HPL 201-300

Discussing private matters in the cockpit:​

• can improve team spirit.

• should be avoided by all means in the cockpit.

• is appropriate in any phase of flight.

• decreases the captain's role of leadership.

List automation disadvantages:​

• it can be difficult to make last minute changes.

• it can be difficult to understand all the modes.

• flight crew can lose situational awareness if they are complacent.

• all of the above answers are correct.

"The behavioral effects of stress may include: 1) manifestation of aggressiveness. 2) a willingness to improve communication. 3) a willingness for group cohesion. 4) a tendency to a withdrawal. The combination of correct statements is:"

• 1, 4

• 3, 4

• 1, 2, 3

• 2, 3 ,4

Young pilots or pilots with little experience of airplanes differ from experienced pilots in the following way:​

• Task for task, an expert's workload is greater than a novice's one.

• Flight planning performance decreases with age, and experience is unable to mask this deficiency.

• Inexperienced pilots refer to information more than experts when carrying out the same task.

• Experienced pilots are less routine-minded than young pilots / because they know that routine causes mistakes.

The cocktail party effect is associated with:

• attention mechanisms.

• communications.

• cohesion.

• adaptation.

Which of the following concepts relating to human reliability is true?

• Performance is totally independent of motivation.

• Response to a particular stressful influence does not vary from one person to another.

• Expectation has no influence on perception.

• If equipment is designed in such a way that it can be operated wrongly, then sooner or later, it will be.

An airline captain scores very high both on task orientation and on relationship orientation (ref. Blake and Mouton model). Which of the following will probably best describe his communication in cockpit?​

• The captain discusses the situation with his co-pilot, makes a decision based upon this discussion. The co-pilot is asked to evaluate the decision.

• The captain makes a decision and orders the co-pilot, but does not give any explanation to his decision.

• The captain discusses the situation with his co-pilot, but does never reach a conclusion because of his general indecisiveness. The co-pilot makes the decision.

• The captain spends most of the time chatting socially with his co-pilot, but does not make much effort to depart on schedule.

In a glass-cockpit aircraft, communication between the members of the crew:

• will increase as a result of the increase of technical dissemination of information.

• are facilitated from the non-verbal point of view owing to the increased availability which results from technical lightening of the workload.

• will be hampered by the decrease in actions brought about by technical improvements.

• does not lose its importance.

"What is the effect of stress on performance? 1) It always reduces performance. 2) Optimum performance is obtained with optimum arousal. 3) Excessive stress weakens performance. 4) Insufficient stress weakens performance. The combination of correct statements is:"

• 1, 2, 3

• 1, 3, 4

• 1, 2, 4

• 2, 3, 4

The decision making in emergency situations requires firstly:​

• the whole crew to focus on the problem.

• speed of reaction.

• informing ATC thoroughly about the situation.

• distribution of tasks and crew coordination.