______ Is a Measure of the Extent to Which a System

question 16

Multiple Choice

______ is a measure of the extent to which a system achieves its goals.

• A) Efficiency
• B) Reliability
• C) Performance rate
• D) Effectiveness

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Definitions:

Independent Events

Two or more events where the occurrence of one does not affect the probability of the others occurring.

Conditional Probability

The probability of an event given that another event already occurred. The conditional probability of A given B is P(A ∣ B) = P(A ∩ B)/P(B).

P(B | A)

The probability of event B occurring given that event A has already occurred, a concept in conditional probability.

P(A ∪ B)

The probability of the occurrence of at least one of two events, A or B, including the case where both events occur simultaneously.