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ME6012 – MAINTENANCE ENGINEERING

Answer ALL questions

PART A - (10 X 1 = 10 marks)

1. Which quality management program is related to the maintenance of plants 1 CO-1 K-2
and equipments
(a) Environmental (b) Fault tree (c) Failure mode (d) Total
management analysis effect productive
systems analysis maintenance
2. Gross error means 1 CO-1 K-1
(a) Magnitude (b) Caused by (c) Human (d) Magnitude and
&direction electrostatic fault direction are
vary fields definite
3. Production cost refers to prime cost plus 1 CO-1 K-1
(a) factory (b) Administration (c) Sales (d) Sales
overheads overheads over overheads &
head profit
4. Which of the following is unavoidable delay 1 CO-1 K-1
(a) Waiting (b) Non- (c) Non- (d) Tool
for raw availability of availability breakage
material inspection of power
gauge
5. -------------- stage of life-cycle associated with an electronic instrument plays a 1 CO-1 K-2
vital role in establishing a target figure for reliability in terms of specifications.
(a) Design (b) Manufacturing (c) Production (d) All of the
above
6. How is the reliability of a product specified 1 CO-1 K-1
(a) Always (b) Always (c) Always (d) None of the above
less than 1 greater equal to
than 1 1
7. MTBF means ------------------ 1 CO-1 K-1
(a) Mean Time (b) Mean (c) Mean (d) All of these
between Time To Time
Failures Failures between
Repair

8. Which of the following is not counted among safety equipment? 1 CO-2 K-2
(a) Vacuum (b) Alarms (c) Flashback (d) Temperature
reliever arresters reliever
9 What is the ratio of preventive maintenance and total maintenance in primary- 1 CO-2 K-1
metal industry
(a) 1 : 1.27 (b) 1 : 2.17 (c) 1 : 2.37 (d) 1 : 3.17 men
men men men
10. What type of software testing is generally used in Software Maintenance 1 CO-2 K-2
(a) Regression (b) System (c) Integration (d) Unit Testing
Testing Testing Testing

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 PART B - (10 X 2 = 20 marks)
11. Define Maintenance planning 2 CO-1 K- 1
12. List down the objectives of Maintenance 2 CO-1 K-1
13. Recall the principles of planned Maintenance activity 2 CO-1 K-2
14. Infer failure rate 2 CO-1 K-2

15. Compare Mean Failure Rate and Mean Time to Failure 2 CO-1 K-2

16. Extend the types of Maintenance Organization 2 CO-1 K-2

17. State the types of reliability 2 CO-1 K-1
18. Rephrase the procedure for TPM 2 CO-2 K-2
19. List the function of lubrication and give tips on lubrication 2 CO-2 K-1
20. Categorize fixed time maintenance and connect based maintenance 2 CO-2 K-2

PART C - (5 X 14 = 70 marks)
Explain the maintenance organization structure in detail

Discover briefly about different types and classes of maintenance cost

Enumerate MTBS,MTBF,MTTF,MTTR and failure rate

Summarize productivity and maintenance.

State the factors involved in determining the maintenance cost in an industry and
the steps necessary to reduce the maintenance cost

Discuss briefly about various steps of maintenance job planning

Explain in detail the pillars of TPM

Interpret briefly about repair cycle of metallic materials

Briefly explain maintenance scheduling

Elaborate RCM with a flow diagram

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 PART A - (10 X 1 = 10 marks)
1. Maintenance consist of the following action(s)
(a) Replace of (b) Repair of (c) Service of (d) All of the above
Componen component component
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2. Scheduled maintenance is _______ between breakdown maintenance and the
preventive maintenance
(a) Compromise (b) Failure (c) Ratio (d) None of These
3. The following is not a classification of maintenance
(a) Corrective (b) Timely (c) Scheduled (d) Preventive
maintenance maintenance maintenance maintenance
4. Quality improvement planning is related to which category of cost
(a) Cost of (b) Cost of (c) Cost of (d) All of the
failure appraisal prevention above
5. A-B-C analysis is used in ----------------
(a) Inventory (b) production (c) cost (d) None of the
control control control above
6. In break even analysis, total cost consists of
(a) fixed cost (b) variable (c) fixed (d) fixed cost +
+ sales cost + cost + variable cost +
revenue sales variable profit
revenue cost
7. PERT is an event oriented technique.
(a) Correct (b) Incorrect (c) Insufficient (d) None of the
technique above
8. The properties of lubricants are

(a) viscosity (b) flash point (c) fire point (d) pressure
9 Which of the following is not an important condition for preventive maintenance?
(a) Size (b) Age (c) Location (d) Oils used
10. Which of the following are not counted among periodic inspection
(a) Tear downs (b) Overhauls (c) Oil (d) Replacement
burnings of parts

PART B - (10 X 2 = 20 marks)

11. Define maintenance
How would you show your understanding on the benefits of reliability analysis in
12.
industries
13. Write down equipment life cycle and name the various phases in it
14. Infer failure rate
15. Compare Mean Failure Rate and Mean Time to Failure
16. Define Maintenance Action Rate
17. List out the types of reliability
18. Differentiate break down maintenance and preventive maintenance
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19. Interpret the purpose of lubrication
20. Rephrase repair cycle

PART C - (5 X 14 = 70 marks)
Explain the maintenance organization structure in detail

Briefly explain the maintenance economics

Elaborate the salient features of shut down planning and execution

Summarize productivity and maintenance.

State the factors involved in determining the maintenance cost in an industry and
the steps necessary to reduce the maintenance cost

Assess long term planning? Discuss few long term planning

Explain in detail the pillars of TPM

Interpret planned maintenance. Discuss about preventive maintenance

Explain in detail the methods of lubrication

Briefly discuss about the evolution of TPM and the various stages involved in
implementation of TPM