Ch. 14 Advanced Standards and Resources

Question 1

The Standards Engineering Society (SES) destribtion of a standard is

Answer 1

a standard is a document that applies collectively to codes, specifications, recommended practices, classifications, test methods, and guides, which have been prepared by a standards developing organization or group, and published in accordance with established procedures.

Question 2

Describe the difference between voluntary and mandatory standards

Answer 2

Voluntary standards are generall established by private-sector bodies and are available for use by any person or organization, private or government.

Mandatory standards require compliance because of a government statute or regulation, an organizations’s internl policy, or a contractual requirement.

Question 3

Explain the difference between National Standards Body (NSB) and the Standards Developing Organization (SDO)

Answer 3

National Standards body is generall used to refer to the one-per-country standardiation organization

Standards Developing Organization generally refers to the thousands of industry or sector based syandard organizations which develop and publish industry specific standards