HUMAN FACTORS DGCA PAPER

Q1

Faulty maintenance work which contributed to the accident was performed

1. During night sift only
2. During inspection in day light
3. Inducing L-E
interface flaw
4. BOTH 1&3

Q2

Climbing over wings and horizontal stabilizer and working in uncomfortable position are
common and generally engineers performance in this situation may be related to
1. Fitness and health
2. Mental situation of individual
3. Good
performance as he is alone on work

Q3

Glare may produces discomfort or annoyance and

1. Helps in working environment to see object
2. May inter fare with visual
performance
3. Both 1 & 2

Q4

Vibration in any form of oscillating motion that changes its magnitude periodically and is
of operational significance in aviation because
1. It does not impair visual acuity
2. It may impair visual acuity
3. Interfere with neuromuscular control and lead to fatigue
4. Both 2&3

Q5

The success of communication program depends on

1. Non verbal /gesture communication
2. The degree to which the intended massage is understood by the receiver
3. Background noise problem

Q6

For the study of information related to the investigation human factors issues are obtained
from
1. Advisory circular
2. Information circular
3. Maps
4. Chart/navigation (check list)

Q7

Error tolerance refers to

1. Error reduction strategies which includes improving access to part
2. The ability of a system to accept en error with out catastrophic consequences
3. Both 1 & 2

Q8

Study of efficiency of a person, study of human machine system design is

1. Agronomics
2. Ergonomics
3. Human factor

4. None

Factor that effect the human performance

1. noise
2. Environment
3. As in 1&2 light and darkness

4. None

Q9

Q10 The difference between what a person can do and what he will do
1. Motivation
2. Communication
3. Culture

Q11 The frequency of vibration, acceleration changes which effect

1. Visual acuity 2. Neuromuscular system 3. Fatigue
Q12 A condition reflecting inadequate rest is called
1. Circadian rhythm disturbance
2. Fatigue

4. Any of the above

3. None

Q13 The difference between attitude and personality is

1. Relevant
2. Irrelevant
3. As in 1 and attitude can be changed through training
4. As in 2and personality can be changed through training
Q14 A person whose ideas and acts influence thought and behavior of other
1. Leader
2. Supervisor
3. Co ordination 4. Manager
Q15 The stress due to noise, temp., humidity is called
1. Environmental stress
2. Mental stress

3. Cognitive stress

Q16 Coffin in coffee and tea has effect

1. Reduces the reaction time
2. Increases the reaction time
3. As in 1 and disturb sleep
Q17 Transequilizers and sleeping tablets
1. Adequate and doctor advice
2. Inadequate
3. As in 2 and affect human performance
Q18 Glare produces causes
1. Discomfort and annoyance 2. As in 1 and may interfere with visual performance
3. glare may not create annoyance
Q19 When inspection is carried out over fuselage and wing the performance of AME depends
1. Mental status of AME
2. Health and physical status of AME
3. Social status of AME
Q20 Error tolerance means
1. The ability of a system to accept an error with out catastrophic consequences
2. Error reduction strategies which includes improving access to part
3. Both
Q21 Factor affecting training
1. Discomfort
2. As in 1 and low motivation
3. As in 2 poor quality education & anxiety

