CMRP Exam Preparation questions
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Which one of the following is generally true - ANS ✔✔Reliability Centered Maintenance can be
applied on capital projects in the pre-construction stage to determine the maintenance plan
What are the three most significant constraints when developing a Maintenance and Reliability
organization? - ANS ✔✔culture, people, resources.
Weibull (life data) analysis is primarily used for... - ANS ✔✔Probability of failure determination
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? - ANS ✔✔CBM / PDM (Conditioned Based
Maintenance / Predictive Maintenance)
If a Machine is run for 500 hours and 5 failures are observed during this period, what is the
Mean Time Between Failure? - ANS ✔✔500/5 = 100 hours
Which of the following most effectively makes up the members of a Manufacturing Team? - ANS
✔✔Production / Maintenance / Supplier / Engineering
A skill audit is undertaken to ... - ANS ✔✔Help an organization understand skills it requires
Of the following, what is the best method of measuring employee skills and training? - ANS
✔✔Maintaining a skills inventory and tracking database
, When training maintenance workers, it is best to first... - ANS ✔✔List all the tasks the workers
need to perform
What relationship should Maintenance and Reliability Teams have with customers and suppliers
for optimum effectiveness? - ANS ✔✔Team members should be involved in communicating with
customers and suppliers
Return on Asset (ROA) is determined by... - ANS ✔✔Revenue/Total Assets
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. - ANS ✔✔Operation performing minor maintenance
and company multi-skilled technicians performing complex maintenance tasks.
Which of the following are leading tools or techniques to identify Maintenance and Reliability
process improvements? - ANS ✔✔Total Productive Maintenance, Reliability Centered
Maintenance & Process bench-marking with industry leaders.
For the oil and pressurized lubrication system, oil samples for analysis and trending should be
taken from... - ANS ✔✔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.
The "Karl Fischer Method" measures - ANS ✔✔The amount of water in a sample of oil in ppm.
When developing and presenting a new strategic plan to stakeholders, which of the following is
the most important? - ANS ✔✔Gain the trust of stakeholders
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
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Which one of the following is generally true - ANS ✔✔Reliability Centered Maintenance can be
applied on capital projects in the pre-construction stage to determine the maintenance plan
What are the three most significant constraints when developing a Maintenance and Reliability
organization? - ANS ✔✔culture, people, resources.
Weibull (life data) analysis is primarily used for... - ANS ✔✔Probability of failure determination
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? - ANS ✔✔CBM / PDM (Conditioned Based
Maintenance / Predictive Maintenance)
If a Machine is run for 500 hours and 5 failures are observed during this period, what is the
Mean Time Between Failure? - ANS ✔✔500/5 = 100 hours
Which of the following most effectively makes up the members of a Manufacturing Team? - ANS
✔✔Production / Maintenance / Supplier / Engineering
A skill audit is undertaken to ... - ANS ✔✔Help an organization understand skills it requires
Of the following, what is the best method of measuring employee skills and training? - ANS
✔✔Maintaining a skills inventory and tracking database
, When training maintenance workers, it is best to first... - ANS ✔✔List all the tasks the workers
need to perform
What relationship should Maintenance and Reliability Teams have with customers and suppliers
for optimum effectiveness? - ANS ✔✔Team members should be involved in communicating with
customers and suppliers
Return on Asset (ROA) is determined by... - ANS ✔✔Revenue/Total Assets
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. - ANS ✔✔Operation performing minor maintenance
and company multi-skilled technicians performing complex maintenance tasks.
Which of the following are leading tools or techniques to identify Maintenance and Reliability
process improvements? - ANS ✔✔Total Productive Maintenance, Reliability Centered
Maintenance & Process bench-marking with industry leaders.
For the oil and pressurized lubrication system, oil samples for analysis and trending should be
taken from... - ANS ✔✔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.
The "Karl Fischer Method" measures - ANS ✔✔The amount of water in a sample of oil in ppm.
When developing and presenting a new strategic plan to stakeholders, which of the following is
the most important? - ANS ✔✔Gain the trust of stakeholders
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
