Maintenance Engineering Quiz

What is the primary reason for establishing a maintenance engineering function?

• To reduce workforce

• To provide focus on asset reliability

• To minimize costs

• To increase production speed

Which of the following is NOT a role of an effective maintenance engineering function?

• Provide technical support

• Provide pro-active leadership

• Provide direction

• Provide financial support

What is one method to improve asset reliability?

• Increase asset purchase frequency

• Evaluate current practices versus best practices

• Reduce maintenance staff

• Ignore breakdown history

Which of the following is a method to validate preventive maintenance activities?

• Increase asset downtime

• Ignore maintenance history

• Reduce maintenance schedules

• Analyze preventive maintenance activities versus breakdown history

What does configuration management include?

• Only asset procurement

• Only asset disposal

• Management of the life cycle of major assets

• Only maintenance procedures

What is the purpose of the Change Control component in configuration management?

• To develop new assets

• To control configuration changes

• To reduce costs

• To increase production

Which component focuses on the useful life extension of the facility and its assets?

• Design Requirements

• Asset Condition and Aging Management

• Program Management

• Document and Control

What is the first step in developing effective procedures?

• Obtain pros and cons

• Review existing procedures

• State the need

• Draft a preliminary procedure statement

What is the goal of performing root-cause failure analysis?

• To increase asset costs

• To verify inherent reliability of assets

• To reduce maintenance staff

• To ignore breakdowns

Which of the following is a key component of Total Facility Configuration Management?

• Design Requirements

• Asset Disposal

• Production Planning

• Employee Training