SF 345 Test 2

adviser

- A person appointed by a State, on the basis of his or her qualifications, for the purpose of assisting its accredited representative in an investigation.

In Heinrich's Accident Pyramid, the generally accepted "reference ratios"say that for every 600 accidents, incidents, or near misses, there are ____ minor injuries.

10

If we choose to give a Safety Award to someone in our organization, timeliness is important. The time lapse should not exceed ____ ______.

30 Days

Approximately how many employees(not members) are there in the NTSB?

400

The NTSB is composed of ___ members, appointed by the ________ and confirmed by the ________.

5, Pres, Senate

The ideal committee size is ___ to ___ people.

5-7

What percentage of accidents are attributed to human error?

60-80%

According to Hollnagel, human error is a significant factor in more than 90% of accidents. This is known as the ___________________ .

90% solution

Accredited Representative

A person designated by a State, on the basis of his or her qualifications, for the purpose of participating in an investigation conducted by another State.

This program enables the submission of safety concerns/hazards/incidents/etc. that may not have otherwise been known.

ASAP

This program's release was associated with the investigation of TWA514.

ASRP/ASRS

A management tool used to determine whether a particular change or proposal is worth the cost is a _______ _______ _________.

Cost Benefit Analysis

Flight Crew Reading Files, which pilots must read immediately before going out to fly, would be considered __________ information.

Critical

Once we sort our info into 4 piles, which 2 piles of information get distributed?

Critical and non-critical

As we learn to do things better, faster, and cheaper, the argument for keeping human pilots in air carriers is that humans can "______ and ________"when something goes wrong.

Detect and correct

Safety inspections have two fundamental purposes. Name one.

Determine the level of compliance with operations and maintenance standards (or you can write the second purpose)Validate the effectiveness of the aviation safety program

The only reason for calculating a rate is to account for _________ ___ ___________

Differences in Exposure

Ideally when planning a safety meeting who should take care of scheduling the meeting and sending out an agenda?

Director of safety

A British Airways 747 crashes in the English Channel, only 1 mile off the coast of France. In which country do they bury the survivors?

Dont bury survivors

A pilot has submitted an ASAP report for operating an aircraft under the influence of alcohol. Which of the following is the most likely outcome of the ASAP report?

Excluded report, with subsequent enforcement action

All funds in a Safety Program's budget should be used for correcting deficiencies

False

Formal inspections are the meat of the inspection program.

False

If we find something wrong during a formal inspection, the best way to bring it to people's attention is to make an example of the person who made the mistake.

False

In general, if we need to get a Safety Award to someone, it's okay to put it in the mail.

False

The Safety Bulletin Board would be a good place to post "Roommate Wanted" ads, since everyone's bound to read it regularly.

False

When sorting safety information in distribution piles, what do we do with information we categorize as "Future Reference?"

File it

An employee's training records should be kept:

For as long as the employee is with the company

An organization submits an RFP for an external vendor to audit compliance over the duration of two weeks

Formal Audit

_________ __________ shows us visually that "for every accident, there are many near accidents."

Heinrich's Pyramid

According to Hollnagel," ________ ________"is a significant factor in more than 90% of accidents.

Human Error

How does the FAA define human factors?

Human Factors entails a multidisciplinary effort to generate and compile information about human capabilities and limitations and apply that information to equipment, systems, facilities, procedures, jobs, environments etc. for safe, comfortable, effective human performance

A flight control system failure that does not cause a crash, near mid-air collisions, and incapacitation of a crew member are examples of NTSB ___________ .

Incidents

A pilot has submitted an ASAP report for a pilot deviation (ATC recognized altitude deviation of >200 ft). Which of the following is the most likely outcome of the ASAP report?

Informal Counselling

An aviation safety program should always meet two tests:• Is it doing what we want it to do? AND • _____ _____ __________ ?

Is it effective

Who said, "I'd rather be approximately right than absolutely wrong!" ?

Jerry Lederer

The chair of your safety committee should be a ______ _________.

Line manager

We can prioritize hazard reports using a hazard priority assessment _________, which involves categorizing hazards by their probability and severity.

Matrix

_________ ______ says that the number of transistors on integrated circuits has doubled approximately every two years.

Moores Law

The best method, but least used, way of calculating accident rates is to add newevents and exposure to a "running year," so that an accident in January willnot influence June rates. This is known as a ________ ________ Rate.

Moving Window

The Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) is managed by which organization?

NASA

Pilot are considered chemical workers and need which of the following trainings

OSHA HAZCOM (GHS standards)

It's difficult to reward a negative, like giving an award for "no accidents." What's an example of something we can give a Safety Award for?

Preventing an accident

The number of events divided by the exposure to those events is the

Rate

___________ _______________ are a way of collecting information about what's going on with respect to safety within our organization.

Reporting systems

Things to remember: Each item you distribute carries some of your __________ with it.

Reputation

The concept of _______ _________means that "there is a basic or first cause that can be found if you search backward... the point at which you can go no further."

Root Causes

A Director of Maintenence audits their chief inspectors' logbook entries

Self Audit

HAZMAT training and use of fire extinguishers are types of _________ Training.

Specialized

After six safety reports in as many days regarding improper fueling operations on the CRJ200 fleet, internal safety auditors are tasked with observing a full-day of fueling operations to assess the frequency and nature of the problem(s)

Spot Audit

If a plane crashes in international waters, which country will appoint the Investigator in Charge?

State of Registry

Which well-known crash led to the Aviation Disaster Family Assistance Act of 1996?

TWA 800

Training of contract personnel is the responsibility of ________

The entity designated by the contract

Who appoints the IIC?

The state where the accident occurs

Analysis is a means of organizing numerical data for the purpose of measuring something or determining __________ .

Trends

When distributing safety information, always ensure that critical information contains no

Trivia

Air maintenance technicians may transport hazardous materials in a company vehicle for the purpose of their duties, but may not transport hazardous wastes to a collection location.

True

Formal inspections should be scheduled and announced well in advance.

True

It is important to avoid unnecessary duplication of other reporting systems if/when applicable

True

It's okay to accept anonymous reports in your company's internal hazard reporting system.

True

Since all adverse causes can be found, it follows that all accidents can be prevented— this is the ___________ ____________ vision.

Zero Accident

A safety reporting system needs to be __________

Confidential

One purpose of a Safety Award is to reward positive activities or _________.

Behavior

In accident analysis, the law of ________ (and ________ ________) reigns supreme... every cause has an effect, and every effect has a cause.

Causality and reverse causality

Name Hollnagel's 4 Myths of Safety—must name ALL 4 correctly!

Causality credo, Accident pyramid, 90% solution, & root causes

A _________ is a means of achieving group consensus and action on a particular problem.

Committee

Posting on bulletin boards and sending out monthly newsletters are good ways of distributing ____________ information.

Non-critical