AVIT 309 Block 1 Exam Questions with Verified Solutions Graded A+
According to FAA experts, what percentage of aviation accidents are caused by human
influence? - Answers 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? - Answers 90
What civilian aviation safety organization was the first, and when were they established? -
Answers 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"? - Answers 46%
How much temperature decrease per 1000 feet as we ascend into the atmosphere? - Answers
3.5 degrees
Where does temperature stabilize in the atmosphere? - Answers The top of the Troposphere
Where is atmospheric pressure the densest? - Answers Below 10000 ft
How long does a human take to fully physiologically acclimatize to a given altitude? - Answers
18.4 days per mile of altitude
To what altitude can humans fully physiologically acclimatize? - Answers 10000 ft
What is percentage of oxygen and nitrogen in the atmosphere? - Answers O2 21%/ N2 78%
What altitudes apply to the Zone of Physiology Efficiency? - Answers Sea level- 10000 ft
What altitudes apply to Physiological Deficient Zone? - Answers 10000-50000 ft
Where does the Space Equivalent Zone begin? - Answers 50000 ft
What is the partial pressure of atmospheric oxygen at Sea Level? - Answers 159 mmHg
What physiological issue does Boyle's Law apply to? - Answers Trapped Gas
What physiological issue does Henry's Law apply to? - Answers Evolved Gas
What physiological issue does Charles' Law apply to? - Answers Pressure gauge flunctuation
What physiological issue does Graham's Law apply to? - Answers Respiration
What physiological issue does Dalton's Law apply to? - Answers Hypoxia
What is the basic definition of respiration? - Answers 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? -
Answers Brain cells/neurons
The primary control for respiration in humans is regulated by what gas? - Answers Carbon
Dioxide
The secondary control for respiration in humans is regulated by what gas? - Answers Oxygen
True or false: Human respiration can be voluntarily controlled? - Answers True
What are the tiny air sacs in the lungs where oxygen diffuses into the blood stream called? -
Answers Alveoli
What are the four phases of respiration? - Answers Ventilation
Respiration
Transportation
Utilization
What cell is responsible to transport oxygen in the cardiovascular system? - Answers Red Blood
Cell
What do oxygen molecules bind to in the transport process? - Answers Hemoglobin
What four elements need to be maintained in humans for homeostasis with your environment? -
Answers Oxygen, Nutrition, Rest, Hydration
What is the first human function lost to hypoxia? - Answers Cognition
What are the four types of hypoxia? - Answers Hypoxic, Hypemic, Histotoxic, Stagnant
Which type of hypoxia relates to altitude? - Answers Hypoxic
Which type of hypoxia is caused by carbon monoxide poisonings? - Answers Hypemic
True or false: hypoxia may affect higher cognitive function at altitudes as low as 5000 ft -
Answers True
Below what oxygen saturation level does collapse normally occur at? - Answers Below 60%
Alcohol is an example of which type of hypoxia? - Answers Histotoxic
True or false: the effects of medications may exacerbate the effects of hypoxia at altitude -
Answers True
What three steps should be taken during a lithium ion battery thermal runaway event? - Answers
Isolate, Extinguish, Cool
According to FAA experts, what percentage of aviation accidents are caused by human
influence? - Answers 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? - Answers 90
What civilian aviation safety organization was the first, and when were they established? -
Answers 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"? - Answers 46%
How much temperature decrease per 1000 feet as we ascend into the atmosphere? - Answers
3.5 degrees
Where does temperature stabilize in the atmosphere? - Answers The top of the Troposphere
Where is atmospheric pressure the densest? - Answers Below 10000 ft
How long does a human take to fully physiologically acclimatize to a given altitude? - Answers
18.4 days per mile of altitude
To what altitude can humans fully physiologically acclimatize? - Answers 10000 ft
What is percentage of oxygen and nitrogen in the atmosphere? - Answers O2 21%/ N2 78%
What altitudes apply to the Zone of Physiology Efficiency? - Answers Sea level- 10000 ft
What altitudes apply to Physiological Deficient Zone? - Answers 10000-50000 ft
Where does the Space Equivalent Zone begin? - Answers 50000 ft
What is the partial pressure of atmospheric oxygen at Sea Level? - Answers 159 mmHg
What physiological issue does Boyle's Law apply to? - Answers Trapped Gas
What physiological issue does Henry's Law apply to? - Answers Evolved Gas
What physiological issue does Charles' Law apply to? - Answers Pressure gauge flunctuation
What physiological issue does Graham's Law apply to? - Answers Respiration
What physiological issue does Dalton's Law apply to? - Answers Hypoxia
What is the basic definition of respiration? - Answers 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? -
Answers Brain cells/neurons
The primary control for respiration in humans is regulated by what gas? - Answers Carbon
Dioxide
The secondary control for respiration in humans is regulated by what gas? - Answers Oxygen
True or false: Human respiration can be voluntarily controlled? - Answers True
What are the tiny air sacs in the lungs where oxygen diffuses into the blood stream called? -
Answers Alveoli
What are the four phases of respiration? - Answers Ventilation
Respiration
Transportation
Utilization
What cell is responsible to transport oxygen in the cardiovascular system? - Answers Red Blood
Cell
What do oxygen molecules bind to in the transport process? - Answers Hemoglobin
What four elements need to be maintained in humans for homeostasis with your environment? -
Answers Oxygen, Nutrition, Rest, Hydration
What is the first human function lost to hypoxia? - Answers Cognition
What are the four types of hypoxia? - Answers Hypoxic, Hypemic, Histotoxic, Stagnant
Which type of hypoxia relates to altitude? - Answers Hypoxic
Which type of hypoxia is caused by carbon monoxide poisonings? - Answers Hypemic
True or false: hypoxia may affect higher cognitive function at altitudes as low as 5000 ft -
Answers True
Below what oxygen saturation level does collapse normally occur at? - Answers Below 60%
Alcohol is an example of which type of hypoxia? - Answers Histotoxic
True or false: the effects of medications may exacerbate the effects of hypoxia at altitude -
Answers True
What three steps should be taken during a lithium ion battery thermal runaway event? - Answers
Isolate, Extinguish, Cool
