What is the science and art of measurement for the determination of conformance to technical requirements?
Metrology
The Navy has established the METCAL program to ensure traceability and accuracy of instrument calibration to which institute?
NIST
Which program emphasizes the need to complete measurement standardization throughout the Navy?
METCAL
What are the instruments used for all quantitative measurements except metrology standards?
TAMS
What assures us that our weapon systems are working right and that the parts obtained from different manufacturers will fit together as they should?
Calibration
The METCAL program provides for periodic calibration of most instruments. The responsibility for assignment of these periodic calibration intervals has been given to which center?
MEC
What is a laboratory-type device that is used to maintain continuity of value in the units of measurement?
Standard
Which type of equipment is equipment that before being submitted to calibration is found by review of its performance history and by cursory electrical and physical examinations to be operational in all its required functions?
Operable
Which type of repairs are those repairs found necessary during calibration of an operable equipment to bring it within its specified tolerances?
Incidental
What is the unbroken chain of properly conducted and documented calibration of equipment from the fleet through higher echelons to the National Bureau of Standards (NBS)?