CFI Stage 1 Exam

Which of the four essential teaching skills is described as possessing a high level of expertise, knowledge, or skill in a particular area?

Subject Matter Expertise

Which of the four essential teaching skills is described as the ability to plan, organize, lead, and supervise?

Management Skills

Which of the four essential teaching skills is described as the ability to interact, talk, understand, empathize, and connect with others?

People Skills

Which of the following is not associated with subject matter expertise?

Evaluation

Which of the following skills are not associated with people skills?

Leadership Skills

Which of the following skills is not associated with management skills?

Expertise

Which of the following defines a syllabus?

A summary or outline of a course of study that generally contains a description of each lesson, including objectives and completion standards.

What is necessary before any lesson can be developed and before any important instruction can be presented?

Lesson Objectives and Completion Standards

Objectives must be (select all that apply):

1. clear

2. written

3. measurable

4. repeatable

Aviation training involves two types of objectives. ____-based objectives define in observable behavioral actions exactly what needs to be done and how it is done during each lesson.

performance

Aviation training involves two types of objectives. ___-based training objectives allow for a more dynamic training environment and are ideally suited to scenario type training. This type of objective is appropriate for critical thinking skills such as risk management and aeronautical decision-making.

decision

There are three sections of an effective introduction. Write them in alphabetical order in the boxes below.

1. Attention

2. Motivation

3. Overview

What is the main body of a presentation called?

Development

What is the last section of a lesson presentation?

conclusion

When exercising the guided discussion training method which question has the purpose of getting the discussion started?

Lead-off

Instructional aids should (select all that apply):

1. encourage student participation

2. appeal to the student

How is learning achieved using the guided discussion training method?

Through the skillful use of questions

Which is an advantage of the lecture training delivery method?

It uses time economically.

Which of the following is a good use of the lecture method?

Introduce new material

Which training delivery method requires that the students have an adequate level of knowledge about the topic to be discussed before the lesson begins?

Guided Discussion

Using a lesson plan properly will assure that pertinent materials are at hand and that the presentation is accomplished with order and unity. It will prevent an instructor from getting off track, omitting essential points, and introducing irrelevant material.

True

What is scenario-based training designed to accomplish?

Improve decision-making skills

Pulling out an unfamiliar lesson plan just before going to teach it is an effective use of a lesson plan.

False

Type the three elements of communication in the boxes below.

Source (origination of message)

symbols (carrier of message)

receiver (destination of message)

Which is true about message instructors send to students?

Communicators can reveal attitudes concerning the messages they are sending both consciously and unconsciously.

To be effective communicators what kind of attitude must instructors convey when delivering messages to students?

Positive

An instructor adjusting the aircraft trim while a student feels the effect can be a form of communication?

True

In communication, the process of receiving a message and making sense of it is called what?

Decoding

What is an indicator that communication to a student has succeeded?

An appropriate reaction from the student.

What is considered the greatest barrier to effective communication, especially in an instructional setting?

Lack of common experience

To be an effective communicator a flight instructor must also be a good listener.

True

Which of the following is NOT true about adult learners?

Adults have already met their self-esteem needs and therefore are not strongly motivated by these needs in the learning process.

Basic biological needs such as air, water, food, shelter, and sleep are requirements of which level of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs?

Physiological

The need to feel safe and be free from harm identifies which level of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs?

Security

Order Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs in order of precedence starting with the most basic human needs:

Physiological Needs: First

Safety and Security: Second

Love and Belongingness: Third

Self-Esteem: Fourth

Self-Actualization: Fifth

Which defense mechanism is described by the following:

This defense mechanism results in an unconscious shift of emotion, affect or desire from the original object to a more acceptable, less threatening substitute. It avoids the risk associated with feeling unpleasant emotions and puts them somewhere other than where they belong.

Displacement

The following statements define which theory of human nature and motivation:

• People seek security above all else.

• People have an inherent dislike for work and will avoid it whenever possible.

• People do not want responsibility and have little or no ambition.

Theory x

Which defense mechanism is described by the following:

• A refusal to accept external reality because it is too threatening.

