CMRP – PQ – SET D (43) –Homework Questions

1. Which of the following option names a failure that, when avoided, is considered a
“best practice” for industrial maintenance?
a. Manufacturer – induced Failure
b. Design –Induced Failure
c. Machine-Induced Failure
d. Self-Induced Failure

2. As a reliability engineer, which option below lists the key performance

indicator(s) for which you would be accountable?
a. Mean Time Between Failure
b. Percentage of Rework
c. Shift Stream Factor and Production Rate
d. Equipment Utilization Rate

3. Which of the following options specifies an element that is not part of a well-
developed Training Strategy?
a. Definition of skills requirements
b. Gap closure plan
c. Assessment of current skills
d. Performance reviews.

4. Which of the following metrics definitions is not accurate?

a. Mean Time To Repair – how long it takes to fix broken equipment
b. Work Order Cycle Time- average number of hours jobs are planned in advance of
execution
c. Estimated Asset Replacement Value per Mechanic – how much equipment value is
maintained by each mechanic
d. % Planned work – the amount of completed work that was planned ahead of time

5. Which selection below indicates the best method used for identifying
maintenance problems caused by maintenance or operating work processes?
a. Root Cause Failure Analysis
b. Bottleneck Analysis
c. Weibull Analysis
d. Pareto Analysis

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6. Reliability prediction are often expressed in terms of mean time between failures
or it’s reciprocal. Which option below identifies the reciprocal?
a. Service life
b. Mean Time To Failure
c. Failure Mode
d. Failure Rate

7. Which option below names the two parameters that would have the greatest
effect on accuracy of the temperature reading on the instrument when
measuring the temperature of an object using a radiometric imager?
a. Range and span
b. Emissivity and background temperature
c. Aperture and brightness
d. Relative humidity and ambient temperature

8. Which option below describes a situation when a strategic plan for maintenance
and reliability be most appropriately required?
a. The appointment of a new Maintenance Manager.
b. Improved facility reliability and throughput is required.
c. The markets that the company operates in are changing on weekly basis.
d. Fixed costs must be reduced by 20% within the next year.

9. One of the negative aspects of Predictive Maintenance is:

a. Large amount of data produced
b. Cost of test equipment and training
c. High use of manpower
d. Need to shut down the equipment

10. Which of the following options designated the most effective method of
performance evaluation?
a. A field review process
b. An employee written assessment
c. A feedback process
d. A behaviorally anchored rating scale process

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11. A plant has an Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) of 50% and the company
is able to sell all their products. This plant sales revenue is $150 million. If they
can improve the plant OEE to 85%, what would be the new sales revenue
assuming they will continue selling all their products?
a. $ 205 million
b. $ 255 million
c. $ 300 million
d. $ 225 million

12. Which of the following is a valuable health and safety metric that is often
overlooked?
a. The number of reported accidents resulting in no injury.
b.The number of reported accidents resulting in lost time.
c. The number of reported accidents resulting in first aid treatment.
d.The number of reported accidents resulting in no regulatory recordable injury.

13. Which of the following choices outlines circumstances where it might be

appropriate to conduct a failure modes and effect analysis (FMEA)?
a. Corporate downsizing has reduced the staff of Maintenance Department to two
Reliability Technicians and two foremen of each craft. These foremen will now
manage contracted maintenance crews for all plant maintenance activities.
b. A custom-made production machine, critical to meeting production requirements, has
failed for a third time in six months. The Maintenance Department has carefully
inspected the machine after each failure, and each failure has been attributed to a loss
of lubrication to the machine’s bearings.
c. The Production department has added a third production shift to meet increased sales.
The new shift will be staffed mostly of new employees whose training consists of two
weeks working with the day shift. Adding the third shift also increases equipment
operating hours by 50%.
d. The maintenance Department has assumed responsibility for maintenance of the
equipment in a small production line acquired after buyout of smaller competitor. The
competitor uses equipment that is different from the company’s existing equipment.

14. Your plant is in a sold-out position. You just told a visiting senior manager from
the corporate office that the reason you place so much emphasis and spend so
much money on maintenance planning is that it not only saves money, but it
makes money for the business. He asks: How can it make money for the
business? Which of the following options is the best answer to support your
claim?

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a. Maintenance planning enables effective maintenance thereby increasing production
capability.
b. Maintenance planning ensures the mechanics are productive all day long.
c. Maintenance planning reduces finished product inventory through increasing
reliability.
d. Maintenance planning improves quality yield through reduced process disruptions.

