Refer to: DoD Guide for Achieving Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability (3 Aug 2005) 3.2 Mission and Goals: pgs 3-3 - 3-13, General Considerations in Developing Metrics, pg. 3-3, Reliability Metrics, pg 3-4, Maintainability Metrics, pg 3-7, Availability Metrics, pg 3-8

The definition of failure must be carefully considered to ensure the failure criteria are unambiguous. Failure should always be related to a measurable parameter or to a clear indication. As a result of these requirements, a leaking seal might or might not constitute a failure depending on the leak rate or whether or not the leak can be rectified by a simple adjustment. The last statement regarding the leaking seal is:

Group of answer choices

False, a leaking seal should always be replaced even if the leak rate is within serviceable limits in the maintenance manual for safety reasons

True