REVISION NO.
: INITIAL May 4, 2010
C P L – Human Performance
1. What are some of the hazardous attitude dealt with in Aeronautical Decision
Making (ADM):
Antiauthority (don’t tell me), impulsivity (do something quickly without
thinking), macho (i can do it)
Risk management, stress management, and risk elements
Poor decision making, situational awareness, and judgement
2. Hazardous attitude which contribute to poor pilot judgement can be
effectively counteracted by:
Early recognition of hazardous thoughts
Taking meaningful steps to be more assertive with attitudes
Redirecting that hazardous attitudes so that appropriate action can be
taken
3. What does good cockpit stress management begin with:
Knowing what causes stress
Eliminating life and cockpit stress issues
Good life stress management
4. Risk management, as part of the Aeronautical Decision Making (ADM)
process, relies on which features to reduce the risk associated with each
flight:
The mental process of analyzing all information in a particular situation and
making a timely decision on what action to take
Application of stress management and risk element procedures
Situational awareness, problem recognition, and good judgement
5. Examples of classic behavioural traps that experienced pilots may fall into are:
trying to:
Assume additional responsibilities and assert PIC authority
Promote situational awareness and then necessary changes in behaviour
Complete a flight as planned, please passengers, meet schedules, and
demonstrate the “right stuff”
6. While conducting an operational check of the cabin pressurization system, the
pilot discovers that the rate control feature is inoperative. He knows that he
can manually control the cabin pressure, so he elects to disregard the
discrepancy. Which of the following alternatives best illustrate the
INVULNERABILITY reaction:
What is the worst that could happen?
He can handle a little problem like this
It’s too late to fix now
7. When a pilot recognized a hazardous thought, he or she then should correct it
by stating the corresponding antidote, which of the following is the antidote for
ANTIAUTHORITY:
Not so fast, Think first
It won’t happen to me. It could happen to me
Don’t tell me. Follow the rules. They are usually right
8. Hypoxia susceptibility due to inhalation of carbon monoxide increases as:
Humidity decreases
Altitude increases
Oxygen demand increases
9. Which is a common symptom of hyperventilation:
Drowsiness
Decreased breathing rate
Euphoria – sense of well-being
10. The pilot and passengers are anxious to get to their destination for a
business presentation. Level IV thunderstorms are reported to be in a line
across their intended route of flight. Which of the following alternatives best
illustrate the IMPULSIVITY reaction:
They want to hurry and get going, before things get worse
A thunderstorm won’t stop them
They can’t change the weather, so they might as well go
11. A pilot and friends are going to fly to an out-of-town football game. When the
passengers arrive, the pilot determines that they will be over the maximum
gross weight for takeoff with the existing fuel load, which of the following
alternatives best illustrate the RESIGNATION reaction:
Well, nobody told him about the extra weight
Weight and balance is a formality forced on pilots by the FAA
He can’t wait around to de-fuel, they have to get there on time
12. Which is true regarding the presence of alcohol within the human body:
A small amount of alcohol increases vision acuity
An increase in altitude decrease the adverse effect of alcohol
Judgement and decision-making abilities can be adversely affected by
even very small amounts of alcohol
13. To overcome the symptoms of hyperventilation, a pilot should:
Swallow or yawn
Slow the breathing rate
Increase the breathing rate
14. When a pilot recognizes a hazardous thought, he or she then correct it by
stating the corresponding antidote. Which of the following is the antidote for
MACHO:
Follow the rules, they are usually right
Not so fast. Think first
Taking chances is foolish
15. Hypoxia is the result of which of these conditions:
Excessive oxygen in the bloddstream
Insufficient oxygen reaching the brain
Excessive carbon dioxide in the bloodstream
16. To best overcome the effects of spatial disorientation, a pilot should:
Rely on body sensations
Increase the breathing rate
Rely on aircraft instrument indications
17. An early part of the Aeronautical Decision Making (ADM) process involves:
Taking a self-assesssment hazardous attitude inventory test
Understanding the drive to have the “right stuff”
Obtaining proper flight instruction and experience during training
18. Most pilots have fallen prey to dangerous tendencies or behavior problems at
some time. Some of these dangerous tendencies or behavior patterns which
must be identified and eliminated include:
Deficiencies in instrumental skills and knowledge of aircraft system or limitations
Perform deficiencies from human factors such as fatigue, illness, or emotional
problems
Peer pressure, get-there-itis, loss of positional or situational awareness,
and operating without adequate fuel reserves
19. While on an IFR flight, a pilot merges from a cloud to find himself within 300
feet of a helicopter, which of the following alternatives best illustrates the
“MACHO” reaction:
He is not too concerned, everything will be alright
He flies a little closer, just to show him
He quickly turns away and dives, to avoid collision
20. It takes how long for the alcohol from one drink to completely leave the body:
1 hour
2 hours
3 hours
21. As hyperventilation progresses a pilot can experience:
Decreased breathing rate and depth
Heightened awareness and felling of well-being
Symptoms of suffocation and drowsiness
22. Which would most likely result in hyperventilation:
Insufficient oxygen
Excessive carbon monoxide
Insufficient carbon dioxide
23. Aeronautical Decision Making (ADM) is a:
Systematic approach to the mental process used by pilots to consistently
determine the best course of action for a given set of circumstances
Decision making process which relies on good judgement to reduce risks
associated with each flight
Mental process of analyzing all information in a particular situation and making a
timely decision on what action to take
24. What should a pilot do when recognizing a thought as hazardous:
Avoid developing this hazardous thought
Develop this hazardous thought and follow through with modified action
Label that thought as hazardous, then correct that thought by stating the
corresponding learned antidote
25. The passengers for a charter flight have arrived almost an hour late for a
flight requires a reservation. Which of the following alternatives best illustrate
the ANTIAUTHORITY reaction:
Those reservation rules do not apply to this flight
If the pilot hurries, he or she may still make it on time
The pilot can’t help it that the passengers are late
26. The aeronautical Decision Making (ADM) process indentifies the steps
involved in good decision making. One of these steps includes a pilot:
Making a rational evaluation of the required actions
Developing the “right stuff” attitude
Identifying personal attitudes hazardous to safe flight
27. To scan properly for traffic, a pilot should:
Slowly sweep the field of vision from one side to the other at intervals
Concentrate on any peripheral movement detected
Use a series of short, regularly spaced eye movements that bring
successive areas of the sky into the central visual field
28. To help manage cockpits stress, pilots must:
Be aware of life stress situations that are similar to those in flying
Condition themselves to relax and think rationally when stress appears
Avoid situations that will degrade their abilities to handle cockpit responsibilities
29. The basic drive for a pilot to demonstrate the “right stuff” can have an
adverse effect on safety, by:
A total discharged for any alternatives course of action
Generating tendencies that lead to practices that are dangerous, often
illegal, and may lead to a mishap
Allowing events, or the situation, to control his or her actions
30. What is the first step in neutralizing a hazardous attitude in the ADM process:
Recognition of invulnerability in the situation
Dealing with improper judgement
Recognition of hazardous thoughts
