3a) Harold, is an systems engineer that works for a company involved with developing advanced condition based maintenance technologies for a variety of applications and industries. At a recent company strategy session Harold made the following statement in a meeting with his key managers: We need to focus our attention on determining what our customers want, where they want it, and when they want it. Based on this statement, Harold is most likely trying to apply what element of systems engineering?

	1.	Needs Assessment.
	2.	Requirements Analysis.
	3.	Functional Allocation
	4.	Design Synthesis
	5.	Systems of Systems Integration

3b) The systems engineering process is an approach that guides the development of complex systems associated with specific type of system?

		Service Oriented System
		Product Oriented System
		Process Oriented System
		All of the above
		None of the above

3c) Jessica is an engineer on a R&D telecommunication project. She has determined that the system needs to operate over satellite communications that can provide transmission of digital data. So she is selcting this existing system to fullfil a functional requirement. What element of the systems engineering process has Jessica Accomplished?

	1.	Needs Assessment
	2.	Requirements Analysis
	3.	Functional Analysis
	4.	Design Synthesis
	5.	None of the above

3d) The relation of modern systems engineering to its origins can be best understood in terms of one of which of the following factor?

	1.	New inventions
	2.	Human relations conditions.
	3.	Advancing Technology
	4.	Natural environment conditions.
	5.	None of the above

3e) Match the types of Environmental Interactions to the appropriate functional description

-A.B.C.D.	System Operators
-A.B.C.D.	Operational Maintenance
-A.B.C.D.	Support Systems
-A.B.C.D.	Shipping & Handling

A.	Human to machine interface of the system
B.	Infrsructure of which the system depends on for carrying out it's mission
C.	System state of readiness and maintainability
D.	Transportation from of supplies to and from the operational site

3f) Kyle is new systems engineer in the ZYX Organization. He asks his supervisor why production standards are not modified to reflect market competition. By asking this question, Kyle is accomplishing what element of the systems engineering process model?

	1.	Needs Assessment.
	2.	Requirements Analysis.
	3.	Functional Allocation
	4.	Design Synthesis
	5.	Systems of Systems Integration

3g) Activities associated with requirements management of the systems engineering process model are?

		Needs Assessment
		Requirements Analysis
		Functional Allocation
		All of the above
		None of the above

3h) The environmental interaction type that are the part of the infrastructure on which the system depends on for carrying out its mission is referred to as what type?. An example of this type of environmental interaction is an air traffic control system and associated facilities at an airport.

	1.	inputs and outputs
	2.	system operators
	3.	operational maintenance
	4.	support sytems
	5.	none of the above