Which statement about FMECA is NOT true?

• A. It determines who will perform maintenance.
• B. It identifies failure modes, effects, and criticalities.
• C. It helps prioritize maintenance actions.
• D. It analyzes failure data for maintenance scheduling.

Answer: (A)

FMECA focuses on identifying potential failure modes, describing their effects on the system, and assessing how critical each failure is so you can target the most significant risks. The idea of who will perform maintenance is outside its scope; FMECA doesn’t assign personnel or responsibilities—it analyzes what could fail, the impact, and how likely it is, to guide where maintenance should go. Identifying failure modes, effects, and criticalities is exactly what the analysis produces, providing a clear view of the most serious risks. By ranking these risks, it helps you prioritize maintenance actions so the most important issues get attention first. It also informs maintenance scheduling by using failure data and risk prioritization to plan inspections, replacements, or repairs before failures occur. So, the statement about determining who performs maintenance isn’t true, while the others reflect what FMECA does.