What is the Universal Systems Model?

• An attempt to complicate a simple logic

•   An attempt to graphically depict processes of all sorts

• An attempt to use pictures when words are needed

• An attempt to explain how things are made

Which of the following is NOT a part of the USM?

• Input

• Process

• Progress

• Feedback

The choices below are ALL inputs that go into a system EXCEPT:

• Materials

• Feedback

• Time

• People

  Which of the following outputs would be “undesirable” for a company?

• Good reputation

• Making a profit

• Hiring more workers because demand for the product has increased

• Air contamination

Sensors in an automated system offer ___________ to controllers.

• Input

• Process

• Output

• A good time

   For an automobile, “the cylinders burn the fuel which makes the wheels turn” is what part of the USM?

• Output

• Process

• Feedback

• Input

Gears, pulleys and a bicycles are all examples of what kind of a system?

• Electrica

• Fluid

• Mechanical

• Chemical

Fuel and batteries are examples of what kind of system?

• Mechanical

• Chemical

• Fluid

• Thermal

Cooling systems and climate control systems are a part of what kind of system?

• Fluid

• Chemical

• Thermal

• Mechanical

Separating, combining, forming and conditioning are all examples of the ___________ part of the USM.

• Output

• Input

• Operations

• Processing