IHI: PS 103 Human Factors And Safety
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
How is our mental function defined as - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- automatic thinking
rapid and effortless
what is an error of execution? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- if your gas tank is on the right
but your friends is on the left
if you pull up to the pump with the tank on the right
What is controlled thinking - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- consciously solve problems and
make decisions
sometimes this can be a slow process involving a great deal of effort.
what type of thinking leads to errors of planing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- controlled
thinking
What are mental short cuts your brain uses during controlled and automatic thinking called? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- heuristics
What do heuristics lead to? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- incorrect actions and poor decision
making
What is Cognitive dispositions to respond? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- predictable ways
that humans misjudge situations
What categories are cognitive dispositions to respond in the medical field? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- 1. faulty assessment of probability
, overestimating the likelihood of something
2. failure to seriously consider all relevant possibilities
What are endogenous/ internal causes? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- factors related to the
individual
physiological states that cloud our judgement and though processes
-limited memory capacity
-fatigue
-stress
-language limitations
-hazardous attitudes
what are External/exogenous causes of error? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- factos related to
the situation the individual is in
-noise, heat, light
-long work hours
-inadequate training
-poorly designed rules or procedures
-interruptions and distractions
-language barriers
what is the most common physiologic factor that can lead to error in both automatic and
controlled thinking? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- fatigue
What are some issues that impact human performance and increase risk for error -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1. factors before action takes place (predisposing mental and
physiological states)
2. factors that directly enable decision making: perception, attention, memory, reasoning
3. factos that directly enable decision execution: communication
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
How is our mental function defined as - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- automatic thinking
rapid and effortless
what is an error of execution? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- if your gas tank is on the right
but your friends is on the left
if you pull up to the pump with the tank on the right
What is controlled thinking - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- consciously solve problems and
make decisions
sometimes this can be a slow process involving a great deal of effort.
what type of thinking leads to errors of planing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- controlled
thinking
What are mental short cuts your brain uses during controlled and automatic thinking called? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- heuristics
What do heuristics lead to? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- incorrect actions and poor decision
making
What is Cognitive dispositions to respond? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- predictable ways
that humans misjudge situations
What categories are cognitive dispositions to respond in the medical field? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- 1. faulty assessment of probability
, overestimating the likelihood of something
2. failure to seriously consider all relevant possibilities
What are endogenous/ internal causes? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- factors related to the
individual
physiological states that cloud our judgement and though processes
-limited memory capacity
-fatigue
-stress
-language limitations
-hazardous attitudes
what are External/exogenous causes of error? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- factos related to
the situation the individual is in
-noise, heat, light
-long work hours
-inadequate training
-poorly designed rules or procedures
-interruptions and distractions
-language barriers
what is the most common physiologic factor that can lead to error in both automatic and
controlled thinking? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- fatigue
What are some issues that impact human performance and increase risk for error -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1. factors before action takes place (predisposing mental and
physiological states)
2. factors that directly enable decision making: perception, attention, memory, reasoning
3. factos that directly enable decision execution: communication
