Chapter 1: Overview of Module-Based Systems Engineering

Question 1

What is: System Model

Answer 1

The System Model serves as a central repository for design decisions

Question 2

What is: Model Element

Answer 2

Captures Design Decisions in a single place within the system model.

Question 3

What are the Three Pillars of MBSE?

Answer 3

A Modeling Language
A Modeling Method
A Modeling Tool

Question 4

What is: Modeling Language

Answer 4

A semiformal language that defines the kinds of elements you’re allowed to put into your model, the allowable relationships between them, and - in the case of a graphical modeling language - the set of notations you can use to display the elements and relations on the diagrams.

‘A set of rules that determines whether a given model is well formed or ill formed. Those rules do not dictate how and when to use the language to create a model.’

Question 5

What is: Modeling Method

Answer 5

A documented set of design tasks that a modeling team performs to create a system model.

Question 6

What is: Modeling Tools

Answer 6

A Special class of tools that are designed and implemented to comply with the rules of one or more modeling languages, enabling you to construct well-formed models in those languages.

Question 7

What is: MBSE

Answer 7

An approach to performing systems engineering that promises to deliver a greater return on investment than the traditional document-based approach.