Safety Management Systems (SMS) Flashcards
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A line pilot reports a recurring unstable approach trend at a specific airport. Under safety risk management, what is the first step after hazard identification?
Answer: Analyze and assess the risk in terms of probability and severity
After a hazard is identified, safety risk management requires analyzing its probability and severity before selecting controls.
Which activity belongs to the safety assurance component of an SMS?
Answer: Internal audits and continuous monitoring of safety performance
Safety assurance verifies through audits, monitoring, and evaluation that risk controls remain effective.
What distinguishes a Flight Operational Quality Assurance (FOQA) program within an SMS?
Answer: It analyzes routinely recorded flight data to detect operational deviations
FOQA uses de-identified recorded flight data to proactively spot exceedances and trends in normal operations.
A flight department discovers a hazard whose assessed risk falls in the intolerable (red) region of the risk matrix. What must occur?
Answer: The operation must stop until controls reduce the risk to an acceptable level
Intolerable risks require stopping the activity until mitigation reduces the risk to at least a tolerable level.
In SMS terminology, what is the difference between a hazard and a risk?
Answer: A hazard is a condition that could cause harm; risk is the assessed probability and severity of that harm
A hazard is a potential source of harm, while risk quantifies the likelihood and severity of that harm occurring.
Which scenario best illustrates a latent condition as described in Reason's Swiss cheese model?
Answer: An outdated maintenance manual procedure that lies dormant until a mechanic follows it
Latent conditions are dormant organizational weaknesses, such as flawed procedures, that combine with active failures to cause accidents.
Why should safety objectives in an SMS be written as SMART goals?
Answer: Measurable, time-bound objectives allow performance to be tracked and assured
SMART objectives make safety performance measurable so assurance activities can verify progress.