You've registered for the CMRP, and the clock is ticking. Start by learning the exam landscape: five domains-Business and Management, Work Management, Equipment Reliability, Manufacturing Process Reliability, and Organization and Leadership-tested through scenario-based questions that reward sound judgment over memorized facts. Take a timed diagnostic to reveal your weak spots, then plan four weeks where each week you tackle one domain in depth and finish with a mixed-question review.
Make your study active. Turn every concept into a question you can answer aloud: how planning differs from scheduling, when to choose preventive versus predictive tasks, how to set critical spares levels, and how availability, performance, and quality shape OEE. Keep an error log of missed practice items and revisit them every other day; the goal is not perfection, but clean reasoning tied to risk, business impact, and data integrity.
Focus on common traps. Don't confuse planning (what, parts, tools, duration) with scheduling (who, when). Don't select high-tech PdM before fixing CMMS foundations like asset hierarchies, BOM accuracy, and failure codes. When torn between answers, pick the one that manages consequence of failure, improves standard work, and aligns stakeholders.
In the final 72 hours, do one full timed practice, review mistakes, and skim your flashcards-no new material. On exam day, answer the clear questions first, flag time sinks, and manage pace so you touch every item. Trust your first well-reasoned choice unless the stem proves otherwise.
Hope this work for those looking forward to writing the CMRP exam.
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Olalekan Ogunbanjo
Automation Engineer
AstraZeneca
Bollington
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