Human Factors — practice questions
6% of the exam ≈4 real questions 4 free questions here
Six percent of the weighting: the Dirty Dozen, the PEAR model, types of error, MEDA, fatigue and shift turnover. The questions are mostly definitions taken straight from the FAA handbook, so the handbook's own examples are the answers.
Where people lose points
- Complacency grows with experience: skipping an item because it has never failed before.
- Norms are the unwritten way a group actually works; negative norms erode the written standard.
- An active error is the obvious event; a latent error is the company condition that set it up.
- PEAR is People, Environment, Actions, Resources.
- The primary cause of fatigue is lack of sleep; caffeine only masks it.
Drill: Human Factors
4 free questions from this domain, each with an explanation and a cited source. Timed at real exam pace.
4 questions
Pass line: 70%, same as the real exam
See the answer and explanation right after each question.