HPL Chapter 1 and 2

What recent piece of technology has contributed most to reducing accidents?

• Ground Proximity Warning System
• Fly-by-wire
• Airborne Weather Radar
• Traffic Collision and Avoidance System

In what phase of flight do most accidents occur?

• Take-off
• Initial and final approach
• Climb
• Landing

An organisation which is reluctant to release information on threats, errors or undesired aircraft states to other agencies is also known to have:

• A national culture
• An open culture
• A safety culture
• A closed culture

How is oxygen transported around the body?

• By red blood cells combined with carbon dioxide
• By red blood cells combined with nitrogen and water vapour
• By red blood cells combined with haemoglobin
• By red blood cells combined with nitrogen, hormones and plasma

Where does the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide + water vapour take place?

• The arteries
• The veins
• The capillaries
• The bronchioles

The volume of air remaining in the lungs even after the most forceful expiration is known as:

• Tidal Volume
• Residual Volume
• Inspiratory Reserve Volume
• Expiratory Reserve Volume

What vessel is used to carry oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium?

• Pulmonary vein
• Inferior vena cava
• Superior vena cava
• Pulmonary artery

What is the function of platelets?

• To help oxygen combine with hemoglobin
• To transport proteins and minerals
• To help fight pathogens
• To help blood clot

What vessel is used to carry blood from the right ventricle to the lungs?

• The pulmonary artery
• The superior vena cava
• The pulmonary vein
• The inferior vena cava

Red blood cells and white blood cells makes up _____  of the total volume of the blood.

• 45%
• 60%
• 15%
• 75%