AVIA 300 Quiz 1,2,3,4

AVIA 300 Quiz 1 Safety and Concepts that Surround it

Covers the Learn material from your textbook in Module 1: Week 1.

  1. What crash occurred on June 1, 2009?
  2. Air turbulence is divided into three levels (in order):
  3. The electronic signals from AF447 suggested that there was a discrepancy between the aircraft’s measured airspeeds which tell the crew how fast the aircraft is traveling through the air.
  4. What are the Four Eras of Commercial Aviation Safety in order from the 1950’s to the future?
  5. In the latter half of the 20th century what did CRM stand for to promote best practices for NASA test pilots and space mission crew?
  6. Air travel was seen in the early days as a _____ but glamorous activity for the rich and adventurous.
  7. Cockpit Resource Management (CRM) was developed during which of the Four Eras of Commercial Aviation Safety?
  8. Which of the Four Eras of Commercial Aviation Safety looked at accident prevention as the cumulative effect of interaction of components throughout their life cycles?
  9. Which of the Four Eras of Commercial Aviation Safety looked at safety researchers starting to focus attention on the role of organizations themselves in accident prevention?
  10. Commercial aviation holds significant political currency in national and international elds.
  11. The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in an unprecedented decline in the world’s commercial aviation activities, which despite extensive vaccination programs declined by over __% for 2021.
  12. The skill sets involved in ying, maintaining, and controlling aircraft are highly tuned and require _______ assessment and practice.
  13. The psychological impact of COVID-19 across all aviation occupations has NOT been massive.
  14. Accidents in commercial aviation are ______.
  15. “If one took no chances, one would not y at all. Safety lies in the judgment of the chances one takes.” Who said this?
  16. Anything that has the potential of causing “loss or injury” is referred to as a hazard, but the terms risk and hazard are so often used interchangeably it can cause confusion.
  17. Risk is frequently described as a combination of severity and probability or, sometimes, impact and likelihood.
  18. This approach is the more idealist absence of accidents view; the approach does not tolerate any compromise to safety—it is absolute in promoting the intrinsic value of human life.
  19. Who defines safety as the state in which harm to persons or of property damage is reduced to, and maintained at or below, an acceptable level through a continuing process of hazard identification and risk management.
  20. When accident reports were released, people would read, reflect, and relate to their own experience. Many unfortunate individuals paid the ultimate price which enabled the rest of the aviation community to learn and attempt to prevent reoccurrence. What type of safety is this?
  21. This type of safety means enacting what we do know and have learned and engaging safety stakeholders, promoting safety, and spreading the word. What type of safety is this considered?
  22. This type of safety means is not just an idealist’s wish list but an essential unpinning of future aircraft development. What type of safety is this considered?
  23. This program is designed to detect early indicators of potential safety problems and recommend improvement measures where appropriate.
  24. In trying to dene what is an acceptable level of safety for commercial aviation we almost immediately hit a barrage of social, economic, ethical, regulatory, and legal challenges.
  25. An acceptable level of safety (sometimes referred to as ALOS) represents that safety is a static process.

AVIA 300: Quiz: Why do Accidents Happen and Investigations

  1. Most countries have an agency which is nominated as being responsible for investigating civil aviation accidents. In the United States that responsibility falls on the
  2. The findings tell the ________ story of the relevant parts of the accident, including those elements that were found to not be part of the sequence leading to the accident
  3. The “Black Boxes” are considered what two items? (select all that apply)
  4. Episodic framing would not include or discuss broader issues of flight safety across the industry or risk technology changes which might give the story more context.
  5. Accident investigators must seek out the _____ of the accident.
  6. Effective aviation safety management must NOT constantly reevaluate system performance to maintain and improve safety standards.
  7. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has how many regional offices?
  8. The sole purpose of the post-accident safety investigation is to prevent future accidents and incidents.
  9. What is considered the backbone of the aviation safety system?
  10. The basic idea of Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is that we can differentiate between
  11. What industry promoted the term “accident”?
  12. Accident investigators are forced to tread a fine line when reporting—they have an obligation to protect the evidence given to them and the people who supplied it, but they must also provide enough detail and context to assure the reader that an inference, conclusion, or recommendation is justified.
  13. An investigation that succumbs to bias, misses key evidence, or fails to deliver meaningful recommendations can have an overall detrimental effect on the aviation safety system
  14. Herbert William Heinrich suggested that accidents occur following a succession of related events sometimes referred to as a
  15. The word accident is commonly used to describe something unintended or unexpected and generally harmful or unwelcome.
  16. The investigative team will prioritize the collection of what first?
  17. Safety Investigation Agencies (SAI) mitigate the hazards on the accident site through the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and dynamic risk assessments.
  18. Once the _____________ has arrived on site, established control, and can work safely, the process of evidence gathering can begin.
  19. When researching data from multiple accident scenarios, it is perhaps unsurprising that some safety analysts will begin to NOT recognize patterns and trends in these complex events.
  20. When did the term “accident” start being actively promoted?
  21. What are some of the items described in the definition section of Annex 13 of the Chicago Convention for defining cause?
  22. Over the last century, the way in which we perceive the cause and nature of accidents has largely been determined by the predominant social and scientific theories of our time.
  23. The Human Factors Analysis Classification Systems (HFACS) consists of what four taxonomies based on James Reason’s Swiss Cheese model (SCM)?
  24. The Swiss Cheese Model (SCM) promotes multiple layers of defense, or barriers, within an organization intended to protect it from failure.
  25. What are two general approaches taken by the media in describing accidents? (select all that apply)

AVIA 300 Quiz 3 Safety Systems and Introduction to Risk Management

Covers the Learn material from your textbook in Module 3: Week 3.

