4. Factors Affecting Performance.

1. If you have been prescribed new medicine by your doctor you should.
a. continue with your normal shift pattern.
b. take 3 days off work to try out the new medication.
c. give the new medication a 24 hour trial
2. After a general anaesthetic you should.
a. return to work as soon as possible.
b. not return to work for at least 24 to 48 hours (depending on the individual).
c. take at least 7 days off work.
3. Your doctor has prescribed you tranquillizers as you are suffering from depression. You
should.
a. not tell your employer and carry on work as normal.
b. tell your employer and carry on work as normal.
c. not work at all when taking the tranquillizers
4. The use of 'pep' pills by an aircraft engineer.
a. is recommended only when working late or on night shift.
b. as they stimulate the senses and make you less prone to accidents.
c. can only be used if prescribed by your doctor should never be done (except for
coffee).
5. What is slow wave sleep?.
a. Paradoxical sleep.
b. Stage 2- 4 sleep.
c. REM.
6. Phase 3/4 sleep.
a. can be induced by alcohol.
b. occurs only once per sleep cycle.
c. is most beneficial for the body's restoration.
7. Human error can be caused by.
a. high body temperature.
b. normal body temperature.
c. low body temperature
8. What meal is most recommended after a long shift?.
a. High carbohydrates.
b. Low carbohydrates.
c. High protein
9. Long shift work will.
a. initially decrease your diagnostic and maintenance ability but eventually increase
your diagnostic and maintenance ability as you get used to it.
b. always decrease your diagnostic and maintenance ability.
c. always increase your diagnostic and maintenance ability
10. The circadian cycle body temperature.
a. does not vary.
b. varies by 1.5°C.
c. varies by 1.5°F.
11. Acute stress is.
a. intense stress of long duration.
b. typically intense but of short duration.
c. a frequently reoccurring stress or of long duration.
12. Chronic stress is.
a. a frequently reoccurring stress or of long duration.
b. typically intense but of short duration.
c. intense stress of long duration
13. Smoking cannabis.
a. subtly impairs performance for up to 24 hours.
b. has only a short term affect upon performance.
c. has a noticeable affect on a persons behaviour and performance for up to 24
hours.
14. Performance is.
a. inversely proportional to the individuals state of arousal.
b. directly proportional to the individuals state of arousal.
c. greatest only at one optimum level of arousal but diminishes as arousal decreases
or increases.
15. Tiredness causes visual acuity to.
a. decrease.
b. Visual acuity is not affected by tiredness.
c. Increase.
16. Narrowing of attention occurs at.
a. low levels of arousal.
b. both high and low levels of arousal.
c. high levels of arousal.
17. Paradoxical sleep is also known as.
a. Stage 3 sleep.
b. Stage 4 sleep.
c. REM sleep
18. When taking medicine for the first time.
a. take the first dose at least 24 hours before any duty to ensure that it does not
have any adverse effects.
b. absent yourself from work for the duration of use of the medicine.
c. consult a doctor if you need to carry out any duties.
19. For a man to maintain his fitness and health the conducive maximum recommended
alcohol intake is.
a. 3 - 4 units per week.
b. 28 units per week.
c. 28 units per day.
20. Human Circadian rhythms cycle on a.
a. 25 hour timescale.
b. 8 hour timescale.
c. 24 hour time scale.
21. Removal of alcohol from the blood stream.
a. can be speeded up by sleeping.
b. cannot be speeded up.
c. can be speeded up by drinking strong coffee.
22. For a person with normal Circadian rhythms, the body temperature will be lowest.
a. between 4 and 6 o'clock in the morning.
b. upon waking.
c. at midday.
23. If a maintenance engineer has a cold or flu he should.
a. only absent himself from duty if his work contract includes sickness pay.
b. only absent himself from duty if there are no staff shortages at his workplace or
within his work team.
c. absent himself from duty until fully recovered, regardless of other factors.
24. Consumption of alcohol.
a. increases mental and physical reaction times.
b. has no affect upon mental and physical reaction times.
c. decreases mental and physical reaction times.
25. Alertness and performance is reduced when the body temperature is.
a. above normal.
b. below normal.
c. either above or below normal.
26. A good rule of thumb for an adequate amount of sleep is.
a. one hour of high quality sleep is good for two hours of activity.
b. two hours of high quality sleep is good for one hour of activity.
c. one hour of high quality sleep is good for one hour of activity
27. Finding that familiar tasks (such as programming the video recorder) seems more
complicated than usual, could be an early indication of.
a. acute stress.
b. chronic fatigue.
c. a cold or flu.
28. The only permitted stimulant is.
a. bromine.
b. caffeine.
c. amphetamine.
29. Large amounts of caffeine can.
a. cause anxiety, headaches and stress.
b. reduce anxiety and stress.
c. improve alertness and increase awareness.
30. The symptoms of stress are.
a. violence, sickness, absence from work, drug and alcohol abuse.
b. indications of improved work performance.
c. irritability, forgetfulness, sickness, absence from work, drug and alcohol abuse.
31. Sleeping tablets can.
a. slow reaction and dull the senses.
b. increase alertness after waking the following morning.
c. help REM sleep and realign circadian rhythms
32. What effect would the consumption of 3 - 5 units ofalcohol?.
a. Loss of quality of sleep.
b. Low REM sleep.
c. A drop in body temperature.
33. Long shift work
a. decreases the ability to recognize defects.
b. increases the ability to recognize defects.
c. has no effect on the ability to recognize defects
34. Circadian Rhythms control.
a. body temperature.
b. urine output.
c. sleeping patterns.
35. A stimulant allowed to be taken without a doctor's prescription is.
a. bromine.
b. caffeine.
c. antihistamine.
36. Consumption of 3 - 4 units of alcohol before sleep can.
a. increase REM sleep.
b. decrease the quality of sleep.
c. lower the body temperature.
37. The cycles of body temperature, sleep requirement and alertness are called.
a. earth cycles.
b. circadian rhythms.
c. ecto - meridian cycles.
38. The intake of caffeine in moderate quantities can result in.
a. anxiety, headaches and negative mood states.
b. lack of sleep and subsequent disruption to the circadian rhythms.
c. a temporary increase in the ability to sustain vigilance and increased alertness.
39. Working excessively long shifts during unsociable hours can lead to.
a. decreased ability to detect defects during aircraft maintenance.
b. an increased immunity to stress.
c. increased ability to detect defects during aircraft maintenance
40. In theory, human error is most likely to occur.
a. when the body temperature is at its lowest.
b. during very hot weather.
c. when the body temperature is stable.