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CMRP BOK Practice Questions

Choose Either A,B,C or D in the following questions:

1. What is the most important purpose of performing risk evaluations?

a. To determine what level of response is cost justified
b. To clearly define activities required to contain risks
c. To identify what events may have serious consequences
d. To assure compliance with company policies

2. Which list of elements below are the most important to be evaluated and coordinated during
the planning phase of a major shutdown of your operating area (i.e. annual turnaround)?
a. Historical turnaround maintenance days, operations desired work list, prior turnaround
work lists
b. Available turnaround budget, equipment condition, budgeted down-days
c. Condition and remaining life of critical equipment, value of production throughput,
labor and materials availability and cost
d. Heavy lifting equipment availability, labor cost and availability, operations requested down-
days

3. A In a manufacturing facility, to identify sources of waste and inefficiencies or process losses

so that corrective action can be taken to improve the process, which type of KPI is most
representing for their need?
a. OEE
b. TEEP
c. Availability
d. Reliability
4. The most effective way to highlight and stop any manipulation of data
a. Clarity and ethical environment should be promoted.
b. Multiple dimensions KPIs should be established.
c. Solid punishment system should be exiting.
d. A fair and ambitious rewarding system should be evident.
5. MTBF can be considered as a -------- indicator to manufacturing performance.
a. Leading
b. Lagging
c. Key
d. It has no indication to manufacturing performance

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6. What is the relationship between leading indicator metrics and lagging indicator metrics in
the field of Maintenance and Reliability?
a. Lagging indicators are measures that reflect accomplishment of goals, while leading
indicators are measures of what must be done to improve results.
b. Leading indicators are measures that reflect accomplishment of goals while lagging
indicators are measures of what must be done to improve results.
c. Leading indicators are low level measures that reflect accomplishment of goals, while
lagging indicators are measures of what must be done to improve results.
d. Leading indicators are used by management, while lagging indicators are used by
personnel on the shop floor.

7. In healthy maintenance & reliability organizations, PM & PDM tasks:

a. Should be the only existing maintenance philosophies
b. Should be developed using FMEA/RCM methodologies
c. Should be existing as per OEM recommendations
d. Should be applies on all organization physical assets

8. As the 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 costs are equal?
a. An annual bid and selection of a maintenance labor contractor is performed, using unit
costing of tasks normally required.
b. A managing contractor is brought on site to handle all aspects and provision of
maintenance labor.
c. Multi skilled mechanical crafts (trades) and instrument electrical crafts (trades) are hired
and developed.
d. Operations performing minor maintenance and company multi-skilled technicians
performing complex maintenance tasks.

9. If two pieces of equipment go down at the same time, and you only have one crew to repair
them, which one do you send the crew to first?
a. Crews should be assigned according to equipment criticality.
b. Crews should be assigned according to job priority.
c. Crews should be assigned according to fastest one to repair.
d. Crews should be assigned according to equipment history.

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10. When MTBF increases:

a. Failure rate decrease
b. Reliability of the equipment decrease
c. Downtime increase
d. Maintenance cost increase

11. Which one of the following is generally true?

a) Construction contractors are usually equally skilled at performing all maintenance tasks
b) Maintenance is often reduced through project designs that provide in-place spares for all
rotating equipment and heat exchangers
c) Reliability Centered Maintenance can be applied on capital projects in the pre-
construction stage to determine the maintenance plan
d) Most mechanics can easily alternate between doing capital project work and doing
equipment diagnosis and repair work

12. Hidden Failure is :

a. Failure that cannot be discovered by operation & maintenance.
b. Failure that is not naturally evident to operations & maintenance.
c. Failure that doesn’t have known cause to operation & maintenance.
d. Failure that doesn’t have any effect on plant operation & maintenance.

13. What is the Vendor-managed inventory?

a. A Phrase used to describe type of inventory that has an automated procurement cycle
agreed with its supply vendor.
b. A Phrase used to describe agreed policy with original OEM inventory vendor to store this
item in his stores and supply it when needed.
c. A Phrase used to describe the process of a supplier managing the inventory levels and
purchases of the materials he supplies.
d. A Phrase used to describe a strategy of following vendor recommendation for identifying
inventory min, max and reorder level.

