Urgent Decision Making

Request edit access

JavaScript isn't enabled in your browser, so this file can't be opened. Enable and reload.

To earn Wings credit for this course, you must successfully complete the quiz. The passing score is 80%. You may take the quiz as many times as is necessary.

Please enter the email address you use to log into your Wings account on FAASafety.gov. Please be accurate. This is the only way in which credit can be issued. *

Which one of the following best illustrates the cognitive bias illusory superiority at work? *

While enroute to an airport, a pilot learns that the crosswind component upon landing will exceed the airplanes demonstrated crosswind component, but elects to continue anyway.

After completing 200 miles of a 250 mile flight, a pilot notices a line of cumulonimbus clouds ahead and along the route. The pilot recalls that the the decision to takeoff was based on a forecast that did not indicate storms until after the estimated arrival time. The pilot elects to continue to the destination airport.

A pilot, while enroute, notices the oil temperature increasing and approaching the high temperature limit. The pilot decides that it will probably be alright and continues the flight.

Which of the following could be ways to build a wider experience base? *

Participate in PC-ATD or simulator sessions.

Do self-critique. (Make a mental note of decisions and compare them against results.)

Both of these

Which of the following represents the "Bias Bundle Bomb?" *

Fatigue, Stress, Medications

Illusory Superiority, Optimisms Bias, and Continuation Blindness

Overconfidence, non-proficient, and non-compliance

Which kind of decision making is at work when ample time is available such as when choosing what kind of car to buy? *

Deliberative decision making

Fast decision making

Urgent decision making

What kind of decision making is required if a pilot sees flames suddenly appear from the engine compartment? *

Deliberative decision making

Fast decision making

Urgent decision making

In optimized decision making, the best decision is often *

the one decided upon by a committee

the first one that comes to mind

the one that seems logical after lengthy thought

Intuition *

is innate. We either have it or we don't.

is fully developed by the age of 12.

grows out of experience

The three steps to expand our experience base are *

practice making decisions, self-critique, and broaden experience by studying accident reports

avoid looking at accident reports, tell yourself that you can handle any situation, once a decision is made, never change it.

be confident, study accidents, and realize that you would never do anything like that, never admit mistakes.

The cognitive bias that causes a person to ignore information that conflicts with a decision that has been made is *

illusory superiority

optimism bias

confirmation blindness

A cognitive bias whereby individuals overestimate their own qualities and abilities, relative to others is *

illusory superiority.

confirmation blindness.

optimism bias.

Submit

Clear form

Never submit passwords through Google Forms.

This content is neither created nor endorsed by Google. - Terms of Service - Privacy Policy

Does this form look suspicious? Report

Forms