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Workplace Safety Analysis
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Workplace Safety Analysis

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Which of the following best describes the role of human factors in system design?

  • Enhancing performance
  • Increasing safety
  • Increasing user satisfaction
  • All of the above (correct)

    • What is the main focus of human factors interventions?

  • Increasing productivity
  • Reducing errors
  • Improving safety procedures
  • All of the above (correct)

    • What is one potential tradeoff between productivity and safety in system design?

  • Reduced productivity always leads to reduced safety
  • Reduced productivity may lead to more safety procedures
  • Increased productivity always leads to increased safety
  • Increased productivity may lead to more operator errors (correct)

    • What is the purpose of the human factors cycle depicted in Figure 1?

    <p>To implement solutions in the design cycle</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the significance of the crew's misdiagnosis in the given text?

    <p>It led to the firing at an approaching aircraft</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main goal of human factors in system design?

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

    Which of the following is NOT one of the critical tools for gaining an understanding of worker injuries?

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

    What does task design focus on?

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

    What does environmental design implement changes in?

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

    What does training focus on?

    <p>Preparing workers for job conditions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of selection in human factors?

    <p>Optimizing system performance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does consideration for good human factors early in the design process lead to?

    <p>Reduced legal costs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one reason why the precise boundaries of the discipline of human factors cannot be tightly defined?

    <p>The practice of human factors is goal-oriented</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

    What are some of the components of the human user that are called on by the system in question?

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

    What role do other biological factors play in human factors?

    <p>They can influence human performance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the relationship between the discipline of human factors and ergonomics?

    <p>Ergonomics is a subdomain of human factors</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the core discipline surrounded by various subdomains of study within human factors, disciplines within psychology, and engineering disciplines?

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

    Which discipline is closely related to aspects of human physiology and is often blended with the study of biological psychology and bioengineering?

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

    What is the ultimate goal of the study of human factors?

    <p>To account for psychological and physical factors in system design</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the distinction between engineering psychology and human factors?

    <p>Engineering psychology focuses on discovering generalizable psychological principles and theory, while human factors focuses on developing usable design principles</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main focus of cognitive engineering?

    <p>Studying the complex, cognitive thinking and knowledge-related aspects of system performance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the characteristics of human factors as a science?

    <p>The search for generalization and prediction</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is important for effective generalization and prediction in human factors?

    <p>The combination of observations along all levels of the continuum from laboratory research to real-life situations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following best describes the field of Human Factors?

    <p>The study of how people interact with machines and technology</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What caused the assembly-line worker to suffer a ruptured disc?

    <p>Lifting a heavy component</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why was the elderly woman unable to read the dosage instructions on the prescription medicine bottle?

    <p>The print was too small</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What prevented the elderly woman from opening the "childproof" cap on the prescription medicine bottle?

    <p>Lack of strength</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What difficulty did the customer face while trying to use the automated voice response system?

    <p>The system had too many options</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the specific incident that occurred in the Persian Gulf in 1987?

    <p>The USS Vincennes received ambiguous information</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: The assembly-line worker suffered a ruptured disc due to a physical action required by the company.

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

    True or false: The crew misdiagnosed the radar system display and identified the aircraft as a hostile fighter.

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

    True or false: The elderly woman was able to read the tiny print of the dosage instructions on the prescription medicine bottle.

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

    True or false: The aircraft involved in the incident was actually an Iranian passenger airline.

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

    True or false: The customer was able to easily navigate the automated voice response system.

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

    True or false: Human factors interventions can satisfy both productivity and safety goals.

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

    True or false: The three goals of human factors are enhancing performance, increasing safety, and increasing user satisfaction.

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

    True or false: The USS Vincennes incident occurred in the Persian Gulf in 1987.

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

    True or false: Tradeoffs between productivity and safety are inevitable in system design.

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

    True or false: Human factors is a specific field that focuses on the study of human behavior and performance in relation to systems and environments.

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

    True or false: Human factors interventions primarily focus on task design.

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

    True or false: The human factors cycle involves diagnosing problems and deficiencies in the human-system interaction.

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

    True or false: The practice of human factors is content-oriented rather than goal-oriented.

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

    True or false: The precise boundaries of the discipline of human factors can be tightly defined.

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

    True or false: The matrix of human factors topics in Figure 2 depicts human performance issues against contextual environments.

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

    True or false: The study of human factors may belong within any cell or combination of cells in the matrix in Figure 2.

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

    True or false: Human factors is closely related to ergonomics, engineering psychology, and cognitive engineering.

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

    True or false: The study of ergonomics has historically focused on the aspect of human factors related to physical work.

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

    True or false: Task analysis, statistical analysis, and incident/accident analysis are critical tools for understanding worker injuries?

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

    True or false: Equipment design focuses more on changing what operators do than on changing the devices they use?

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

    True or false: Task design may involve assigning all tasks to other workers or to automated components?

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

    True or false: Environmental design implements changes in the physical environment where the task is carried out?

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

    True or false: Selection is a technique that recognizes the individual differences across humans in almost every physical and mental dimension that is relevant for good system performance?

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

    True or false: The practice of good human factors is just as relevant to designing systems that are effective at the start and anticipating and avoiding human factors deficiencies?

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

    True or false: Ergonomics is the preferred label in Europe to describe all aspects of human factors.

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

    True or false: Engineering psychology is a discipline within engineering.

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

    True or false: The ultimate goal of engineering psychology is to understand the human mind as is relevant to the design of systems.

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

    True or false: Cognitive engineering focuses on the complex, cognitive thinking and knowledge-related aspects of system performance.

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

    True or false: Characteristics of human factors as a science relate to the search for generalization and prediction.

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

    True or false: The most effective understanding, generalization, and prediction depend on the combination of observations along all levels of the continuum of studying humans.

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

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