• It is the refusal to acknowledge what has happened, is happening, or will happen.

Denial

What is probably the most significant psychological factor affecting flight instruction?

Anxiety

Which defense mechanism is described by the following:

When a person relegates the blame for personal shortcomings, mistakes, and transgressions to others or attributes personal motives, desires, characteristics, and impulses to others.

Projection

When individuals are experiencing a need to know and understand what is going on around them they are entertaining which newer need identified by Maslow in his hierarchy of human needs?

Cognitive

The need for individuals to give and receive love and affection and to avoid loneliness and alienation characterizes which level of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?

Belonging

Which of the following is a technique that instructors can use to keep their students in a state of readiness to learn?

Introduce topics in a logical order and leave students with a need to learn the next topic.

Which law underlies the reason that an instructor must teach correctly the first time and the student must learn correctly the first time?

Primacy

The circumstances surrounding the introduction of new knowledge is important according to which law of learning?

Primacy

According to the law of readiness, a student can be in a state of readiness to learn even if the student does not have a desire to learn a particular topic.

False

Which law of learning is related to the theory of forgetting known as "disuse"?

Exercise

An exciting or dramatic experience makes a more vivid impression and is less likely to be forgotten. This statement reflects which law of learning?

Intensity

Relearning a concept or maneuver which was taught incorrectly the first time is as easy as learning it correctly the first time. This statement contradicts which law of learning?

Primacy

Which of the following is a technique that instructors can use to keep their students in a state of readiness to learn?

Communicate a clear set of learning objectives to the student.

Match each law of learning on the right to its definition on the left:

Readiness: the basic needs of the learner must be satisfied before they’re ready to learn

Effect: learning is strengthened by a pleasant feeling and weakened with an unpleasant feeling.

Exercise: practice

Primacy: the first has a lasting impression

Intensity: exciting stuff better to learn than boring

Recency: most recently learned

The laws of learning explain how instructors can help students make proper associations of knowledge. According to the Aviation Instructor's Handbook, all learning involves the formation of what?

connections

Which of the following is included in the Affective Domain of learning?

Attitudes

Match the domain of learning on the left with its area of concern on the right.

Psychomotor: doing

cognitive: thinking

affective: feeling

Rank the four basic levels of learning in order from lowest level of learning to highest level of learning.

rote: 1

understanding: 2

application: 3

correlation: 4

Good performance-based objectives should include action verbs showing appropriate student behavior.

True

The telling and doing technique is an example of teaching skills which lie in the psychomotor domain of learning. This technique correlates strongly to the practical instructional levels of the psychomotor domain. What are the practical instructional levels for aviation training purposes as identified in the Aviation Instructor's Handbook?

observation, imitation, practice, habit

What skills are found in the upper three levels of Bloom's Taxonomy of the Cognitive Domain and are exercised through scenario-based training.

Higher Order Thinking Skills

At which of the four basic levels of learning do many instructors incorrectly stop teaching?

Application

When implementing the Behaviorism theory an instructor modifies a student's behavior through the appropriate use of what?

Reinforcement

Which of the following are the four characteristics of learning as described in the Aviation Instructor's Handbook? Learning is...(select 4)

RAMP:

Result of experience

Active process

Multifacted

Purposeful

According to the Aviation Instructor's Handbook, learning is defined as: A change in the behavior of the learner as a result of what?

Experience

Select the theory that relates the method of human learning to a computer system.

Information Processing Theory

Select the theory that is concerned with the skills of knowing, perceiving, problem-solving, decision-making, awareness, and related intellectual activities.

Cognitive Theory

Select the theory that recognizes observable and measurable responses to stimuli. This theory states that peoples' actions can be predicted based on past rewards or punishments.

Behaviorism

Select the theory with the philosophy that learners do not acquire knowledge and skills passively but through learning activities and experience.

Constructivism

How does the element of threat affect perceptions?

It narrows the perceptual field.

Which type of assessment is not graded and is used as a wrap-up of the lesson and to set the stage for the next lesson?

Formative

Which type of assessment is used periodically throughout the training to measure how well learning has progressed to that point?