  1. What is a Maintenance Planning Document?
  2. Aviation is a high-reliability industry that has depended on continual improvement to develop and maintain its enviable safety record by:
  3. The glass cockpit technology gives an opportunity to present information in a different way and allow flight crew to configure displays to best suit the phase of flight and tasks at hand.
  4. The Design Organization must also prepare a _______ for a particular aircraft type, which identifies those items which (individually) are permitted to be unserviceable at the start of a flight.
  5. What are legally enforceable rules issued by the regulator to correct an unsafe condition?
  6. Over the years, the jet engine has evolved to improve performance in a range of areas including fuel consumption, noise, reliability, durability, stability, and thrust.
  7. What is the end part of a turbo fan engine called?
  8. It is the regulator that issues Type Certificates and each individual Certificate of Airworthiness (C of A).
  9. What system automates the landing phase of flight with the pilots in a monitoring role?
  10. Airspeed is?
  11. The Boeing 707, Boeing 727, DC-8, early Boeing 747, DC-10, and L-1011 ight decks used a crews consisting of:
  12. “The Manchester Fire” accident board concluded that “The primary reason for the majority of the fatalities was rapid incapacitation due to inhalation of the toxic smoke atmosphere.
  13. International Civil Aviation Organization, known as ICAO is a branch of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)?
  14. The process of designing a new aircraft is a hugely complex, time-consuming, and expensive undertaking. Aircraft OEM’s effectively “bet the company” whenever they choose to design a new aircraft. For example, the A380 development program took Airbus nearly ___ years and is estimated to have cost up to $20 billion.
  15. This system involves diverting the thrust (usually acting rearwards) from the engine to act forwards and decelerate the aircraft; the core of the engine still operates in the same way.
  16. The first aircraft to achieve successful and protable flights around this time (1914 and 1919) was the
  17. Groundspeed is
  18. An aircraft can be controlled in:
  19. In general, the cost of gaining additional drag is additional lift.
  20. This system enables automatic brake application on landing or during a rejected takeoff.
  21. The first commercial passenger service started in ____ and the first transatlantic flight in ____.
  22. An operator is responsible for preparing a Minimum Equipment List (MEL) which is as LESS restrictive, or more restrictive than the Master Minimum Equipment List (MMEL).
  23. The relative airow from the wind generates additional lift.
  24. Type Certification is the process by which the regulator approves the design and manufacturing standards of a new aircraft type and is a collaborative process between the regulator and the Design Organization.
  25. program is how the FAA grants designee authority to organizations or companies as described in 14 CFR Part 183, Subpart D

AVIA 300 Quiz 4 Airport & Air Traffic Control Safety

Covers the Learn material from your textbook in Module 4: Week 4.

  1. What convinced ICAO to introduce the Global Aeronautical Distress & Safety System (GADSS)?
  2. What level of airspace is considered the highest level of control?
  3. Global airspace is divided into _____ ICAO air navigation regions,
  4. A type of airport certificated to serve unscheduled passenger operations of large air carrier aircraft. This class of airport cannot serve scheduled large or small air carrier aircraft.
  5. Site selection for a new airport requires a careful balance between a range of aeronautical, air- transport/commercial, practical, and environmental requirements.
  6. involves navigating from one point, waypoint, or x, to another, with these points often defined by latitude and longitude.
  7. and _______ airfoil, control, and sensor surfaces can have serious repercussions on the safe operation of the aircraft, including loss of lift, difficulty controlling the aircraft, and erroneous aircraft data. (Select all that apply)
  8. What are some of the considerations for planning an airport?
  9. Performance Based Navigation (PBN) is the FAA’s ongoing program to modernize the US NAS.
  10. Certicated airports must maintain what type of manual?
  11. What are some of the items found in an Airport Certification Manual (ACM)? (Select all that apply)
  12. ________ describes objects which can represent a hazard to an aircraft.
  13. Controller Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC) is a means of communication between controller and pilot, using the data link technology.
  14. What is an action of a pilot that violates any Federal Aviation Regulation?
  15. The ramp or apron of the airport is the area designated for aircraft rescue services and fireghting equipment?
  16. Means an airport owned by the US Department of Defense, at which both military and civilian aircraft make shared use of the aireld.
  17. The traveling public never sees the role that air traffic control plays from the start to the end of a flight and just how important it is.
  18. When Pedestrians or vehicles enter any portion of the airport movement areas without authorization from air traffic control, this is referred to as?
  19. The reality of aviation economics is that aircraft are only making money when they are ______.
  20. is a short-range (up to c. 200 NM) navigation device that transmits signals allowing the aircraft receiver to calculate a bearing (“radial”) to the beacon.
  21. In the United States, the FAA is responsible for the National Airspace System (NAS) which is a network of both controlled and uncontrolled airspace, both domestic and oceanic.
  22. consists of a localizer (providing horizontal guidance), a glideslope (providing vertical guidance), a marker beacon, and an approach light system
  23. This is an extension of RNAV in which the aircraft flies a specific path between two 3D points in space?
  24. ___________ is a radio beacon with no direction information encoded.
  25. A type of airport certificated to serve scheduled operations of small air carrier aircraft and the unscheduled passenger operations of large air carrier aircraft. This class of airport cannot serve scheduled large air carrier aircraft.
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