Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA) Training

Assessment Questionnaire
Total questions: 10 To be attempted: 10 Time duration: 10 minutes

Qs. 1) FMEA is used for?

a) Problem Solving Tool
b) Identifying potential failure
c) Fault Finding Tool
d) All of the above

Qs. 2) What is RPN?

a) Registered Parameter Number
b) Risk Priority Number
c) Registered Priority Number
d) Risk Processing Number

Qs. 3) RPN is?

a) Sum of Severity (S), Occurrence (O) & Detection (D)
b) Maximum of Severity (S), Occurrence (O) & Detection (D)
c) Minimum of Severity (S), Probability (P) & Detection (D)
d) Product of Severity (S), Occurrence (O) & Detection (D)

Qs. 4) The probability of a failure mode occurring due to its related cause is?
a) Severity (S)
b) Occurrence (O)
c) Detection (D)
d) Probability (P)

Qs. 5) If RPN is high, then?

a) No concern
b) Moderate concern
c) High concern
d) All of the above

Please put a tick mark against the correct option that you determine
Qs. 6) The manner in which a process, system, subsystem, or component could potentially fail to meet
the requirements is
a) Failure Mode
b) Cause
c) Effect
d) All of the above

Qs. 7) A failure mode has high severity (S) “10”. Performing preventive maintenance will
a) Not affect Severity (S)
b) Reduce Severity to “0”
c) Reduce Severity to “1”
d) None of the above

Qs. 8) A failure mode has Severity “9”, Occurrence “2” & Detection “1”. Its RPN is?
a) 9
b) 12
c) 18
d) None of the above

Qs. 9) Consequences of failure as perceived by the customer is?

a) Potential effects of failure
b) Occurrence (O)
c) Detection (D)
d) Severity (S)

Qs. 10) The use of data to verify the relationships between root causes and effects is one of the
critical-to-success factors in the FMEA process
a) True
b) False

Please put a tick mark against the correct option that you determine