PPL PPL Pilot Health and Human Factors

Question 1

What does the acronym IMSAFE help a pilot evaluate before flight?

Accepted Answer

Personal fitness via Illness, Medication, Stress, Alcohol, Fatigue, and Emotion/Eating

Answer

Aircraft airworthiness before dispatch

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Weather conditions along the route

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Fuel and equipment requirements

Question 2

How many hours before acting as pilot in command must a pilot refrain from consuming alcohol per FAR 91.17?

Accepted Answer

8 hours

Answer

4 hours

Answer

12 hours

Answer

24 hours

Question 3

What is spatial disorientation in aviation?

Accepted Answer

A false sense of aircraft attitude caused by conflicting sensory inputs, most dangerous in IMC

Answer

Getting lost during cross-country navigation

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Vertigo caused by rapid altitude changes in turbulence

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Confusion due to hypoxia symptoms

Question 4

What makes hypoxia particularly dangerous to pilots?

Accepted Answer

It impairs judgment and performance while the pilot may feel fine and be unaware of their own impairment

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It causes immediate loss of consciousness

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It only affects pilots who are physically unfit

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It causes severe headache as an immediate warning

Question 5

What are the effects of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning on a pilot?

Accepted Answer

Headache, dizziness, and impaired judgment that can be mistaken for fatigue

Answer

Increased alertness and reaction time

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Immediate hypoxia symptoms with visible blue lips

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No effect in a cockpit with functioning ventilation

Question 6

What is 'get-there-itis' in aviation?

Accepted Answer

A hazardous attitude where goal-fixation causes a pilot to continue despite unsafe conditions

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A condition causing pilots to rush the preflight inspection

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A type of disorientation experienced during final approach

Answer

The urge to return to the home airport as quickly as possible