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Questions 1

The sample size for ANSI ASQ Z1.4. Level II plan is based on the

Options:

A.  

size of the lot to be inspected

B.  

size of the batch to be manufactured

C.  

average size of production lots

D.  

decision of the quality assurance manager

Discussion 0
Questions 2

Typically Pareto diagrams are used for which of the following reasons?

Ⅰ. To display the significant few categories.

Ⅱ. To compliment attribute data charting.

Ⅲ. To eliminate insignificant categories.

Ⅳ. To focus attention in priority order.

Options:

A.  

I and III only

B.  

I, II and III only

C.  

II, III and IV only

D.  

I, II, III and IV

Discussion 0
Questions 3

Which of the following tools begins at the point of failure and works back through the process to the components?

Options:

A.  

Fault tree analysis

B.  

Pugh matrix

C.  

Cause and effect matrix

D.  

Kappa analysis

Discussion 0
Questions 4

Who has primary responsibility for determining the purpose and scope of an audit?

Options:

A.  

Client

B.  

Auditee

C.  

Auditor

D.  

Audit manager

Discussion 0
Questions 5

A company incurred the following quality costs last month.

Incoming material inspection$5,000

Process scrap$3,000

In-process reworkS450

Control engineering$450

Warranty$2,000

Customer complaints$6,000

Product liability$1,000

What is the total cost of external failures?

Options:

A.  

$6000

B.  

$8000

C.  

$9000

D.  

$9450

Discussion 0
Questions 6

Redundancy, versatility and flexibility are all things that can afreet which of the following elements when collecting and summarizing data?

Options:

A.  

Descriptive statistics

B.  

Data accuracy

C.  

Measurement scales

D.  

Data collection methods

Discussion 0
Questions 7

Which of the following tools can be used to show a frequency distribution?

Options:

A.  

An affinity diagram

B.  

An interrelationship digraph

C.  

A PERT chart

D.  

A check sheet

Discussion 0
Questions 8

The risk priority number (RPN) is determined by the

Options:

A.  

sum of reliability value, criticality number, and failure mode

B.  

sum of frequency of the occurrence, severity, and detection ratings

C.  

product of reliability value, criticality number, and failure mode

D.  

product of frequency of the occurrence, severity, and detection ratings

Discussion 0
Questions 9

Which of the following elements is essential for a run chart?

Options:

A.  

Process stability

B.  

Defect classifications

C.  

Special causes

D.  

Time sequence

Discussion 0
Questions 10

During the causes of a problem have been verified in the analysis phase of a six sigma project, they will form the basis of the solution in Much of the following phases?

Options:

A.  

Control

B.  

Define

C.  

Improve

D.  

Measure

Discussion 0
Questions 11

Analysis of data on all product returns is important because

Ⅰ. Failure rates change with length of product usage.

Ⅱ. Changes in design and in customer use are often well reflected.

Ⅲ. Immediate feedback and analysis of product performance becomes available.

Options:

A.  

I only

B.  

I and III only

C.  

II and III only

D.  

I, II and III

Discussion 0
Questions 12

An engineer is part of a new product team and has found an issue with one of the product's parts. The part's supplier has documented that the part is known to follow a normal distribution, but it has a large variance when produced. The engineer's product design has accounted for variations and incorporated the pan. Which of the following design processes did the engineer follow?

Options:

A.  

Design-to-cost

B.  

Design for robustness

C.  

Axiomatic design

D.  

Design for test

Discussion 0
Questions 13

A process capability analysis can best be used to

Options:

A.  

define the acceptance quality limit for incoming material

B.  

compare alternative processes or equipment

C.  

prevent supplier deficiencies

D.  

identify which attributes data to measure

Discussion 0
Questions 14

A material review board (MRB) gets its authority to act from which of the following functions?

Options:

A.  

Executive management

B.  

Purchasing

C.  

Engineering

D.  

National or international standards

Discussion 0
Questions 15

An inventory list of laptops in a sales office is an example of which measurement scale?

Options:

A.  

Nominal

B.  

Ordinal

C.  

Interval

D.  

Ratio

Discussion 0
Questions 16

The purpose of the opening meeting for an audit is to

Options:

A.  

establish the authority of the lead auditor and audit team over the auditees

B.  

determine approximately how much time and what resources will be required to conduct the audit

C.  

conduct introductions, review the audit's scope and procedures, and clarify details of the audit plan

D.  

present the audit team's initial observations regarding the effectiveness of the auditee's quality system

Discussion 0
Questions 17

Which of the following tools can be used to classify or determine a safety quality characteristic?

Options:

A.  

An inspection plan

B.  

A criticality analysis

C.  

Standard work instructions

D.  

A control chan

Discussion 0
Questions 18

Maintainability is

Options:

A.  

