In its 5th edition, the CRE Primer (January, 2018) contains 664 pages and 400 questions and answers.
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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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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):
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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