14. What relationship should Maintenance and Reliability Teams have with customers and suppliers
for optimum effectiveness?
a. Purchasing should be the only communicators with suppliers
b. Management should be the only communicators with customers and suppliers
c. Team members should be involved in communicating with customers and suppliers
d. Sales should be the only department communicating with customers.
15. Which of the following sentences is NOT correct regarding maintenance & Reliability?
a. Preventive maintenance is not the optimum maintenance strategy for asset maintenance

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b. Some assets can be left run until failures without preventive or predictive maintenance.
c. Reliability can be improved easily after a maintenance plan has been put into operation.
d. Most of process downtime are related to latent causes not reliability causes.

16. Total capital equipment life cycle cost includes

a. Depreciation expense
b. Initial purchase expense
c. Future replacement price
d. Manufacturer’s standard warranty price.

17. Turns are defined as a basic measure of efficiencies in:

a. Management
b. Vendor delivery
c. Financial control
d. Inventory control

18. As OEE increased, safety incidents rate:

a. Increase
b. Decrease
c. Oscillate
d. Will not be affected (has no relation)
19. Maintenance manager found that a rework percentage of 5 % was resulted through last year
maintenance work. What should he do?
a. He should consider maintenance work procedures development or revision.
b. He should assign a penalty on maintenance crew until this percentage to be corrected.
c. He should consider creation of new maintenance monitoring system to evaluate the
problem.
d. He shouldn’t do anything, this percentage is in acceptable range.
20. Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding change management:
a. Change management review includes management, engineering, maintenance,
safety, production, environmental, and possibly others.
b. Management of change process doesn’t end after approving the proposed change
through the stated documented cycle.
c. Temporary changes don’t need to be processed in the change management cycle.
d. Planners may have potential liability that an individual make an unapproved change.

21. Replacement Asset Value (RAV) is defined as :

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a. The original cost that the facility was designed, procured and constructed.
b. The cost that would be incurred to replace the facility and equipment in its
original configuration.
c. The cost that would be incurred to replace the facility and equipment in its
current configuration.
d. The cost that would be incurred to replace the facility and equipment in with new
design and configuration.

22. When developing and presenting a new strategic plan to stakeholders, which of the following is
the most important?
a. Implementation timetable
b. Craft (trade) flexibility
c. Establishment of a common goal
d. Gaining the trust of stakeholders

23. When an organization outsourced its maintenance execution function to an external contractor,
lack of existing skilled contractor labor skills can be considered as:
a. A Threat that may affect maintenance work quality
b. A Weakness that need to be corrected to improve work quality
c. A Fact that need to be dealt with and mitigate its consequences.
d. An Opportunity to have maintenance contract with low cost.
24. A reliability leader has noted that the air supply to the pneumatic drill and stamping center is
intermittently inadequate, resulting in costly process interruptions. Three potential solutions
have been identified: 1) Purchase a new, larger air compressor for $40,000 2) Perform and
overhaul of the existing compressor for $10,000 3) Contract a performance investigation of the
air system for $3,500. Which is the best alternative and why?
a. Overhaul the existing compressor to see if that solves the problem
b. Buy a new compressor because Mean Time Between Failure is guaranteed by the supplier
c. Buy a new air compressor because the existing compressor seems too small
d. Investigate system performance to determine the root cause of the problem

25. The safety stock of an inventory item is 100. The supply lead-time is two weeks and the average
weekly demand is 100 units. Which of the following is the re-order level?
a. 100
b. 200
c. 300
d. 400.

26. What is needed to obtain the intended vertical alignment through the organization?
a. Top management to focus clear business direction.

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b. Line managers to identify the required values to be delivered.

c. Reliability leadership connects values with execution.
d. Maintenance execution assures value delivery.
27. When training maintenance workers, it is best to first:
a. List all the tasks the workers need to perform
b. Check the budget to set how much to spend per worker
c. Review the list of classes already taken by the workers
d. Give classes to all workers on basic skills

28. A crucial step in any process improvement effort is to identify key performance indicators (KPIs)
that:
a. Are specific, measurable, attainable and time bound.
b. Identify the progress of maintenance accomplishments.
c. Are in an easy context to be understood by employees.
d. Align with the business goals of the organization.
29. Return on Assets (ROA) is determined by:
a. Net income/Total assets
b. Gross income/Total assets
c. Revenue/Total assets
d. EBTDA/ Total assets

