AVIT 309 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. A normal adult ventilates approximately how much volume per minute while
awake but resting?- Answers - 8 litters per minute
2. What is the primary control for respiration in humans?- Answers - Carbon dioxide
3. What moves oxygen across the alveolar barrier?- Answers - Pressure Gradient
4. In a decompression event, what happens to the gasses in our tissues?-
Answers - Exports
5. Every cell in our bodies constantly requires- Answers - Oxygen, Sugar, Water
6. What are the first function(s) typically reduced by a lack of oxygen?- Answers -
Visual elements and cognition
7. Even slight decreases in oxygen can affect a pilot's ability to perform emer-
gency tasks.- Answers - True
8. Common medications such as antihistamines, sedatives, and pain relievers
can cause histotoxic hypoxia.- Answers - True
9. Most commercial aviation hypoxia incidents happen between what altitudes?-
- Answers - SL and 10,000 FT
10. Hypemic hypoxia in aviation is primarily caused by- Answers - - Answers -
Carbon monoxide
11. The subjective symptoms of hypoxia could NOT be mistaken for any other
physical problem.- Answers - False
12. The most dangerous characteristic of the onset of hypoxia is- Answers - - Answers -
Insidious (slow) onset
13. How does experiencing rapid decompression affect the onset of hypoxia?-
Answers - -
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, Ettective performance time is reduced by 30%-50%
14. What is the first step in the treatment of hypoxia in commercial aircraft?-
Answers - Put on your oxygen mask and select 100% oxygen with safety pressure
15. The reduction of which bodily gas from a pilot breathing too fast results in
the pilot feeling symptoms of hyperventilation?- Answers - Carbon dioxide
16. The subjective symptoms of hypoxia could NOT be mistaken for any other
physical problem. T/F- Answers - False
17. The most common type(s) of trapped gas problems encountered in flight
are- Answers - - Answers - Ear and sinus pain
18. The most effective method of clearing stomach gas pain in flight is- Answers -
- Answers - Pass flatus
19. Vasoconstrictors are an effective method of clearing difficult ear and sinus
blocks. Vasoconstrictor should be sprayed directly into the- Answers - - Answers
- Nasal cavity
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1. A normal adult ventilates approximately how much volume per minute while
awake but resting?- Answers - 8 litters per minute
2. What is the primary control for respiration in humans?- Answers - Carbon dioxide
3. What moves oxygen across the alveolar barrier?- Answers - Pressure Gradient
4. In a decompression event, what happens to the gasses in our tissues?-
Answers - Exports
5. Every cell in our bodies constantly requires- Answers - Oxygen, Sugar, Water
6. What are the first function(s) typically reduced by a lack of oxygen?- Answers -
Visual elements and cognition
7. Even slight decreases in oxygen can affect a pilot's ability to perform emer-
gency tasks.- Answers - True
8. Common medications such as antihistamines, sedatives, and pain relievers
can cause histotoxic hypoxia.- Answers - True
9. Most commercial aviation hypoxia incidents happen between what altitudes?-
- Answers - SL and 10,000 FT
10. Hypemic hypoxia in aviation is primarily caused by- Answers - - Answers -
Carbon monoxide
11. The subjective symptoms of hypoxia could NOT be mistaken for any other
physical problem.- Answers - False
12. The most dangerous characteristic of the onset of hypoxia is- Answers - - Answers -
Insidious (slow) onset
13. How does experiencing rapid decompression affect the onset of hypoxia?-
Answers - -
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10
, Ettective performance time is reduced by 30%-50%
14. What is the first step in the treatment of hypoxia in commercial aircraft?-
Answers - Put on your oxygen mask and select 100% oxygen with safety pressure
15. The reduction of which bodily gas from a pilot breathing too fast results in
the pilot feeling symptoms of hyperventilation?- Answers - Carbon dioxide
16. The subjective symptoms of hypoxia could NOT be mistaken for any other
physical problem. T/F- Answers - False
17. The most common type(s) of trapped gas problems encountered in flight
are- Answers - - Answers - Ear and sinus pain
18. The most effective method of clearing stomach gas pain in flight is- Answers -
- Answers - Pass flatus
19. Vasoconstrictors are an effective method of clearing difficult ear and sinus
blocks. Vasoconstrictor should be sprayed directly into the- Answers - - Answers
- Nasal cavity
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