Question 290General Subjects - 1st Asst/Chief

The correct answer is D) Predictive maintenance system. A comprehensive lubricating oil analysis program is associated with a predictive maintenance system. Predictive maintenance involves monitoring the condition of equipment and predicting when maintenance should be performed, based on factors such as oil analysis. This allows maintenance to be performed only when necessary, rather than on a fixed schedule (scheduled maintenance) or in response to failures (corrective maintenance). Oil analysis helps predict when equipment components may fail, enabling proactive maintenance to prevent breakdowns. The other options are incorrect because they do not fully capture the purpose of a lubricating oil analysis program, which is to enable predictive maintenance rather than scheduled, planned, or purely reactive maintenance.