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Preventive Maintenance Program

Quiz Questions:

1.	The purpose of preventive maintenance program in a building is to reduce the number of services orders to a point where buildings and structures are being maintained by scheduled work as much as possible.

		True
		False

2.	Planning a preventive maintenance program is most effective when the work is accomplished on a cyclic basis.

		True
		False

3.	Cyclic preventive maintenance should be accomplished according to the following priorities:

		True
		False

4.	To insure the manpower requirements for preventive maintenance are accurately identified and properly documented which one of the following procedures should be followed.

		Calculation of standard hours
		Hours for between-occupancy preventive maintenance of family housing units.
		Determination of manpower requirements for off-post facilities
		Calculation of required manpower for each preventive maintenance area per cycle
		Preparation of an individual job order for preventive maintenance areas
		Automatic costing of preventive maintenance under I.F.S
		All of the above

5.	One principal for a successful preventive maintenance program is to minimize documentation, but still fully document preventive maintenance.

		True
		False

6.	Preventive Maintenance cycles should generate fewer Service Orders as the work becomes systematized and long- standing maintenance requirements are reduced.

		True
		False

7.	Preventive maintenance is most effective when the work is accomplished on a cyclic basis.

		True
		False

8.	Buildings and structures with similar maintenance requirements should be located in common areas, unless other factors such as travel distance would make establishment of the area inadvisable.

		True
		False

9.	In order to complete the scheduled cycle within a reasonable time frame, PM ( preventive maintenance) units should not undertake any maintenance or repair tasks beyond their capability.

		True
		False

10.	The recommended length of an effective PM (preventive maintenance) cycle is between_____________________.

		40 and 80 days
		90 and 150 days
		90 and 180 days