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CMRP Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional Questions and Answers

Questions 4

Vibration monitoring can detect all but which one of the following?

Options:

A.

Soft foot

B.

Misalignment

C.

Worn coupling

D.

Uniform Impeller Wear

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Questions 5

What attribute of a Maintenance and Reliability professional is essential for future success?

Options:

A.

Accept standard operating or maintenance practices

B.

Attain expert knowledge of specific equipment and technology

C.

Stay abreast of current and emerging technologies

D.

Obtain multiple memberships in industry craft (trade) associations

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Questions 6

Which of the following is least likely to be linked to Maintenance and Reliability process improvements?

Options:

A.

Improved product design

B.

Reduced rework

C.

Lower operating costs

D.

Better availability capability

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Questions 7

When acquiring mission-critical, major machinery, it is usually appropriate to use a detailed equipment specification to assure the best equipment is selected and purchased. Which of the following is the most appropriate approach to developing an equipment specification for a piece of equipment?

Options:

A.

Arrange for potential equipment suppliers to provide their own Sales and Engineering representatives to visit the plant (facility) where the equipment is to be installed, as often as necessary, to prepare an equipment specification

B.

Review applicable company specifications, as well as supplier and other machinery specifications. Develop a custom specification that provides detailed construction, installation, performance, and other criteria as determined by mission requirements. Confirm that machinery offered by suppliers will meet the criteria in the custom specification

C.

Review applicable specifications from appropriate industry groups, Bee the American Petroleum Institute (API). National Electrical Manufacturer’s Association (NEMA) etc and select the specification that best meets the business goals.

D.

Send potential suppliers' copies of all of the applicable specifications your company has developed, with a cover letter explaining that equipment provided must meet applicable points within the specifications provided. Review supplier quotes and purchase the equipment from the supplier whose quote best meets business goals.

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Questions 8

One of our five pumps fails each month. We have been getting 45 days of service out of our dryer belts. We have to fix five piping leaks per month. We have had to replace three of our 25 air cylinders in the last two years. If a Pareto diagram was created for this failure data, which equipment type would show the highest failure frequency?

Options:

A.

Air cylinders

B.

Dryer belts

C.

Pumps

D.

Piping

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Questions 9

A process system consists of two units,A and B. "Unit A" feeds "Unit B." such that if either unit is not operating, the system is not operating. Given the data below, calculate the annual Reliability of the system. The system is in continuous operation

Unit A Reliability =0.40

Unit B Reliability = 0.32

t = 1 year

Options:

A.

0.128

B.

0.246

C.

0.365

D.

0.721

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Questions 10

You are the maintenance manager for a manufacturing plant (facility) that runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The product is selling well. The business is healthy. Which consideration will bring the most value to your business when planning your next major shutdown of your operating area?

Options:

A.

Keeping the cost within budget

B.

Limit the work to only jobs that require a shutdown to perform

C.

Make full utilization of manpower during the shutdown period

D.

Delay the shutdown until an equipment failure forces the plant (facility) down

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Questions 11

An employee fells to use his safety goggles on the job and. as a result, incurs an eye irritation from fumes. This incident is an example of a(n):

Options:

A.

Unsafe act

B.

Unsafe condition

C.

Willful safety violation

D.

Unrecognized hazard

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Questions 12

Guidelines for developing a defensible performance appraisal process include the following, except

Options:

A.

Incorporating a rating instrument.

B.

Developing job specializations for each employee.

C.

Providing definitive performance standards to rater and rates.

D.

Using clearly defined individual dimensions of job performance.

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Questions 13

When should completed work orders be turned in to the supervisors?

Options:

A.

at the end of the day

B.

at the end of the shift

C.

after completing a group of tasks

D.

upon completion of the work

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Questions 14

Themost effective method of performance evaluation is:

Options:

A.

a field review process.

B.

a behaviorally anchored rating scale process

C.

a employee written assessment.

D.

a feedback process.

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Questions 15

Motor Circuit Analysis (MCrA) on a low (450-600) voltage 3 Phase motor reveals significantly higher capacitance-to-ground than baseline values. Resistance-to-ground readings are good. What does this indicate and/or what should you do?

Options:

A.

The motor contains abnormally high moistureand/or conductive contamination. Continue normal operation, but plan follow-on MCrA readings and possible corrective action.

B.

Remove motor-from service and send to shop to be cleaned, dried, dipped and baked, since this is the surest way to corrective problem.

C.

Do not start the motor. An "explosive" shorting condition could cause near instantaneous winding failure.

D.

No problem exists. Take no action.

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Questions 16

Which of the following has the least impact on maintenance and operations process improvements?

Options:

A.

Cross-functional improvement teams

B.

Preventive maintenance

C.

