MTBF
b. MTTR
c. MTBMA
d. None of the above
52. Availability is a function of:
a. MTBF
b. MTTR
c. Uptime
d. Uptime and downtime
53. The failure rate of a component/asset can be calculated by knowing:
a. The number of failures
b. MTBF
c. MTTR
d. Uptime
54. The biggest benefit of a failure mode and effects analysis occurs during:
a. The operation phase
b. The maintenance phase
c. The design phase
d. None of the above
55. PM schedule compliance should be equal to or greater than 95%.
a. True
b. False
56. Maintainability is measured by:
a. The PM schedule compliance rate
b. The average time between maintenance actions
c. The percentage of time that equipment is working satisfactorily
d. The average time required to restore the equipment
57. Which process ensures that resources, material, and equipment are available before a job is performed?
a. Planning
b. Scheduling
c. Inventory
d. Workflow
58. Which analysis identifies a cost-effective approach to reduce maintenance and operational problems?
a. Weibull
b. FTA
c. Pareto
d. Bottleneck
59. When a task/job is completed, who should close out the work order in a CMMS system?
a. Person who did the work
b. Supervisor
c. Planner
d. Scheduler
60. The objective of an agreement between operations and maintenance is to:
a. Clarify who is responsible when a problem arises
b. Minimize confusion
c. Clarify roles and responsibilities
d. All of the above
61. Which work order characteristic (element) is most important?
a. Description of work completed
b. Cost of work
c. Asset ID
d. Cost/charge number
62. Which factor is most influential in developing the skills of the M&R team members?
a. Current maintenance repair skills
b. Current plant performance requirements
c. Future plant performance requirements
d. None of the above
63. The first stage of team development is known as:
a. Norming
b. Forming
c. Storming
d. Warming
64. Which maintenance strategy has a goal of zero defects, zero breakdowns, and an effective workplace design?
a. CM
b. TPM
c. RTF
d. CBM
65. A mission statement is a statement of an organization’s:
a. Structure
b. Roles and responsibilities
c. Purpose—what the organization wants to do
d. Net worth
66. In which phase of the asset’s life cycle is the highest cost incurred?
a. Design and procure
b. Build and install
c. Operate and maintain
d. Decommission and dispose
67. Optimizing inventory levels by ordering the right quantity at a specific time interval in order to minimize inventory cost, but still meet customer needs, is called:
a. Inventory cost analysis
b. Economy order quantity
c. Inventory turns analysis
d. Order cost analysis
68. Who is a stakeholder?
a. A person responsible for preparing the project budget
b. A person or organization that can affect, be affected by, or believe to be affected by a decision or activity
c. A person or organization that performs/supports change management to make a new improvement project succeed
d. A person or organization that is not involved in the project and whose interest will not be affected by the completion of the project
69. The last step in a basic communication model is to:
a. Decode
b. Encode
c. Provide feedback/response
d. Transmit a message
70. RPN (risk priority number) is the:
a. Sum of severity (S), occurrence (O), and detection (D)
b. Product of severity (S), occurrence (O), and detection (D)
c. Minimum value of severity (S), occurrence (O), and detection (D)
d. Maximum value of severity (S), occurrence (O), and detection (D)
71. What does a change agent do?
a. Supports change
b. Initiates change
c. Opposes change
d. Helps implement change
72. Which of the following is a reliability tactic?
a. Implementing a preventive maintenance program
b. Improving individual components to increase MTBF
c. Training technicians to improve repair time and reduce MTTR
d. Optimizing PM to reduce maintenance costs
73. TPM (total productive maintenance) has the potential of providing almost a seamless integration between:
a. Production and quality
b. Maintenance and quality
c. Production and maintenance
d. Production and engineering
74. The process that is intended to find potential failures and repair or replace bad components before they fail is known as:
a. Preventive maintenance
b. Failure-finding maintenance
c. Troubleshooting maintenance
d. Breakdown maintenance
75. A maintenance engineer has a list of pump failure modes and frequency of occurrence. Which of the following diagrams