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The document lists 13 potential essay questions related to module 9 on human factors in aircraft maintenance. The questions cover topics such as the effects of stress on engineers, circadian rhythms, shift handovers, types of workplace stress, human factors impacts on maintenance scheduling and the environment, and use of tools like the Maintenance Error Decision Aid to prevent accidents.

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Module 9 Recent Essay Questions

The document lists 13 potential essay questions related to module 9 on human factors in aircraft maintenance. The questions cover topics such as the effects of stress on engineers, circadian rhythms, shift handovers, types of workplace stress, human factors impacts on maintenance scheduling and the environment, and use of tools like the Maintenance Error Decision Aid to prevent accidents.

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Module 9

Possible and recent Essay Questions

1. Describe in detail the effects of stress on an engineer and how environmental


factors affect stress. Discuss how these affects can be minimised.

2. With regard to circadian rhythms, expand on the following:

• What does 'circadian' mean?


• What is a 'circadian rhythm'?
• How is the body affected after a long flight over several time zones?
• Ref. above - how can the effects be minimised?
• What is meant by 'post lunch low'?
• With respect to circadian rhythms, what is meant by 'acrophase'?

3. You are a shift leader carrying out a major airframe repair that will not be
completed during your shift. How are you going to communicate this to the
incoming shift with regards to outstanding work, data and spares?

4. If a major skin repair was being carried out on an aircraft and you were the
team leader, and the repair was not going to be completed within your shift
period, how would you write a shift handover for the next shift?

5. What are the different types of stress encountered at the workplace, and as
an employer, what are the ways to relieve stress of your employees?

6. What is the impact of human factors on:

a) Maintenance scheduling, and


b) Environmental factors

7. What are the human factors effecting the maintenance?

8. Describe ‘Maintenance Error Decision Aid’ (MEDA) and how is it utilised for
accident prevention.

9. Describe in detail the effects of stress on an engineer and how environmental


factors affect stress. Discuss how these affects can be minimised.

10. If a major skin repair was being carried out on an aircraft and you were the
team leader, and the repair was not going to be completed within your shift
period, how would you do a shift handover for the next shift?

11. Describe human error in aircraft maintenance and the inspection


environment, and describe how it can be minimised.

12. There are many different types of maintenance error reporting schemes.
Maintenance Error Decision Aid (MEDA) is one. Explain its implementation and
how this is achieved within a company?

13. Name two pressures the engineer is subjected to, how they originate and
how to prevent them

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