Exam Preview for 33487: Equipment Maintenance and Troubleshooting:

Equipment Maintenance and Troubleshooting: Maximizing the Life of your Equipment

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1. While performing a daily equipment check, which one of the following should you routinely do: Listen at 40, 60, 80, and 100 dB at each frequency with all transducers Unplug each cord from the jack panel to clean the contacts Jiggle the cords to see if the signal changes It is not necessary to do daily equipment checks
2. The purpose of the daily equipment check is: To verify the equipment is functioning and ready to test To ensure that the equipment is calibrated to ANSI specifications Practice using the equipment B and C are correct
3. When cleaning connections at the booth patch panel, you can: Use a dry cloth to clean the plugs Use alcohol wipes, as long as you wipe it with a dry cloth after the alcohol Unplug and replug repeatedly to remove any oxidation All of the above
4. Routine maintenance on your tympanometer includes: Frequently checking the probe tip for debris Regularly replacing the tubing leading to the probe Replacing the pump annually Jamming a cleaning tool as deep into the probe as possible
5. When troubleshooting problems with probe tips (OAE or immittance tips), you should always: Run the test on a friend every week Soak the whole probe in a cleaning solution Run the test on yourself to verify function & clean the tips using only manufacturer recommended procedures There is no need to troubleshoot the probe tips
6. When struggling to obtain a seal during tymps, you should: Run the test on yourself to see if it maintains a seal Run the test in a cavity to see if it maintains a seal Check any accessible tubing connections All of the above are correct
7. If you just changed the paper in your thermal printer and it now isn't printing, most likely: The ink needs replacing The paper was put in wrong - it only prints on one side of the paper The print head needs replacing The printer needs replacing
8. An intermittent headphone transducer may be a result of: Dirty contacts at the patch panel Loose screws where the cable connects to the phone A damaged cable All of the above
9. Which could cause intermittent issues with insert phones: Improper depth placement of the insert tip A damaged cable Improper size of the insert tip All of the above
10. When calibrated properly, bone conduction results: Should never be worse than air May show seemingly unexplainable air/bone gaps Should always produce an air/bone gap at 4 kHz Should never produce an air/bone gap at 4 kHz