1 A baseline design is the same as the final design?

(A) True (B) Cost False

2 For the example of the firewater design we talked about in thelectures, if we said the water pump pressure must be greater than60 psi when tested monthly, we would be establishing a:

(A) FEL requirement (B) TPM

(C) cost

(D) None of the above

3 If we are talking about step 2.1.3 in a system, we are talkingabout a step that is two levels down:

1.       True
2.       False   

4 Specifications that are set too tight are referred as“overdesigning” and risk driving costs too high:

1.       True
2.       False  

5 Sub-systems within an architecture should be designed so thatif one component fails, it impacts all the other components and thesystem as a whole:

1.       True
2.       False

    6 When a system fails it is likely because asingle person made a mistake:

1.       True
2.       False

    7 BP’s Deepwater disaster had multiple causesfor the failure?

1.       True
2.       False

    8 If you were leading a meeting that was toDefine the Problem, circle all the topics that you wouldput on the agenda (there are two solutions):

1. Identification of the “need”
2. Discussion of who the contractors will be
3. Discussion of who the customer is and what they want
4. Functional analysis
5. A discussion of a proposed detailed design solution

     9 It is never appropriate to go backand re-visit the problem definition when you are in the functionalanalysis step of a system design?

1.       True
2.       False

10 How many barriers were stated to be breached and that led tothe Deepwater disaster?

1. One
2. Four
3. Five
4. None
5. Eight

11 As we work a project through the systems engineering process,which of the following are things we would be doing? (There is morethan one answer!)

1. Ensuring traceability of technical performance measures
2. Ensuring the process is followed closely and without skippingsteps
3. Emphasizing picking the final design as quickly aspossible
4. Allowing for re-consideration of issues raised earlier in theprocess such as in the problem definition step
5. Ensuring documentation for each step is being done
6. Ensuring there is total cost visibility of each option beingconsidered in tradeoff studies

12 One key reason for allowing feedback to the original “problemdefinition” is that it could lead the process to an entirelydifferent solution?

1.       True
2.       False

13 Circle all the reasons why it is important to consider theentire life cycle of a system’s design (there is more thanone answer):

1. To ensure all the costs for various alternatives are known
2. To ensure you’ve designed for “disposability”
3. 14 psi
4. 15 psi

14 In the system engineering process, the step immediately afterdefining the problem is:

1. Do a functional analysis
2. Identify and prioritize TPM’s
3. Do a feasibility analysis
4. Explore the maintenance and support concept
5. None of the above

15 The systems engineering design process can be thought of asa:

1. A “best practice” built from past engineering designexperiences including their faults and failures:
2. One of a number of different work processes that all give thesame result
3. A way of maximizing the cost of doing a project
4. A way of minimizing the cost of doing a project