Instructions for exercises

Exercise 1 (Concept Diagram)

This interactive exercise is designed to illustrate the use of concept diagrams for representing systems for the purpose of analyzing them for EMS implementation. In the text boxes given for the exercise, select the appropriate choice from each box and click “Submit.” Your responses are not saved on the website and so feel free to repeat the exercise as many times as needed. To view the correct answer, click on “???”.

Exercise 2 (Input-Output Diagram)

This interactive exercise is designed to illustrate the use of input-output diagrams for representing processes involved in a system. In the text boxes given for the exercise, select the appropriate choice from each box and click “Submit.” Your responses are not saved on the website and so feel free to repeat the exercise as many times as needed. To view the correct answer, click on “???”.

Exercise 5 (Process Map)

This interactive exercise is designed to illustrate the use of process maps for representing the sequences of activities in a system. In the text boxes given for the exercise, select the appropriate choice from each box and click “Submit.” Your responses are not saved on the website and so feel free to repeat the exercise as many times as needed. To view the correct answer, click on “???”.

Exercise 6 (Activities-Aspects-Impacts)

This interactive exercise is designed to illustrate the identification of aspects and impacts for particular activities. In the three columns given for the exercise, click on an activity on the left- most column and click on its possible aspect and impact on the other two columns, and click “Submit.” Your responses are not saved on the website and so feel free to repeat the exercise as many times as needed. To view the correct answer, click on “???”.

Exercise 10 (Root-Cause Map)

This interactive exercise is designed to illustrate the use of root-cause map (or Fishbone diagram) for analyzing the causes for particular problems. In the text boxes given for the exercise, click on the appropriate root cause for each major cause, and click “Submit.” Your responses are not saved on the website and so feel free to repeat the exercise as many times as needed. To view the correct answer, click on “???”.

Exercise 11 (Sequencing of steps)

This interactive exercise is designed to illustrate the sequence of steps of involved in EMS implementation. To sequence the steps, click on a box with a step (source) and then click on another box where the step should be (destination). Sequences all the steps similarly until they are all sequenced. Your responses are not saved on the website and so feel free to repeat the exercise as many times as needed. To view the correct answer, click on “???”.