CMRP PRACTICE QUESTIONS

10. What relationship should Maintenance and Reliability Teams have with 15. When the time period between the testing which detects a failure, for
customers and suppliers for optimum effectiveness? failures with significant economic consequences, and when life expectancy
a. Purchasing should be the only communicators with suppliers is highly variable, a good approach is:
b. Management should be the only communicators with customers and suppliers a. More frequent periodic predictive testing
c. Team members should be involved in communicating with customers and suppliers b. Structured preventive maintenance
d. Sales should be the only department communicating with customers c. On-line condition monitoring
d. Time based rebuild or change out
11. 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
d. Backlog - how long it takes to fix broken equipment

12. Which of the following does not support people development?

a. Providing feedback only when asked
b. Defining result areas, goals, and measurements
c. Coaching, feedback, and encouragement
d. Defining training and skills goals

13. From the following list, which is not a critical structural element of a
strategic plan for maintenance and reliability?
a. Current levels of performance
b. Benefits available through implementation
c. Historical direction of the business
d. Vision of the future state

14. Which performance result best shows a maintenance and reliability

manager that the scheduled maintenance activities being implemented are
effective?
a. Hours spent on unscheduled maintenance have decreased
b. Maintenance cost per unit of production has decreased
c. Total annual maintenance cost has decreased
d. Production rate has increased

Answer Key:
1: C; 2: A; 3: B; 4: C, 5:D; 6: C, 7: B, 8: A, 9: A, 10: C, 11: D, 12: A, 13: C, 14: A, 15: C
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4. Rolling stock/mobile equipment (e.g., 2. Material handling techniques and
mobile cranes, man-lift/scissor lift, procedures
forklift)
3. Material storage procedures
5. Shop machinery and tools
Subject Areas 17. Rigging
18. Safety system and devices 6. Rigging equipment (e.g., slings,
4. Original equipment manufacturers’
(OEM) instructions
Addressed by the 19. Scaffolding
shackles, eyebolts, chains, hooks)
Task 8: Maintain housekeeping by adhering
Certification Exam Task 2: Inform production control personnel
Task 5: Use maintenance tools and
equipment per manufacturers’ specifications
to established site standards and by
removing all maintenance-related parts and
about the maintenance activity required per and established safety policies to ensure
Four major performance domains account waste to ensure a safe and orderly job site.
company protocol to adjust the operations safety and efficiency. The candidate must
for the examination’s content. These four The candidate must demonstrate knowledge
schedules. The candidate must demonstrate demonstrate knowledge in the following:
domains, as well as the task statements for in the following:
knowledge in the following:
each domain, are listed below: 7. Equipment and tool specifications 1. Facility and regulatory policies on
1. Lockout/tagout procedures housekeeping
8. Established equipment and tool-safety
Domain I: Maintenance Practices 2. Process overview policies and procedures 2. Hazards of improper housekeeping
Task 1: Adhere to safety, health, and 3. Work permits Task 6: Use measuring tools and equipment 3. Proper organization and cleaning of
environmental standards and policies by in a manner that will ensure accurate job site
taking personal responsibility to prevent Task 3: Perform the proper lockout/tagout measurements to perform maintenance tasks Task 9: Document maintenance activities
injury or illness from exposure to hazards. procedures on equipment per applicable properly. The candidate must demonstrate using the facility’s maintenance management
The candidate must demonstrate knowledge standards to ensure zero energy state prior knowledge in the following: system to record history, assist with
in the following: to commencing maintenance work and
planning and scheduling, and support root-
minimize health, safety, and environmental 1. Application of specific tools
cause failure analysis. The candidate must
1. Bloodborne pathogens hazards to employees and the community. 2. Basic math (e.g., fractions, addition, demonstrate knowledge in the following:
2. Confined space entry The candidate must demonstrate knowledge subtraction, multiplication, division)
in the following: 3. Calibration requirements for 1. Documentation systems (e.g., paper
3. Electrical safety measurement tools (e.g., torque filing systems, computer filing
4. Emergency response (ER) and 1. Lockout/tagout procedures wrench, calipers, alignment tools) systems, email)
evacuation 4. Conversion of appropriate
2. Multiple energy sources 2. Maintenance planning and scheduling
5. Environmental compliance measurement and engineering units
3. Zero energy states
6. Ergonomics 5. Measurement principles (e.g., mass,
force, motion, distance, acceleration,
7. Eye protection Task 4: Perform a pre-use inspection on power, fluid, bulk)
maintenance tools and equipment using
8. Fall protection 6. Measurement tools (e.g., rulers,
established standards and guidelines to gauges, tapes, micrometer, calipers,
9. Fire safety ensure safe operation and to extend the life lasers)
10. HAZCOM/MSDS of the tools and equipment. The candidate
Task 7: Handle all maintenance materials
11. Hearing conservation must demonstrate knowledge in the
and parts per established standards and
following:
12. Ladder safety procedures to prevent damage to the
parts and equipment. The candidate must
13. Lockout/tagout procedures 1. Cranes and hoists
demonstrate knowledge in the following:
14. Personal protective equipment (PPE) 2. Field machinery and tools
15. Process safety management (PSM) 3. Ladder safety 1. Company safety policies
16. Respiratory protection

