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CPE Certified Plant Engineer VIP Practice Exam
CPE — The Certified Plant Engineer (CPE) credential is administered by the Association for Facilities Engineering (AFE); the proctored exam consists of approximately 150 multiple-choice questions across 7 core knowledge domains (Maintenance Management, Engineering Fundamentals, EH&S, Energy Management, Facilities Management, Financial Management, and Project Management) with a 4-hour time limit and a passing threshold of approximately 70%.
59
Questions
240m
Time Limit
70.00%
To Pass
Question 1 of 59👑 VIP
A plant engineer is evaluating whether to implement a predictive maintenance (PdM) program for a fleet of 30 centrifugal pumps currently on a monthly preventive maintenance (PM) schedule. Annual PM costs total $180,000, and unplanned failures average 4 per year at $12,000 each. A vibration-analysis PdM program would cost $95,000 per year and is projected to reduce failures to 1 per year. What is the estimated annual net savings of switching to PdM?
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