Aviation Maintenance Ratings (Chapter 01 - Maintenance Administration)

Front 1

What are the objectives of the NAMP?

Back 1

Achieve and maintain maximum material readiness, safety, and conservation of material in the maintenance of aircraft.

Front 2

What is the purpose of the Aircraft Maintenance Department within an organization?

Back 2

To maintain assigned aircraft in a state of full mission capability (FMC).

Front 3

What are the major types of aircraft maintenance?

Back 3

Rework and upkeep.

Front 4

The restorative or additive work performed on aircraft, equipment, or support equipment is what type of maintenance?

Back 4

Rework maintenance.

Front 5

Standard rework is also known as what type of maintenance?

Back 5

Standard depot-level maintenance (SDLM).

Front 6

What is work done to aircraft, equipment, or support equipment to improve or change its capability to perform special functions?

Back 6

Special rework.

Front 7

Upkeep maintenance is performed by what activities?

Back 7

Operating units and SE activities.

Front 8

Standard upkeep is also known as what type of maintenance?

Back 8

Scheduled maintenance.

Front 9

Maintenance performed on aircraft without regard to operating hours or calendar is known as what type of maintenance?

Back 9

Special upkeep or unscheduled maintenance.

Front 10

Aircraft maintenance functions are divided into how many distinct levels?

Back 10

Three.

Front 11

What are the distinct levels of aircraft maintenance?

Back 11

Organizational, intermediate and depot.

Front 12

What level of maintenance is performed by an operating activity on a day-to-day basis in support of its own operations?

Back 12

Organizational-level maintenance.

Front 13

What level of maintenance includes the manufacture of non-available parts?

Back 13

Intermediate level.

Front 14

Depot-level maintenance is performed in what type of facility?

Back 14

Industrial type.

Front 15

The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) has what responsibilities to the Naval Aviation
Maintenance Program?

Back 15

The CNO sponsors and directs the NAMP.

Front 16

Who is responsible for providing material in support of the operation and maintenance of aeronautical equipment?

Back 16

Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP).

Front 17

What type of relationship exists between a superior and subordinate within both staff and line segments of the organization?

Back 17

A “line” relationship

Front 18

A relationship that exists between an advisory staff supervisor and a production line supervisor is known as what type of relationship?

Back 18

A staff relationship.

Front 19

Who is responsible to the commanding officer for the accomplishment of the maintenance department’s mission?

Back 19

The aircraft maintenance officer.

Front 20

What are the functional management responsibilities of the aircraft maintenance officer?

Back 20

Planning, production, and control.

Front 21

What subordinate officers assist the aircraft maintenance officer in the management of the maintenance department?

Back 21

Assistant aircraft maintenance officer (AAMO), maintenance/material control officer (MMCO), and aircraft division and branch officers.

Front 22

What officer is responsible for ensuring that staff divisions conform to established policies?

Back 22

Assistant aircraft maintenance officer (AAMO).

Front 23

In addition to material support, what is the maintenance material control officer's direct responsibility?

Back 23

The overall productive effort of the maintenance department.

Front 24

What is the concept of quality assurance?

Back 24

To prevent the occurence of defects from the onset of a maintenance operation through its completion.

Front 25

The achievement of quality assurance depends on what factors?

Back 25

Prevention, knowledge, and special skills.

Front 26

What is the purpose of the system administrator/analyst (SA/A) at the organizational maintenance level?

Back 26

Monitor, control, and apply the Maintenance Data System within the activity.

Front 27

Who has the responsibility, as well as many other responsibilities, to identify material deficiencies and high man-hour consumption trends?

Back 27

System administrator/analyst (SA/A).

Front 28

What work center plans, schedules, and provides positive control of all maintenance performed on or in support of the activity’s assigned aircraft?

Back 28

Maintenance control.

Front 29

What branches or work centers make up the aircraft division?

Back 29

Power Plants, Airframes, and Aviators Life Support Systems (ALSS)
(some activities also have an inspection or phase branch and a corrosion branch).

Front 30

The avionics/armament division consists of what work centers?

Back 30

Electronics branch, electrical and instrument branch, and the armament branch.

Front 31

What is the purpose of the production control work center?

