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1. What does FMEA stand for?
a) Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
b) Failure Modes and Effective Analysis
c) Failure Modes and Affective Analysis
d) Failure Modes and Efficient Analysis
2. Which of the following is not a benefit of FMEA?
a) Increase in customer satisfaction
b) Prioritize product/process deficiencies
c) Maximize late changes and associated cost
d) Document and track actions taken to reduce risk
There are four stages of FMEA.
i) Specifying the possibilities ii) Quantifying risk
iii) Correcting high risk causes iV) Re-evaluation of Risk
3. Which is the correct order of proceeding with these stages of FMEA?
a) i),ii),iii),iv)
b) i),ii),iv),iii)
c) iv),iii),i),ii)
d) iv),iii),ii),i)
4. When to use FMEA?
a) Concept generation or selection
b) Preliminary design
c) Design improvement programs
d) All of the above
5. Insufficient Material thickness, vibration, contamination, temperature, tolerance build-
up, interference, insufficient bond, environment, insufficient material strength,
overload, insufficient coating/plating, electric power interrupt – are
a) Examples of Failure mode
b) Examples of potential causes of failure
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c) Examples of effect of failure
d) All of the above
6. The manner in which a system, subsystem, or component could potentially fail to meet
the design requirements- is
a) Failure mode
b) Cause
c) Effect
d) All of the above
7. The objectives of a PFMEA
a) minimizing production process – based failure effects on the system
b) minimizing variation around the design specs due to the process
c) minimizing occurrence of a failure
d) All of the above
8. Maintenance consist of the following action(s)
a) Replace of component
b) Repair of component
c) Service of component
d) All of the above
9. 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
10. The down time cost consists of
a) Loss of production
b) Wages paid to the workers
c) Reduction in sales
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d) All of the above
11. The following is not a classification of maintenance
a) Corrective maintenance
b) Timely maintenance
c) Scheduled maintenance
d) Preventive maintenance
12. Belt of an electric motor is broken, it needs
a) Corrective maintenance
b) Scheduled maintenance
c) Preventive maintenance
d) Timely maintenance
13. The following is (are) scheduled maintenance
a) Overhauling of machine
b) Cleaning of tank
c) Whitewashing of building
d) All of the above
14. Scheduled maintenance is _______ between breakdown maintenance and the preventive
maintenance.
a) Joint
b) Compromise
c) Bridge
d) In
15. Equipment history cards are meant to record
a) The way equipment behaves
b) Total down time of the equipment
c) The rate at which different components wear off
d) All of the above
16. The ____ goes on increasing with the increase in degree of maintenance efforts.
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a) Cost of down time
b) Cost of spares and maintenance
c) Labour and Overhead Cost
d) All of the above
17. With the increase in preventive maintenance cost, breakdown maintenance cost
a) Increases
b) Decreases
c) Remain same
d) Any of the above
18. A systematic approach for maintenance is
a) Problem – Cause – Diagnosis – Rectification
b) Problem– Diagnosis – Cause – Rectification
c) Problem – Measure – Diagnosis – Rectification
d) Problem– Diagnosis – Measure – Rectification
19. (Down time in hours / Available hours) =
a) Maintenance effectiveness
b) Frequency of breakdown
c) Effectiveness of maintenance planning
d) None of the above
20. (Number of breakdowns / Available machine hours) =
a) Maintenance effectiveness
b) Frequency of breakdown
c) Effectiveness of maintenance planning
d) None of the above
21. Total productive maintenance aims at
a) Less idle time
b) Increase in productivity
c) Zero down time
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d) None of the above
22. Total Productive maintenance (TPM) approach has the potential of providing almost a
seamless integration between
a) Production and Quality
b) Quality and Maintenance
c) Production and Maintenance
d) All of the above
23. Which is known as corrective maintenance?
a) Breakdown maintenance
b) Predictive maintenance
c) Preventive maintenance
d) Schedule maintenance
24. Which statement describes as characteristic feature of routine preventive maintenance?
a) Maintenance schedule needs to be decide, based on maintenance requirement
entered in the manual
b) Maintenance could be done either during the working of the machine or during
shut interval down period
c) Maintenance done at irregular frequencies
d) Maintenance is performed only if the machine has fault or defect
25. __Maintenance is regular period planned maintenance which eliminates breakdown and
outages
a) Routine
b) Preventive
c) Corrective
d) operation
26. what type of maintenance is most effective
a) shutdown maintenance
b) corrective maintenance
c) Breakdown maintenance
d) Preventing maintenance
27. Which of the following is not a type of maintenance of machines?
a) Timely maintenance
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b) Scheduled maintenance
c) Preventive maintenance
d) Corrective maintenance
28. Condition monitoring is the basis for _____maintenance
a) Shutdown
b) Preventive
c) Predictive
d) Breakdown
29. Which of the following types of maintenance is done on a daily basis
a) Routine maintenance
b) Breakdown maintenance
c) Ordinary maintenance
d) Special maintenance
30. Why maintenance of a machine is necessary?
a) Doing so reduces the production rate
b) Doing so increases the servicing cost
c) Doing so increases efficiency and service life to the machine
d) Doing so helps in replacement of the machine
31. Causal maintenance of a machine is called
a) Preventive maintenance
b) Unscheduled maintenance
c) Routine maintenance
d) Periodic maintenance
32. A cost not relevant to deciding whether to purchase a new machine is:
a) The cost of the new machine
b) Lower maintenance costs for the new machine
c) The cost of the old machine
d) Additional training required for operating the new machine