30. Which of the following are leading tools or techniques to identify Maintenance and Reliability
process improvements?
1. Total Productive Maintenance
2. Reliability Centered Maintenance
3. Historical analysis of spending patterns
4. Process benchmarking with industry leaders
a. 2, 3, 4
b. 1, 3, 4
c. 1, 2, 4
d. 1, 2, 3

31. Which of the following should be considered during scheduling maintenance work?
a. Due or overdue preventive maintenance

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b. Work content and task details

c. Required spare parts and materials
d. Last week finished work

32. For the oil in a pressurized lubrication system, oil samples for analysis and trending should be
taken from:
a. The center of flowing oil line upstream of the oil filter, to assure that the sample is
representative of the oil leaving the lubricated components.
b. The center of a flowing oil line downstream of the oil filter, to assure that the sample is
representative of the oil being supplied to the lubricated components.
c. A low point in the oil sump, to assure that the sample includes wear particles, water, and
other contaminants that may have settled out of the oil.
d. 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.

33. Which departments most important to be involved in setting and agreeing on maintenance and
reliability goals?
a. Maintenance, operations and engineering disciplines.
b. Maintenance, engineering and information technology disciplines.
c. Maintenance, financials and training disciplines.
d. Maintenance, projects and engineering disciplines.

34. Organizational requirements needed to be considered to align to the organizational strategic

plan contains:
a. Setting a representative set of KPIs to measure strategic goals achievement.
b. Understanding how to execute jobs and precision maintenance requirements.
c. Analyzing business conditions and the overall capability of the facility.
d. Following industry trends and opportunities using current organizational capabilities.
35. 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?
a. OBM (Operational Based Maintenance/CM (Corrective Maintenance)
b. PM (Preventive Maintenance/OBM Operator Based Maintenance)
c. CBM (Conditioned Based Maintenance)/PDM (Predictive Maintenance)
d. CBM (Condition Based Maintenance/CM (Corrective Maintenance)

36. When developing and presenting a new strategic plan to stakeholders, which of the following is
the most important?
a. Implementation timetable
b. Gaining the trust of stakeholders

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c. Craft (trade) flexibility

d. Establishment of a common goal

37. Of the following, what is the best method for measuring employee skills and training?
a. Maintain a skills inventory and tracking database
b. Ask employees to keep a training notebook
c. Keep records of all formal training courses taken
d. Have employees complete annual self-evaluations

38. In order to obtain the support and resources required to implement the strategic plan:
a. Maintenance & Reliability Professionals should practice strong communication skills.
b. A cost benefit analysis should be developed as part of business case.
c. A set of clear and achievable goals and objectives should be in place.
d. First line managers should participate in developing the strategic plan.

39. When reliability of equipment maintained :

a. Safety incidents that can result from maintenance activities increase.
b. Safety incidents that can result from maintenance activities decrease.
c. Safety incidents don’t have a relation with equipment reliability.
d. Safety incidents with relation to machine operating uptime will increase.

40. Which of the following sentences is NOT correct regarding maintenance & Reliability?
a. It is important for operations to agree on maintenance and reliability goals and the
measures used to quantify them
b. The relationship between the plant and the market demand for its product has a
considerable influence on maintenance strategy.
c. Most of asset life cycle costs relate to operation & maintenance phase not asset
acquisition including its price.
d. Creating a reliability culture from a reactive mode can be accomplished in a short period
of time if enough resources are made available.

41. Reliability predictions are often expressed in terms of Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) or
its reciprocal The reciprocal is known as the:
a. Failure Rate.
b. Failure Mode.

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c. Mean Time To Failure.

d. Service Life.

42. Which of the following is more essential to design a maintenance strategy for an asset to
prevent or predict failure.
a. Having a complete history records for past failures
b. Knowing the operation performance parameters of this asset
c. Understanding the known and likely causes of failures
d. Having the most updated technologies to be applied in building this strategy

43. Which of the following can be considered as key to the success of prioritization program?
a. Having a computerized system to facilitate the proper execution and control of
prioritization process.
b. Having competent work order gate keeper that have the capability to differentiate
between work priorities.
c. Having clear RACI chart that identify roles, responsibilities, accountabilities and control of
such prioritization process.
d. Having performance metrics in place to measure compliance with the prioritization of
critical tasks and activities.
44. When forming teams to address reliability issues, four stages of team development should be
recognized and managed by the reliability professional. These stages in order are:
a. Warming/Absorbing/Performing/Norming.
b. Forming/Absorbing/Storming/Performing.
c. Forming/Storming/Norming/Performing.
d. Warming/Swarming/Absorbing/Norming.

