An FMEA Estimates the Risk Priority Number (RPN)for a Given

question 21

Multiple Choice

An FMEA estimates the risk priority number (RPN) for a given failure mode to be 36.The occurrence rating is 3 and the severity rating is 3.Thus,the undetectability rating is:

• A)3
• B)4
• C)5
• D)6

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Definitions:

Negative Feedback

A regulatory mechanism in which a stimulus causes an opposite output in order to maintain an ideal level of whatever is being regulated.

Urinary System

A group of organs in the body responsible for filtering waste products from the blood and excreting them along with water as urine.

Positive Feedback Loop

A process where the end product of an action causes more of that action to occur in a feedback loop that amplifies the original action.

Tissue Types

Categories of biological tissues based on similar cells and their functions such as epithelial, connective, muscle, and nervous tissues.