1.
Fluctuating loads applied to components can cause:
a. Wear.
b. Corrosion.
c. Leakage.
d. Fatigue.
2. Leakage of fluids in pipe-lines may be detected by:
a. Sound.
b. Smell.
c. X-ray.
d. Vibration.
3. Thickness monitoring is based on :
a. Vibration analysis.
b. Ultrasonic waves.
c. X-ray.
d. Dyne penetrate technique.
4. Defects in welding are detected by:
a. X-ray.
b. Vibration.
c. Magnetic particles.
d. Smell.
5. Problems of misalignment and imbalance can be detected
by:
a. Vibration.
b. Thermo-graphic techniques.
c. Ultrasonic techniques.
d. X-ray.
6. Stress concentration is responsible for (?%) of failures:
a. 50.
b. 10.
c. 90.
d. 33
7. Continuous flow of fluids over a solid surface lead to:
a. Erosion Failure.
b. Ductile failure.
c. Creep failure.
d. Fatigue failure.
8. The condition of gear boxes can be detected using:
a. Vibration.
b. Thermo-graphic techniques.
c. Ultrasonic techniques.
d. X-ray.
9. Plowing & spalling indicate:
a. Abrasive wear.
b. Adhesive wear.
c. Corrosion wear.
d. Fretting wear.
10. Scouring & galling indicates:
a. Abrasive wear.
b. Adhesive wear.
c. Corrosion wear.
d. Fretting wear.
1- Maintenance consist of the following action(s)
(A) Replace of component
(B) Repair of component
(C) Service of component
(D) All of the above
2- The time elapsed from the point the machine fails to
perform its function to the point it is repaired and brought
into operating condition is known as:
(A) Down time
(B) Break Down time
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) Idle time
3- Belt of an electric motor is broken, it needs:
(A) Corrective maintenance
(B) Scheduled maintenance
(C) Preventive maintenance
(D) Timely maintenance
4- The ____ goes on increasing with the increase in degree of
maintenance efforts.
(A) Cost of down time
(B) Cost of spares and maintenance
(C) Labor and Overhead Cost
(D) All of the above
5- With the increase in preventive maintenance cost,
breakdown maintenance cost
(A) Increases
(B) Decreases
(C) Remain same
(D) Any of the above
6- (Down time in hours / Available hours) =
(A) Maintenance effectiveness
(B) Frequency of breakdown
(C) Effectiveness of maintenance planning
(D) None of the above
7- (Number of breakdowns / Available machine hours) =
(A) Maintenance effectiveness
(B) Frequency of breakdown
(C) Effectiveness of maintenance planning
(D) None of the above
8- The reliability of an operation is normally NOT improved
by which one of the following procedures?
(A) Building redundancy into the operation.
(B) Designing out fail points in the operation.
(C) Laying off employees who cause faults in the operation.
(D) Ensuring some activities in the operation are 'fail-safe'.
9- If a machine operator fails to clean or lubricate his or her
machine in the prescribed manner and it fails, this is an
example of:
(A) A mistake
(B) A misjudgment
(C) An error
(D) A violation
10- For a system composed of 400 interdependent
components that each have individual reliability of .99, the
overall system will be working for less than ________ of the
time.
(A) 5%
(B) 25%
(C) 75%
(D) 50%
11- If a batch of 200 electronic components is tested for 400
hours and 5 fail during the test, what is the failure rate as a
percentage?
(A) 2.5%
(B) 10%
(C) 5%
(D) 1.25%
12- For an automated pizza-making machine the individual
component reliabilities are as follows: Dough mixer = .95
Dough roller and cutter = .99 Tomato paste applicator = .97
Cheese applicator = .90 Oven = .98 If one of these parts fails
the whole system will stop working. What is the reliability of
the whole system?
(A) 0.90
(B) 0.905
(C) 0.805
(D) 0.855
13- When measuring failure, how often a failure occurs
relates to what?
(A) Failure rate
(B) Availability
(C) Reliability
(D) Quality
14- The number of failures over a period of time is called:
(A) The failure rate
(B) The mean time between failures
(C) The average failure point
(D) None of the above
15- Which among the following exhibits inversely
proportional relationship with the reliability?
(A) Production cost
(B) Design and development cost
(C) Maintenance and repair cost
(D) All of the above
16- What is the failure cost of a product possessing
reliability R=1?
(A) Zero
(B) Unity
(C) Infinity
(D) None of the above
17- Which type of availability deals with the probability of system
operation and functioning at the requisite level in an ideal environment
without any consideration of maintenance?
(A) Inherent availability
(B) Achieved availability
(C) Operational availability
(D) None of the above
18- What would happen, if equipment possesses reliability
and maintainability to the maximum extent in accordance to
MTTR?
(A) Failure rate is higher & downtime is longer
(B) Failure rate is lower & downtime is longer
(C) Failure rate is higher & downtime is shorter
(D) Failure rate is lower & downtime is shorter
19- On which factors does the down-time of equipment at
the maintainability phase, depend?
(A) Design
(B) Installation
(C) Both a and b
(D) None of the above
20- Which type of maintenance is associated or concerned
with an elimination of failures during the operational level
of equipment?
(A) Preventive
(B) Predictive
(C) Breakdown
(D) Capital
