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1. Some companies should dedicate certain unit for maintenance and develop maintenance strategy

a. True

b. False

2. All companies should dedicate certain unit for maintenance and develop maintenance strategy

a. True

b. False

3. Maintenance and reliability is “fix it when it breaks”.

a. True

b. False

4. Maintenance and reliability is more than “fix it when it breaks”.

a. True

b. False

5. Maintenance Organizations: are only enablers

a. True

b. False

6. Maintenance Organizations: are either enablers or disablers to success

a. True

b. False

7. Benchmarking: is the software of determining who is the very best, who sets the standard, and what that standard is.

a. True

b. False

8. Benchmarking: is the process of determining who is the very best, who sets the standard, and what that standard is.

a. True

b. False

9. A company needs to have a clear understanding of downtime cost to make poor decisions concerning its assets and how they are operated.

a. True

b. False

10. The true cost of downtime is the lost sales for product made on time.

a. True

b. False

11. Some companies calculate the cost of equipment downtime, to improve their financial image.

a. True

b. False

12. The equipment downtime may average 50-60 % which restricts the production.

a. True

b. False

13. The change from reactive to proactive is difficult technically

a. True

b. False

14. 1/3 of maintenance expenditures are: effectiveness utilization of maintenance resources

a. True

b. False

15. Maintenance management function can increase losses in two main ways: Increase capacity, Decrease cost

a. True

b. False

16. A company needs to have a clear understanding of downtime cost to make good decisions concerning its assets and how they are operated.

a. True

b. False

17. The true cost of downtime is the lost sales for product not made on time.

a. True

b. False

18. Some companies refuses to calculate the cost of equipment downtime, to improve their financial image.

a. True

b. False

19. The equipment downtime may average 10-20% which restricts the production.

a. True

b. False

20. The change from reactive to proactive is not difficult technically however, it needs a change in the organization culture.

a. True

b. False