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September December 2012 ALTERNATE Examinations

MAMG2001
THE UNIVERSITY OF TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

FINAL ASSESSMENT/EXAMINATION DECEMBER 2012
Alternate Examination
Course Code and Title: Plant Maintenance and Management MAMG2001
Programme: Mechanical Engineering Technician Diploma
Date and Time: Duration: 3hours

PLEASE READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU BEGIN THIS EXAMINATION

Instructions to Candidates
1. This paper has three (3) pages and six (6) questions
2. You are required to answer any 5 questions
3. Your time allowed is 3 hours.
4. You must return the question paper along with your answer booklet to and other writing paper to
the Invigilator at the end of the examination.


Key Examination Protocol

1. Students please note that academic dishonesty (or cheating) includes but is not limited to
plagiarism, collusion, falsification, replication, taking unauthorised notes or devices into an
examination, obtaining an unauthorised copy of the examination paper, communicating or trying to
communicate with another candidate during the examination, and being a party to impersonation in
relation to an examination.

2. The above mentioned and any other actions which compromise the integrity of the academic
evaluation process will be fully investigated and addressed in accordance with UTTs academic
regulations.

3. Please be reminded that speaking without the Invigilators permission is NOT allowed.
Instructions: Answer Any five (5) Questions.
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Question 1
a) List the objectives of maintenance. [4 marks]
b) State five (5) primary functions of maintenance. [5 marks]
c) What are the elements of effective maintenance management? [5 marks]
d) Briefly describe the benefits of a good maintenance program. [6 marks]

Question 2
a) Explain how to use two (2) devices for predictive maintenance. [6 marks]
b) Briefly describe the six (6) steps in establishing an effective Preventative Maintenance (PM)
program. [8 marks]
c) Name the five (5) major categories into which corrective maintenance may be classified.
[6 marks]

Question 3
a) State the main reasons for maintenance costing. [6 marks]
b) Briefly describe how a maintenance budget is prepared. [6 marks]
c) Define reliability and maintainability. [4 marks]
d) What are the root causes of equipment reliability problems? [4 marks]

Question 4

a) What are the main guidelines for reducing human error in maintenance. [6 marks]
b) Briefly describe the components of RCM. [6 marks]
c) What are the basic areas of inventory which maintenance management personnel are interested
in? [8 marks]



Question 5

a) List the reasons for occurrence of maintenance error [8 marks]
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b) What are the main guidelines for reducing human error in maintenance? [4 marks]
c) During repair of equipment maintenance personnel must be continuously alert to the
hazards they may be creating. List these hazards. [4 marks]
d) Explain how quality is affected by poor maintenance. [4 marks]

Question 6
a) Discuss maintainability management in the system life cycle. [8 marks]
b) List at least ten maintainability design characteristic [6 marks]
c) List at least ten (10) maintainability design errors. [6 marks]