Modeling and Simulation Basic Course Questions and Answers Fully Solved
The Kriegspiel attempted to quantify which of the following aspects of wargaming? - Answers Human
elements such as time or fatigue
What major advancement contributed to the M&S community in the early 1960s? - Answers Naval War
College replaces analog wars with digital version wars
Why is the use of M&S not fully reliable? - Answers M&S did not adequately simulate various human
elements
In the 1950s, the Naval War College contributed to the realm of strategic wargaming by inventing which
of the following? - Answers Naval Electronic Warfare Simulator (NEWS)
What major advancement contributed to the M&S community in the early 1960s? - Answers Naval
Electronic Warfare Simulator (NEWS)
Which of the following is considered to be the birth of distributed simulation? - Answers Simulation
Network (SIMNET)
Why is the ARPANET considered to be the foundation of the internet? - Answers ARPANET provided a
national C2 network that would continue to function even if individual notes are destroyed in a nuclear
war
Categorize the following elements with the correct system.
Vehicle System
Computer System
School System - Answers Vehicle System
-engine
-body
-windshield
-tires
Computer System
-monitor
-hard drive
, -central processing unit
-motherboard
School System
-instructors
-students
-class rooms
-cafeteria
Which of the following best describes the theory of Reductionism? - Answers The theory that assumes
the understanding of a systems behavior by studying the elements and their interactions.
Categorize each of the following statements with the correct term. - Answers Parameters - Characterize
constant elements
Variables - Fuel or munition expenditure
Boundaries - Imaginary line that designates a specific area of interest
Control functions - Removing the governor off of a tank to increase speed
Forcing functions - Impending thunderstorm that would affect terrain
A system that consists of smaller systems that also act as individual elements is an example of what type
of hierarchy? - Answers Linear
Which of the following statements best describes a variable? - Answers The flexible quantities that
change within a system.
Which of the following statements best describes a parameter? - Answers The constant elements within
a system.
Which of the following statements best describes a control function? - Answers The parameters that are
allowed to change in order to observe their effects on the system.
The Kriegspiel attempted to quantify which of the following aspects of wargaming? - Answers Human
elements such as time or fatigue
What major advancement contributed to the M&S community in the early 1960s? - Answers Naval War
College replaces analog wars with digital version wars
Why is the use of M&S not fully reliable? - Answers M&S did not adequately simulate various human
elements
In the 1950s, the Naval War College contributed to the realm of strategic wargaming by inventing which
of the following? - Answers Naval Electronic Warfare Simulator (NEWS)
What major advancement contributed to the M&S community in the early 1960s? - Answers Naval
Electronic Warfare Simulator (NEWS)
Which of the following is considered to be the birth of distributed simulation? - Answers Simulation
Network (SIMNET)
Why is the ARPANET considered to be the foundation of the internet? - Answers ARPANET provided a
national C2 network that would continue to function even if individual notes are destroyed in a nuclear
war
Categorize the following elements with the correct system.
Vehicle System
Computer System
School System - Answers Vehicle System
-engine
-body
-windshield
-tires
Computer System
-monitor
-hard drive
, -central processing unit
-motherboard
School System
-instructors
-students
-class rooms
-cafeteria
Which of the following best describes the theory of Reductionism? - Answers The theory that assumes
the understanding of a systems behavior by studying the elements and their interactions.
Categorize each of the following statements with the correct term. - Answers Parameters - Characterize
constant elements
Variables - Fuel or munition expenditure
Boundaries - Imaginary line that designates a specific area of interest
Control functions - Removing the governor off of a tank to increase speed
Forcing functions - Impending thunderstorm that would affect terrain
A system that consists of smaller systems that also act as individual elements is an example of what type
of hierarchy? - Answers Linear
Which of the following statements best describes a variable? - Answers The flexible quantities that
change within a system.
Which of the following statements best describes a parameter? - Answers The constant elements within
a system.
Which of the following statements best describes a control function? - Answers The parameters that are
allowed to change in order to observe their effects on the system.
