PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTORS AFFECTINGPERFORMANCE
A LEVEL MERGED QUESTION PAPER + MARK SCHEME
When planning a night cross country flight, a pilot should check for - ANSWER -availability and status
of en route and destination airport light systems
For night flying operations, the best night vision is achieved when the - ANSWER -rods in the eyes
have become adjusted to the darkness in approximately 30 minutes
To scan properly for traffic, a pilot should - ANSWER -use a series of short, regularly spaced eye
movements that bring successive areas of the sky into the central visual field
Which is common symptom of hyperventilation? - ANSWER -Drowsiness
To rid itself of all the alcohol contained in one beer, the human body requires about - ANSWER -3
hours
Hypoxia is the result of which of these conditions? - ANSWER -insufficient oxygen reaching the brain
Which would most likely result in hyperventilation? - ANSWER -Insufficient carbon dioxide
You are most likely to experience somatogravic illusion during - ANSWER -rapid acceleration during
takeoff
Risk management by the pilot - ANSWER -is improved with practice and consistent use of risk
management tools
The ADM process identifies the steps involved in good decision making. One of these steps includes a
pilot - ANSWER -identifying personal attitudes hazardous to safe flight
The basic drive for a pilot to demonstrate the "right stuff" can have an adverse effect on safely, by -
ANSWER -generating tendencies that lead to practices that are dangerous, often illegal, and may lead
to a mishap
A LEVEL MERGED QUESTION PAPER + MARK SCHEME
When planning a night cross country flight, a pilot should check for - ANSWER -availability and status
of en route and destination airport light systems
For night flying operations, the best night vision is achieved when the - ANSWER -rods in the eyes
have become adjusted to the darkness in approximately 30 minutes
To scan properly for traffic, a pilot should - ANSWER -use a series of short, regularly spaced eye
movements that bring successive areas of the sky into the central visual field
Which is common symptom of hyperventilation? - ANSWER -Drowsiness
To rid itself of all the alcohol contained in one beer, the human body requires about - ANSWER -3
hours
Hypoxia is the result of which of these conditions? - ANSWER -insufficient oxygen reaching the brain
Which would most likely result in hyperventilation? - ANSWER -Insufficient carbon dioxide
You are most likely to experience somatogravic illusion during - ANSWER -rapid acceleration during
takeoff
Risk management by the pilot - ANSWER -is improved with practice and consistent use of risk
management tools
The ADM process identifies the steps involved in good decision making. One of these steps includes a
pilot - ANSWER -identifying personal attitudes hazardous to safe flight
The basic drive for a pilot to demonstrate the "right stuff" can have an adverse effect on safely, by -
ANSWER -generating tendencies that lead to practices that are dangerous, often illegal, and may lead
to a mishap
