CRL Strategic Asset Management 4

Question 1

A utility defers replacing aging transformers to meet this year's budget, raising failure risk in future years. Which trade-off is being made?

Accepted Answer

Short-term cost savings versus long-term risk and performance

Answer

Strategic asset management requires explicitly balancing short-term budget pressures against long-term risk and performance.

Question 2

Which ISO standard specifies the requirements for an asset management system?

Accepted Answer

ISO 55001

Answer

ISO 55001 contains the certifiable requirements for an asset management system.

Question 3

When an organization reviews whether an asset should be refurbished, replaced, or retired, it is performing:

Accepted Answer

Life cycle intervention or renewal decision analysis

Answer

Renewal decision analysis compares options such as refurbish, replace, or retire based on cost, risk, and performance over time.

Question 4

Which of the following best describes the relationship between reliability and strategic asset management?

Accepted Answer

Reliability is an enabler that supports the delivery of asset management objectives

Answer

Reliability practices help assets deliver required performance, which supports the value goals of asset management.

Question 5

An organization sets an objective to 'improve asset performance' with no target or measure. What is the main weakness?

Accepted Answer

It is not measurable, so progress cannot be evaluated

Answer

Asset management objectives should be measurable so performance can be monitored and evaluated.

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