Age and condition of assets

D.

Manufacturing teams

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Questions 17

With regard toquality of goods and serviceswhich of the following is true in all economies?

Options:

A.

A surplus of goods (buyer's market) results in a relaxing of quality standards.

B.

A shortage of goods (seller's market) results in a relaxation of quality standards.

C.

When demand exceeds supply (seller's market), sellers are forced to increase quality standards.

D.

When a surplus of goods exists (buyer's market), buyers force sales prices up.

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Questions 18

What is a high level metric used to evaluate the overall effectiveness of a Safety Program?

Options:

A.

First aid case frequency

B.

Number of job hazard analyses completed

C.

Near miss report submissions

D.

Lost time injury frequency

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Questions 19

After plotting your failure data (six points) for a single piece of equipment in a Weibull chart (log-log x log), you notice that the data forms a line with a dog leg (two intersecting straight lines). This means:

Options:

A.

There is not enough data to interpret the failures.

B.

The trend indicates improving reliability.

C.

There are two modes of failure occurring.

D.

The failure pattern is a classic bathtub curve.

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Questions 20

The most effective method of performance evaluation is:

Options:

A.

A forced ranking process.

B.

A field review process.

C.

A continuous feedback process.

D.

A behaviorally anchored rating scale process.

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Questions 21

The maintenance manager of a bearing manufacturer has asked you to calculate the reorder point of a spare part item. She has provided you with the following information to facilitate your calculations. The cost of the spare parties$100. The cost of earning inventory is 20% of the cost of the part. The cost of placing an order is$40 for which the annual demand is 100,000 units. The average tad-time for replenishment is two weeks and the buffer stock of 500 units S desired and the average inventory is 100 units per week. What is the reorder point in units for this spare part?

Options:

A.

350 units

B.

600 units

C.

700 units

D.

707 units

E.

1200 units

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Questions 22

Grouping of data into families and eliminating statistical outliers from a statistical alarm calculation:

Options:

A.

Is not necessary as the standard deviation process corrects for all deviations.

B.

Must be performed to assure proper calculation of statistical alarms.

C.

Will only affect the bad data, but not affect the good data.

D.

Can be dealt with by using the percent offset method.

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Questions 23

What is at the heart or core of the Organization for International Standards (ISO) 9000 series documents concerning quality of products and services?

Options:

A.

Management of quality assurance processes

B.

Human safety and environmental protection

C.

How to write quality control documents

D.

Procedures, document existence, compliance, and control

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Questions 24

Which answer is not one of the steps in performing an RCA (Root Cause Analysis)?

Options:

A.

Track the recommended solutions to ensure effectiveness.

B.

Develop solutions and recommendations.

C.

Identify possible mitigating factors.

D.

Define the problem or the failure.

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Questions 25

Which of the following is a directly controllable leading performance indicator?

Options:

A.

Monthly production levels

B.

Schedule compliance

C.

Unplanned downtime

D.

Plant (Facility) profitability

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Questions 26

Your plant (facility) is in a sold-out position You just told a visiting senior manager from the head office that the reason you place so much emphasis and spend so much money on maintenance planning is that it not only sales money, but it makes money for the business. He asks: How can it make money for the business? Your most comprehensive answer is:

Options:

A.

It improves quality yield through reduced process disruptions.

B.

It ensures the mechanics are productive all day long.

C.

It reduces finished product inventory through increasing reliability.

D.

It enables effective maintenance thereby increasing production capability.

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Questions 27

What is a good indicator of individual job performance?

Options:

A.

Annual number of customer complaints

B.

Attendance and safety performance

C.

Performance compared to individual goals

D.

Experience and length of company service

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Questions 28

What is a standard methodology to change the frequency of a PM inspection?

Options:

A.

(ANSI) American National Standards Institute

B.

(RBI) Risk Based Inspection

C.

(SMRP) Society of Maintenance & Reliability Professionals

D.

(ASME) American Society of Mechanical Engineers

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Questions 29

The scheduler should assign work plans for the crew to execute what percentage of the forecasted hours?

Options:

A.

100% to fill all available forecasted hours

B.

More than 100% in case some jobs do not take as long

C.

Less than 100% to allow for emergencies or breaks

D.

It does not matter how much is scheduled

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Questions 30

When forming teams to address reliability issues, four stages of team development should be recognized and managed by the reliability professional In the Performing stage, team members should not:

Options:

A.

Complete problem analysis.

B.

Begin to improve and control

C.

Make changes to the process.

D.

Swing from optimism to uncertainty.

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Questions 31

When initiating change to an existing process or program,the best practice is to:

Options:

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.

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Questions 32

Key performance indicators can be classified as leading or lagging indicators. An example of a lagging indicator for manufacturing is:

Options:

A.

Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF).

B.

Mean Time To Repair (MTTR).

C.

Overall Equipment Effectiveness.

D.

Operating Costs.

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Questions 33

Preventive maintenance tasks should be grouped by?

Options:

A.

Parts required, task interval and lockout -tag out requirement

B.

Skill required, parts required and equipmentavailability

C.

Skill required, task and interval

D.

Skill required, task interval and lockout -tag out requirement

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Questions 34

The historical evolution of maintenance methods from earliest to latest has been:

Options:

A.

reliability centered, predictive, preventive, breakdown (reactive).

B.

preventive, reliability centered, predictive, breakdown (reactive).

C.

breakdown (reactive), predictive, preventive, reliability centered.

D.

breakdown (reactive), preventive, predictive, and reliability centered.

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Questions 35

Why may two different materials, both with the same surface temperature, appear to havedifferent temperatures when viewed with a thermal imager?

Options:

A.

They have different convective coefficients.

B.

They have different emissivities.

C.

They have different thermal capacities.

D.

They have different conductivities.

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Questions 36

The maintenance function should be viewed in value added terms and should be associated with profit and the optimization of maintenance costs. When developing the maintenance budget, it is important to:

Options:

A.

Increase last year's budget by approximately 9.5% to 12% and be prepared to reduce the budgeted amount after management reviews the budget.

B.

Determine, through benchmarking, the percentage of money spent on maintenance compared to the Replacement Asset Value of equipment.

C.

Review the budget from the previous year and increase the budget for the upcoming year based on the effects of inflation.

D.

Base the budget on the individual needs of each specific equipment item annually.

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Questions 37

Percent overtime maintenance labor hours is:

Options:

A.

Overtime maintenance labor hours used to maintain assets, divided by the total maintenance labor hours to maintain assets, expressed as a percentage.

B.

Total overtime labor hours, divided by the total scheduled maintenance labor hours, expressed as a percentage.

C.

Total overtime labor hours, divided by the total maintenance labor hours to maintain assets, expressed as a percentage.

D.

Scheduled overtime maintenance labor hours used to maintain assets, divided by scheduled maintenance labor hours to maintain assets, expressed as a percentage.

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Questions 38

Of the choices below, which is the best way to evaluate the effectiveness of a Safety Program?

Options:

A.

Measure the number of safety slogans and bulletins posted

B.

Periodic safety audits of work processes in the field

C.

Review health and safety performance as required

D.

Solicit feedback about safety performance from employees

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Questions 39

The 'Karl Fischer Method' measures:

Options:

A.

The count in parts per million (ppm), of coliform bacteria in a sample of cooling tower water.

B.

The viscosity of an oil sample based on its flow rate through a calibrated orifice.

C.

The conductivity in micro-ohms, of a sample of cooling tower water.

D.

The amount of water in a sample of oil, in ppm.

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Questions 40

To be trusted by all members of a group, afacilitator must:

Options:

A.

be a member of the group.

B.

notprefer any potential solution.

C.

have decision making authority.

D.

be acceptable to most of the group.

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Questions 41

Surveys have shown that plants (facilities) with good planning and scheduling systems and good predictive and preventive programs have which ratios of maintenance tasks? (Does not include service to operations or capital projects or turnarounds)

Options:

A.

50% of all work is preventive and predictive. 80% of work is planned and scheduled at least one week before execution, 5% of all work is emergency

B.

25% of all work is preventive and predictive. 60% of work is planned and scheduled at least one week before execution, 15% of all work is emergency

C.

95% of all work is preventive and predictive. 90% of work is planned and scheduled at least one week before execution, 5% of all work is emergency

D.

30% of all work is preventive and predictive. 40% of work is planned and scheduled at least one week before execution, 20% of all work is emergency

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Questions 42

Root Cause Failure Analysis has determined that 30% of premature equipment failures are due to human errors. As the maintenance manager, what would be your first step to begin improving this performance?

Options:

A.

Increase inspection of all equipment repairs

B.

Conduct a skills assessment of the craft (trade) workforce

C.

Implement a refresher training program

D.

Attach assembly diagrams to all work orders

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Questions 43

What factor is not used to calculate Overall Equipment Effectiveness?

Options:

A.

Availability

B.

Failure Rate

C.

Quality Rates

D.

Throughput Rate

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Questions 44

What is the best way for a Maintenance and Reliability Program to use process parameters?

Options:

A.

Justify replacement equipment purchases

B.

Assist in the explanation of failures

C.

Assign detects to equipment and systems

D.

Correlate to changes in equipment condition

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Exam Code: CMRP
Exam Name: Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional
Last Update: Aug 22, 2025
Questions: 148

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