Summative

Which of the following is not authentic assessment?

A multiple choice test

Student assessment is only meaningful to the student.

False

If an assessment covers strengths as well as weaknesses it demonstrates which characteristic of effective assessments?

Comprehensive

If an assessment inspires the student to improve in areas of lesser accomplishment and gives positive guidance for correcting mistakes and weaknesses it demonstrates which characteristic of effective assessments?

Constructive

When an assessment is presented fairly, with authority, conviction, sincerity, and from a position of recognizable competence it demonstrates which characteristic of effective assessments?

Acceptable

At the conclusion of an assessment, students should have no doubt about what they did well and what they did poorly and exactly what they need to do to improve. This describes which characteristic of effective assessments?

Specific

Which assessment approach measures against an empirical standard and is also instructor centered in its grading?

Traditional

A written test that has clear and concise wording and graphics, charts, illustrations, tools, testing material, and font which are easy to use shows which desirable characteristic of written exams?

Usability

When a written test measures what it is supposed to measure it shows which desirable characteristic of written exams?

Validity

When a written test provides satisfactory measurement of the objectives of the course it shows which desirable characteristic of written exams?

Comprehensiveness

In the collaborative assessment technique which step compares instructor perceptions to student perceptions and gives the student a chance to validate his or her own perceptions?

Replay

Select all possible proficiency levels, within the collaborative assessment process, which are associated with maneuvers or procedures.

1. describe

2. practice

3. perform

4. explain

5. not observed

Select all possible proficiency levels, within the collaborative assessment process, which are associated with single pilot resource management skills and aeronautical decision making skills.

1. explain

2. practice

3. not observed

4. manage-decide

A critique should only take place during the post-flight briefing and only after a flight is complete.

False

When an instructor leads a group discussion in which members of the class are invited to offer criticism of a performance the instructor is using which method of critique?

Instructor/Student Critique

Which method of critique is used when a class is divided into small groups and each group is assigned a specific area to analyze?

Small Group Critique

Select from the following all which are considered advantages of written critiques.

1. the instructor can devote more time and thought to the critique

2. students can keep assessments and refer to them whenever they wish

3. they can provide a permanent record of student critiques

Which is the most common means of assessment in aviation training?

Oral

The systematic approach to the mental process used by aircraft pilots to consistently determine the best course of action in response to a given set of circumstances.

ADM

A decision-making process designed to systematically identify hazards, assess the degree of rise, and determine the best course of action associated with each flight.

Risk Management

The accurate perception and understanding of all the factors and conditions within the four fundamental risk elements that affect safety before, during, and after the flight.

Situational Awareness

The art and science of managing all resources (both onboard the aircraft and from outside sources) available to a single pilot (prior and during flight) to ensure the successful outcome of the flight.

SRM

ADM training focuses strictly on flying skills, knowledge of the aircraft and familiarity with regulations.

False

How are hazardous attitudes relevant to decision making?

Hazardous attitudes affect a pilot’s ability to make sound decisions.

What is the most important part of the decision making process?

defining the problem

The personality of an individual is set at a very early age and is extremely resistant to change.

True

The following statement defines which of the following choices:

The part of the decision-making process which relies on situational awareness, problem recognition, and good judgement to reduce risks associated with each flight.

Risk Management

The following statement defines which of the following choices?

The accurate perception and understanding of all the factors and conditions within the four fundamental risk elements that affect safety before, during, and after the flight.

Situational Awareness

There are three types of stressors that can affect pilot performance. What is the type of stress described by conditions associated with the environment, such as temperature and humidity extremes, noise, vibration, and lack of oxygen? (Type your answer in the box below.)

physical

There are three types of stressors that can affect pilot performance. What is the type of stress associated with physical conditions, such as fatigue, lack of physical fitness, sleep loss, missed meals (leading to low blood sugar levels), and illness? (Type your answer in the box below.)

physiological

There are three types of stressors that can affect pilot performance. What is the type of stress experienced by social or emotional factors, such as a death in the family, a divorce, a sick child, or a demotion at work? (Type your answer in the box below.)

psychological