AVMG 3600 Chesser Test 1 Practice

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• Which option describes the level of reliability an item will exhibit with scheduled mx and servicing?
• Radial engines have odd numbered cylinders because
• Who is responsible for all maintenance and alteration on an airline's aircraft?
• The bottom-up maintenance approach is known by which acronym?
• A component with High Probability and Low Severity of failure would be categorized as which type in RCM terminology?
• The _________ check established under MSG-3 is designed to determine if each item's function performs within specified limits
• Boeing's 787 will reduce total costs by adding two unique performance measures. Which two are cited?
• Which term describes maintenance performed on a schedule to prevent failures?
• In the context provided, which term describes the act of confirming that a procedure has been performed correctly and is acceptable?
• A______ identifies the capabilities and limitations of the aircraft.
• Reliability in design will result in what?
• Which document's purpose includes proposing changes to safety features in systems?
• A system rated as Not Mission Capable is defined as being unable to perform which of the following?
• Which statement about an operations specifications document (Ops Specs) is true?
• Under RC&M, a system component with both High Probability and High Severity of failure would be categorized as a ______ component.
• Jet engines are divided into two separate categories.
• Nowlan and Heaps research determined components fail at different rates and/or patterns.
• This admin tool is used to control/direct activities of mx personnel identifying all aspects of M&E options
• In principle, the TWA flight 800 crash in 1996 is thought to have been caused due to
• What does MRB stand for in the MSG-3 context?
• Which statement best describes the purpose of Bullet Format in executive communication?
• In maintenance terminology, MSG stands for which phrase?
• An MEL is
• Among transportation modes, which industry is the most heavily regulated?
• Which group is associated with the bottom-up maintenance approach described as looking at components as the likely causes of malfunction?
• Convention piston-driven engines are divided into two categories:
• Which concept describes that the outputs of one subsystem become the inputs of another in a system?
• Within a complex system, the outputs of one subsystem provide the inputs of another subsystem.
• An aircraft is a macro system designed to carry passengers and cargo through the air. An accurate macro-micro hierarchical mapping of an aircraft subsystem would include
• Which certificates are required for full aircraft certification?
• Nowlan and Heap also argued that the useful life of components can be established statistically so they can be retired before failure.
• In MSG-3, the maintenance tasks/intervals are derived for which parts of the aircraft?
• Which tool does the Fault Isolation Manual use to pinpoint a problem?
• Ensuring the realization of the inherent safety and reliability levels of equipment is satisfied through
• Reliability is a measure of
• When determining maintainability, design must consider which of the following?
• Which statement is true about maintenance?
• _____ issues Production and Airworthiness certificates
• The inherent reliability of an item is best described as
• Reliability of a system is also referred to as the:
• Matteson and Nowlan's decision-tree approach to preventative maintenance focuses on functional failures that affect which areas?
• What are the advantages of a radial engine over an in-line liquid-cooled engine?
• Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) is a philosophy that considers the _____ and _____ of a component failure; and categorizes ________ accordingly.
• The CM process monitors failure rates, removals, etc. of components that
• An efficient maintenance program tends to do what with tasks?
• AC 120-16G relates to which aspect of airline operations?
• The MSG-1, 2 &3 maintenance programs were developed by
• The practice described by the phrase 'application of systems theory to design' refers to:
• In the ATA handbook, maintenance manual information can be found in the same location regardless of ________?
• The design of aircraft systems or components is limited by
• Before entering commercial service, business requirements are typically assessed by which department pair?
• What strategy ensures global performance optimization by allowing some subsystems to be suboptimized to protect the overall system performance?
• Which of the following best completes this statement: When determining maintainability, design must consider ...
• A _____ certifies the aircraft design: engines, instruments, systems etc.
• PART 121 airline operations are written to ensure that safety requirements are met through which means?
• Equipment redundancy, LRUs, and MELs are designed to
• What is the unique aspect of Executive communication?
• What is one stated benefit of consolidating AMM, WDM, and FIM into a single set of manuals?
• Which organization's primary mission includes validating airworthiness assurance and evaluating new inspection, maintenance, and repair techniques?
• Design for Maintainability refers to the engineering objective of creating a system that
• Systems Theory (the Systems Approach) is the practice of organizing complex processes into subordinate groups of smaller processes comprised of ____________.
• Which entities are involved in developing the aircraft maintenance program?
