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34 Cards in this Set
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T/F Accident investigation has traditionally focused on preventing accidents by concentrating on simple causation theories to determine "what happened," "who was responsible," and "when did it occur."
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What is the trend of modern aviation theory?
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Reactive to Proactive to Predictive
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What 2 questions have ICAO experts focused on to prevent accidents?
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Why did the accident happen?
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T/F The purpose of accident investigation is to uncover pervasive, unrecognized causal factors of accidents.
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Since WWII, safety problems focused on "technical factors" until the more modern thinking shifted to.......
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"human factors"
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T/F The goal of nonaccident data analysis and modeling is to conduct a preemptive strike on the very first accident to prevent it from occurring by addressing the root cause of the accident.
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T/F The main goal of accident investigations is to establish the probable causes of accidents and to recommend control measures.
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What was published in 1990 to illustrate how human factors at various levels of the organization can lead to accidents?
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James Reason's accident causation model ("Swiss Cheese" Model)
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Relationship between the individual and the organization is which model?
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Reason's Swiss Cheese Model
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Who states that human error is the active "end result" rather than the root cause of accidents?
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Reason
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This model recommends focusing on events beyond the active failures of frontline employees to latent preexisting conditions that result from fallible decisions made by high-lvel decision makers.
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Swiss cheese Model
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What are the 5 Ms of the 5-M Model?
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man, machine, medium, mission, management
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Which M plays the overall predominant role?
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management
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Which M is located as the central target or objective?
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Mission
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What does Medium mean in the 5-M Model?
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Environment
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Which M includes all persons directly involved with the operation of the aircraft such as design, construction, maintenance, operation and management?
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Man
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T/F The number of accidents caused by machine has declined, while those caused by man have risen proportionately.
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Which M uses fail-safe features and redundancy in critical components or systems?
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Machine
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The GPWS is an example of which M?
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Machine
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Which M includes systems that make the human's task easier and that aim to prevent mistakes and errors?
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Machine
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What is a common method for electronic components to express reliability?
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mean time between failures (MTBF)
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What aircraft system failure pattern refer to three distinct phases in the life of a component?
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"bathtub-shaped" curve
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The Medium comprises of what two parts?
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Natural and artificial environment
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Weather, topography, and other natural phenomena are elements of which environment?
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Natural
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Artificial environment can be divided into what two parts?
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physical (ATC) and nonphysical parts (system software)
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Which M is considered the purpose of the operation?
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mission
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What 2 M's were add ons?
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Mission and Management
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The responsibility for safety and accident prevention in any organization ultimately rests with ______
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management
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What slogan means that all persons should be aware of the consequences of their mistakes and strive to avoid them?
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"safety is everybody's business"
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Which model refers to values and economics?
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OTA Model
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Personel capabilities, air traffic environment, aircraft capabilities, weather, and unpredictable events refer to which factors?
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Primary factors
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FAA operations, Commercial operations, maintenance, and training refer to which factors?
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Secondary factors
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Affect industry and FAA operations, policies, and philosophy refer to which factors?
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Tertiary factors
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What identifies hazards and risks, and measures the severity of consequences?
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Risk Management
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