E.1 Chapter 11 Self-Test Answers: Planning and Scheduling Fundamentals

1. Choose the correct ending to: "Maintenance is managed by managing . . .

   b. Backlog

2. The RIME Index

   c. Compares Equipment Criticality and Work Class to make maintenance planning and scheduling decisions.

3. Work Backlog is defined as

   d. Both a. and c. (a. Uncompleted work and c. Available work plus unavailable work)

4. Name the three basic work order formats

   1. Formal WO

   2. Standing WO

   3. Unplanned/Unscheduled WO

5. In order to make effective use of the planner's experience, during any available spare time the planner has, he should be assigned work supervision duties. False

6. An important attribute to consider for lowering the priority of or canceling a work order is . . .

   d. Both b. and c. (b. Work order age and c. Production facilitation of equipment access availability)

7. What is the normal range of size for maintaining available (ready-to-schedule) backlog? 2 to 4 weeks

8. The maintenance supervisor (employee title) must submit a weekly "Available Resources" report to the maintenance scheduler (employee title).

9. Which of the following work order characteristics go into determining the work order priority?

   e.Items b. and c. only (b. Work Category and c. Equipment Criticality)

10. List four items of information that, as a minimum, are required to be included in the Weekly Backlog Status Report.

    1. Ready Backlog

    2. Total Backlog

    3. PM forecasted hours

    4. Projected available labor hours

11. When available backlog work is consistently less than two weeks, and as a trend, continues to get smaller,...