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1.What is the most effective way of analysing personality?

a.Group therapy

b.Written questionnaires

c.Personal interviews

d.Two dimensional model analysis

2.How would a person who is aggressive and changeable be described?

a.Aggressive extrovert

b.Unpredictable extrovert

c.Unreliable extrovert

d.Anxious extrovert

3.What are the personality traits of a good pilot?

a.Reliable and stable

b.Stable and extroverted

c.Reliable and extroverted

d.Reliable, calm and extroverted

4.What characteristics will authoritarian pilots display?

a.Are autocratic on most occasions

b.Are autocratic with the crew of the aircraft but submissive when dealing with an emergency or when under stress

c.Are autocratic when in command and submissive when confronted by someone of higher perceived status

d.Tend to be authoritarian when dressed in uniform and when dealing with both air and cabin crew

5.What “P” and “G” qualities should a pilot have?

a.	G +	P +
b.	G +	P +
c.	G ++	P +
d.	P +	P +

6.How will a person tend to react if they are confronted with a decision from someone they perceive as having a higher status?

a.Listen to, believe, and comply with the decision

b.Avoid confrontation

c.Become introverted

d.Question the decision

7.	If an average ability group make a decision, is it likely to be better or worse than
	one made by the individual members?
	a.	Worse
	b.	Tends to be either
	c.	75% of the time better
	d.	Better

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8. If a group - with someone who has above average ability - makes a decision, is the decision likely to be better or worse than one made by the above average person on their own?

a. Unlikely to be better b. Likely to be better c. Likely to be worse

d. It depends on the number of the members of the group

	9.	Is a group decision likely to be more or less risky than one made by the individual
		members?
		a.	Less risky
		b.	Sometimes more risky
		c.	Sometimes less risky
		d.	More risky
	10.	What should a Captain do before making a non-urgent decision?
		a.	Put his own view forward and then ask for the opinions of other members of
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		b.	Consider all the implications
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		c.	Encourage ideas from the crew before stating his own opinion
		d.	Monitor his motor programme (flying)
	11.	Body Language is:
		a.	non-verbal communication
		b.	sign Language
		c.	aggression
		d.	verbal communication which is open to cultural problems
	12.	Self-discipline is an essential quality of the “ideal” pilot.
		a.	True
		b.	False
	13.	Is a constituted crew an advantage in commercial aviation?
		a.	Always
		b.	Sometimes
		c.	Depends on the task
		d.	None of the above
	14.	What are the three types of Cockpit Authority Gradient (see p243)?:
		a.	autocratic, subjective, synergistic
		b.	autocratic, submissive, synergistic
		c.	laissez-faire, subjective, synergistic
		d.	autocratic, laissez-faire, synergistic
	15.	There is no place at all for authoritarianism in the air.
		a.	True
		b.	False

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16.The Laissez-faire cockpit may arise when:

a.the Captain is suffering from stress

b.the Captain is preoccupied

c.on a competent co-pilot’s leg

d.on an incompetent co-pilot’s leg

17.To counteract an authoritarian cockpit crews should:

a.ensure that they ensure that their opinions are heard in spite of possible confrontation

b.remain silent and sort it all out on the ground

c.cooperate in a conciliatory form but the contents of this cooperation is firm

d.obtain support from another crew member

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1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
b	d	b	c	b	a	d	a	d	c	a	a
13	14	15	16	17
d	d	b	c	c

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