• The time of failure can only be predicted on
• Which statement best reflects Objective 5 of an airline's maintenance program?
• Who determines which systems are not required to fly safely?
• Which description matches an open system boundary?
• Best approach to designing for maintainability is to consider all relevant factors from the outset.
• The On-Condition (OC) Process requires that the item
• Which statement best describes the Albuquerque AANC's primary mission?
• Which statement best describes the D-Check?
• According to the mandatory Airworthiness Directive AD 97-13-02, spin operations are prohibited in Diamond-20 A1 model aircraft because
• The biggest advantage to MSG-3 is that it derives the best scheduled maintenance task/interval for aircraft major components and structures.
• Condition Monitoring (CM) monitors the ______ of the component.
• Which of the following is NOT a source of structural deterioration?
• Why did the ATA standardize maintenance manuals?
• Nowlan and Heap identified a fallacy in traditional maintenance: a component's reliability is a function of its age.
• Maintenance can be scheduled daily, every flight, or every 100 cycles. A cycle is:
• Nearly all AOG (Aircraft on Ground) orders result from
• Reliability and Maintainability (R&M) are designed-in by engineers during which phase of a system's lifecycle?
• What is the primary purpose of Ops Specs?
• Operational checks are defined as
• In the described maintenance problem-solving process, what is the correct order for determining failure type, impact, the task to apply, and the maintenance interval?
• Which term describes the deliberate process performed the same way every time?
• The _________ check is a failure-finding task established under MSG-3 designed to determine if an item is fulfilling its purpose.
• The Bullet Format form of executive communication is very useful for which types of communication?
• Mx is the process of ensuring a system performs its intended function at its designed-in level of reliability and safety.
• Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) process was primarily for which type of maintenance?
• In a systems description, which element is typically considered an output?
• What are the two types of aircraft maintenance?
• Which of the following represents a macro system component in the aircraft system hierarchy?
• Nowlan & Heaps research concluded that only 22% of component failures can be predicted.
• MRBR stands for
• Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) is a concept for developing what type of maintenance program?
• The combination of ______ & ______ is responsible for the necessity of maintenance.
• 'Servicing' describes actions taken to
• The design engineer's role is to
• When Bullet Format communication is called for, how are the main points organized?
• The concept of entropy is a measure of
• Which statement best defines Design for Maintainability?
• An "input" to the Flight Control system would be ______ and the "output" would be ________ .
• What is the function of an ISC?
• A key principle of System Interface Control is to design interfaces for
• The _________approach to maintenance is primarily used by airlines for their new aircraft.
• Which role is described as developing maintenance policy for the MRBR proposal and overseeing MSG activities?
• IATA initiated GAP to eliminate ramp and taxiway accidents. What does GAP stand for?
• If 89% of components are operated to failure before replacement, this implies maintenance is typically:
• The airline maintenance manual (as required by AC 120-16G) describes which aspects?
• Under Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), a system component with both Low Probability and Low Severity of failure would be categorized as a ______ component.
• Which organization initiated GAP?
• Which of the following completes the statement: Systems Theory includes the elements: Inputs, Resources (elements), Relationships, Outputs, and ______?
• When should the owner or operator apply Objective 4?
• System Interface Control involves the conversion and transfer of ___________ between system components.
• The flight control system example uses which of the following as a typical input and output pair?
• What does reliability-focused maintenance aim to improve?
• The _________ check established under MSG-3 is an observation to determine if an item is fulfilling its intended purpose
• Which statement best describes the impact of Design for Manufacturing on production?
• The repetition of system patterns in nested, hierarchical relationships from macro to micro levels describes which concept?
• Maintenance costs can range from _____ to _____ percent of the total yearly operating expenses.
• Which statement best describes the aviation industry's approach to quality improvement?
• Maintenance describes actions taken to
• Maintenance activities include which of the following?
• A system rated Partially Mission Capable means?
• The CQI concept in aviation
• Restoring safety and reliability levels after deterioration has occurred is performed through which type of maintenance?
• Under Reliability Centered Maintenance, which category is primarily associated with preventing failures through design improvements?
• This company started the modern approach to maintenance program development by working with the FAA to develop the Maintenance Steering Group (MSG)
• Which of the following statements about MSG-3 is true?
• A modification to an aircraft's original design is documented by which certificate?
• What does RC&M stand for?
• Roughly what percentage of the total maintenance spend goes to contractors?
