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AllUnitReviewQuestions
Question | Answer |
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Which term is not a level of maintenance? | Base. |
What is considered the highest level of maintenance for more complex repairs? | Depot. |
What level of maintenance does the 2LM approach seek to modify or eliminate? | Depot. |
Which category of maintenance consists of those tasks that cannot be done on the end item but are within the capability of the skills and equipment possessed by a unit? | Off-equipment, operating command. |
Which category of maintenance pertains to correcting those discrepancies discovered during flight? | Unscheduled. |
Which method of inspection is used when maintenance or operational requirements are such that the inspection must be performed at the equipment location? | In-place. |
Which method is a “thorough and searching inspection of the entire aircraft?” | Major. |
How many calendar inspections are required for aircraft no matter what inspection concept the aircraft is under? | Two. |
Which inspection status is affected by the 30 or 90 day inspection? | Homestation check. |
What changes to baseline computer programs are normally announced by a TCTO? | Software-only. |
Which type of item is modified using the TCTO process? | Special purpose vehicle. |
What are the levels of maintenance authorized for the completion of TCTOs? | Depot, intermediate, and organizational. |
Exceeding what time factors normally causes a TCTO to be classified as depot-level maintenance? | 8 clock- or 25 man-hours.. |
How many basic TCTO categories are authorized? | 3. |
What are the authorized types of TCTOs? | Immediate, routine, and urgent. |
In order to permit simultaneous release of two or more TCTOs requiring work in the same general area, procuring activities are authorized to withhold the release of non-safety routine action TCTOs for a maximum of | 90 days. |
What kind of TCTO is issued specifically for part or serial numbered items? | Commodity. |
Which logistics indicator shows a unit’s ability to keep equipment in a ready status? | System reliability. |
The data to calculate system capability rates is obtained from | debriefing. |
Who forwards an item to contract maintenance or AFMC depot if repair is not authorized at base level? | Supply. |
Which maintenance codes are used to compute the base level capability rate? | Action taken. |
What action taken codes are used to compute base repair capability rates? | A, F, G, K, L, Z. |
Personnel capability is measured in terms of | military per operational unit. |
Facility capability is computed to determine | how many flying hours the inspection docks can support. |
Weights are usually assigned when computing maintenance scheduling effectiveness rates to show | the degree of importance of a task. |
Where can you get the information for computing maintenance scheduling effectiveness rates? | Monthly Maintenance Plan. |
The mission capability status code that is the sum of NMCS and NMCB and reflects total NMC aircraft limitations due to supply is called | TNMCS. |
All raw data used to compute mission capabilities comes from | the AVS report. |
What are the two most common types of chargeable deviations? | Maintenance and supply. |
The total number of cancellations can be obtained from the | AUR. |
If the number of deviations increases, the flying scheduling effectiveness rate will | go down. |
Which one is not a factor for computing manhour per flying hour? | Operating hours. |
Which rate is used to measure speed of repair and of equipment maintainability? | Fix rate. |
What maintenance status code is entered in IMDS when an aircraft lands with a code 3 landing status? | NMC. |
What are the three time frames in hours used in the fix rate formula? | 4, 8, or 12. |
A more accurate description of a 20 percent break rate is 2 out of 10 | sorties landed with a landing code 3. |
When a sortie has to make an emergency landing due to an equipment failure, what type of abort is it? | Air. |
The total abort rate is a combination of | air and ground abort. |
Computation of the cannibalization rate includes number of | sorties flown. |
What action taken code means “removed for cannibalization”? | T. |
When determining aircraft utilization effectiveness, the minimum time period (in month/months) of data should be at least | 6. |
Which command uses the departure reliability rate? | AMC. |
What factor represents a historical percentage of scheduled sorties lost to unit controllable causes? | Attrition. |
If you have 100 sorties required to fly for the month and the attrition rate is 8 percent, how many total sorties will you show on the flying schedule? | 109. |
Spares are used to compensate for which unit controlled factors? | Maintenance cancellations, supply cancellations, and ground aborts. |
In determining the spare factor, what is compared to the number of historical sorties scheduled? | Number of 1st sortie logistics losses. |
When measuring MTTR, how is it expressed? | Hours. |
When measuring MTTR, how is it expressed? | Crew size. |
When computing for on- and off-equipment MTTR, the first position of the | WUC is not equal to zero. |
