Aviation Safety exam 1
DOT consists of ____________ individual operating agencies.
11
The aircraft maintenance department for ABC Airline experienced 30 injuries last year. The operation worked 475,000 hours. What is the overall incident rate for the operation?
12.63
There are chances that a safety committee might fail. Which one is NOT a common trap?
A safety policy
Which statement describes the relationship among organizational culture, ethical culture, and safety culture?
A strong organizational culture should foster the development of a strong ethical culture, of which a strong safety culture is a key element.
Safety Management System is ________________
A system composed of policies, processes, procedures, and practices adopted and implemented to enhance the overall safety of an organization
ALoS stands for
Acceptable Level of Safety
Duty is also called ________________
Deontological ethics
The mission of the _________________ is to protect the nation's transportation systems to ensure freedom of movement for people and commerce.
Department of Transportation
Which of the following is NOT a type of Hazards?
Economical
A control is a form of eliminating a risk.
False
Which of the following is NOT correct about gap analysis?
Gap analysis is a key component of the reactive nature of the SMS
Which of the following statement is NOT true about respects?
Giving respect is always a function of liking someone or agreeing with a principle
Risk assessment and mitigation do NOT include
Identification of hazards
Enforcement actions don't include
Inspections
ICAO stands for:
International Civic Aviation Organization
Which statement is NOT correct about the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
OSHA currently has five National Emphasis programs
Rights include __________________
The minimal conditions governing decency in human life
Business Ethics can be defined as ___________
The process of examining decision to ensure that the decisions are aligned with the moral standards of a given society and its culture, using the moral standards of a society in making decisions
Opportunity Costs refer to _____________
The real cost of something is what you give up in order obtain it.
TEAM approach of FAA System Safety Process refers to
Transfer, eliminate, accept, or mitigate
Accident refers to an actual unexpected and undesired event that causes injury or death to employees or others, or causes damage to aircraft, equipment, facilities, or other assets.
True
An SMS can help an organization transition from reactive response to proactive response to a predictive approach
True
FOQA is a program that incorporates digital recording devices installed on aircraft.
True
Frequency, Likelihood and Severity are used to quantify the risk.
True
Hazard is the source of a problem or danger that poses a risk of injury or damage to property of the environment.
True
In reality, a task or operation can only be considered safe if the risks involved are considered acceptable
True
Safety culture can have a positive impact on the SMS of aviation organizations
True
Tactical leadership decisions should be made in support of the larger strategic leadership decisions concerning the overall direction of the organization.
True
The Crew Member Self-Defense Training program provides basic self-defense training to airline crew members who volunteer to participate.
True
The first step to conducting a compliance gap analysis is to determine the "where we want to be".
True
The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and the environment.
True
The practice of self-audits and comprehensive safety audits are two common approaches in which auditing are conducted in aviation organizations.
True
A risk that has not been determined, perhaps overlooked or unrealized is called ___________
Unidentified risk
Which of the following is true for Utilitarianism?
Utilitarianism is the concept of doing what is perceived to be best for the greatest number of people
The law that requires airlines to provide "reasonable accommodation" is called the _________________.
Air Carrier Access Act
Indirect costs do NOT include
Aircraft operating costs
An SMS is explicit in the sense that _____________
All of the above
CRO stands for:
Compliant Resolution Officials
CBA stands for ______________
Cost/Benefit Analysis
Direct costs are ____________
Costs directly connected to the development and production of a specific product
Direct costs are ______________
Costs directly connected to the development and production of a specific product
As equal quantities of a variable factor are increased and other factors remain constant, a point is reached beyond which the addition of one more unit of the variable factor will result in a diminishing rate of return. This is the definition of ____________
Diseconomy of scale
Which government agency regulates dangerous goods that are to be transported via aircraft?
EPA
Control has four types of controls. Please arrange the four types in the order they should be chosen.
Elimination, engineering control, administrative control, and personal protective equipment
Including various personnel, such as safety committee members, supervisors, and others, encourages cross-functional participation and is a good tool for ______________________.
Employee Empowerment
Including various personnel, such as safety committee members, supervisors, and others, encourages cross-functional participation and is a good tool for
Employment Empowerment
A safety culture refers to the organizational climate that follows a hands-off, laissez-faire approach to safety.
False
A safety program is to maintain the viability and short-term success of a company.
False
External decisions are those made within the organization that are likely to create one or more impacts within the organization.
False
IS-BAO is Internal Standard for Business Aircraft Operation
False
ISO 9000 are the standards for management of environmental protection
False
Incident refers to an actual undesired "close-call" type of event that does not cause injury or damage, but could have.
False
Risk Assessment is defined as the process whereby hazards are characterized according to their likelihood and severity
False
Risk management is a process for a reason and is a program that has a beginning and an end.
False
SO 9000 are the standards for management of environmental protection
False
Safety promotion provides for assessing the effectiveness of risk management strategies and a continual improvement of the SMS in the organization
False
Tactical leadership positions are those generally found in the upper management ranks of an organization
False
The Crew Member Self-Defense Training program offer advanced defense training to selected airline crew members.
False
The FDR records flight crew conversation, radio transmissions, and other flight deck sounds.
False
The cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) monitors aircraft parameters such as altitude, airspeed, flight control settings and movements, engine rpm, pitch, heading, and other measurement.
False
Under both ICAO and FAA guidelines, SMS follows a phased implementation strategy within an organization. The FAA SMS process features four levels (1-4).
False
Safety culture can have a positive impact on the SMS of aviation organizations
False- The practice test answer was False but the quiz said the answer was true. I have an email to Joiner about it and I will update when I hear something.
Scarce Resources refer to _____________
Finite and limited resources
Probability can be observed as the ___________ and ________, the product of which is the occurrence opportunity.
Frequency and likelihood
What is NOT a possible benefit of safety culture?
It can help to improve safety by providing a mechanism for identifying and managing the risk present in the company.
Which of the following is True about OSHA General Duty Clause?
It requires employers to manage the recognized and foreseeable hazards and dangers associated with workplace operations that could harm their employees
JHA stands for
Job Hazard Analysis
By environmental definition, jet fuel removed from an aircraft that cannot be reused is considered a:
Liquid Waste
What does OSHA stands for?
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
A will carry airline is _________________
One that has chosen to carry select hazardous materials, aboard their aircraft.
According to ICAO, an SMS is characterized by three distinct features. Which of the following is NOT one of the distinct features?
Reactive
The traditional approach of most aviation organizations (including the FAA) to accidents and incidents has been largely ____________
Reactive
System Safety is a formal and flexible process that includes eight steps. Which step is the one that follows risk analysis?
Risk Assessment
______________ is the process by which an organization can mitigate risk through a change in the process, procedure, equipment, behavior, and so on.
Risk reduction
Which statement is NOT correct about SMS?
SMS stands for Security Management System
Which of the following is NOT a component of safety management?
Safety Culture
SMS stands for
Safety Management System
Which of the following is NOT one of DOT's individual operating agencies?
Safety Management System
Strategic leadership positions do NOT include:
Supervisors
VPP stands for
Voluntary Protection Program
_______________ refers to a "history" research conducted in order to establish an accident prevention strategy
Worksite analysis
Moral Standards___________________
are considered as a societal measuring stick for determining moral norms and principles and help to establish a baseline for determining whether an action or decision is right or wrong in a society
