This assessment item includes two online quizzes which can be accessed via the unit's Moodle site. A set of calculation, drag-and-drop, short answer, and multiple-choice questions will be assigned. Each online quiz will cover the syllabus of previous four weeks and the corresponding week (e.g. Online quiz 1 covers the contents in Weeks 1 to 5, and online quiz 2 covers the contents in Weeks 6 to 10).

Every online quiz will stay open from Wednesday in the testing weeks until midnight Sunday in the following week so that you can take it whenever you are ready and available. You can attempt each quiz twice and the highest mark of the two attempts will be registered in Moodle Gradebook. The time limit for 20 questions will be an hour for each quiz. Once started, it cannot be paused, and it will become unavailable after its closing. There will be no restrictions on the venue and materials you can use. However, you are highly recommended to prepare for the quizzes due to their limited times.

• The total marks of each of two online quizzes will be scaled to out of 30 marks for the unit total.
• Numerical answers must be entered to 3 significant figures.

In this group assessment task, students will form a team of 2 to 3 members to work on an engineering asset and maintenance management project. The project will include investigating failures of relevant engineering components in a facility or failures of a related product. The aim of the undertaken project work is to present a complete solution of the problem in a cohesive and holistic manner. They will be required to undertake thorough research into the situation, apply relevant theories, and asset and maintenance management frameworks, and evolve and recommend the most appropriate solution.

Thus, in researching, examining, and obtaining an achievable result students will need to use proper analytical and simulation techniques extensively (e.g. Life Cycle Management and Cost Modelling, Work Study, Queuing Theory, Statistical Failure Analysis, Reliability/RAMS Modelling FMECA, Planned Maintenance Optimisation, Pareto Analysis, Control Charts, etc.). The submission will be in the form of a group report.

A Criteria Referenced Assessment practice will be used to assess this task. The philosophy of this assessment is to gauge the ability of students to work in a small team, use technical tools to analyse and assess information/data, and communication tools to showcase both their problem-solving skills and communication skills.

Although this is a group submission, each member of the group may receive varying grades. In the final report, the group will be asked to specify each members percentage contribution in the project. This percentage contribution will be used to determine the grade of each student. To help with team management the percent contribution should be discussed at the beginning of the project and at the end of the project. Each team member should reference their own contributions in the team report by use of the Harvard author-date system.

The group report will be marked on the main elements of analyzing a problem leading towards possible solution, discussion, and conclusions. The report should also be professionally presented, clearly showing, and explaining the development strategy of the solution including any assumptions or limitations. To maximize time spent on the unit's core aim it is recommended that diagrams are hand-drawn, and any mathematical equations or working be handwritten and scanned into the document. The report should be written and contain enough detail such that an engineer could understand, check and if necessary, repeat the work described. A detailed marking criteria specific to the project elements is available on the Moodle site.

Each student will work on an engineering situation where they will have to model and predict the performance of an engineering asset. They will produce a high-quality report of their findings. This assessment will give students an opportunity to showcase their individual brilliance in applying asset management tools for effective decision-making. This will implicitly assess a student's perseverance in the term including conducting background research, retrieving, and processing information, undertaking original engineering data modelling and analysis, interpreting data, and arriving at logical conclusions and recommendations.

The submission will be an individual report containing elements of analyzing a problem leading towards possible solution, discussion, and conclusions. The report should also be professionally presented, clearly showing, and explaining the development strategy of the solution including any assumptions or limitations. To maximize time spent on the unit's core aim it is recommended that diagrams are hand-drawn, and any mathematical equations or working be handwritten and scanned into the document. The report should be written and contain enough detail such that an engineer could understand, check and if necessary, repeat the work described. A detailed marking criteria specific to the project elements is available on the Moodle site.

The individual report will be used to assess the gain in knowledge, effective self-management, communication, and documentation of technical work. This must be clearly substantiated with evidence of individual work. The submission will be assessed based on how well the material in the report demonstrates student’s ability and understanding regarding the unit's material. A detailed marking criteria specific to the project elements is available on the Moodle site.