45. What is ABC stratification?

a. A method used to prioritize equipment based on their importance to production and
operation.
b. A method used to identify stepped way in developing maintenances plans & work
instructions.
c. A Method used to categorize inventory into groups based upon certain activity
characteristics.
d. A method used to organize steps in a certain root cause failure analysis and problem
solving.

46. Which of the following criteria is not normally used to determine if a piece of equipment is
critical?
a. Its failure will result in loss of production.
b. Its failure will trigger the start-up of the spare.
c. Its failure may result in the breach of environmental regulations.

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d. The cost of repair or replacement is very high.

47. If a machine is run for 500 hours and five failures are observed during this period, what is the
Mean Time Between Failure?
a. 500 hours
b. 0.01 hours
c. 2500 hours
d. 100 hours

48. What would dictate the task minimum skill requirements for new Maintenance and Reliability
employees?
a. The skills available in the general workforce
b. The current level of plant (facility) technology
c. The content of the apprenticeship program
d. The educational demographics of the region

49. Total quality management focuses all employees on producing products that meet customer
needs. This is done by:
a. Sharing information with all levels in the organization
b. Developing a high level of expertise in all employees
c. Eliminating processes that waste time and materials
d. Balancing the needs of all stakeholders in the organization

50. Which of the following is part of process safety management system:

a. Risk based inspection workorders
b. Long term maintenance strategy
c. Mechanical integrity controls
d. Instrument and control calibration plan

51. One of the most important benefits of work planning is:

a. Having job packages for every maintenance work.
b. Balanced work load and effective execution.
c. Producing business value by lowering costs.
d. Increased efficiency and effectiveness of plant equipment.

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

a. Uptime - % of time you run producing quality product at design rate
b. Schedule compliance - how often mechanics are pulled off their current work to another
task
c. MTBF - a measure or indicator of equipment life expectancy

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d. Backlog - how long it takes to fix broken equipment

53. When initiating change to an existing process or program, the best practice is to:
a. Involve key personnel in planning, development of new process or program directives,
train affected personnel, and then implement before a specified compliance date.
b. Issue a directive on the revised process or program, start it and require compliance by a
specific date, then begin training as soon as possible thereafter.
c. Announce the new process or program, issue a draft directive for review and comment
then issue the final with a specific compliance date, and employee review comments and
recommendations incorporated to the maximum extent possible to get "buy-in."
d. Make organizational meetings to plan, train for, and implement change mandatory, but
make participation voluntary to avoid alienating employees who dislike change.

54. Key performance indicators can be classified as leading or lagging indicators. An example of a
lagging indicator for manufacturing is?
a. Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF).
b. Mean Time To Repair (MTTR).
c. Overall Equipment Effectiveness.
d. Operating Costs.

55. Time-based PMs percentage should be

a. less than 20%
b. More than 50%
c. Less than 80%
d. More than 80%

56. When changing product specifications to meet new customer requirements, a management of
change procedure should be followed to :
a. Ensure that new customer will be aware by new product specifications.
b. Ensure that company will succeed to fulfill new customer requirements.
c. Ensure that row materials suppliers are prepared for new requirements.
d. No management of change is needed for this case.

57. The failure rate of a component / asset can be calculated by knowing:

a. Number of failures
b. MTBF
c. MTTR
d. Uptime

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58. When measuring the temperature of an object using a radiometric imager, which two
parameters have the greatest effect on accuracy of the temperature reading on the instrument?
a. Relative humidity and ambient air temperature
b. Emissivity and background temperature
c. Aperture and brightness
d. Range and span

59. The Weibull distribution with a shape factor less than 1 is associated with burn in or early life
failures that could be caused by:
a. Poor quality assurance.
b. Irregular loading.
c. Increasing strength.
d. Improper assembly.

60. A maintenance manager has a spreadsheet list of all of the equipment failures that have
occurred at the plant (facility) over the past three years. Which of the following analytical
methods or tools might be used to sort and prioritize the list?
a. Root Cause Failure Analysis
b. Life Cycle Cost Analysis
c. Total cost of ownership
d. Pareto Analysis

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