PAF – Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology – City Campus

Course: Safety Management System

Faculty: Prof Syed Naseem Ahmed Max Duration 1Hours
Class ID: 106737 Total Marks: 15
Examination: Mid Term (Spring 2021) Date:09 March 2021
PART ONE ONE HOUR

Note All MCQs carry one mark each.

Q 1 What is Safety

A. To aim and make effort for Zero accidents (or serious incidents)?
B. To create Freedom from danger or risks by design?
C. Develop a system for Error avoidance through robust training
D. Ensure Regulatory compliance through strict discipline?
Q No 2 If we strictly follow SMS, SSP and Regulatory requirements, then it is
possible to

A. Eliminate serious incidents but zero accidents are unachievable.

B. Failures may not occur due to this multiple strategy for accident
prevention.
C. That on the logic and data based system an environment is created
which is free from intentional errors.
D. To control risk and error which is unacceptable in this highly safe
system.
Q No 3 Safety is the state in which

A. The risk to harm persons or damage property is kept at or below

mutually agreed levels
B. Risk is measured in terms of money and maintained at or below,
an acceptable level
C. It is a continuing process of hazard identification and weighing it
against cost of operations and then deciding what risk to accept
and what risk to reject.
D. All the stake holders are satisfied with production and safety
targets.
Q No 4 The best way to improve Safety in an ICAO state is through.
 a) Improving Public Sustained Perception of Safety assisted by
education
b) Following ICAO Article 44 of the Convention on International Civil
Aviation
c) Learning from ICAO Doc 7300
d) Establishing State Requirement of Safety
Q No 5 SMS Shall

a) Identify Hazards and take Remedial actions at all costs

b) Provide continuous monitoring and assessment of safety level set and
achieved by operator
c) Define Acceptable Level of Safety and Measure it through regulator
d) Establish Safety Performance Indicators and Safety Performance
Targets by mutual agreements between all stake holders.
Q No 6

The most important stake holder of aviation safety with cost consideration are

a) Aviation Professionals and Aircraft owners and operators

b) Manufacturers and industry Trade Associations
c) Professional Associations and Unions and The flying Public
d) Investigation Agencies
Q No 7 the weakest stake holders out of below are

a) Insurance companies and Travel Industry and investors

b) Safety Training and Educational Institute
c) Government Department and agencies
d) Coroners and police
Q No 8 The Organizational Process include following which has little control
over events

a) Policy-making and Planning

b) Improving environments in which people operate
c) Allocation of resources for design, training and safety education
 d) Purchasing and inducting new technology for risk controls
Q No 9 Latent conditions are present in the system and triggered when

a) Pilots follow an emergency procedure in different environments

b) Engineers take individual actions during routine maintenance
c) ATCOs conduct routine violations
d) Flight operations managers conduct safety briefings before flight
Q No 10 Work place conditions include

a) Workforce stability and Qualifications and experience

b) Morale and Credibility of frontline operators
c) Ergonomics
d) State Safety Program and SMS
Q No 11 In order to achieve its production objectives, the management of
any aviation organization requires the management of many business processes.

(A) Managing safety is not one of such business process.

(B) Safety management is a core business function above the financial
management, HR management, etc.

(c) This brings about a potential dilemma for management.

(d) And spends equal resources on safety and production.
Q N0 12 Proactive Safety Management is based on

A. Mandatory and voluntary reporting systems, safety audits and surveys.

B. The notion that system failures can be minimized
C. Identifying safety risks within the system before it fails; and Taking the
necessary actions to reduce such safety risks.
D. All above are correct
Q No 13 Safety management includes the entire operation and

A. Data-driven based on voluntary confidential reporting system.

B. Strict documentation with punishment in case of failures.
C. Fast and target changes under a fast track program.
 D. Strategic planning as opposed to piecemeal initiatives
Q. 14. Human Error

A. Human error is considered contributing factor in every aircraft accident.

B. Can be committed by even competent personnel.
C. Can not be accepted as a normal component of any system otherwise
humans will be encouraged to make errors.
D. It is not possible and hence discouraged due to technological
improvements.
Q. 15. Immediately after take off at Multan Airport , the turbine of No 2 Engine
broke in pieces, as a result the no 2 Engine failed. The engine failure caused the
propeller to fail. There was also fire in the engine. Both the aircrew got engaged in
finding out as to which engine had failed. While they were busy, the aircraft lost
height and crashed. The reason for crash was

E. A Failure of No 2 Engine
F. B Failure of No 2 Propeller
G. C Breakage of Turbine
H. D Pilot Error – Failure to handle single engine failure emergency