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44 Cards in this Set
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What is the primary concern of a work center supervisor?
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Seeing that the job is done correctly, safely, and efficiently with no waste of materials.
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The typical duties and responsibilities of the supervisor can be grouped into broad objectives. List these three objectives.
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Operate with maximum efficiency and safety,
Operate with minimum waste an expense, Operate free from interruption and difficulty. |
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How does work center efficiency naturally increase?
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Update equipment as old models become obsolete.
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How can an effective supervisor offset the loss of experienced personnel?
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Through an effective and continuing training program.
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Which of the three broad objectives are affected by wasted materials?
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Operating with minimum expense and waste.
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Describe the primary purpose of delegation of authority.
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A means of relieving the work center supervisor of the details of a task.
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What is the most effective tool for ensuring a smooth flow of information regarding maintenance between shifts, other work centers, and maintenance control?
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The daily maintenance meeting.
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Describe scheduled and unscheduled maintenance.
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Scheduled maintenance is maintenance required by hours, calendar periods, and starts.
Unscheduled maintenance is maintenance that occurs on aircraft other than scheduled. |
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What are the four purposes of the quality assurance division?
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Determine deficiencies, analyze discrepancy trends, prescribe inspection procedures, and determine the quality of maintenance.
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The prevention of the occurrence of defects relies on what principle?
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Eliminating maintenance failures before they happen.
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What are the three factors that ensure the achievement of quality assurance?
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Prevention, knowledge, and special skills.
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State the definition of a QA audit.
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A periodic or special evaluation of details, plans, policies, procedures, products, directives, and records.
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What does the frame of mind of all personnel assigned to a department determine?
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The success or failure in achieving high standards of quality.
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When must the production supervisor assign a collateral duty inspector to a task?
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At the time the task is assigned.
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At a minimum, how often must plane captains have their qualifications monitored by QA?
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Quarterly.
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Why must a QAR brief the check pilots and aircrew prior to a functional check flight (FCF)?
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To ensure the purpose and objective of the check flight are clearly understood.
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What division is responsible for reviewing all incoming technical publications and directives to determine their application to the maintenance department?
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Quality assurance division.
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In relation to the organization of a quality assurance division, what determines the number of assigned personnel?
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The size of the unit and the number of work shifts.
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Who has the responsibility to review MDRs, NALCOMIS reports, and VIDS/MAFS to determine discrepancy trends and specific problem areas?
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Quality assurance representatives.
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Under normal circumstances, what paygrade is usually assigned as a QAR?
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Normally, an E-6 or above is assigned as a QAR.
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How long may a CDQAR be assigned to a work center without having to notify the aircraft controlling custodian?
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90 days.
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When may a CDI inspect his own work and sign as inspector?
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Never.
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When a deployment period is more than 90 days and all requirements for assigning QA personnel have been met by the detachment, who may designate QA personnel?
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The officer in charge.
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What is used to annotate an inspection on a VIDS/MAF in place of a signature at an AIMD?
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A QA stamp.
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What person or activity decides if a CDI, CDQAR, or QAR is to perform inspections required by “QA” annotated on an MRC?
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Local commands make the decision and annotate the master and work center MRC decks.
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During a maintenance evolution, inspections normally fall into what three categories?
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Receiving or screening inspection, in-process inspection, and final inspection.
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QARs and CDQARs are required to conduct in-process and final inspections of all maintenance tasks that require what actions?
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Functional check flights.
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When must a QAR reinspect in-flight maintenance sign-offs?
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When the discrepancy involves safety of flight.
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What programs are managed by quality assurance?
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QA audits, CTPL, Department/division safety, NAMDRP, SE misuse/abuse, Aircraft Confined Spaces Program (ACSP).
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What are the three categories of audits performed by QA?
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Work center audits, program audits, and special audits.
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Upon completion of an audit, the findings are forwarded to the AMO, with a copy going where?
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The cognizant division.
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How long are past audits maintained by QA?
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One year.
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In addition to reporting naval aviation hazards in accordance with OPNAVINST 3750.6, you still must follow reporting procedures called for in what manual?
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NAMP, OPNAVINST 4790.2.
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With regard to maintenance department safety, what does the QA division have a responsibility to do at least monthly?
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Conduct maintenance department safety meetings.
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What is the Naval Aviation Maintenance Discrepancy Reporting Program?
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The NAMDRP is a method for reporting hazardous deficiencies in material, publications, substandard workmanship, and improper QA procedures.
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What division assists the aviation safety officer in reviewing all correspondence about aircraft, ground, flight, or flight-related mishaps and explosive mishaps?
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Quality assurance division.
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Who has the responsibility to be alert for safety related defects or discrepancies?
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All Hands.
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OPNAVINST 3710.7 contains procedures to report discrepancies in what type of publication?
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Naval Air Training and Operating Procedures Standardization (NATOPS)
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If a system failure or malfunction occurs because of a part design, an HMR priority precedence message must be submitted within what time frame?
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Within 24 hours of discovery.
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What term should be used in conjunction with an HMR when an aircraft part is lost in flight?
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TFOA (Things falling off aircraft).
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What are the three types of engineering investigations (Els)?
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Disassembly and inspection,
Material analysis, Engineering assistance. |
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What type of report provides activities with a means of reporting deficiencies in new or newly reworked material?
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Quality deficiency report (QDR).
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How long does the accepting activity have to submit a supplemental ADR?
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Within 30 days after completion of the check flight.
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Where is the original SE misuse/abuse report sent?
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The report is forwarded to the organization that has IMRL reporting responsibility for the item abused.
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