An on-line production of printed-circuit boards (PCBs) involves
ten successive sequences (i = 1, 2, 3, …, 10) of
component-placement/assembly on the board. In a quality-control
effort, the board is tested for its integrity in each of ten
successive assembly-tasks. It is presumed that the reliability of
final, completed PCB depends on possible, failure-proneness
associated with each (successive) assembly-task involved. Table
given below shows the number of PCBs (ni) per successive
batch tested. Also shown in the table, is the...