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DEPARTMENT: MECHANICAL AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

COURSE TITLE: TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND RELIABILITY

COURSE CODE: MECE4105

LEVEL: 400

MCQ QUESTIONS ON RELIABILITY IN

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT.
PRESENTED BY:

EYAMBE SIMON LOBE UBa18E0097

SUNJO RANDY UBa18E0119
MBOH TATANG RANDA Uba20E0468
MOUOTCHOUO PUWA CALVIN UBa19E0093
MBINGFEPOH IVAN M UBa18E0099
WABE NDANGEH PROSPER UBa20E0472

COURSE INSTRUCTOR
Mr. BECHING ROLAND ORU

ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/ 2021

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1. Reliability is a measure of how quality changes over time.
a) True
b) False
Answer: a
Explanation: Reliability is a measure of how quality changes over time. Quality shows us how
well the product or service performs its intended function, but reliability shows how well the
product or service retain its original level of quality over a period of time.

2. Reliability is the probability of a system or service to perform its intended function

satisfactorily over a specific period of time under specific conditions.
a) True
b) False
Answer: a
Explanation: Reliability is the probability of a system or service to perform its intended function
satisfactorily over a specific period of time under specific conditions. The keywords are
probability, intended function, satisfactorily, specific period of time, and specific conditions.

3. The reliability of the entire system is called ______

a) Partial reliability
b) Isolated reliability
c) Closed reliability
d) System reliability
Answer: d
Explanation: The reliability of the entire system is called system reliability. A system is the
collection of items such as subsystems, components, units, blocks.
4. System reliability for components kept in series _______ as the number of components
increases.
a) Increases
b) Decreases
c) Remains unchanged
d) Cannot be determined

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Answer: b
Explanation: System reliability for components kept in series decreases as the number of
components increases. In this case, the system reliability is always less than the lowest value of
reliability of any component.

5. System reliability for components kept in parallel ______ as the number of components
increases.
a) Increases
b) Decreases
c) Remains unchanged
d) Cannot be determined

Answer: a
Explanation: System reliability for components kept in parallel increases as the number of
components increases. In this case, the system reliability is always more than the highest value of
reliability of any component.

6. In series configuration of five components, the entire system will fail if ______
a) any two components fail
b) any three components fail
c) any one of the components fail
d) any four components fail
Answer: c
Explanation: In series configuration of five components, the entire system will fail if any one of
the components fail. The entire system will work satisfactorily only if all the components work
without fail.

7. In parallel configuration of five components, the entire system will fail if _____
a) any two components fail
b) any three components fail
c) all the components fail
d) any one components fail

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Answer: c
Explanation: In parallel configuration of five components, the entire system will fail if all the
components fail. The system will work satisfactorily even when any one of the parallel
components fail.

8. The life-test sample plans that are terminated when a pre-assigned number of failures occur in
the sample is _____
a) Failure-terminated
b) Time-terminated
c) Operation-terminated
d) Sequential
Answer: a
Explanation: The life-test sample plans that are terminated when a pre-assigned number of
failures occur in the sample is failure-terminated. The other types of tests are time-terminated
and sequential.

9. What does the graph of ‘bathtub curve’ represent?

a) Failure rate v/s Mean
b) Failure rate v/s Time
c) Failure rate v/s Distance
d) Failure rate v/s Velocity
Answer: b
Explanation: The ‘bathtub curve’ represents failure rate v/s time. It has three distinct phases
known as the debugging phase, chance-failure phase, and the wear-out phase.

10. A system consists of four components in series with two components having reliability of 0.9
and two others having reliability of 0.8 at the end of one year. What is the system reliability at
the end of one year?
a) 0.9000
b) 0.8000
c) 0.7000
d) 0.5184

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Answer: d
Explanation: The reliability of the system at the end of one year is given by
R(s)=R1*R2*R3*R4. So, R(s)=0.9*0.9*0.8*0.8=0.5184.

11. A production line is using five robots for its daily operations. If each robot has a reliability of
0.95, what is the total system reliability?
a) 0.7737
b) 0.9500
c) 0.9000
d) 1.0000
Answer: a
Explanation: The reliability of the system is given by R(s)=R1*R2*R3*R4*R5. So,
R(s)=0.95*0.95*0.95*0.95*0.95, or R(s)=0.7737.

12. If the system reliability of five robots in a production line is 0.95, what is the individual
reliability?
a) 0.9354
b) 0.6535
c) 0.9897
d) 0.8143
Answer: c
Explanation: The system reliability of five robots in a production line is 0.95. The reliability of
the system is given by R(s)=R1*R2*R3*R4*R5. Therefore, R(x)5=0.95, or R(x)=0.9897.

13. A system consists of four components in parallel with two components having reliability of
0.9 and two others having reliability of 0.8 at the end of one year. What is the system reliability
at the end of one year?
a) 0.9996
b) 0.8000
c) 0.7000
d) 0.5180

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Answer: a
Explanation: System reliability for parallel components is given by R(s)=1-[(1-R1)2(1-R2)2] or,
R(s)=1-[(1-0.9)2(1-0.8)2] = 0.9996.

14. For a 2-out-of-3 system, each component has reliability of 0.9. What is the reliability of the
system?
a) 0.942
b) 0.854
c) 0.972
d) 0.999
Answer: c
Explanation: The reliability of the system is given by R(s)=P(X=2)+P(X=3), or
R(s)=(3C2)(0.9)2(0.1)1+(3C3)(0.9)3(0.1)0=0.243+0.729=0.972.

15. For a 3-out-of-4 system, each component has reliability of 0.97. What is the reliability of the
system?
a) 0.9148
b) 0.9248
c) 0.9448
d) 0.9947
Answer: d
Explanation: The reliability of the system is given by R(s)=P(X=3)+P(X=4), or
R(s)=(4C3)(0.97)3(0.03)1+(4C4)(0.97)4(0.03)0=0.1095+0.8852=0.9947.

16. If the failure rate of the system is 0.000128 units, what is the mean time to fail?
a) 7812.5 units
b) 7830.5 units
c) 4530.5 units
d) 9821.5 units
Answer: a
Explanation: If the failure rate of the system is given by MTTF = 1/λs=1/0.000128, or
MTTF=7812.5 units. MTTF refers to the mean time to fail.

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17. If the failure rate is 6.67 x 10-6 failures/hr, calculate reliability for a period of 1000 hours.
a) 98.45%
b) 99.34%
c) 97.56%
d) 94.67%
Answer: b
Explanation: The reliability is given by R(t)=e-λt. Here, t=1000 hours and λ=6.67×10-
6
failures/hr. So, reliability=99.34%.

18. If the time to fail for 3 components are 807, 820, and 810, calculate mean time to failure.
a) 808.34
b) 810.34
c) 812.34
d) 814.34
Answer: c
Explanation: If the time to fail for 3 components are 807, 820, and 810, then
MTTF=(807+820+810)/3=812.34 hrs. MTTF refers to the mean time to fail.

19. If the reliability is 0.3012 and the period of 1000 hours, calculate failure rate per hour.
a) 0.0010
b) 0.0012
c) 0.0014
d) 0.0016
Answer: b
Explanation: The reliability is given by R(t)=e-λt. If t=1000 hours, R=0.3012, then, λ=0.0012
failures/hr.

20. reliability is the degree to which a unit of equipment performs its intended function under
______________ for ______________ of time.

a) specified conditions; specified period

b) any condition; specified period

c) specified conditions; all periods

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d) any condition; any period

answer: a

specified conditions; specified period

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