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In its 5th edition, the CRE Primer (January, 2018) contains 664 pages and 400 questions and answers.
Digital Material is also available Click Here to go to our digitals page.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Certification Overview

  • CRE Exam
  • CRE Body of Knowledge
  • Bloom’s Taxonomy
  • CRE Primer Content

II. Reliability Fundamentals

  • Leadership Foundations
  • Benefits of Reliability
  • Interrelationships
  • Leadership Responsibilities
  • Roles and Responsibilities
  • Function of Reliability Engr
  • Ethics in Reliability Engr
  • Supplier Assessments
  • Performance Monitoring
  • Reliability Foundations
  • Reliability Terminology
  • Drivers of Reliability
  • CAPA
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Lifecycle Stages
  • Cost of Poor Reliability
  • Maintainability/Availability Econ.
  • Quality Triangle
  • Six Sigma Methodologies
  • Systems Engineering
  • References

III. Risk Management

  • Identification
  • Risk Mgmt Techniques
  • Types of Risk
  • Analysis
  • Fault Tree Analysis
  • FMEA/FMECA
  • Common Mode Analysis
  • Hazard Analysis
  • Risk Matrix
  • System Safety
  • Mitigation
  • References

IV. Statistical Concepts

  • Basic Statistics
  • Probability Concepts
  • Probability Distributions
  • Probability Functions
  • Reliability Sampling Plans
  • SPC & Process Capability
  • Confidence Intervals
  • References

V. Data Management

  • Sources of Reliability Data
  • Types of Data
  • Data Collection Methods
  • Data Summary & Reporting
  • Failure Analysis Methods
  • FRACAS
  • References

VI. Reliability Planning

  • Reliability Test Strategies
  • Environmental/use Factor
  • Failure Consequences
  • Failure Criteria
  • Testing Environment
  • References

VII. Testing & Modeling

  • Testing
  • Accelerated Life Tests
  • Stress Screening
  • Qualification Testing
  • Degradation Testing
  • Software Testing
  • Modeling
  • Block Diagrams
  • Physics of Failure
  • Failure Models
  • Prediction Methods
  • Design Prototyping
  • References

VIII. Reliability Designs

  • Evaluation Techniques
  • Stress-strength Analysis
  • Design of Experiments
  • Reliability Optimization
  • Human Factors
  • Design for X
  • Design for Reliability
  • Parts & Systems Development
  • Selection Techniques
  • Parts Standardization
  • References

IX. Maintainability

  • Maintenance Strategies
  • Preventive Maintenance Analysis
  • Corrective Maintenance Analysis
  • References

X. Appendix/Index

  • Tables
  • Supplement
  • Calculus Review
  • Author/name Index
  • Formulas Index
  • Subject Index
  • Question Answers

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Fifth Edition Primer Changes

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The CRE Body of Knowledge was revised for the January 1, 2018 certification exams and later.

The following information is provided by the American Society for Quality (ASQ):

CRE Certification Requirements

CRE BOK

The Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE) understands the principles of performance evaluation and prediction to improve product/systems safety, reliability, and maintainability. This body of knowledge and applied technologies include, but are not limited to, design review and control; prediction, estimation, and apportionment methodology; failure mode and effects analysis; the planning, operation, and analysis of reliability testing and field failures, including mathematical modeling; understanding human factors in reliability; and the ability to develop and administer reliability information systems for failure analysis, design, and performance improvement and reliability program management over the entire product life cycle.

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