The process that involves monitoring equipment and facilities, and performing routine inspections and service to keep equipment and facilities reliable is known as:a) breakdown maintenance.b) failure maintenance.c) preventive maintenance.d) all of the above.

An item has constant failure rate = 0.0005 per hour. When the item fails, it is repaired to an “as good as new” condition. The associated mean downtime is 6 hours. The item is supposed to be in continuous operation. (a) Find the average availability of the item. (b) How many hours per year will the item on average be out of operation?

Discuss ongoing maintenance considerations and the importance of updates.

The periodic inspection and repair of equipment designed to keep the equipment reliable,thus eliminating unplanned downtime due to malfunctions is called__________ .