15. When is the most beneficial time during an asset life cycle to perform a root
cause analysis (RCA)?
a. During operation and maintenance
b. During construction and commissioning
c. During the failure mode effects and criticality analysis phase
d. During the reliability centered maintenance implementation phase

16. Which of the options below names the criteria upon which the interval between
condition-based maintenance (CBM) tasks should be determined?
a. The criticality of the equipment and the impact of failure mode.
b. The failure rate under different operating conditions.
c. How quickly the failure mode progresses and causes functional failure.
d. The cost of the condition-based monitoring task based on severity.

17. Which grouping below identifies key source information for planning
maintenance services?
a. Manufacturers, Maintenance engineers, Craft technicians, and Regulatory agencies.
b. Manufacturers, Sales department, Human resources, and Regulatory agencies.
c. Manufacturers, Sales department, Human resources, and Operations.
d. Design Engineering, Human resources, Maintenance engineers and Manufacturers.

18. Which of the choices below correctly identifies the primary goal of condition-
based maintenance (CBM)?
a. To perform maintenance on an elapsed time basis.
b. To perform maintenance any time the asset is not in use.
c. To perform maintenance when it is effective.
d. To perform maintenance during annual plant downtime.

19. From the choices below select why schedule compliance is an important indicator
for measuring performance of a work management system.
a. Provides reason for deficiencies due to the unplanned wait times for parts, tools and
work instructions.

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b. Improves the morale of the workers by giving them advanced notice of the upcoming
job assignments, and helps achieve improved utilization of resources.
c. Measures delays that occur between jobs, not within the confines of individual jobs.
d. Encourages supervisors to follow schedules.

20. Which option below describes the best way for a maintenance and reliability
program to use process parameters?
a. Use them to understand changes in equipment condition.
b. Use them to justify replacement equipment purchase.
c. Use them to assist in the explanation of failures.
d. Use them to assign defects to equipment system.

21. Which option below is the measure you would use to evaluate the maintainability
of a machine?
a. Failure Rate
b. Life Cycle Cost
c. Machine Maintenance Cost
d. Mean Time to Repair

22. Which of the following lists criteria that best measures the effectiveness of the
maintenance and reliability workforce?
a. The amount of backlog work
b. A set of key performance indicators
c. Trends in the maintenance and reliability budget
d. Maintenance and reliability work performed by production

23. Based on the following data what is the correct value of OEE?
Quality Rate=90%, Performance Efficiency=65%, Utilization =72%,
Availability = 87%, Capacity=80%
a. 36.6%
b. 42.1%
c. 50.9%
d. 40.7%

24. Most just-in-time manufacturers use some kind of inventory-pull method on the
shop floor. Which of the following options correctly explains what a shop floor
pull system is?
a. A shop floor –pull system merely means that each supplying work center does not
make anything until the next work center requests it to do so.

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b. A shop floor-pull system merely means that there is a lever that pulls the work to the
next station.
c. A shop floor-pull system merely means that there is an assembly line that has the
work pulled to the next station.
d. A shop floor-pull system merely means that supplies are pulled from stores.

25. As the maintenance manager for a manufacturing company, you have conducted
an analytical study that reveals the mechanics, on average, spend four hours per
ten-hour shift on wrench time. Your first action should be to:
a. Investigate the barriers causing loss of wrench time.
b. Encourage your planners to develop more aggressive job estimates.
c. Inform management that four hours wrench time per day is considered good.
d. Improve Planning and scheduling to increase wrench time.

26. Regarding hidden failures and protective devices which of the following phrases
is correct?
a. The protective devices don’t require any routine maintenance attention because their
failures will have no consequences if the protected function is still working. This
type of maintenance would not be cost effective
b. All protective devices have their failures evident to operating crew under normal
circumstances. We consider hidden failure when they come with manufacturing
defect, which will affect their operation.
c. One example of hidden failure is the car brake light. If there is no warning circuit to
show that the bulb had failed, the only way to reduce the possibility that a burned
bulb could bring safety issues to the driver is to check regularly if it is still working.
d. By definition, fall safe device is one whose failure on its own will become evident to
its maintenance technicians under normal circumstances. In other words, only skilled
people will identify its failure.

27. Which of the following options shows the following cascading indicators in
proper descending order?
1. Schedule compliance
2. Return on invested capital
3. Uptime
4. Equipment reliability
5. Facility Profitability
6. Production volumes
a. 2,1,3,4,6,5
b. 2,5,6,3,4,1
c. 2,5,6,4,3,1

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d. 3,5,6,4,1,2

28. When deciding if you should keep a part in stock, which of the following should
be your primary concern?
a. Is the equipment where this part fits on the critical equipment list?
b. Does the manufacturer suggest stocking it?
c. Is the store’s inventory too high?
d. Could plant output be affected?

