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</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</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which discipline is a discipline within engineering?

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

    Which discipline is a discipline within psychology?

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

    Which discipline focuses on developing usable design principles?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Which discipline is a discipline within psychology?

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

    Which discipline is a discipline within engineering?

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

    What prevented the elderly woman from potentially encountering harm?

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

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

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

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

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

    What is the goal of human factors?

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

    What is the purpose of the human factors cycle?

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

    What is the role of human factors in system design?

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

    What are the three goals of human factors?

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

    What does task design primarily focus on changing?

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

    What does selection in human factors aim to optimize?

    <p>The individual differences across humans</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</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</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.</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</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</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</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.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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