AVIT 309 BLOCK 1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
According to FAA experts, what percentage of aviation accidents are caused by human
influence? - Answer -60-80%
When the US military first invested time and resources into aviation training, what
number of pilots died from pilot error in the first 100 fatalities? - Answer -90
What civilian aviation safety organization was the first, and when were they
established? - Answer -Royal Aeronautical Society in 1866
According to NASA's studies on loss of control inflight (LOC-I) accidents, what
percentage occurred from the from the aircrew's "inappropriate response or interaction
with aircraft equipment"? - Answer -46%
How much temperature decrease per 1000 feet as we ascend into the atmosphere? -
Answer -3.5 degrees
Where does temperature stabilize in the atmosphere? - Answer -The top of the
Troposphere
Where is atmospheric pressure the densest? - Answer -Below 10000 ft
How long does a human take to fully physiologically acclimatize to a given altitude? -
Answer -18.4 days per mile of altitude
To what altitude can humans fully physiologically acclimatize? - Answer -10000 ft
What is percentage of oxygen and nitrogen in the atmosphere? - Answer -O2 21%/ N2
78%
What altitudes apply to the Zone of Physiology Efficiency? - Answer -Sea level- 10000
ft
What altitudes apply to Physiological Deficient Zone? - Answer -10000-50000 ft
Where does the Space Equivalent Zone begin? - Answer -50000 ft
What is the partial pressure of atmospheric oxygen at Sea Level? - Answer -159 mmHg
What physiological issue does Boyle's Law apply to? - Answer -Trapped Gas
What physiological issue does Henry's Law apply to? - Answer -Evolved Gas
, What physiological issue does Charles' Law apply to? - Answer -Pressure gauge
flunctuation
What physiological issue does Graham's Law apply to? - Answer -Respiration
What physiological issue does Dalton's Law apply to? - Answer -Hypoxia
What is the basic definition of respiration? - Answer -An exchange of gases between a
living organism and its environment
Proper oxygenation of what cell(s) in the respiration process are most important for
aviatiors? - Answer -Brain cells/neurons
The primary control for respiration in humans is regulated by what gas? - Answer -
Carbon Dioxide
The secondary control for respiration in humans is regulated by what gas? - Answer -
Oxygen
True or false: Human respiration can be voluntarily controlled? - Answer -True
What are the tiny air sacs in the lungs where oxygen diffuses into the blood stream
called? - Answer -Alveoli
What are the four phases of respiration? - Answer -Ventilation
Respiration
Transportation
Utilization
What cell is responsible to transport oxygen in the cardiovascular system? - Answer -
Red Blood Cell
What do oxygen molecules bind to in the transport process? - Answer -Hemoglobin
What four elements need to be maintained in humans for homeostasis with your
environment? - Answer -Oxygen, Nutrition, Rest, Hydration
What is the first human function lost to hypoxia? - Answer -Cognition
What are the four types of hypoxia? - Answer -Hypoxic, Hypemic, Histotoxic, Stagnant
Which type of hypoxia relates to altitude? - Answer -Hypoxic
Which type of hypoxia is caused by carbon monoxide poisonings? - Answer -Hypemic
According to FAA experts, what percentage of aviation accidents are caused by human
influence? - Answer -60-80%
When the US military first invested time and resources into aviation training, what
number of pilots died from pilot error in the first 100 fatalities? - Answer -90
What civilian aviation safety organization was the first, and when were they
established? - Answer -Royal Aeronautical Society in 1866
According to NASA's studies on loss of control inflight (LOC-I) accidents, what
percentage occurred from the from the aircrew's "inappropriate response or interaction
with aircraft equipment"? - Answer -46%
How much temperature decrease per 1000 feet as we ascend into the atmosphere? -
Answer -3.5 degrees
Where does temperature stabilize in the atmosphere? - Answer -The top of the
Troposphere
Where is atmospheric pressure the densest? - Answer -Below 10000 ft
How long does a human take to fully physiologically acclimatize to a given altitude? -
Answer -18.4 days per mile of altitude
To what altitude can humans fully physiologically acclimatize? - Answer -10000 ft
What is percentage of oxygen and nitrogen in the atmosphere? - Answer -O2 21%/ N2
78%
What altitudes apply to the Zone of Physiology Efficiency? - Answer -Sea level- 10000
ft
What altitudes apply to Physiological Deficient Zone? - Answer -10000-50000 ft
Where does the Space Equivalent Zone begin? - Answer -50000 ft
What is the partial pressure of atmospheric oxygen at Sea Level? - Answer -159 mmHg
What physiological issue does Boyle's Law apply to? - Answer -Trapped Gas
What physiological issue does Henry's Law apply to? - Answer -Evolved Gas
, What physiological issue does Charles' Law apply to? - Answer -Pressure gauge
flunctuation
What physiological issue does Graham's Law apply to? - Answer -Respiration
What physiological issue does Dalton's Law apply to? - Answer -Hypoxia
What is the basic definition of respiration? - Answer -An exchange of gases between a
living organism and its environment
Proper oxygenation of what cell(s) in the respiration process are most important for
aviatiors? - Answer -Brain cells/neurons
The primary control for respiration in humans is regulated by what gas? - Answer -
Carbon Dioxide
The secondary control for respiration in humans is regulated by what gas? - Answer -
Oxygen
True or false: Human respiration can be voluntarily controlled? - Answer -True
What are the tiny air sacs in the lungs where oxygen diffuses into the blood stream
called? - Answer -Alveoli
What are the four phases of respiration? - Answer -Ventilation
Respiration
Transportation
Utilization
What cell is responsible to transport oxygen in the cardiovascular system? - Answer -
Red Blood Cell
What do oxygen molecules bind to in the transport process? - Answer -Hemoglobin
What four elements need to be maintained in humans for homeostasis with your
environment? - Answer -Oxygen, Nutrition, Rest, Hydration
What is the first human function lost to hypoxia? - Answer -Cognition
What are the four types of hypoxia? - Answer -Hypoxic, Hypemic, Histotoxic, Stagnant
Which type of hypoxia relates to altitude? - Answer -Hypoxic
Which type of hypoxia is caused by carbon monoxide poisonings? - Answer -Hypemic