Back 31

Production control, the central point of the entire maintenance effort, plans and schedules the IMA’s workload.

Front 32

At the intermediate maintenance activity, who provides qualitative and quantitative analytical information to the AMO?

Back 32

The maintenance data base administrator/analyst.

Front 33

At the I-level, power plants, airframes, avionics, armament equipment, support equipment, and aviators’ life support equipment are known as what type of divisions?

Back 33

Production divisions.

Front 34

What is the purpose of NALCOMlS?

Back 34

NALCOMIS provides OMA, IMA and ASD activities with a modern, real time, responsive, computer based management information system.

Front 35

If an I- or O-level activity does not yet operate under NALCOMIS, under what system do they document their maintenance?

Back 35

Visual Information Display System (VIDS).

Front 36

What element is important to ensure successful operation of the Visual Information Display System (VIDS)?

Back 36

Communication between maintenance/production control, workcenters, and material control.

Front 37

VIDS board verification should take place with maintenance control at what minimum frequency?

Back 37

Daily.

Front 38

Upon initiation of a VIDS/MAF at the organizational level, where are the individual copies forwarded?

Back 38

Copies 1 and 5 are forwarded to the work center.
Copy 2 is forwarded to QA.
Copy 3 remains in Maintenance Control.
Copy 4 is placed in the ADB.

Front 39

What must be done if a maintenance action results in the requirement of a check flight?

Back 39

Notify quality assurance.

Front 40

Upon the completion of a maintenance action and when the VIDS/MAF is completed, which copy is forwarded to maintenance control?

Back 40

Copy 1 of the VIDS/MAF is sent to maintenance control.

Front 41

What does a red signal tab on an I-level VIDS board or VIDS/MAF indicate?

Back 41

The component inducted is expeditious repair.

Front 42

Upon induction of a non-RFI component to an I-level activity, where are individual copies of the VIDS/MAF routed?

Back 42

Copy 1 - forwarded to the work center.
Copy 2 - forwarded to SSC
Copy 3 - retained in PC
Copy 4 - remains with the gear.
Copy 5 - retained by the work center.

Front 43

At the I-level, what happens to a repairable component for which parts have been ordered?

Back 43

The component should be properly preserved, packaged and sent to the AWP unit managed by supply personnel.

Front 44

What is the result of inaccurate or incomplete information documented in the Maintenance Data System (MDS)?

Back 44

Loss of effectiveness of the data and the MDS in general.

Front 45

At both the I and O levels of maintenance, what is the purpose of NALCOMIS or VIDS/MAFS?

Back 45

Documentation of on-equipment maintenance actions.

Front 46

What term describes the portion of a special, conditional, corrosion, periodic, phase, acceptance or transfer inspection that involves the search for defects?

Back 46

The "look phase" of an inspection.

Front 47

What components create the Job Control Number (JCN)?

Back 47

The organization code, the last three digits of the Julian date, an activity assigned sequence number, and a suffix (if required).

Front 48

What is indicated by a JCN suffix?

Back 48

A subassembly repair action completed separately from the major component repair action.

Front 49

What code is a one, three, five, or seven character numeric or alphanumeric code which identifies the system, subsystem, set, component or part of the end item being worked on?

Back 49

A Work Unit Code (WUC).

Front 50

What code describes the maintenance performed on an item identified by a WUC?

Back 50

Action Taken Code.

Front 51

What is the proper name for what most technicians refer to as the Manufacturer’s code?

Back 51

Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE).

Front 52

Which code is a three character, alphanumeric code used to describe the malfunction occurring on or in an end item?

Back 52

A Malfunction code.

Front 53

How many positions complete the Time/Cycle block on a VIDS/MAF?

Back 53

Five (an alphabetic prefix and four numbers).

Front 54

What form is used to document preservation of support equipment?

Back 54

SE Custody and Maintenance History Record, OPNAV 4790/51.

Front 55

Are SE Custody and Maintenance History Records, OPNAV 4790/51, used to document rework maintenance on an engine test cell?

Back 55

No. Test cells have their own records.

Front 56

Who retains the latest completed copy of the SE Custody and Maintenance History Record, OPNAV 4790/51?

