A Product Has Three Components, A, B, and C, with Reliabilities

question 95

Multiple Choice

A product has three components, A, B, and C, with reliabilities of 0.95, 0.98, and 0.995. Engineers intend to put a redundant component A that has reliability 0.70. With this change, system reliability will

• A) fall by 20%
• B) fall by 10% or less
• C) rise
• D) cannot determine from the information provided
• E) none of the above

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Definitions:

Economic Harm

covers the financial losses and damages suffered by an individual or entity due to another's actions or failure to act.

Intentional

In law, actions performed with the conscious objective or purpose to accomplish a particular result.

Comparative Negligence

A legal doctrine that reduces the amount of damages a plaintiff can recover in a negligence-based claim, based upon the degree to which the plaintiff's own negligence contributed to cause the injury.

Implied Assumption

An unstated understanding or presumption that underlies an agreement or contract, accepted as a term by the parties involved.