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When applying failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA), the one overriding
factor is the potential for the occurrence of failure.

  True
  
False
  

Regular servicing at pre-planned intervals is known as:

  Preventive maintenance (PM)
  
Run to breakdown (RTB)
  
Condition-based maintenance (CBM)
  

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.
  25%
  
5%
  
50%
  
75%
  

Continually monitoring performance for signs of need of maintenance is known

as:
  Preventive maintenance (PM)
  
Run to breakdown (RTB)
  
Condition-based maintenance (CBM)
  

  Those that are caused by faults in materials or information inputs.

  
Those that have their source inside the operation.
  
Those that are caused by the actions of customers.
  
Those that are caused by over-promising in product or service marketing.
  
 What are the odds of an aircraft accident where the aircraft appears to be under
control and yet still flies into the ground – known as ‘controlled flight into
terrain’?
  Twenty million to one
  
Twenty thousand to one
  
Two hundred thousand to one
  
Two million to one
  

Violations are mistakes in judgement; with hindsight, a person should have done
something different.
  True
  
False
  

Errors and violations are examples of:

  Facilities errors
  
People errors
  
Supplier errors
  
All of the above
  

The more an operation relies on suppliers of materials and services, the more
liable it is to experience:
  Facilities errors
  
Supplier errors
  
People errors
  
None of the above
  

Most failures are caused by the operation or its suppliers.

  True
  
False
  
 If a customer failure occurs, it is:
  The fault of the operation.
  
The fault of the customer.
  
The fault of the supplier.
  
The fault of the customer, but it is the responsibility of the organisation to educate them to
   ensure failures do not occur.

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?
  1.25%
  
10%
  
5%
  
2.5%
  

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?
  .855
  
.805
  
.905
  
.90
  

When measuring failure, how often a failure occurs relates to what?

  Reliability
  
Failure rate
  
Availability
  
Quality
  

The number of failures over a period of time is called:

   The average failure point
  
The mean time between failure
  
The failure rate
  
None of the above
  

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Which of the following is true?

  Longer scales tend to have higher internal reliability and lower reliability over time.
  
Shorter scales tend to have greater internal reliability but lower reliability over time.
  
Shorter scales tend to have lower internal reliability but higher reliability over time.
  
Longer scales tend to have lower internal reliability and lower reliability over time.
  

Alternate-form reliability is also known as…

  Parallel forms
  
Split-half reliability.
  
Convergent reliability
  
Test-retest reliability.
  

Using a properly calibrated set of bathroom scales to measure mood would be:
  Neither reliable nor valid.
  
Reliable and valid.
  
Valid but not reliable.
  
Reliable but not valid
  

Why might test-retest reliability become less important?

  If the concept being measured is not expected to be stable over time (e.g. mood).
  
If participants become familiar with a test and all perform better on the second occasion.
  
If alternate-form reliability cannot be calculated.
  
 If convergent validity was not high.
  

If the content of a test looks as though it is measuring what it is supposed to, it

is said to have high….
  Ecological validity.
  
Content validity.
  
Face validity.
  
Criterion validity.
  

If care has been taken to ensure that a measure is measuring all aspects of
something fully, it has high…
  Internal validity
  
Face validity
  
Content validity
  
Criterion validity
  

If a measure correlates highly with other established measures of the same

thing, it is said to have high….
  Criterion validity.
  
Content validity.
  
Construct validity.
  
Face validity.
  

If a measure is based on a full and close examination of the underlying concept,

along with the related theoretical approaches, then it is said to have high….
  Content validity.
  
Covergent validity.
  
Face validity.
  
Construct validity.
  
 Which of the following is NOT a threat to the internal validity of an experiment?
  Confounding variables.
  
Demand characteristics.
  
Experimenter effects.
  
Within-groups design.
  

Which of the following is true about ecological validity?

  Ecological validity refers to how much a study’s methods resemble real-life situations.
  
All laboratory experiments have low ecological validity.
  
Ecological validity refers to the applicability of findings to the real world.
  
None of the other answers is correct.
  

18. Reliability engineering covers:

A. Reliability B. Maintainability. C. Availability D. A and B E. All of the above
Answer

19. Which of the following would not be considered a Reliability Principal?

A. Use fundamental design techniques
B. Design it to be rugged and robust
C. Probability plotting for binomial data
D. Design for reliability from the initial concept o the idea Answer
20. Which one of the following process improvements would increase product
reliability?
A. Healthcare Process
B. Manufacturing Process
C. Organizational Process
D. All of the above Answer

21. Mean Down Time includes: The time from reporting of an asset being down to
asset being given back to operations /
A. Production to operate.
B. Administrative time of reporting
C. logistics - materials procurement
D. All of the above Answer.