Back 56

Reporting custodian.

Front 57

What is the major provision of the Monthly Maintenance Plan?

Back 57

The MMP provides scheduled control of all predictable maintenance.

Front 58

At the O level, when is the Monthly Maintenance Plan for March required to be distributed?

Back 58

By the 25th of February.

Front 59

Where can you find a list of current I-level collateral duty inspectors?

Back 59

The IMA Monthly Maintenance Plan.

Front 60

What is the purpose of the Maintenance Training Improvement Program (MTIP)?

Back 60

The MTIP identifies training deficiencies, at both the O and I levels of maintenance, through diagnostic testing procedures.

Front 61

An important objective of the NAMP is to achieve and maintain maximum material readiness. What are the additional objectives of the NAMP?

Back 61

Safety and conservation of material

Front 62

What is the purpose of the Aircraft Maintenance Department within an organization?

Back 62

Maintain assigned aircraft in a Full-Mission-Capable state in support of the unit’s mission

Front 63

What are the major types of aircraft maintenance?

Back 63

Rework and upkeep

Front 64

Restorative work performed on an item of support equipment is considered what type(s) of work?

Back 64

Rework and upkeep maintenance

Front 65

A comprehensive depot-level inspection of selected aircraft structures and materials and correction of any critical defects is what type of maintenance?

Back 65

Standard rework

Front 66

Maintenance performed on aircraft or equipment to improve its specific function is known as what type of maintenance?

Back 66

Special rework maintenance

Front 67

Preventive, restorative, or additive work performed on aircraft, equipment, and support equipment by an operating unit is what type of maintenance?

Back 67

Upkeep

Front 68

Scheduled work is performed on an aircraft as a result of its completing a prescribed number of flying hours. What type of maintenance is this?

Back 68

Standard upkeep

Front 69

What type of maintenance changes the ability of an aircraft to perform its mission by alteration without regard to flying hours?

Back 69

Special upkeep

Front 70

Aircraft maintenance is divided into what total number of maintenance levels?

Back 70

Three

Front 71

Centralized local maintenance is performed by which of the following activities?

Back 71

FRCs and AIMDs.

Front 72

Work performed by an operating unit on a day-to-day basis in support of its own operations is known as what type of maintenance?

Back 72

Organizational-level maintenance

Front 73

Servicing aircraft and preflight inspections are actions that are performed at what level of maintenance?

Back 73

Organizational

Front 74

Work performed in a centrally located facility within a geographical area is known as what type of maintenance?

Back 74

Intermediate-level maintenance

Front 75

Work performed at an industrial-type facility is known as what type of maintenance?

Back 75

Depot-level maintenance

Front 76

The Naval Aviation Maintenance Program is sponsored and directed by what command?

Back 76

Chief of Naval Operations (CNO).

Front 77

Material and technical support for the NAMP are provided by the cognizant systems command and which other command?

Back 77

NAVSUP

Front 78

What type of relationship exists between a superior and a subordinate?

Back 78

Line

Front 79

According to directives from higher authority, what officer directs the aircraft maintenance department?

Back 79

The aircraft maintenance officer

Front 80

The functional management responsibilities for the planning, control, and production of the aircraft maintenance department rest with which of the following officers?

Back 80

Aircraft maintenance officer

Front 81

Which officer ensures that staff divisions at the organizational level conform to established policies?

Back 81

The assistant aircraft maintenance officer

Front 82

Assuring that high quality maintenance work is performed is a function of what division in an organizational-level maintenance department?

Back 82

Quality assurance

Front 83

Which of the following maintenance concepts allows you to regulate events rather than be regulated by them?

Back 83

Prevention

Front 84

Within an organizational-level maintenance activity, what part of the activity monitors, controls, and applies the MDS?

Back 84

System administrator/analyst (SA/A)

Front 85

What officer is directly responsible for the overall production effort and material support of the organizational-level maintenance department?

Back 85

The maintenance material control officer

Front 86

What branch or division is known as the nerve center of an organizational-level maintenance department?

Back 86

Maintenance control

Front 87

The power plants, airframes, and aviator’s life support equipment branches belong to what division of an organizational-level maintenance department?

Back 87

Aircraft division.

