1. Which of the following is most valuable in Human engineering?:
A.FMECA
B. Digital computer
C. Monte Carlo Analysis
D. Full scale model
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2. Hazard probability level βAβ assigned to a hazard normally means: The Hazard β¦..
A. Is possible
B. Is unlikely to occur
C. Is very likely to occur
D. Will occur sometimes
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3.The purpose of a burn-in operation on parts:
A Make sure they can operate at elevated temperature.
B. Make sure they can meet safety regulations
C. Remove weak members from the population.
D. Determine their thermal resistance
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4. Five motors are run to failure. Failure times are (in hours): 632,3450,816,928,150. Assuming an exponential distribution, what are the 90% confidence bounds for the MTTF?
A. 1051, 1942
B. 847, 2650
C. 347, 3747
D. 653, 3034
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5. The reliability of a machine is given by
What is the failure rate?
A.0.04-0.008t
B. .04+.016t
C. .0016+. 008t2
D. -.04+.064t
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(π‘)=π^(β0.04π‘β0.008π‘^2 )
π(π‘)=βππ
(π‘)/ππ‘=(0.04+0.016π‘) π^(β0.04π‘β0.008π‘^2 );π(π‘)=π(π‘)/π
(π‘) =0.04+0.016π‘
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6. There is a contractual requirement to demonstrate with 90% confidence that a vehicle can achieve a 100-km mission with a reliability of 99%. The acceptance test is performed by running 10 vehicles over a 50,000- km test track.
What is the contractual MTTF?
A. 9950km
B. 4975km
C. 19900km
D. 7500km
π (π)=0.99=π^(βππ₯)=π^(βπ₯/ππππΉ)ββπ/ππππΉ=lnβ‘0.9 β ππππΉ=β100/lnβ‘0.99 =9,949.9 ππ
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7. Suppose the CDF for time to failure is given by:
Determine the PDF f(t),
A. f(t)=at
B. f(t)=2-at
C. f(t)=2at
D. f(t)=1/Sqrt(at)
8. A manufacturer determines that the average television set is used 1.8 hr/day. A one-year warranty is offered on the picture tube having a MTTF of 2000 hr. If the distribution is exponential, what fraction of the tubes will fail during the warranty period?
A. 0.28
B. 0.17
C. 0.34
D. 0.48
Hours of use in one year=365×1.8=657 h β πΉ=1βπ^(βππ‘)=1βπ^(β657/2,000)=0.28
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9. Assume that the occurrence of earthquakes strong enough to be damaging to a particular structure is governed by the Poisson distribution. If the mean time between such earth quakes is twice the design life of the structure, what is the probability that the structure will be damaged during its design life?
A. .90
B. .73
C. .61
D. .50
π πππππππππ‘π¦ (π·ππ πππ πΏπππ)=π^(βππ)=π^(β1/π π)
“At twice the earthquake interval Reliability ” (“Design Life” )=π^(βπ_2 π)=π^(β1/2π π)=0.6065
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10. Thermocouples of a particular design have a failure rate of Ξ» = 0.008/ hr. How many thermocouples must be placed in active parallel if the system is to run for 100 hrs with a system failure probability of no more than 0.05? Assume that all failures are independent.
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7
Component Reliability, π =π^(βππ‘)=π^(β0.008Γ100)=0.4493
πΉβ€0.05β(1βπ )^πβ€0.05, π lnβ‘(1βπ )β€lnβ‘0.05βπβ₯5.02 ~ 6 units