October 2012
Intermediate to advanced
696 pages
34h 17m
English
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Problems
1. A CD player has five components that all must function for the player to work. The average reliability of each component is 0.90. What is the reliability of the CD player?
2. A jet engine has 10 components in series. The average reliability of each component is 0.998. What is the reliability of the engine?
3. An office copier has four main components in a series with the following reliabilities: 0.89, 0.95, 0.90, and 0.90. Determine the reliability of the copier.
4. An engine system consists of three main components in a series, all having the same reliability. Determine the level of reliability required for each of the components if the engine is to have a reliability of 0.998.
5. A bank loan processing system has three components with individual reliabilities as shown:
What is the reliability of the bank loan processing system?
6. What would be the reliability of the bank system above if each of the three components had a backup with a reliability of 0.80? How would the total reliability be different?
7. An LCD projector in an office has a main light bulb with a reliability of 0.90 and a backup bulb, the reliability of which is 0.80. The system looks as follows:
What is the reliability of the system?
8. A university Web server has five main components, each with the ...
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