JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY

BSc. ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

EEE 2503: RELIABILITY ENGINEERING
DATE: 20TH JULY 2015 CAT I DUE: 4.00PM

1. Distinguish between conditional and unconditional failure of a component

2. State Bayes Theorem and give its mathematical definition
3. Using a suitable diagram, describe the traditional binary component states
4. Three resistors are chosen at random form resistors of which are defective. Find the
probability that;
i. None is defective
ii. At least one is defective
iii. Exactly one is defective
5. components were put under similar test conditions. In the first one hour, 50 components
failed. After 20 hours of the test, only 100 components were still in working condition. When is
the component’s reliability higher? (During the first one hour or after hours of working?)
6. A valve works in series with a water pump to fill a tank. The valve’s reliability is and that
of the pump is . What is the reliability of success when pumping the water?
7. Two pumps work in parallel and are connected to a valve that feeds a tank. The failure rates are
respectively. Calculate the reliability of the system and its availability at
and .
8. A system consists of four items in series. The time to failure distribution and their corresponding
parameter values are;
Item TTF Distribution Parameter Values
1 Exponential
2 Weibull
3 Normal
4 Weibull

Find the reliability of the system for 500 and 750 hours of operation.