Failure Mode, Effect, and Criticality Analysis, (FMECA) Is Primarily for the Purpose

Failure mode, effect, and criticality analysis, (FMECA) is primarily for the purpose of

A) Learning as much about the item as possible after qualification test.
B) Determining the way an item will most likely fail to help obtain design and procedural safeguards against such failures.
C) Determining, by extensive analysis, the reliability of an item.
D) Determining the cause of a failure, by dissecting the item, to help obtain corrective action.