Failure Mode, Effect, and Criticality Analysis, (FMECA) Is Primarily for the Purpose

question 109

Multiple Choice

Failure mode, effect, and criticality analysis, (FMECA) is primarily for the purpose of

• A) Learning as much about the item as possible after qualification test.
• B) Determining the way an item will most likely fail to help obtain design and procedural safeguards against such failures.
• C) Determining, by extensive analysis, the reliability of an item.
• D) Determining the cause of a failure, by dissecting the item, to help obtain corrective action.

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Definitions:

Blinding

A trial design technique where one or more parties involved (e.g., participant, investigator) are unaware of which participants are in the control group versus the experimental group to prevent bias.

Text Messages

Short electronic messages sent over a cell phone network from one mobile phone to another.

Control Group

In an experiment, a group of subjects that does not receive the experimental treatment and is used as a baseline to compare the effects of the treatment.

Lurking Variables

Variables that are not included as explanatory or dependent variables in a model but can affect the interpretation of the relationships being studied.