is the authoritative source for nonfatal occupational (work-related) illnesses and injuries in the U.S.?
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Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
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Who uses scientifically developed sample surveys to collect data on nonfatal injuries and illnesses?
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the BLS in cooperation with OSHA and the states
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All deaths are reported directly to....
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OSHA
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T/F The surveys exclude self-employed, farms with fewer than 11 employees, private households, federal government agencies, and employees in state and local governments.
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What info is published by industry type and contains a four-digit coding system?
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Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Manual
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What uses a six-digit coding system to classify all economic activity into twenty service sectors?
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North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
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In the 1980s, U.S. airlines completed how many months without a catastrophic crash of a pure-jet transport?
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26 months
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This 26 month period spanned from _______
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1980 and 1981
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