QUESTION 192
While testing a new design, you experienced 3 failures in 100 tests. What is the lower confidence limit for the unit’s tested reliability based on a confidence level of 0.90?
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QUESTION 193
You have written what you feel is an excellent book on reliability principles. Your company wants you to conduct company-wide training classes on a specific reliability topic.
Your advice is sought and you recommend your text because you are familiar with it. What other professional action should be immediately taken?
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QUESTION 194
Software reliability planning includes all of the following EXCEPT
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QUESTION 195
If the plating time of a tube increases as the inside diameter decreases, then the correlation coefficient for the insider diameter versus plating time would be:
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QUESTION 196
Inherent reliability can be increased by:
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QUESTION 197
What is the reliability of this system?
Where component reliabilities, A = 0.80 B = 0.95 C = 0.82 D = 0.85 E = 0.75

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QUESTION 198
The reliability parameter is one of the system performance parameters with significant influence on:
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QUESTION 199
Which process has as its principle parts
– Defining the system.
– Establishing the reliability model.
– Assigning failure rates to the equipment involved.
– Computing the reliability for each function and for the system.
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QUESTION 200
FMECA is:
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QUESTION 201
Using complete field-based data, a reliability engineer has analyzed the reliability growth of a repairable system over the last 24 months. The analysis suggests a “no growth” condition, and that finding is reported to management.
Due to a pending multimillion dollar order, management requests that a line be drawn to show growth where none actually exists. The engineer’s department manager directs the engineer to comply with management request.
According to the ASQ Code of Ethics, which of the following is an appropriate action for the engineer to take next?
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QUESTION 202
Design reviews should have sufficient information available to make their meetings worthwhile. Formal controls (specifications, drawing controls, etc.) should begin with the first design review. This approach is referred to as:
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QUESTION 203
15 rocket booster engines were tested for a total of 5 hours. Three engines failed. What is the two-sided confidence interval for MTBF using 95% confidence?
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QUESTION 204
The factorial of 8 is:
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QUESTION 205
Customer feedback and data have been gathered on several new unknown failure modes, what would be an appropriate analysis tool to use on the data?
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QUESTION 206
Eliminating hazards can be accomplished several ways. Which of the following does NOT eliminate a hazard?
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QUESTION 207
Failure data collection, analysis, and corrective action:
I. Should be conducted by a competent staff using an electronic computer.
II. Is a requirement of MIL-STD-785.
III. Always pays for itself in the long run.
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QUESTION 208
A sample is split into subgroups. Testing for each subgroup is stopped after the first failure in that subgroup. The times to first failure are plotted and the distribution parameters are estimated.
Which of the following test types BEST describes this situation?
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QUESTION 209
Which of the following is NOT a major consideration in performing a human factors analysis?
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QUESTION 210
The MOST valid source of failure rate data is:
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QUESTION 211
The flat portion of the bathtub curve is a region of chance failures; therefore, for the reliability equation shown below:
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