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Machinery Fault Diagnosis and Signal Processing

Assignment-1
TYPE OF QUESTION: MCQ/MSQ
Number of questions: 10 Total mark: 1 X 10 = 10
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QUESTION 1:
Match the columns.

Column I Column II

A. 1st region I. Useful region

B. 2nd region II. Maintenance region
C. 3rd region III. Infant mortality region
IV. Wear out region

a. A-I, B-II, C-III

b. A-II, B-IV, C-III
c. A-III, B-I, C-IV
d. None of the above

Correct Answer: c

Detailed Solution: Self-explanatory

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QUESTION 2:
Fault diagnosis consists of

a. Fault detection
b. Fault isolation
c. Fault identification
d. All of the above

Correct Answer: d

Detailed Solution: Self-explanatory

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QUESTION 3:
Fault prognostics is used for

a. Fault identification
b. Remaining useful life prediction
c. Fault isolation
d. Fault detection

Correct Answer: b

Detailed Solution: Self-explanatory

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QUESTION 4:
How can you optimize the machine availability?

a. Increasing (Up time + Down time)

b. Increasing (Down time)
c. Decreasing (Down time)
d. None of the above

Correct Answer: c

Detailed Solution: Machine availability is defined as the ratio of machine up time and (up time +
down time). So decreasing machine down time will optimize machine availability.

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QUESTION 5:
The FMECA should be performed
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a. During machine operation

b. Early in the design process
c. After machine failure
d. At any time

Correct Answer: b

Detailed Solution: FMECA should be initiated early in the planning process for machinery
maintenance to have the most significant impact on the equipment reliability.

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QUESTION 6:
The failure rate is high in the infant mortality zone of the bath-tub curve because of
a. Installation defects
b. Wrong original equipment manufacturer (OEM) specification
c. The unfamiliarity of the machine operator
d. All of the above
Correct Answer: d

Detailed Solution: The infant mortality zone with high failure rates occurs in the early stages of
the machine. Installation defects, wrong OEM specifications, and unfamiliarity of the machine
operator are critical reasons behind high failure rates.

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QUESTION 7:

Which type of maintenance is also known as condition-based maintenance (CBM)

a. Reactive
b. Predictive
c. Periodic
d. Breakdown

Correct Answer: b

Detailed Solution: Predictive maintenance is designed to assess the condition of the

machine/component to predict when maintenance should be performed.

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QUESTION 8:
For a failure mode with Occurrence ‘5’, Severity ‘4’, and Detection ‘5’, the risk priority number
(RPN) is
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a. 14
b. 25
c. 100
d. 29

Correct Answer: c

Detailed Solution: The risk priority number (RPN) is the product of the ranks of Severity (S),
Occurrence (O), and Detection (D).

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QUESTION 9:
Following is (are) the element(s) of prognostics health management cycle

a. Sensors
b. Fault classification
c. Prediction of fault evolution
d. All of the above

Correct Answer: d

Detailed Solution: Self-explanatory

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QUESTION 10:
What are the objectives of FMECA?
a. Identification of potential failure
b. Evaluation of the severity of failures
c. Both a. and b.
d. None of the above
Correct Answer: c

Detailed Solution: FMECA is a methodology widely used in the industry to identify and analyze
all potential failure modes of the various parts of a system, determine the effects these failures
may have on the system, and how to avoid the failures or mitigate the impact of the failures on
the system.
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