Quality Question Bank
for Exam preparation

Q2. The concept of rational sub group means that subgroups or samples be selected such that if assignable causes are present the chances for differences between subgroups will be ______________.

1. minimized
2. maximized
3. neutralized
4. optimized

Q3. For a c chart, the LCL comes out to be -.7. The value of LCL that should be used is:

1. -.7
2. 0
3. 1
4. None of the above

Q4. Attribute charts may be used when:

1. Several characteristics can be jointly measured
2. When one particular quality characteristic is of importance
3. Specific information like process mean is required
4. None of the above

Q5. Customers are primarily concerned with ______________

1. Communication, courtesy, and credibility of the sales person
2. Competence, courtesy, and security of the sales person
3. Competence, responsiveness, and reliability of the sales person
4. Communication, responsiveness, and cleverness of the sales person

Q6. The main purpose of the Improve Phase is to:

1. Develop a SIPOC map
2. Put plans in place to maintain the gains made
3. Identify the critical measures of the process
4. Identify the creative solutions that solve the validated root causes

Q7. Which of the following statements is TRUE about Deming’s philosophy?

1. Quality is either or not present in the whole organization; that quality is the responsibility of everyone in the organization
2. It is based on improving products and services by reducing uncertainty and variability in the design and manufacturing processes
3. Increasing conformance to specifications through elimination of defects, supported extensively by statistical tools for analysis
4. Increasing loss, for the producer, the customer, and society, associated with increasing variability from a target value

Q8. Random variance in a process, as measured by the standard deviation, can be directly reduced by:

1. identifying patterns of variance using control charts
2. improving the overall system of production
3. increasing the number of quality inspectors
4. making use of run charts
5. making better use of Pareto charts

Q9. In Six Sigma, a ______________ is defined as any process output that does not meet customer specifications

1. error
2. cost
3. quality
4. defect

Q10. When data is plotted on the control charts, the data is of two types: R and -bar. The R data represent points of a ______________ while the X-bar data represent points of a(n) ______________.

1. real sample; simulated sample
2. 100 percent sampling; 10 percent sampling
3. sampling run; average of several runs
4. random sampling; continuous sampling
5. random sample; cross-matrix sample