LGAV 3120 Test 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

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

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

A control is a form of eliminating a risk.

False

Risk Assessment is defined as the process whereby hazards are characterized according to their likelihood and severity

False

Which of the following statement is NOT true about respects?

Giving respect is always a function of liking someone or agreeing with a principle

Enforcement actions don't include

Inspections

ICAO stands for:

International Civil Aviation Organization

Which of the following is NOT one of DOT's individual operating agencies?

Safety Management System

Business Ethics can be defined as ____________

The process of examining decisions to ensure that the decisions made 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; what you give up in order obtain it.

TEAM approach of FAA System Safety Process refers to

Transfer, eliminate, accept, or mitigate

Frequency, Likelihood and Severity are used to quantify the risk.

True

In reality, a task or operation can only be considered safe if the risks involved are considered acceptable.

True

Tactical leadership decisions should be made in support of the larger strategic leadership decisions concerning the overall direction of the organization.

True

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

Indirect costs do NOT include

Aircraft operating costs

An SMS is explicit in the sense that ______________

All of the above

The ___________ is a key component of IEP.

Auditing Practice

CBA stands for ______________

Cost/Benefit Analysis

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

External decisions are those made within the organization that are likely to create one or more impacts within the organization.

False

ISO 9000 are the standards for management of environmental protection

False

Risk management is a process for a reason and is a program that has a beginning and an end.

False

Safety culture can have a positive impact on the SMS of aviation organizations

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

Scarce Resources refer to _____________

Finite and limited resources

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

By environmental definition, jet fuel removed from an aircraft that cannot be reused is considered

Liquid waste

Which statement is NOT correct about the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

OSHA currently has five National Emphasis programs

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

SMS stands for _______________

Safety Management System

There are chances that a safety committee might fail. Which one is NOT a common trap?

Safety Policy

Which of the following is NOT a component of safety management?

Safety culture

The mission of the _________________ is to protect the nation's transportation systems to ensure freedom of movement for people and commerce.

TSA

Rights include __________________

The minimal conditions governing decency in human life.

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

Probability can be observed as the ___________ and ________, the product of which is the occurrence opportunity.

frequency and likelihood

Risk assessment and mitigation do NOT include

identification of hazards