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Royal Navy is preparing a through-life contract. They put to the contract a term on rectification of operational defects and planning and delivery of Fleet Time Support Periods. Which part of through-life requirement does this term belong to?
Suggested Answer: B
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There are 6 main components of the through-life requirements of an asset: Design, Manufacture, Installation, In-service support, Decommission and disposal and Customer support.
Rectification of operational defects and planning and delivery of Fleet Time Support Periods are maintenance activities which belong to in-service support. You may have chosen Customer support. However, in through-life asset management context, customer support does not include maintenance services. Instead, it is the services that go along the stages of asset life. It may include consulting, communication and information exchange.
Source: Andrew Graves
LO 3, AC 3.2
21 comments · newest first
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Yuette
11 months ago
This is all about planning and delivery, so in-service support is the right choice!
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Vicente
12 months ago
Wait, are they really covering all operational defects? Sounds too good to be true.
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Jacqueline
12 months ago
Seems like a clear fit for in-service support to me.
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Arlene
1 year ago
I think it's more about customer support.
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Reena
1 year ago
Definitely in-service support!
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Karol
1 year ago
Customer support sounds like it could fit, but I feel like in-service support is more aligned with operational defects.
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Tonette
1 year ago
I'm a bit confused because I thought installation was more about setting things up, but this seems to be about ongoing support.
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Shalon
1 year ago
I remember a practice question that discussed Fleet Time Support Periods, and I think that also pointed towards in-service support.
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Temeka
1 year ago
I think the term about rectification of operational defects might relate to in-service support, but I'm not entirely sure.
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Fatima
1 year ago
I'm not entirely sure, but I think the best approach here is to carefully read the question and the options, and try to match the key terms to the different stages of the through-life contract. Option B seems like the most logical choice based on the information provided.
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Sophia
1 year ago
I'm pretty confident that the answer is B. The terms mentioned in the question are clearly about maintaining and supporting the fleet during its operational life, which is the in-service support stage of a through-life contract.
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Carin
1 year ago
Okay, let me think this through. The term seems to be related to in-service support, so I'm going to go with option B.
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Cortney
1 year ago
Hmm, I'm a bit confused. The question mentions "rectification of operational defects" and "planning and delivery of Fleet Time Support Periods," but I'm not sure which part of the through-life contract that would fall under.
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Lenita
1 year ago
This seems to be a question about the different stages of a through-life contract. I think the key is to identify which stage the given term belongs to.
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Susana
1 year ago
I'm not entirely sure about this one. The question seems to be testing our knowledge of the different stages of the through-life requirement. I'll need to review my notes and try to eliminate the options that don't fit.
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Benedict
1 year ago
Okay, I've got this. The term is about maintaining the fleet and addressing any issues that come up, so it's clearly related to in-service support. I'm confident that's the right answer.
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Joana
1 year ago
Hmm, I'm a bit confused by the wording here. I'll need to think carefully about the differences between installation, in-service support, manufacture, and customer support to figure out which one this term fits under.
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Wayne
1 year ago
This seems like a straightforward question about through-life requirements. I'll focus on the key terms like "rectification of operational defects" and "Fleet Time Support Periods" to determine which part of the through-life requirement this term belongs to.
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Annabelle
1 year ago
Okay, I'm pretty confident that the answer is A. A metropolitan hotel is specifically described as being located in the downtown area of a large city, which fits the details provided in the question.
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Luther
1 year ago
Okay, let me break this down. Symmetric encryption is fast but has key management challenges, while asymmetric encryption is slow but allows for remote communication without key exchange. Combining the two sounds like it could be a "hybrid system." I'll go with that.
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Norah
1 year ago
This one seems pretty straightforward. I think the answer is D - real-time video surveillance, since that would actually decrease the customer's trust in the cloud provider.