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PRE-ASSESSMENT: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (VDC2)
(PVDC)
Attempt #1
Status: Passed
1. Which definition used for quality evaluates how well a product performs its intended function?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Fitness for use
Support services
Value for price paid
Psychological criteria
2. Which total quality management (TQM) process was developed to stress management’s
responsibility for quality?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Statistical quality control charts
Fitness quality for use
14 points for quality improvement
Product design quality
3. Which total quality management (TQM) process consists of several published standards and
guidelines?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
ISO 1400
ISO 9002
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ANSWER ANSWER
ISO 9001
ISO 9000
4. A company manufactures shoes using a quality management system. The company needs to put a
process in place to measure any defects. The company would like to measure the number of defects
and observe the number of occurrences to isolate the particular defect.
Which quality tool should the company use to focus on correcting this particular issue?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Scatter diagram
Control chart
Flowchart
Checklist
5. Which quality control tool should be used to monitor the current status or end result of a process?
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ANSWER ANSWER
Checklist
Flowchart
Control chart
Scatter diagram
6. Which group of keywords or phrases describes the critical role that marketing plays in the total
quality management (TQM) process?
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ANSWER ANSWER
Baseline for managing quality process; investment in preventative
costs; budgeting
Enhance competition; understand consumer preferences; maintain
communication with operations
Review and recommend product changes; satisfy customer needs;
open communication
Reward employees; motivate staff performance; manage
operations planned changes
7. What is the common theme in total quality management (TQM) across all functions in an
organization?
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ANSWER ANSWER
To satisfy customer needs
To enhance management software
To reward people rather than teams
To ensure profit from product changes
8. Which concept of variation measures the central tendency of a set of data?
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ANSWER ANSWER
Mean
Range
Standard deviation
Variable
9. What do assignable causes of variation indicate?
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Help Articles
PRE-ASSESSMENT: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (VDC2)
(PVDC)
Attempt #1
Status: Passed
1. Which definition used for quality evaluates how well a product performs its intended function?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Fitness for use
Support services
Value for price paid
Psychological criteria
2. Which total quality management (TQM) process was developed to stress management’s
responsibility for quality?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Statistical quality control charts
Fitness quality for use
14 points for quality improvement
Product design quality
3. Which total quality management (TQM) process consists of several published standards and
guidelines?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
ISO 1400
ISO 9002
Accessibility Policy Accessibility Settings
https://my.wgu.edu/coaching-report/preassessment-report/v1/studentPidm/12275712/assessmentCode/PVDC/testDate/1767500733 1/25
,1/4/26, 12:02 AM WGU Student Portal
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
ISO 9001
ISO 9000
4. A company manufactures shoes using a quality management system. The company needs to put a
process in place to measure any defects. The company would like to measure the number of defects
and observe the number of occurrences to isolate the particular defect.
Which quality tool should the company use to focus on correcting this particular issue?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Scatter diagram
Control chart
Flowchart
Checklist
5. Which quality control tool should be used to monitor the current status or end result of a process?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Checklist
Flowchart
Control chart
Scatter diagram
6. Which group of keywords or phrases describes the critical role that marketing plays in the total
quality management (TQM) process?
Accessibility Policy Accessibility Settings
https://my.wgu.edu/coaching-report/preassessment-report/v1/studentPidm/12275712/assessmentCode/PVDC/testDate/1767500733 2/25
, 1/4/26, 12:02 AM WGU Student Portal
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Baseline for managing quality process; investment in preventative
costs; budgeting
Enhance competition; understand consumer preferences; maintain
communication with operations
Review and recommend product changes; satisfy customer needs;
open communication
Reward employees; motivate staff performance; manage
operations planned changes
7. What is the common theme in total quality management (TQM) across all functions in an
organization?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
To satisfy customer needs
To enhance management software
To reward people rather than teams
To ensure profit from product changes
8. Which concept of variation measures the central tendency of a set of data?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Mean
Range
Standard deviation
Variable
9. What do assignable causes of variation indicate?
Accessibility Policy Accessibility Settings
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