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Subject : engineering
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1. Ratio scale






2. If you have two compatible mature technologies to infuse - or one not mature technology - which will have the most variance?






3. What does CLT stand for?






4. With 15 technologies - what is the number of possible combinations?






5. What are the four difference life cycle costs?






6. What is the normal distribution that results from adding x+y and x[sub]y?






7. What is the difference between price and cost?






8. How is inflation measured?


9. How do you get the CDF from the PDF?






10. Show and explain a pareto frontier






11. Strengths of TOPSis...






12. TIES Step 2: Design Space Conception






13. TIES Step 3: Model and Simulation






14. What are K- factors applied to?






15. 3 Measures of Central Tendency (& Defs)






16. TIES Step 8: Selecting Technology


17. Weaknesses of TOPSis...






18. What is TCM? What is the size and what value can it take?






19. What is the definition of inflation?






20. What does TOPSIS stand for?






21. What is the equation for the learning curve?






22. Define fixed cost and variable cost.






23. What is the equation for present equivalent value? Define variables.






24. TIES






25. What two variables are necessary to define a normal distribution?






26. What is the notation for a standard normal distribution?






27. In what regions of the graph is UTE applicable?






28. TIES Step 4: Investigate Design Space






29. Why is learning curve used (or what is it?)






30. TIES Step 6: Identify Technology






31. What is satisficing - what is optimizing?






32. MADM






33. What is the equation for OEC if X is a benefit (maximize) and N is a cost (minimize)?






34. If you have a two values on a CDF what is the probability of getting a value between them?






35. Why is the normal distribution useful or important?


36. Why do we use a sample?






37. Why use uniform dist for input variables (Gap Analysis)






38. What are the three snapshots of UTE?






39. TIES Step 7: Assess Technology






40. What does CDF stand for?






41. TIES Step 1: Problem Definition






42. TIES Step 5: Feasible?






43. TIF


44. What is probability density contour plot






45. Name two uncertainties accounted for by UTE. What metric does UTE use to quantify this risk?






46. 4 Measures of Dispersion






47. Write down a formula for a normal distribution






48. Name the advantages of UTE.






49. interval scale






50. Direct Operating Costs