• Aircraft design must consider mass manufacturing with respect to multiple factors. Which option best reflects this approach?
• What are the three types of structural inspection techniques?
• A system boundary can exhibit varying degrees of
• Consolidating maintenance manuals such as the AMM, WDM, and FIM benefits airlines by
• The planning section of the maintenance program includes which of the following?
• The Condition Monitoring (CM) Process requires that the item
• The guiding principle ensuring system integrity is maintained in the Systems Engineering design approach is the practice of
• An MEL allows
• Which of the following are examples of a Process-oriented approach to maintenance?
• In the context of safety-critical systems, lack of redundancy is cited as a contributing factor to certain failures.
• Condition Monitoring is
• Bullet Format main points are organized conceptually and hierarchically.
• In MSG-3 objectives, inherent safety refers to safety that is built into the design.
• Prior to MSG methods, airlines used ________ programs, which set fixed intervals for overhaul of specific portions of the aircraft.
• Which document confirms that the aircraft is in airworthy condition?
• Which claim about the GEnx engine's emissions is stated?
• The task-oriented approach to maintenance uses _________ to avoid in-service failures
• A _________ check requires specialized test equipment or tools for measurement.
• Which statement regarding the Operating Certificate (OC) is true?
• Although only 5% of engineering parts require this type of test—it is essential to identifying abnormalities below the surface. What test is this?
• Airworthiness Directives are mandatory FAA regulations that do what?
• This manual contains all basic information on the operations/maintenance of aircraft and its onboard equipment
• Servicing describes actions taken to restore which type of materials?
• Which two factors are used in Reliability Centered Maintenance to categorize components?
• Managing the transfer of the output from one component into the input of another component is described as
• Maintainability is primarily concerned with which aspect?
• Hard Time (HT) requires that the item
• A collection of components designed to work together to efficiently perform a certain function describes a(n)
• Which statement best describes the purpose of the MSG-3 methodology?
• Which term describes the action of removing and potentially overhauling components before a specified limit is reached?
• The MRB report provides which of the following?
• Who is responsible for all maintenance and alteration on an airline's aircraft?
• Which maintenance check involves the complete disassembly of the aircraft?
• Hard Time (HT), On-Condition (OC), and Condition Monitoring (CM) processes are all part of the_______ approach to maintenance
• The _________ approach to maintenance is primarily used by airlines for their new aircraft.
• What is the most common cause of Aircraft on Ground (AOG) orders according to the material?
• An Airworthiness Certificate (AC) grants authorization to
• What is one of the potential benefits of extending maintenance intervals?
• Ops Specs focus on Quality Assurance or CASS. Which term describes CASS's purpose?
• In the material, reliability and maintainability are treated as equal to availability.
• A 'deliberate, step by step process performed the same way every time' is a description of
• The Maintenance Steering Group method of maintenance was created in the 1970s because previous maintenance programs were:
• Bullet Format is used mainly to do what?
• What does the term 'operational checks' primarily assess?
• What is an STC in aviation maintenance?
• Which two categories describe conventional piston-driven engines?
• Nowlan & Heaps findings emphasize that aging is not the sole predictor; there are varying rates and patterns.
• Which type of maintenance is designed to correct safety issues after deterioration and is typically unscheduled?
• Which document contains a focus on Quality Assurance or CASS?
• In system design, to optimize global performance sometimes you must trade off which two factors?
• MSG-3 is a process-oriented approach.
• The relationships between local performance and global performance are typically
• What is the objective of Design for Manufacturing?
• A 'certificate of public convenience and necessity' authorizes the recipient to
• Which of the following best describes the primary focus of Preventive maintenance tasks in the context of R&M?
• What does the acronym RCM stand for in maintenance terminology?
• In the Ops Specs document, CASS stands for which phrase?
• In maintenance terminology, which focus minimizes a system's entropy, and which combats its increase?
• What percentage of engineering parts require the test used to identify subsurface abnormalities?
• The ultimate goal for an airline is to have enough aircraft to accomplish the mission.
• 'Maintenance' describes maintenance actions taken to restore a component or system to an acceptable level of reliability.
• What is the primary purpose of the operations specifications document (Ops Specs)?
• Under Reliability Centered Maintenance, a system component with Low Probability and High Severity would be categorized as a ______ component.
• Maintainability is the characteristic of the system that refers to
• Before entering into commercial service, a prospective operator must meet the requirements of which departments for business and technical aspects respectively?