Q22 Training program of an organization is for

1. To develop interpersonal relationship
2. Increase group decision making
3. As in
2 and develop interpersonal skill
Q23 To eliminate error completely is unrealistic so the design of a/c should be
1. Fail safe 2.Error tolerant 3. Safe failure
4.
Damage tolerant
Q24 Errors are caused due to carelessness negligence or poor judgment and other are caused
1. Poorly designed equipment 2. As in 1 and normal reaction of a person to a
particular situation 3. only 1 is correct
Q25 Knobs and levers which are poorly located or lack of proper coding create mismatch at
1. Live ware and hard ware 2. Live ware and live ware 3. Live ware and software
Q26 A good communication is ensured when
1. When massage of sender is understood by recipient 2. Message of sender isnt
understood by recipient
Q27 Human factor training on communication is to
1. Prevent communication error 2. Explanation of common communication problem
3. Ambiguous, Misleading, inappropriate combined with expect
4. All
Q28 Failures are of two types the failure which are error and violation having an immediate
adverse effect is called
1. Latent failure
2. Active failure
3. Active and latent failure
Q29 The failure which may remain dormant for a long time is called
1. Latent Failure
2. Active failure
Q30 Knob and levers poorly located or lack of proper coding create mismatch at
1. Live ware interface
2. Soft ware interface
3. Hard ware interface 4. As in
1&3
Q31 Well designed team result in
1. Improvement in work performance 2. As in 1 and employees satisfaction
3. Low
productivity
Q32 there should be a mechanism in team
1. To identify individual performance 2. As in 1 and individual contribution to team
Q33 Which of the following has pathogenic effect impaired hearing change in blood pressure
headaches, gastrointestinal problem such as ulcers
1. Illumination
2. Sickness
3. Noise
Q34 Sleep deprivation and disturbance has affect on
1. Weaken our body
2. Reduce alertness and attention
Q35 Work team should have
1. Various skills
2. No. of task
3. As in 1 &2 such as hydraulic,
electrical and rigging skills
Q36 What determine whether a person will do so in a given situation
1. Communication
2. Motivation
3. Co ordination
4. All
Q37 potential for worker satisfaction and improved out can be achieved by
1. Regard system
2. Selection and staffing
3. Training
4. All
Q38 Faulty maintenance work which contribute to the accident was performed during
1. Night shift
2. Day shift
3. Shift hand over and as in 1

Q39 Errors are mainly caused due to

1. Deficient training to maintenance person
2. Poor allocation of resources and
maintenance tool
3. Time pressure
4. As in 1,2,and 3 and poor ergonomics
design of tool
Q40 While some error may be due to carelessness negligence or poor judgment many are
induced by
1. Poorly designed equipment
2. Time pressure
3. Poor training
4. None
Q41 Errors due to poor equipment design or stressful are likely to be remedy by
1. Proper training to engineer
2. Practicing ergonomics
3. None
Q41. The study of efficiency of person in their working environment and human machine system
design issues is called
1. Agronomics
2. Economics
3. Ergonomics
4. All
Q42. An error or violation which has an immediate adverse effect is called
1. Active failure
2. Passive failure
3. Latent failure
4. None
Q43. A result of action or decision made wall before an accident the consequence which may
remain dormant for a long time is known as
1. Active failure
2. safety failure
3. Latent failure
4. All
Q44. The error may have been caused by latent failure such as deficient training, poor allocation
of resources time pressure etc. they may also have been caused by
1. Poor design of tool /equipment 2. Poor maintenance
3. Poor training
Q45. Knob and lever which are poorly located or lack of proper coding creates mismatch
interface between
1. Live ware
2. Software
3. Hardware
4. 1&3 both
Q46. The difference between personality and attitude is
1. relevant
2. irrelevant
3. As in 1 and it is unrealistic to expect a change in personality through routine
training
4. As in 2 and attitude are less susceptible to change through training
Q47. The difference between what a person can do what he will actually do is called
1. Motivation
2. Co- ordination
3. Inspiration
4. De-motivation
Q48. The factor that determines whether a person will do so in a given situation is called
1. Co- ordination
2. Motivation
3. Co- operation
Q49. A person whose ideas and action influence the thought and the behavior of other is known
as
1. politician
2. Leader
3. Commander
Q50. A condition reflecting inadequate rest as well as collection of symptoms associated with
displaced or disturbed biological rhythms is called
1. Jet log
2. Circadian rhythms
3. Fatigue

Q51. The use of drugs such as hypnotics, sedatives and tranquilizers to induce sleep is usually
1. appropriate
2. Inappropriate
3. as in 2 and they have adverse effect on performance
4. As in 1 and should be taken with advise of medical practitioner
Q52. Caffeine in coffee, tea and various soft drinks increases alertness and
1. Keep awaking
2. Reduces reaction times
3. Health in sleep
4. Both 1&3
Q53. Sleep has a restorative function and is essential for mental performance. Sleep deprivation
and disturbance can
1. Increase alertness and attention 2. Increase performance 3. Reduce alertness and
attention 4. None