100% satisfaction guarantee Immediately available after payment Both online and in PDF No strings attached 4.6 TrustPilot
logo-home
Exam (elaborations)

Statistical Quality Assurance (SQA) – Exam 1 | 2025/2026 | 100+ Questions | DMAIC, Quality Costs, Distributions, SPC

Rating
-
Sold
-
Pages
21
Grade
A+
Uploaded on
29-09-2025
Written in
2025/2026

This document contains over 100 solved exam questions and detailed answers for Exam 1 in Statistical Quality Assurance (SQA), tailored to the 2025/2026 academic year. It serves as a complete exam prep and revision resource for university students enrolled in SQA, Six Sigma, operations management, or statistical process control courses. Each question is paired with 100% accurate answers and concise definitions, reflecting real academic expectations. The content is structured to deeply explore core SQA and Six Sigma concepts: DMAIC methodology: Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control – its phases, tools, and related processes Cost of Quality: prevention, appraisal, internal and external failure Deming’s 14 Points and deadly diseases of management Statistical inference: hypothesis testing, p-values, confidence intervals, errors (Type I & II), Z-tests Probability distributions: binomial, Poisson, normal, geometric, Bernoulli, sampling distributions Descriptive statistics: mean, variance, standard deviation, quartiles, histograms, box plots Quality frameworks and tools: FMEA, control charts, SIPOC diagrams, process capability Lean and Six Sigma integration: eliminating waste, reducing variability, risk in project selection Process cycle metrics: Little’s Law, process improvement metrics, KPIs This exam preparation guide is especially valuable for: University students in Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, Statistics, or Business Process Management Learners enrolled in Six Sigma, Lean Six Sigma, or Quality Assurance certification programs Instructors and tutors looking for exam-ready question sets aligned with academic SQA syllabi Professionals preparing for quality-focused roles in manufacturing, healthcare, service industries, or supply chain management It is formatted for high visibility and comprehension, ideal for practice, review sessions, or mock exams. Keywords: SQA exam, DMAIC, Six Sigma, quality costs, statistical quality control, hypothesis testing, control charts, normal distribution, binomial distribution, sample variance, confidence intervals, process capability, FMEA, SIPOC, quality assurance, box plot, Deming principles, sampling distribution

Show more Read less
Institution
SQA
Course
SQA

Content preview

Exam 1 –SQA 2025/2026 Exam
Questions and Detailed Answers | Get it
100% Correct Answers



What are the four quality costs: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Preventative, Appraisal,

Internal Failure, External failure


There are 0.002ppm defective in +-6 sigma. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔True


The C in PDCA is —--------- - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Check


Explain one of Deming's deadly diseases. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔lack of

consistency, emphasis on short term profit, Evaluation of performance,

Mobility,running company on figures, Excessive medical cost, Excesscise

legal cost


What is one of the five steps in DMAIC? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Define

,Value opportunity is projects must be clearly identified and projects must be

well aligned with corporate business objectives at all levels. - 🧠ANSWER

✔✔True


It is often associated with Six Sigma activities, and almost all

implementations of Six Sigma use the _______ process for project

management and completion. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔DMAIC


What does SIPOC mean? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Suppliers, Input, Process,

Output, Customer

The sample median is considered to be the first quartile of the data

distribution. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔False


Which of the following is the histogram graphing technique best suited for?

- 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Large Data Sets


The most important measure of central tendency in the sample is the

____________________. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Sample Average


The standard deviation does not reflect the magnitude of the sample data,

only __________________________________________________. -

🧠ANSWER ✔✔the scatter about the average

, Observations in a sample are used to conclude about? - 🧠ANSWER

✔✔Population


The Random sample is selected so that the observations are dependent. -

🧠ANSWER ✔✔False


Every —----- has a probability distribution. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Statistic


What are the major hypotheses we have to test? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Null

Hypotheses

And Alternative Hypotheses

A random sample of 500 connecting rod pins contains 40 nonconforming

units, Estimate the process fraction nonconforming: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Test

the hypothesis that the true fraction defective in this test is 0.08, Use alpha

= 0.01


What is not one of the eight dimensions of quality? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Cost


What are the eight dimensions of quality? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Performance


Reliability

Durability



3
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Written for

Institution
SQA
Course
SQA

Document information

Uploaded on
September 29, 2025
Number of pages
21
Written in
2025/2026
Type
Exam (elaborations)
Contains
Questions & answers

Subjects

Get to know the seller

Seller avatar
Reputation scores are based on the amount of documents a seller has sold for a fee and the reviews they have received for those documents. There are three levels: Bronze, Silver and Gold. The better the reputation, the more your can rely on the quality of the sellers work.
JOSHCLAY West Governors University
View profile
Follow You need to be logged in order to follow users or courses
Sold
247
Member since
2 year
Number of followers
14
Documents
17795
Last sold
23 hours ago
JOSHCLAY

JOSHCLAY EXAM HUB, WELCOME ALL, HERE YOU WILL FIND ALL DOCUMENTS & PACKAGE DEAL YOU NEED FOR YOUR SCHOOL WORK OFFERED BY SELLER JOSHCLAY

3.6

53 reviews

5
22
4
8
3
11
2
5
1
7

Recently viewed by you

Why students choose Stuvia

Created by fellow students, verified by reviews

Quality you can trust: written by students who passed their tests and reviewed by others who've used these notes.

Didn't get what you expected? Choose another document

No worries! You can instantly pick a different document that better fits what you're looking for.

Pay as you like, start learning right away

No subscription, no commitments. Pay the way you're used to via credit card and download your PDF document instantly.

Student with book image

“Bought, downloaded, and aced it. It really can be that simple.”

Alisha Student

Frequently asked questions