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 Domain II: Preventive and Predictive 4. Lubricant specifications maintenance request by reviewing the 2. Facility preventative maintenance
scheduling programs or systems
Maintenance 5. Lubricating systems work order and/or interviewing operations
personnel to determine the general nature 3. Preventative maintenance techniques
Task 1: Perform preventive and/or predictive 6. Lubrication principles and theories (e.g., lubrication, seals
of the problem. The candidate must and bearings, alignments)
maintenance according to the work plan to 7. Lubrication route demonstrate knowledge in the following:
maximize mean time between failures. The Task 5: Identify the cause of the problem
candidate must demonstrate knowledge in Task 4: Perform alignment checks on rotating
1. Effective interpersonal relations using a systematic process of elimination
the following: equipment (e.g., pumps, fans, blowers,
2. Equipment and/or processes in order to determine what is causing
turbines, gearboxes, compressors) per
the malfunction. The candidate must
1. Company safety, health, and equipment specifications to ensure reliable 3. Maintenance work order systems
environmental policies demonstrate knowledge in the following:
performance and prevent damage. The
Task 2: Verify that the problem is valid by
2. Equipment function and use candidate must demonstrate knowledge in 1. Equipment and/or process design
systematically testing and/or observing the
3. Predictive maintenance procedures the following: parameters
equipment’s performance, as conditions
4. Preventive maintenance procedures permit, to determine if a problem exists. The 2. Hazards involved with operating
1. Company safety, health, and and/or maintaining specific process
5. Work plan requirements environmental policies candidate must demonstrate knowledge in equipment
2. Equipment alignment techniques (e.g., the following:
3. Systematic troubleshooting and
Task 2: Apply predictive maintenance laser, reverse, straight edge, rim and analysis
techniques by observing equipment face) 1. Function and use of the equipment
performance and collecting ongoing 3. Equipment functions 2. Process indicators (e.g., gauges,
performance data to maximize mean time annunciators, Human Machine Domain IV: Corrective Maintenance
4. Thermal growth Interface [HMI] displays)
between failures. The candidate must Task 1: Verify troubleshooting analysis by
5. Operation principles for rotating
demonstrate knowledge in the following: equipment Task 3: Obtain appropriate technical disassembling and inspecting components
documentation using facility resources using established procedures per applicable
1. Company safety, health, and Task 5: Perform checks on safety systems
environmental policies to gain a full understanding of designed standards and guidelines in order to
and devices per equipment design
operating parameters and/or sequences. The confirm that the identified corrective
2. Function of equipment specifications to ensure reliable operation
candidate must demonstrate knowledge in action is appropriate. The candidate must
3. Operation parameters for equipment, and protect employees. The candidate must
the following: demonstrate knowledge in the following:
including baseline conditions demonstrate knowledge in the following:
4. Predictive maintenance techniques 3. Facility resources (e.g., CMMS, 1. Common mechanical systems (e.g.,
and technologies (e.g., oil samples, 1. Company safety, health, and technical library, engineering files) lubrication, seals and bearings,
vibration readings, thermographic environmental policies alignment, power transmission, cams,
equipment, ultrasonic testing) 4. Operating parameters and sequences cranks, pneumatics, hydraulics,
2. Consequences of bypassing safety thermodynamics, heat transfer, piping
systems 5. Technical documentation (e.g., systems, steam systems)
Task 3: Lubricate equipment per the schematics, P&ID, blueprints, O&M
lubrication schedule and equipment 3. Equipment design specifications manuals, SOP, MSDS) 2. Correct use of tools and equipment,
specifications to ensure reliable performance 4. Equipment functions (e.g., limit including measuring devices
switches, photoelectric eyes) Task 4: Investigate previous maintenance
and prevent damage. The candidate must 3. Equipment specifications
activities, as conditions require, by reviewing
demonstrate knowledge in the following: 5. Operation of safety systems 4. Equipment and component functions
equipment history in order to identify
1. Company safety, health, and information that will facilitate troubleshooting. 5. Operation of equipment and
environmental policies Domain III: Troubleshooting and The candidate must demonstrate knowledge components

2. Equipment specifications Analysis in the following: 6. Results of troubleshooting analysis

3. Filtering systems Task 1: Gather information relating to a 7. Specific equipment repair procedures,
1. Facility maintenance record systems applicable standards, and guidelines

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 Task 2: Repair the malfunction by performing Task 3: Monitor the equipment after it has
required corrective maintenance tasks been repaired while operating it under
per best maintenance practices to return normal conditions in order to determine
the equipment to the desired operating whether or not the repair was successful. The
condition. The candidate must demonstrate candidate must demonstrate knowledge in
knowledge in the following: the following:

1. Common mechanical systems (e.g., 1. Equipment and component functions

lubrication, seals and bearings, (e.g., pumps, fans, blowers, turbines,
alignment, power transmission, cams, gearboxes, compressors, fasteners,
cranks, pneumatics, hydraulics, motors, piping systems, gaskets/
thermodynamics, heat transfer, piping packing, drive systems, conveying
systems, fabrication, steam systems) systems)
2. Correct use of tools and equipment, 2. Equipment and component operation
including measuring devices
3. Equipment specifications Task 4: Release repaired equipment for
return to service using standard operating
4. Equipment and component functions
(e.g., pumps, fans, blowers, turbines, procedures in order to resume normal
gearboxes, compressors, fasteners, operations. The candidate must demonstrate
motors, piping systems, gaskets/ knowledge in the following:
packing, drive systems, conveying
systems)
1. Procedures for releasing equipment
5. Equipment and component operation for return to service
6. Specific equipment repair procedures,
applicable standards, and guidelines

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