Fourteen-Year-Old Jean-Claude, an Avid Video Game Player, Reads a Flawed

question 91

Multiple Choice

Fourteen-year-old Jean-Claude, an avid video game player, reads a flawed study showing that video game players are smarter than most people. Then he reads a second study with similar flaws proposing that video game players are poor leaders. What would you predict will happen?

• A) He would overlook the flaws in the first study and dismiss the findings of the second study.
• B) He would now believe that video game players are poor leaders.
• C) He would now believe that video game players are both smarter and poor leaders.
• D) He would dismiss the findings of the first study and overlook the flaws in the second study.

Understand the concept of product reliability and its determinants.

Calculate Failure Rate (FR), Failure Rate Normalized (FR(N)), and Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF).

Explain the impact of preventive maintenance on reliability and maintenance management.

Define and calculate the reliability of a system composed of multiple components.

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Definitions:

Experience

The knowledge or mastery of an event or subject gained through involvement in or exposure to it.

Productivity

The measure of the efficiency of production often calculated as the ratio of outputs produced to inputs used in the production process.

Constant Returns To Scale

Constant returns to scale occur when a proportional increase in all inputs leads to an equal proportional increase in output, implying efficiency in production.

Human Capital

Abilities, insights, and practice held by a person or community, seen through the lens of their contribution or expenditure to a corporation or state.