CMRP Exam Preparation Questions with Correct Answers (Grade
A+)
Question 1: Which one of the following is generally true
Answer: Reliability Centered Maintenance can be applied on capital projects in the pre-construction stage to
determine the maintenance plan
Question 2: What are the three most significant constraints when developing a Maintenance and
Reliability organization?
Answer: culture, people, resources.
Question 3: Weibull (life data) analysis is primarily used for...
Answer: Probability of failure determination
Question 4: A large manufacturing company installed some asset monitoring device on some large
motors that were deemed critical equipment. The monitoring devices provide engineering with
vibration data, acoustic data as well as operational performance data. What asset management strategy
has the company selected for the motors?
Answer: CBM / PDM (Conditioned Based Maintenance / Predictive Maintenance)
Question 5: If a Machine is run for 500 hours and 5 failures are observed during this period, what is the
Mean Time Between Failure?
Answer: 500/5 = 100 hours
Question 6: Which of the following most effectively makes up the members of a Manufacturing Team?
Answer: Production / Maintenance / Supplier / Engineering
Question 7: A skill audit is undertaken to ...
Answer: Help an organization understand skills it requires
Question 8: Of the following, what is the best method of measuring employee skills and training?
Answer: Maintaining a skills inventory and tracking database
Question 9: When training maintenance workers, it is best to first...
Answer: List all the tasks the workers need to perform
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, Question 10: What relationship should Maintenance and Reliability Teams have with customers and
suppliers for optimum effectiveness?
Answer: Team members should be involved in communicating with customers and suppliers
Question 11: Return on Asset (ROA) is determined by...
Answer: Revenue/Total Assets
Question 12: As a maintenance manager at a new plant (facility) you are developing the maintenance
workforce strategy for start-up. Select the best workforce attributes for maximum effectiveness,
assuming that unit labor cost are equal.
Answer: Operation performing minor maintenance and company multi-skilled technicians performing
complex maintenance tasks.
Question 13: Which of the following are leading tools or techniques to identify Maintenance and
Reliability process improvements?
Answer: Total Productive Maintenance, Reliability Centered Maintenance & Process bench-marking with
industry leaders.
Question 14: For the oil and pressurized lubrication system, oil samples for analysis and trending
should be taken from...
Answer: The oil sump, at a point above the bottom to assure that the sample does not include wear particles,
water and other contaminants that may have settled out of the oil.
Question 15: The "Karl Fischer Method" measures
Answer: The amount of water in a sample of oil in ppm.
Question 16: When developing and presenting a new strategic plan to stakeholders, which of the
following is the most important?
Answer: Gain the trust of stakeholders
Question 17: On Monday, the maintenance manager sent an e-mail memo to the production manager
saying that the date and time of the next planned outage would be on the third shift of the coming
Friday. When the maintenance manager arrived at the unit on Friday third shift, the equipment was
still operating at full capacity. The operation said he knew nothing of a planned outage and he had to
make up production on this shift. Which of the following is the most likely reason the equipment was
still running?
Answer: The maintenance manager made an unilateral decision it was time to do the outage.
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A+)
Question 1: Which one of the following is generally true
Answer: Reliability Centered Maintenance can be applied on capital projects in the pre-construction stage to
determine the maintenance plan
Question 2: What are the three most significant constraints when developing a Maintenance and
Reliability organization?
Answer: culture, people, resources.
Question 3: Weibull (life data) analysis is primarily used for...
Answer: Probability of failure determination
Question 4: A large manufacturing company installed some asset monitoring device on some large
motors that were deemed critical equipment. The monitoring devices provide engineering with
vibration data, acoustic data as well as operational performance data. What asset management strategy
has the company selected for the motors?
Answer: CBM / PDM (Conditioned Based Maintenance / Predictive Maintenance)
Question 5: If a Machine is run for 500 hours and 5 failures are observed during this period, what is the
Mean Time Between Failure?
Answer: 500/5 = 100 hours
Question 6: Which of the following most effectively makes up the members of a Manufacturing Team?
Answer: Production / Maintenance / Supplier / Engineering
Question 7: A skill audit is undertaken to ...
Answer: Help an organization understand skills it requires
Question 8: Of the following, what is the best method of measuring employee skills and training?
Answer: Maintaining a skills inventory and tracking database
Question 9: When training maintenance workers, it is best to first...
Answer: List all the tasks the workers need to perform
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, Question 10: What relationship should Maintenance and Reliability Teams have with customers and
suppliers for optimum effectiveness?
Answer: Team members should be involved in communicating with customers and suppliers
Question 11: Return on Asset (ROA) is determined by...
Answer: Revenue/Total Assets
Question 12: As a maintenance manager at a new plant (facility) you are developing the maintenance
workforce strategy for start-up. Select the best workforce attributes for maximum effectiveness,
assuming that unit labor cost are equal.
Answer: Operation performing minor maintenance and company multi-skilled technicians performing
complex maintenance tasks.
Question 13: Which of the following are leading tools or techniques to identify Maintenance and
Reliability process improvements?
Answer: Total Productive Maintenance, Reliability Centered Maintenance & Process bench-marking with
industry leaders.
Question 14: For the oil and pressurized lubrication system, oil samples for analysis and trending
should be taken from...
Answer: The oil sump, at a point above the bottom to assure that the sample does not include wear particles,
water and other contaminants that may have settled out of the oil.
Question 15: The "Karl Fischer Method" measures
Answer: The amount of water in a sample of oil in ppm.
Question 16: When developing and presenting a new strategic plan to stakeholders, which of the
following is the most important?
Answer: Gain the trust of stakeholders
Question 17: On Monday, the maintenance manager sent an e-mail memo to the production manager
saying that the date and time of the next planned outage would be on the third shift of the coming
Friday. When the maintenance manager arrived at the unit on Friday third shift, the equipment was
still operating at full capacity. The operation said he knew nothing of a planned outage and he had to
make up production on this shift. Which of the following is the most likely reason the equipment was
still running?
Answer: The maintenance manager made an unilateral decision it was time to do the outage.
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