29. A process system consists of two units, A and B. The system is in continuous
operation. If either unit is not operating, the system is not operating. Given the
data provided, which option below is the correct calculation for the annual
reliability of the system?
Unit A Reliability = 0.40
Unit B Reliability = 0.32
t = 1 year
a. 0.128
b. 0.246
c. 0.365
d. 0.721

30. Which answer is not one of the steps in performing an RCA (Root Cause
Analysis)?
a. Identify possible mitigating factors.
b. Define the problem or the failure.
c. Develop solutions and recommendations.
d. Track the recommended solutions to ensure effectiveness.

31. Which option below identifies the analysis process that can best be used to
perform a gap analysis?
a. Benchmarking
b. Risk analysis
c. Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
d. Fishbone diagram

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32. A common term used in thermography that should be understood by employees
utilizing the technology is
a. Emissivity
b. Thermal energy
c. Black body
d. Spectrum

33. One way to stimulate and motivate a team member is to understand what desires
drive human behavior in a work environment. Which option below names a
desire that does not motivate team members most of the time?
a. Desire for recognition
b. Desire for a paycheck
c. Desire for competence
d. Desire for ownership

34. Which of the following choices accurately indicates a time interval that must be
considered to decide how frequently to perform a condition monitoring activity?
a. The time interval between the occurrence of a detectable potential failure and its
decay into a functional failure.
b. The time interval remaining before a failure after the most recent preventive
maintenance operation has been performed.
c. The mean time between failures of the failure being detected, plus a time safety
margin.
d. The mean time between failures of the failure being detected, minus a time safety
margin.

35. Which of the following options is true in all economies, with regard to quality of
goods and services?
a. A surplus of goods which constitutes a buyer’s market, results in a relaxing of quality
standards.
b. When a surplus of goods exists, which constitutes a buyer’s market, buyers force sales
price up.
c. A shortage of goods which constitutes a seller’s market, results in a relaxation of
quality standards.
d. When demand exceeds supply, which constitutes a seller’s market, sellers are forced
to increase quality standards.

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36. “Designing for Maintainability” incorporates the:
a. Profitability that an item will perform its stated function for a given time interval
when operating according to the design function.
b. Characteristics that pertain to the mean time between failures of the machinery
equipment to assure it will be available when needed.
c. Characteristics of a system or product design that pertains the mean time to repair
during the operational performance of the system.
d. Concepts of ease, accuracy, safety and economy in the performance of maintenance
functions into a capital project.

37. Quantitative analyses, such as break-even analysis, can be over signification of

the problem because:
a. Assumptions depart too far from reality.
b. All of the variables are covered.
c. Management needs simple answers.
d. Options are analyzed and weighed.

38. Considering the four tools and techniques listed below, which of the following
option identifies those that are seen as the leading tools techniques used to
identify maintenance and reliability process improvements?
1) Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
2) Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM)
3) Historical analysis of spending patterns
4) Process benchmarking with industry leaders
a. 1,2,3
b. 1,2,4
c. 1,3,4
d. 2,3,4

39. While performing an inspection of a machinery type, the attached structure has
more vibration than the actual equipment type. Which option below correctly
identifies this occurrence?
a. Resonance
b. Transmitted Harmony
c. Special Radiance
d. Transmitted Hz

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40. Which of the following lists the most important guideline to follow when
developing a business plan for a maintenance and reliability improvement
initiatives?
a. Keep in mind that the business plan is a formal document that is linked to the
corporate business objectives and operating goals and other initiatives.
b. Make sure the plant manager leads the planning effort to develop the business plan
so that it has credibility and gains bye-in.
c. Ensure that the business plan outlines a payback on investment of between 1-1/2
years and 2-1/2 years, with metrics to track.
d. Make certain the business plan is entered into the computerized maintenance
management system and understood by the controller.

41. When presenting a new strategic plan to stakeholders /shareholders, which of the
following is the most important?
a. Common goal or vision
b. Accountability and trust
c. Leadership and teamwork
d. Recognition and rewards

42. Which of the following options names a life cycle cost that has a large effect on
reliability business strategy?
a. Operation Cost
b. Replacement Cost
c. Design Cost
d. Maintenance Cost

43. Which of the following is the true phrase?

a. Availability is the probability that an item can perform its intended function for
specified interval under stated conditions.
b. Equipment availability is calculated by dividing performance rate into total hours
available to run.
c. If equipment has low availability then, automatically, it has low reliability.
d. Availability measures the percent of time that the equipment can be used (24-7-365),
divided into the equipment uptime (actual production).

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