Regular thorough inspection and manufacturer’s servicing requirements correspond to which maintenance type?

• A. Preventive Maintenance (condition monitoring)
• B. BreakDown Maintenance (Corrective actions)
• C. Planned Maintenance (Periodic servicing)
• D. Predictive Maintenance

Answer: (C)

Planned maintenance is about scheduling and following a set servicing plan. When you regularly inspect equipment and perform tasks according to the manufacturer’s recommended intervals, you’re enforcing a proactive, periodic program designed to keep things reliable and prevent failures before they happen. This explicit link to a prescribed service schedule is what makes it a planned, periodic maintenance approach.

This differs from breakdown maintenance, which springs into action only after a failure occurs; predictive maintenance uses data to predict when a component will fail and plans service just before that point; and preventive maintenance is a broader term that can include various proactive tasks, but the key here is the routine, manufacturer-directed scheduling that defines planned/periodic maintenance.