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"Record the intended operation and the evidence needed to judge successful performance.", "questions": [ { "text": "What specific function makes this equipment an apparatus?", "kind": "definition", "id": "function-and-success-q01" }, { "text": "What observable result or measured criterion would demonstrate that function under stated conditions?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "function-and-success-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "equipment-boundary", "name": "Equipment boundary", "description": "Separates the functional equipment from its surroundings and broader procedure.", "findings": [ { "id": "minimum-functional-whole", "name": "Minimum functional whole", "description": "Identify what belongs to the apparatus and what merely supports its use.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which physical elements must be included for the named apparatus to perform its intended function?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "minimum-functional-whole-q01" }, { "text": "Which supporting tools, utilities and procedural 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