22. Which one of the following describes serviceability?

A. The probability that a failed component or system will be restored to a specified
condition within a period of time
B. The case of repairing, maintaining an item
C. Can be defined qualitatively as the amount by which the product satisfies the users
(customers') requirements
D. All of the above Answer.

23. Assertion (A): Longer tests are more reliable than shorter ones.
Reason (R): Each item adds to test reliability.
Which of the following is correct?
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(B) Only (A) is correct.
(C) Only (R) is correct.
(D) None of the (A) and (R) is correct.
Answer: (B)

24. In the context of a Survey Research, the following steps are taken in a certain
order:
1. Sampling
2. Inference
3. Data analysis
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Which of the following is the right order of these steps?
(A) 2, 3, 1, 4
(B) 1, 4, 3, 2
(C) 3, 2, 4, 1
(D) 4, 1, 2, 3
Answer: (B)
 
 25. Which of the following is a measure of location?
(A) Mode
(B) Mean
(C) Percentile
(D) Standard Deviation
Answer: (C)
 
26. An investigator wants to study the vocational aspirations of visually challenged
children in a wide geographical area. He should select his sample by using
(A) Sample Random sampling
(B) Stratified sampling
(C) Purposive sampling
(D) Convenient sampling
Answer: (C)
 
27. The distribution of a large number of means based on samples of the sample size
selected from the same population is known as
(A) Normal distribution
(B) Sampling distribution
(C) Standard distribution
(D) Rectangular distribution
Answer: (B)
 
28. Two variables X and Y are correlated. This means that the two variables
(A) Cause variation in each other
(B) Measure the same trait
(C) Vary together
(D) Vary independently
Answer: (C)

29. Reliability of software is directly dependent on

(A) Quality of the design
(B) Number of errors present
(C) Software engineers experience
(D) User requirement
Answer: (B)

30. Given the following RBD, the assembly reliability is…

A. Greater than 0.97
B. Between 0.95 & 0.97
C. Between 0.93 & 0.95
D. Less than 0.93
Answer: (D)

31. Given the following RBD, the assembly reliability is…

A. 0.95
B. 0.9999
C. 0.857
D. 0.925
Answer: (C)

32. Given the following RBD, the assembly reliability is…

A. Greater than 0.97
B. Between 0.95 & 0.97
C. Between 0.93 & 0.95
D. Less than 0.93
Answer: (A)

33. Given the following RBD, the assembly reliability is…

A. Greater than 0.97
B. Between 0.95 & 0.97
C. Between 0.93 & 0.95
D. Less than 0.93

34. Which of the following statements is true?

a)  RCM does not bother about the consequence of a failure
b)  RCM does not try to achieve the inherent reliability of a system
c). Time-based Preventive Maintenance is the cornerstone of the RCM output
d)  RCM does not believe that failure rate increases with the age of the equipment

35. Which of the following statements is true in case of RCM?

a) Age of individual components cannot be determined in a statistical manner
b) RCM believes that run-to-failure strategy is often the best strategy
c) RCM is not bothered about consequences of a failure
d) RCM is not interested in achieving the inherent reliability of equipment

36. Waddington Effect states:

a) The performance of an equipment improves upon regular overhauls
b) The failure rate goes up if an equipment is regularly maintained by time-
based preventive maintenance
c) The failure rate goes down if an equipment is regularly maintained by time-based
preventive maintenance
d) The failure rate remains the same with regular time-based preventive maintenance
37. The most important piece of information in RCM is:
a) Number of critical equipment
b) Failure Modes
c) Mean Time Between Failures (MTTF)
d) Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)

38. Most failures in a plant are:

a) Early
b) Wear Out
c) Random
d) Constant

39. Which of the following is not a failure mode?

a) Bearing seized
b) Bearing problem
c) Shaft sheared
d) Circuit opened

40. Which of the following must not be included in the Function of a machine?
a) Design Data
b) What the user wants an equipment to do?
c) Parameters that define the standard of performance
d) Operating Context

41. Secondary Functions are:

a) Additional functions an equipment is supposed to do
b) Functions of other machinery that ensure performance of a critical machine
c) Functions those are undesirable
d) Functions those are desirable but not essential for the performance of a machine

42. Which strategy might be the cornerstone of an RCM strategy?

a) Time-based maintenance (scheduled replacement/repair)
b) Condition Monitoring or Condition Based Maintenance (CBM)
c) Detective Maintenance (Inspections of Hidden Failures)
d) Design Out Maintenance (DOM)

43. To improve the inherent reliability of a system the best strategy is:
a) Condition Based Maintenance
b) Design Out Maintenance
c) Time-based Maintenance
d) Run-to-Failure

Answers: 1) d 2) a 3) b 4) b 5) c 6) b 7) a 8) b 9) b 10) b
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