• Which combination of certificates makes up full aircraft certification?
• MSG-3 analysis results are published in the MRB report. The MRB report is primarily used by which group?
• Which statement best describes the primary purpose of maintenance in reliability terms?
• Which maintenance check is NOT one of the three structural inspection techniques?
• Kinnison defines a goal as
• Under Reliability Centered Maintenance, items classified as 'Prevent' require a strategy focused on which of the following?
• In relation to engineered design criteria and the flap assembly, their interaction is
• In the Bullet Format form of communication, which of the following is used?
• The deterioration or wear of an aircraft part represents a(n) ______ in the total entropy of the system.
• The terms verification and validation are used to
• The role of the mechanic is to combat the continual increase in entropy during the life of the equipment.
• In the material, reliability and maintainability are treated as equivalent to availability.
• Which set of statements describes the MSG-3 objectives for an efficient scheduled maintenance program?
• DDG stands for which term?
• Which of the following is an objective of an airline maintenance program?
• Maintenance Steering Group (MSG)-3 is also known as the ___________ approach.
• Entropy is a measure of what?
• In aviation, continuous quality improvement (CQI) is best described as:
• Who is responsible for assembling the operations specifications document under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958?
• Availability is a measure of
• Which describes the relationship between local and global performance requiring tradeoffs?
• Which manual is used as an admin tool to identify all aspects of maintenance and engineering options?
• In RC&M, failure categorization uses probability, severity, and what third factor?
• Which organization did Boeing work with to develop MSG?
• Which of the following are Standard Maintenance Intervals?
• A fundamental tradeoff in optimizing the structural components of the aircraft that must be made to protect the overall system performance of the aircraft is between
• Which resource contains the official parts data and maintenance data for components?
• Task Cards (TC), Inspection Manuals (IM), & Technical Policies and Procedures Manual (TPPM) are all classified as
• Nowlan & Heaps research concluded that most component failures are not related to age.
• Which document confirms that the aircraft has been inspected, conforms with its type certificate, and is in airworthy condition?
• A _________ document used for operation and/or maintenance of the aircraft in accordance with FAA regulations.
• Not Mission Capable is best described as a system that cannot perform any of its intended purposes.
• What term describes maintenance actions performed after a failure to restore function?
• MSG-1, MSG-2, and MSG-3 maintenance programs were developed by
• Which document guides operations and maintenance training and procedures for maintenance staff?
• Under RC&M, the items classified as 'Repair Low' require a strategy focused on
• A system that is rated as Fully Mission Capable is currently able to perform all of its intended purposes.
• Which statement best describes the relationship between maintenance efficiency and task selection?
• Airlines use which as an optional modification of a system to improve safety?
• Under the MSG-3 approach, failures are divided into 'safety' and 'economic' categories and are used to determine if a failure
• Airbus's partnership to develop QABP and integrate bio-fuel technology is an example of which maintenance objective?
• Hard Time preventative maintenance programs are based on fixed intervals for overhaul of specific portions of the aircraft.
• Which statement best aligns with the MSG-3 objectives for scheduled maintenance?
• General Electric is testing its new GEnx engine. Among the various technological advances, GE boasts the GEnx will
• What is the function of Planning?
• In Nowlan and Heap's United Airlines study, the fallacies included age-based reliability assumptions and life expectancy assumptions.
• ____________ means that the procedure has actually been performed as written and has been deemed to be acceptable
• Maintenance (Mx) includes inspecting, overhauling, repairing, preserving, replacing parts and preventative maintenance.
• The Condition Monitoring (CM) process monitors failure rates, removals etc. of components that
• When an airline contracts out mx, who is responsible for ensuring that work is performed to airline specifications?
• The research indicates that failures occur at varying rates and patterns.
• 89% of aircraft components must be operated to failure before replacement or repair is done. This results in the need for
• What is the role of the mechanic?
• Which term best describes the outer boundary that separates a system from its environment?
• Which statement correctly contrasts OC and CM processes?
• AD 97-13-02 is an example of which type of aviation regulatory document?
• Ops Specs are primarily used to govern which aspect of aviation operations?
• Which office within the FAA handles Production and Airworthiness certificates?
• Which statement about the airworthiness process is true?
• 'Servicing' describes actions taken to restore materials intended to be consumed under normal operating conditions.