Questions Bank

System Engineering
ES-221
UNIT-1
Q1-What is system engineering?
Q2-Discuss the origins of systems engineering.
Q3-Define the traditional engineering disciplines.
Q4-Describes the examples of engineered complex systems requiring system engineering.
Q5-Discuss the system engineer career development characteristics.
Q6-What is the role of system engineering as a profession?
Q7-Describe the power of system engineering.
Q8-Describe the term system domains.
Q9-What are the system engineering fields?
Q10-Describe system engineering approaches.
Q11-Define in short system engineering activities and product.
Q12-What are the basic activities of system engineering?

UNIT-2
Q1- Discuss the system building blocks and interfaces.
Q2- Describe the hierarchy of complex systems.
Q3- What do you understand by system building blocks in system engineering?
Q4- Define the term of system environment.
Q5- Discuss the term interfaces and interactions
Q6- What do you understand by complexity in modern system?
Q7- Discuss the different interface elements.
Q8- Describe the physical elements of system building blocks.
Q9- Describe the different types of environmental interactions.
Q10- Define the term analysis need.
Q11- What do you understand the term operational analysis.
Q12-Describe the important point to be considered while analysing a need.

UNIT-3
Q1- Define the term analysis of need.
Q2- Describe the originating of a new system approach.
Q3- What do you understand the term operations analysis?
Q4- Define the term functional analysis.
Q5- Describe the feasibility definition.
Q6- What do you understand the need validation for a new system?
Q7- List out the system operational requirements.
Q8- Describe the system requirements in term of concept exploration.
Q9- Explain the implementation concept exploration.
Q10- What do you understand the operational requirements analysis.
Q11- Discuss the concept exploration phase in the form of flow diagram.
Q12- Describe the different approaches of implementation concept exploration.
 UNIT-4
Q1- What are the objectives of the advanced development phase for reducing program risk?
Q2- Discuss the requirements analysis of advanced development phase of engineering
development stages.
Q3- Describes the functional analysis and design of advanced development.
Q4- Discuss the prototype development as a risk mitigation technique.
Q5- Describe the developing testing of components and subsystem.
Q6- Describe the primary risk reduction methods and also strategies of risk reduction.
Q7- Describe the risk reduction of advanced development phase.
Q8- Describe the test and evolution master plan.
Q9- What are the different stresses areas of functional design?
Q10-Explain the different important areas of functional analysis and design.
Q11-Explain the validation of the physical implementation of the component system building
blocks.
Q12-Write the short note on risk mitigation.

UNIT-5
Q1- Describe the implementing the system building blocks of the engineering design phase.
Q2- Discuss the planning and preparation of integration and evaluation of engineering
design system.
Q3- Explain the system element test configuration of system integration.
Q4- Describe the main objectives of the development system testing.
Q5- Explain the high priority operational test.
Q6- Explain the essential features of an effective operational evaluation.
Q7- Discuss the model of physical test configuration of system integration.
Q8- Describe the subsystem test configuration and subsystem integration.
Q9- Describe the system testing objectives and developmental test planning.
Q10- Describe the objective of production phase of system engineering.
Q11-Explain the feature of concurrent engineering or product development of engineering
for production.
Q12-Describe the transition from development to production and also describe the
problems in the transition process.
Q13-Discuss the production operations of production planning.
Q14- Define the modelling.
Q15-Describe the simulation and type of simulation.
Q16-What do you understand by the term operational simulation.
Q17-Define trade off analysis.