What are the two types of failure indicated by MTBF? | Inherent and induced. |
What is the maximum number of days allowed in the IMDS for MTBF calculation? | 180. |
Which mission performance indicator is used to measure the average time between failures of mission-essential systems? | MTBCF. |
The MTBCF gives us the | average time between failure of mission essential systems. |
When computing for the MTBMA, what maintenance events are included? | Both scheduled and unscheduled. |
Which one gives us the average time for end items and is an indication of component overall performance? | MTBMA. |
The two cornerstones of maintenance metrics are fleet availability and | program execution. |
Which statement is a lagging indicator under fleet availability? | Mission capable rate. |
What is the overall indicator for a flying program? | UTE rate. |
Which fix rate time interval is reported for all aircraft other than fighters? | Twelve. |
Which mission capable rate does maintenance want to keep low by consolidating feasible CANNs to a few aircraft when practical? | TNMCS. |
Concerning C-E equipment, training equipment is considered | Inactive. |
In order to compute for an equipment’s operational availability, you need its | active and downtime hours. |
What type of maintenance is excluded when calculating C-E operational dependability? | Scheduled maintenance. |
Which item is excluded when computing for an equipment’s operational readiness? | Scheduled maintenance. |
The C-E mean downtime is also expressed as the average time to complete | restoration to mission capable status. |
Which is not an issue that affects equipment downtime? | IMDS downtime. |
The measure of the average on-equipment corrective maintenance in an operational environment is the C-E mean | repair time. |
The C-E MRT starts when the technician | arrives at the equipment. |
The average operating time between any failure of the system is measured by the C-E mean time | between failure. |
What is excluded when computing for the C-E MTBF? | Scheduled maintenance. |
When computing for the C-E MTBCF, the operating hours come from the total | system operating time. |
Which C-E mission performance indicator is a valuable indicator of equipment or system maintainability and speed of repair? | C-E MTBM. |
C-E MTTRF measures the average elapsed time required to restore a system to full operational status after what type of event? | Critical failure. |
What computation is used as the principal indicator of reliability of C-E system, subsystem, or lower level replacement action? | C-E MTBM. |
In determining C-E MTBSM, scheduled maintenance includes scheduled maintenance inspections, scheduled time changes, delayed discrepancies, and | non-immediate action TCTOs. |
Which type of event is not included when computing the C-E MTBUM? | Scheduled time changes. |
C-E utilization rate is a ratio of | active hours to possessed hours. |
When investigating a problem, why should you continue on even if the problem seems to have disappeared? | The disappearance may only be temporary. |
Which statement is a benefit of follow-up when doing an analysis? | Provides results that generate effective management practices. |
Information associated with operations of the maintenance organization is classified as | internal data. |
How do you determine if you should retain an office copy of a report? | Determine if a real need exists for the data. |
Which statement best describes a pulse point in a unit? | The debriefing section. |
The validity of computer-generated data depends on | quality of the raw data and the sample size. |
What is the most common approach to arrange maintenance data? | Chronological order. |
The points in a control chart represent | quality of performance. |
Pie charts are effective when they represent what percentage of the item under consideration? | 100. |
Who normally performs the investigative work and recommends corrective action when a submitted maintenance analysis referral indicates that a problem does exist? | Quality assurance. |
The senior maintenance officer reviews the Maintenance Analysis Referral if | there is a deadlock over the proper corrective action. |
Which statement best describes a special study? | An investigation and in-depth analysis of any subject. |
What kind of approach initiates a special study during an equipment analysis? | Proactive. |
When you are establishing the scope of your special study, you are defining your | assumptions and limitations. |
Which medium is a formal way of presenting a special study? | Written report. |
The IMDS Users’ Group meets monthly to | keep current with IMDS issues. |
What personnel are usually required to attend IMDS meetings? | Subsystem managers. |
The primary objective when you prepare your meeting facility is to | support your agenda. |
When you are preparing a list of topics to be discussed at a meeting, you are preparing the | agenda. |
People who missed the meeting can find out a summary of the meeting itself by obtaining copy of the | minutes. |
What computation rate will a maintenance scheduler use to project additional sorties in the flying schedule to meet sortie requirements? | Attrition. |