Workplace Safety Analysis

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Which discipline is closely related to aspects of human physiology?

  • Engineering psychology
  • Cognitive engineering
  • Ergonomics (correct)
  • Biological psychology

Which discipline focuses on system design, accounting for psychological and physical factors?

  • Human factors (correct)
  • Biological psychology
  • Engineering psychology
  • Cognitive engineering

Which discipline places greater emphasis on discovering generalizable psychological principles and theory?

  • Human factors
  • Biological psychology
  • Cognitive engineering
  • Engineering psychology (correct)

Which discipline focuses on the complex, cognitive thinking and knowledge-related aspects of system performance?

<p>Cognitive engineering (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which term has been the preferred label in Europe to describe all aspects of human factors?

<p>Ergonomics (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which discipline is a discipline within engineering?

<p>Human factors (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which discipline is a discipline within psychology?

<p>Engineering psychology (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which discipline focuses on developing usable design principles?

<p>Human factors (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which discipline is closely related to artificial intelligence and cognitive science?

<p>Cognitive engineering (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which discipline focuses on the study of human factors as a science?

<p>Human factors (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which discipline is often closely related to aspects of human physiology?

<p>Engineering psychology (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which term has been the preferred label in Europe to describe all aspects of human factors?

<p>Ergonomics (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which discipline places greater emphasis on discovering generalizable psychological principles and theory?

<p>Cognitive engineering (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which discipline focuses on the complex, cognitive thinking and knowledge-related aspects of system performance?

<p>Cognitive engineering (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which discipline is a discipline within psychology?

<p>Industrial psychology (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which discipline is a discipline within engineering?

<p>Human factors (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following incidents occurred in the Persian Gulf in 1987?

<p>The USS Vincennes receiving ambiguous information about an approaching aircraft (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What physical action caused the assembly-line worker to injure his back?

<p>Reaching to an awkward location (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What prevented the elderly woman from potentially encountering harm?

<p>Her inability to remove the childproof cap (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What caused the customer to get frustrated with the automated voice response system?

<p>Accidentally pressing the wrong option (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of information did the USS Vincennes receive regarding the approaching aircraft?

<p>Ambiguous information (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the consequence of the assembly-line worker injuring his back?

<p>He missed several days of work (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the crew's incorrect diagnosis of the aircraft?

<p>The aircraft was a hostile fighter (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the goal of human factors?

<p>All of the above (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a potential tradeoff when it comes to performance and safety goals?

<p>Increased productivity and reduced safety (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the human factors cycle?

<p>All of the above (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of human factors in system design?

<p>All of the above (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the three goals of human factors?

<p>Enhancing performance, increasing safety, increasing user satisfaction (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT one of the approaches mentioned for implementing a solution to gain an understanding of worker injuries?

<p>Equipment design changes (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does task design primarily focus on changing?

<p>What operators do (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which approach involves implementing changes in the physical environment where the task is carried out?

<p>Environmental design (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does selection in human factors aim to optimize?

<p>The individual differences across humans (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

At which point in the design process can human factors be considered to achieve savings in money and human suffering?

<p>Point B (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Alexander (2002), what is the estimated cost to an organization of incorporating human factors in design when addressed at the earliest stages?

<p>2 percent (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is true about the boundaries of the discipline of human factors?

<p>The boundaries of the discipline of human factors cannot be tightly defined. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a major category of systems that define the environments within which humans operate?

<p>Education (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In Figure 2, which side of the matrix represents the system environments that focus on the interaction between two or more individuals?

<p>The right (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Figure 2, which component of the human user is involved in understanding information and deciding what to do with it?

<p>Cognition (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of other biological factors related to human performance?

<p>They can hinder human performance. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following disciplines is NOT closely related to human factors?

<p>Artificial intelligence (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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