The probability of a system being restored to functional operation within a given period of time.

B.  

Performing adequate maintenance on a system.

C.  

Probability of survival of a system for a given period of time.

D.  

Maintaining a machine in satisfactory working condition.

Discussion 0
Questions 19

Risk control includes making decisions using which of the following pieces of information?

Options:

A.  

Acceptable levels of risk

B.  

Fault tree analyses results

C.  

Check sheet comparisons

D.  

Analysis of experiments

Discussion 0
Questions 20

Which of the following activities is a form of error-proofing?

Options:

A.  

Housekeeping

B.  

Fixture design

C.  

Equipment calibration

D.  

Double sampling

Discussion 0
Questions 21

Which of the following is most important to shaping the culture of an organization?

Options:

A.  

Geographic location

B.  

Management philosophy

C.  

Market share

D.  

Implement ISO

Discussion 0
Questions 22

Which of the following tools can be used to determine the best option from many choices based on their importance and merits?

Options:

A.  

Interrelationship digraph

B.  

PERT chart

C.  

Tree diagram

D.  

Prioritization matrix

Discussion 0
Questions 23

Based on the FMEA results below, which of the following items should be prioritized first?

Severity RatingOccurrence RatingDetection Rating

Failure Mode 11058

Failure Mode 2796

Failure Mode 31059

Failure Mode 4699

Options:

A.  

Failure Mode 1

B.  

Failure Mode 2

C.  

Failure Mode 3

D.  

Failure Mode 4

Discussion 0
Questions 24

Adjusting machine settings to reduce the effect of ambient temperature changes on the seal strength of a paper package is an example of

Options:

A.  

robust design

B.  

analysis of variance

C.  

statistical process control

D.  

process capability

Discussion 0
Questions 25

The design function which assigns probability of failures between components or subsystems is called

Options:

A.  

Apportionment.

B.  

Significance

C.  

Confidence.

D.  

Qualification.

Discussion 0
Questions 26

Which of the following activities is a critical component of the closing meeting of an external audit?

Options:

A.  

Determining appropriate corrective actions to take

B.  

Establishing the date for a follow-up audit

C.  

Distributing the final audit report

D.  

Providing an explanation of the findings

Discussion 0
Questions 27

M in tills drawing, the symbol is being used to indicate the

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Options:

A.  

minimum material condition

B.  

minimum measured condition

C.  

maximum material condition

D.  

maximum measured condition

Discussion 0
Questions 28

An incidental product characteristic is described as a characteristic that

Options:

A.  

meets most but not all of its intended functions

B.  

fails to perform the intended function

C.  

causes a critical failure

D.  

is transparent to the customer

Discussion 0
Questions 29

Which of the following statements is true regarding a failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA)?

Options:

A.  

A FMEA is a pictorial representation of the reliability interdependency of components.

B.  

A FMEA should not get updated throughout the life cycle of the product.

C.  

The advantage of a FMEA is to communicate the risk with different stakeholders.

D.  

The first step in the development of an FMEA is to calculate the Risk Priority Number (RPN).

Discussion 0
Questions 30

A company is developing a machine that has many modules. Each module works as intended, but when placed in the machine the system performs at less than desired levels. System changes have further optimized each module, but overall system optimization has continued to decline. This is an example of

Options:

A.  

a feasibility study

B.  

a SWOT analysis

C.  

a PEST analysis

D.  

an unintended consequence

Discussion 0
Questions 31

Which of the following is the most important aspect of a successful quality improvement effort?

Options:

A.  

Employee participation

B.  

Financial comminnent

C.  

Management commitment

D.  

Organizational need

Discussion 0
Questions 32

Working on ail design phases simultaneously is characteristic of

Options:

A.  

design for six sigma

B.  

design for reliability

C.  

quality function deployment

D.  

concurrent engineering

Discussion 0
Questions 33

In a failure mode and effects analysis (FXIEA). the focus should be on

Options:

A.  

classifying as failures those items with risk priority numbers greater than 100

B.  

creating flowchans for the items with high risk priority number or occurrence values

C.  

implementing corrective action on items that have high alpha risk values

D.  

implementing corrective action on items that have high risk priority number or severity values

Discussion 0
Questions 34

For a normal distribution, what is the value of k when li±£g contains 75% of the observations?

Options:

A.  

0.68

B.  

1.04

C.  

1.15

D.  

1.28

Discussion 0
Questions 35

A process produces rejects at a rate of 6° o. If multiple samples of 5 are drawn from a population of 100.000. what is the expected number of rejects per sample?

Options:

A.  

0.3

B.  

30.0

C.  

5,000.0

D.  

6,000.0

Discussion 0
Questions 36

Accelerated aging of a sterile barrier system is an example of which or the following design verification methods?

