Course: TOPICS 3, Profesor: Levis Zerpa PhD

Quiz # 1
To be handed in (printed) at the beginning of the class on Tuesday, 30/05/2017.

Reading: N. Leveson, Engineering a Safer World.

LAST NAME, FIRST NAME:

1) Explain in a clear, precise and concise way, using your own examples, the distinction between
requirements and constraints and relate your analysis with the conflicts between safety and reliability.
(3 points)
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2) Explain in a clear, precise and concise way what are exactly the limitations of the causality models
based on event chains and provide two examples of your own.
(3 points)
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3) Explain in a clear, precise and concise way the main inadequacy of the event chain models according
to Levesons discussion of the Bhopal disaster (apply your explanation to this case).
(4 points)
TOTAL = 10 points
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