AVT 425 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
ICAO - Answers :International Civil Aviation Organization
CFR - Answers :Code of Federal Regulations
FAR - Answers :Federal Aviation Regulation
FAA - Answers :Federal Aviation Administration
ATO - Answers :Air Traffic Organization
NAS - Answers :National Airspace System
AVS - Answers :aviation safety
NTSB - Answers :National Transportation Safety Board
What are the three eras of aviation safety and what time period are they associated
with? - Answers :1. Technical- early 1900s to late 1960s
2. Human Factors- early 1970s to mid 1990s
3. Organizational Era- mid 1990s to present
What is the United Nations specialized agency that deals with international aviation? -
Answers :ICAO
About, how many countries are currently in the ICAO? - Answers :over 190
ICAO is led by what three governing bodies? - Answers :1. The Assembly
2. The Council
3. The Secretariat
A Safety Management System provides an effective interface for knowledge sharing
between all stakeholders? - Answers :true
Having a Safety Management System for a company is a good idea but totally up to the
choice of an airline if they want one or not? - Answers :false
Threat mitigation is the key to aviation safety? - Answers :true
There is a FAA, Flight Standards District Office (FSDO) in Indianapolis? - Answers :true
, The FAA is a very large organization and is bigger than the Department of
Transportation (DOT)? - Answers :false
FAA Rulemaking is extremely time consuming and can take up to 7 years? - Answers
:true
. What is the key component a true SMS must have? - Answers :safety culture
SMS provides a safety management capability before what occurs? - Answers :an
accident
SMS is all about which process throughout the organization? - Answers :decision
making
safety begins - Answers :From the top down and bottom up
The term "organizational accident" was developed to describe accidents that: - Answers
:Have causal factors related to organizational decisions and attitudes.
Safety is a state in which the possibility of harm to persons, or of property damage is
reduced to, and maintained at or below, an acceptable level of risk, where __________
is key? - Answers :mitigation
Which UN specialized agency, established at the Chicago Convention in 1944, had the
goal of standardizing, administering and governing international aviation? - Answers
:ICAO
Which federal administration is the largest, with the mission to provide the safest, most
efficient aerospace system in the world? - Answers :FAA
What three (3) things are used to classify an "Accident" - Answers :1. a person is fatally
or seriously injured as a result of• being in the aircraft, or• direct contact with any part of
the aircraft, including parts which have become detached from the aircraft, or• direct
exposure to jet blast, or2. the aircraft sustains damage or structural failure which:•
adversely affects the structural strength, performance or flight characteristics of the
aircraft, and• would normally require major repair or replacement of the affected
component, or3. the aircraft is missing or is completely inaccessible
What is the ultimate objective of accident investigation? - Answers :prevention
An Organizational Accident is the result of everything an organization does or fails to
do; it is the aggregate responsibility resulting from an incident or accident. - Answers
:true
List all seven (7) of the things listed as "Latent Organizational Failures" - Answers :1.
Lack of top- level management safety commitment or focus
ICAO - Answers :International Civil Aviation Organization
CFR - Answers :Code of Federal Regulations
FAR - Answers :Federal Aviation Regulation
FAA - Answers :Federal Aviation Administration
ATO - Answers :Air Traffic Organization
NAS - Answers :National Airspace System
AVS - Answers :aviation safety
NTSB - Answers :National Transportation Safety Board
What are the three eras of aviation safety and what time period are they associated
with? - Answers :1. Technical- early 1900s to late 1960s
2. Human Factors- early 1970s to mid 1990s
3. Organizational Era- mid 1990s to present
What is the United Nations specialized agency that deals with international aviation? -
Answers :ICAO
About, how many countries are currently in the ICAO? - Answers :over 190
ICAO is led by what three governing bodies? - Answers :1. The Assembly
2. The Council
3. The Secretariat
A Safety Management System provides an effective interface for knowledge sharing
between all stakeholders? - Answers :true
Having a Safety Management System for a company is a good idea but totally up to the
choice of an airline if they want one or not? - Answers :false
Threat mitigation is the key to aviation safety? - Answers :true
There is a FAA, Flight Standards District Office (FSDO) in Indianapolis? - Answers :true
, The FAA is a very large organization and is bigger than the Department of
Transportation (DOT)? - Answers :false
FAA Rulemaking is extremely time consuming and can take up to 7 years? - Answers
:true
. What is the key component a true SMS must have? - Answers :safety culture
SMS provides a safety management capability before what occurs? - Answers :an
accident
SMS is all about which process throughout the organization? - Answers :decision
making
safety begins - Answers :From the top down and bottom up
The term "organizational accident" was developed to describe accidents that: - Answers
:Have causal factors related to organizational decisions and attitudes.
Safety is a state in which the possibility of harm to persons, or of property damage is
reduced to, and maintained at or below, an acceptable level of risk, where __________
is key? - Answers :mitigation
Which UN specialized agency, established at the Chicago Convention in 1944, had the
goal of standardizing, administering and governing international aviation? - Answers
:ICAO
Which federal administration is the largest, with the mission to provide the safest, most
efficient aerospace system in the world? - Answers :FAA
What three (3) things are used to classify an "Accident" - Answers :1. a person is fatally
or seriously injured as a result of• being in the aircraft, or• direct contact with any part of
the aircraft, including parts which have become detached from the aircraft, or• direct
exposure to jet blast, or2. the aircraft sustains damage or structural failure which:•
adversely affects the structural strength, performance or flight characteristics of the
aircraft, and• would normally require major repair or replacement of the affected
component, or3. the aircraft is missing or is completely inaccessible
What is the ultimate objective of accident investigation? - Answers :prevention
An Organizational Accident is the result of everything an organization does or fails to
do; it is the aggregate responsibility resulting from an incident or accident. - Answers
:true
List all seven (7) of the things listed as "Latent Organizational Failures" - Answers :1.
Lack of top- level management safety commitment or focus
