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Question 3 Not yet marked / 1 pts Work through this example to test your knowledge. Any questions can be asked at the Q&A sessions. A company producing computers has found that their product most often fails due to a faulty power supply resulting in 20% of all products sold being returned to the factory. You have conducted an FMEA looking at customer satisfaction and assessed the severity rating to be 8. Currently there is no quality assurance (testing) of the product before it leaves the factory. Failure Mode Severity Rating Occurrence Rating Detection Rating RPN Faulty Power 8 Switch 1. In your initial calculations you determine the Risk Priority Number (RPN) to be 400. What was the corresponding occurrence rating? 2. You have been asked to reduce the Risk Priority Number (RPN) by reducing the Occurrence rating. Which of the following actions will achieve this? A. Introduce a backup redundant power supply B. Purchase a more reliable power supply (smaller percentage of faulty units delivered) from another manufacture to be used in production C. Introduce quality assurance testing procedures D. None of the other answers are correct E. Redesign the system so that it is solar powered 065_U_BFFZFDD_T1QT403QY.png

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