Options:

A.  

Analyzing

B.  

Testing

C.  

Demonstrating

D.  

Inspecting

Discussion 0
Questions 37

After attempting to prevent or control risk, which of the following types of risk will remain?

Options:

A.  

Inherent

B.  

Residual

C.  

Control

D.  

Credit

Discussion 0
Questions 38

Which of the following tools should be used to break a broad goal into increasingly detailed levels?

Options:

A.  

Affinity diagram

B.  

Interrelationship digraph

C.  

Matrix diagram

D.  

Tree diagram

Discussion 0
Questions 39

Rank in order from first to last, the following steps in analyzing experiments.

1. Performing hypothesis tests on factors

2. Estimating a mathematical model

3. Checking assumptions

4. Using the model for prediction

Options:

A.  

1,3,2,4

B.  

1,4,2,3

C.  

2,4,2,1

D.  

3,2,4,1

Discussion 0
Questions 40

A system to capture product revisions that must be tracked is more commonly known as

Options:

A.  

work instruction control

B.  

procedure control

C.  

batch control

D.  

change control

Discussion 0
Questions 41

In the failure rate model shown below, which one of the sections represents the period when catastrophic failures are likely to occur?

Options:

A.  

A

B.  

B

C.  

C

D.  

All sections can experience catastrophic failure.

Discussion 0
Questions 42

A company decides to adopt a total quality system and has started the process by developing quality policies. Rank in order, from first to last, the rest of the steps that need to be performed to implement this system.

1.Audit the system

2.Determine system requirements

3.Develop a measurement system

4.Perform continuous improvement activities

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Options:

A.  

2, 1,3.4

B.  

2, 3, 1,4

C.  

3, 2.4. 1

D.  

3,4, 1,2

Discussion 0
Questions 43

Failure mode, effect, and criticality analysis, (FMECA) is primarily for the purpose of

Options:

A.  

Learning as much about the item as possible after qualification test.

B.  

Determining the way an item will most likely fail to help obtain design and procedural safeguards against such failures.

C.  

Determining, by extensive analysis, the reliability of an item.

D.  

Determining the cause of a failure, by dissecting the item, to help obtain corrective action.

Discussion 0
Questions 44

Which of the following results is an advantage of a ship-to-stock program?

Options:

A.  

It replaces scheduled audits with incoming inspection.

B.  

It reduces shipping costs.

C.  

It reduces dock-to-line time.

D.  

It reduces the need for purchaser supplier interaction.

Discussion 0
Questions 45

Which of the following tools can be used to determine the time needed to install a new computer system?

Options:

A.  

Activity network diagram

B.  

Affinity diagram

C.  

Cause and effect diagram

D.  

Prioritization matrix

Discussion 0
Questions 46

Which of the following assumptions is a robustness factor suitable for validating statistical conclusions?

Options:

A.  

Low reliability of measures

B.  

High statistical power

C.  

Low reliability of treatment

D.  

Violated expectations of test

Discussion 0
Questions 47

Which of the following factors has the most influence on the success of quality initiatives?

Options:

A.  

Buy-in at all levels of management

B.  

Leadership by quality assurance staff

C.  

Cooperation from front-line workers

D.  

Deployment of statistical process control

Discussion 0
Questions 48

When trying to find all possible causes of a problem, which of the following tools would be useful?

Ⅰ. Systematic troubleshooting and brainstorming.

Ⅱ. Fishbone diagrams and histograms.

Ⅲ. Checklists and scatter diagrams.

Ⅳ. Control charts and graphs.

Options:

A.  

I and IV only

B.  

I, II and IV only

C.  

II, III and IV only

D.  

I, II, III and IV

Discussion 0
Questions 49

The values of two different variables are related to each other such that an increase in the value of the first variable is accompanied by a decrease in the value of the second variable. If the variables are perfectly correlated, their correlation coefficient will be equal to

Options:

A.  

2.0

B.  

1.0

C.  

0.0

D.  

-1.0

Discussion 0
Questions 50

What type of audit should be used to determine how well an organization's activities conform to its quality program?

Options:

A.  

Process

B.  

Product

C.  

System

D.  

Third-party’

Discussion 0
Questions 51

Which of the following elements of a quality system will help reduce errors and defects caused by conflicting work instructions?

Options:

A.  

Product specifications

B.  

Quality training

C.  

Document control

D.  

Cross-functional teams

Discussion 0
Questions 52

A graph of a data set, composed of a series of rectangles, each proportional in width to the range of values in a class and proportional in height to the number of items or fraction of items falling in these classes, is called which of the following?

Options:

A.  

Histogram.

B.  

Raw data.

C.  

Ogive.

D.  

Venn diagram.

Discussion 0