Front 88

If you work in electronics, instruments, or armament, you are normally assigned to what division of an organizational-level maintenance department?

Back 88

Avionics/armament

Front 89

In an intermediate-level maintenance activity, what is the central point of the maintenance effort?

Back 89

Production control

Front 90

Normally, the intermediate maintenance organization has a total of how many production divisions?

Back 90

Six

Front 91

What system provides organizational and intermediate maintenance activities with a computer-based management information system?

Back 91

NALCOMIS

Front 92

Maintenance managers need current status information to control the maintenance effort. What system is designed to provide maintenance managers with this information?

Back 92

VIDS and NALCOMIS

Front 93

The VIDS boards in each work center are verified with the maintenance control VIDS board a minimum of how often?

Back 93

Once each day

Front 94

After the personnel in maintenance control complete the required blocks of a newly initiated VIDS/MAF, copies 1 and 5 are forwarded to--

Back 94

The work center

Front 95

If a check flight is required after the completion of a corrective action, notification must be given to what individual?

Back 95

The quality assurance division officer

Front 96

After a discrepancy has been corrected, what should be done with copies 1 and 5 of the VIDS/MAF?

Back 96

Copy 1 should be sent to maintenance control, and copy 5 is placed in the work center files

Front 97

At the intermediate level of maintenance, what copies of the VIDS/MAF are forwarded to the work center upon component induction for repair?

Back 97

Copies 1, 4, and 5

Front 98

A component goes into an AWP status at the intermediate level of maintenance. What action is completed first with regard to the component?

Back 98

It is properly packaged and preserved

Front 99

Information entered on MDS forms must always meet which of the following requirements?

Back 99

Be accurate and complete

Front 100

On-equipment maintenance actions are documented via--

Back 100

NALCOMIS or a VIDS/MAF

Front 101

The portion of an inspection that involves the search for defects is known as what phase?

Back 101

Look

Front 102

An organizational code, the Julian date, a sequence number, and a suffix are part of what code or control number?

Back 102

Job control number

Front 103

Maintenance was performed on an item identified by a Work Unit Code. What type of code describes this action?

Back 103

Action Taken

Front 104

What type of code identifies a subassembly repair action that is completed separately from the major component repair action?

Back 104

JCN Suffix

Front 105

What type of code identifies the end item of equipment on which work is performed, such as aircraft, engine, or SE?

Back 105

Type Equipment code

Front 106

What type of code identifies the system, subsystem, set, component and part of the end item being worked on?

Back 106

Work Unit Code

Front 107

What type of code describes the trouble or cause of trouble in a system or component?

Back 107

Malfunction code

Front 108

What code is often referred to as the manufacturer’s code?

Back 108

CAGE

Front 109

An aircraft has 479 flight hours on it since new. You have just removed and replaced a damaged canopy. What entry should you place in the Time/Cycles block on the VIDS/MAF?

Back 109

A0479

Front 110

A Technical Directive Status code consists of how many characters?

Back 110

One

Front 111

SE Custody and Maintenance History Record, OPNAV 4790/51, is used for what three purposes?

Back 111

To record custody and transfer information
To provide rework and overhaul data
To identify applicable / incorporated technical directives

Front 112

Of the following equipment, which one requires an OPNAV 4790/51 card: PME equipment, engine test cells/stands, GB1As, or VAST stations?

Back 112

VAST stations

Front 113

On initiation of each new OPNAV 4790/51, who retains the latest processed copy from the permanent custodian.

Back 113

Reporting custodians

Front 114

What document provides scheduled control of the predictable maintenance workload?

Back 114

Monthly Maintenance Plan

Front 115

At the organizational level, what officer sets the format and arrangement of the monthly maintenance plan?

Back 115

The aircraft maintenance officer

Front 116

At the organizational level, the MMP is distributed by what day of the month prior to the month to which it applies?

Back 116

25th

Front 117

What other worthless information is included in the MMP?

Back 117

Current list of QARs
High-time components
Schedule of technical training

Front 118

To increase technical knowledge levels and enhance and improve existing formal training through diagnostic testing procedures is the primary goal of which of the program?

Back 118

Maintenance Training Improvement Program (MTIP)