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1. What inventory approach contributes to process quality by "lowering the river to find the rocks?"






2. What is a dashboard?






3. FMEA






4. There are two milling machines in the shop. Data has been collected on one to compute control limits for both. This is acceptable SPC practice - true or false and why?






5. What is the difference between the way sampling is done for SPC and for acceptance sampling?






6. The data points on an SPC p-chart of defective percent plot below the mean. Is this good or bad?

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7. Manual Test for Nomality






8. Approximately what percent of a normal distribution falls between ± 2 standard deviations from the mean?






9. If a three-stage process has 90% yields at each stage - what is the overall yield?






10. Regression Analysis






11. Defect location check sheets






12. Pareto Analysis






13. Define benchmarking.






14. What is muda






15. What is a histogram?






16. Taguchi's experimental designs are of this type.






17. In the Service Quality Gap Model - what is Gap 4?






18. PFMEA






19. What is Type II Error?






20. Residual






21. You have been plotting sample means on an x-bar chart and all points indicate normal - expected variation. Is the process in control?

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22. Non-random patterns (Run Charts)






23. In a regression - what does the standard error of the estimate tell you?






24. When Crosby said - "Quality is free -" what dimension of quality was he referring to?






25. One factor at a time (OFAT)






26. What are the four perspectives of the Balanced Scorecard?






27. If you have calculated a Cpk - should you also calculate a Cp?






28. List two components of external failure.






29. In your major - courses are pass-fail. Would you monitor performance using attribute or variable SPC?






30. What is poka yoke?






31. Cause and Effect Diagrams






32. What is Little's Law?






33. For your SPC sample you weigh bags of potatoes. Is this variable or attribute SPC?






34. When either attribute or variable measures could be used for SPC - why might attribute measurement be preferred?






35. What is CTQ?






36. Define product reliability.






37. In Juran's Cost of Quality model - which categories of costs balance which other categories?






38. Disadvantages of DOE

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39. What graphical tool is used to show the relationship between two numerical variables?






40. Approximately what percent of a normal distribution falls between ± 3 standard deviations from the mean?






41. What are the three main categories of assignable cause?






42. How are LQL and AQL determined in an acceptance sampling plan?






43. Who first studied randomness in industrial processes






44. Residual(eij)






45. What is the Baldrige Award?






46. Regression






47. What is Type 1 Error?






48. Uses of regression






49. What are the 5 Ss?






50. DFMEA