CQE Certified Quality Engineer ASQ Sample Exam 65 Questions with Verified Answers,100% CORRECT

CQE Certified Quality Engineer ASQ Sample Exam 65 Questions with Verified Answers A correlation table yields results similar to those of a (A) check sheet (B) control chart (C) Pareto diagram (D) scatter diagram - CORRECT ANSWER D Which of the following is a typical obstacle to design review? (A) Customer requirements (B) Manufacturing requirements (C) Resistance from the design department (D) Safety regulations - CORRECT ANSWER C Implementing a preventive quality system will increase which of the following? (A) Failure costs (B) Inspection time (C) Quality system effectiveness (D) Corrective action effectiveness - CORRECT ANSWER C Which of the following inspection methods can be used to detect surface flaws but not subsurface flaws? (A) Liquid penetrant (B) Ultrasonic (C) Radiographic (D) Magnetic particle - CORRECT ANSWER A Which of the following is a barrier to the successful performance of a quality team? (A) Rating the performance of each team member (B) Including people with abilities in different areas (C) Including people from different departments (D) Having the team make decisions without manageme nt approval - CORRECT ANSWER A A company incurred the following quality cos ts in the last month. Evaluating finished product $50,000 Quality auditor training $10,000 Manufacturability study $1,000 Repairing finished product $5,000 Process capability studies $30,000 How much did the company spend on prevention costs? (A) $11,000 (B) $41,000 (C) $46,000 (D) $96,000 - CORRECT ANSWER B Which of the following methods is used to determine whether a process functions properly for its intended use? (A) Capacity (B) Inspection (C) Validation (D) Design review - CORRECT ANSWER C One purpose of a failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) is to (A) validate that the design meets the intended purpose (B) estimate the feasibility of a manufacturing process (C) anticipate and reduce the probability of product failures (D) perform root cause analysis along with corrective action - CORRECT ANSWER C When common causes of variation are treated as special causes of variation, the usual result is (A) failure to take timely corrective action (B) failure to perform root cause analysis (C) misclassification of in-specification product (D) over-adjustment of the process - CORRECT ANSWER D Root causes are investigated as part of which of the following processes? (A) Corrective action (B) Process mapping (C) Inspection (D) Auditing - CORRECT ANSWER A According to ISO 9000 standards, quality records must be (A) written and illustrated clearly and concisely (B) maintained in electronic form (C) legible, identifiable, and retrievable (D) standardized and documented - CORRECT ANSWER C The ability to preserve the identity of a product and its origins is called (A) production control (B) traceability (C) bar coding (D) sequencing - CORRECT ANSWER B 14. What immediate action should the first quality engineer have taken after documenting the test failures? (A) Placed all products on hold (B) Had the test repeated by an external testing laboratory (C) Negotiated a revised specification with the customer (D) Retrained the employees who tested the products - CORRECT ANSWER A How should the first quality engineer have responded to the quality manager's order? (A) Carried out the directive exactly as ordered (B) Instructed someone else to perform the task (C) Advised the manager of their potential adverse consequences (D) Notified the customer anonymously - CORRECT ANSWER C With respect to the falsified records, the new quality engineer is responsible for (A) documenting as historical any events that took place prior to being hired at this company (B) documenting the impact those records will have on future product (C) notifying management and recommending that the customer be contacted promptly (D) re-running the tests to see whether similar failures occur - CORRECT ANSWER C The revision table of a drawing should contain which of the following information? (A) The quality manager's signature of approval (B) The date of the revision (C) The GD&T reference standard used (D) The drawing standard used - CORRECT ANSWER B Which of the following control charts tracks nonconformities by attributes per unit and uses a constant sample size for each subgroup? (A) np (B) c (C) p (D) u - CORRECT ANSWER B Which of the following methods can be used to determine whether only materials and components of known quality were used in the final product? (A) Prevention (B) Reliability (C) Warranty analysis (D) Traceability - CORRECT ANSWER D A bowl contains 312 marbles: six red, seven green, eight blue, and the rest yellow. Three draws are taken wi th replacement. What is the probability of getting a red marble on the first draw, a blue marble on the second draw , and a blue marble on the last draw? (A) 0.00001 (B) 0.00962 (C) 0.07051 (D) 0.99038 - CORRECT ANSWER A Which of the following sets of elements identifies the major classifications used in a cost of quality system? (A) Training, internal failure, delayed delivery (B) Prevention, appraisal, failure (C) Auditing, external failure, rework (D) Appraisal, warranty, failure - CORRECT ANSWER B Which of the following is most likely to be a goal for quality engineering? (A) Maintaining a minimum variance on the cost of raw materials (B) Establishing an allowance for defects or nonconformities in supplied product (C) Establishing a quality appraisal system for products (D) Developing acceptable lead times for product delivery - CORRECT ANSWER C A component failed 5 times during a 360-hour test and the failures follow an exponential distribution. In this situation, what is the estimated MTBF in hours? (A) 0.014 (B) 72.000 (C) 500.000 (D) 1,800.000 - CORRECT ANSWER B Which of the following techniques is used to qualify new or revised manufacturing processes? (A) Benchmarking (B) Capability analysis (C) Design failure mode and effects analysis (DFMEA) (D) Fault tree analysis - CORRECT ANSWER B If the true value of a standard is 0.050, which of the following sets of data is the best example of accuracy, rather than precision? (A) 0.048, 0.051, 0.052, 0.049 (B) 0.050, 0.047, 0.048, 0.051 (C) 0.050, 0.047, 0.050, 0.050 (D) 0.050, 0.053, 0.049, 0.053 - CORRECT ANSWER A Variables data can best be described as data that are (A) presented on a nominal measurement scale (B) indicated by discrete counts (C) limited by the precision of the measuring device (D) recorded as pass/fail - CORRECT ANSWER C A continuous improvement team uses the following steps at each of its weekly meetings. 1. Amend the agenda as necessary 2. Summarize the action items from the current meeting 3. Plan for the next meeting 4. Review the agenda Rank order, from first to last, the sequence in which these steps should be completed. (A) 1, 2, 3, 4 (B) 1, 3, 4, 2 (C) 4, 1, 2, 3 (D) 4, 2, 3, 1 - CORRECT ANSWER C A customer requires a Cp≥ 1.33 for a specification of 15.5 ± 2.0. If the supplier's process has a mean of 15.0 and a standard deviation of 0.5, which of the following describes the process capability? Process CpProduct Requirements (A) Acceptable Meets specifications (B) Acceptable Does not meet specifications (C) Not acceptable Meets specifications (D) Not acceptable Does not meet specifications - CORRECT ANSWER A Which of the following steps is most important after a customer has qualified a new supplier? (A) Tour the supplier's manufacturing facilities (B) Check the supplier's reputation (C) Evaluate similar products (D) Establish a good working relationship - CORRECT ANSWER D Which of the following audit strategies requires the auditor to follow the production flow? (A) Element (B) Department (C) Discovery (D) Tracing - CORRECT ANSWER D What is the availability of a system that has a mean time between failures (MTBF) equal to 2,500 hours and a mean time to repair (MTTR) equal to 98.0 hours? (A) 0.0377 (B) 0.9608 (C) 0.9623 (D) 1.0390 - CORRECT ANSWER C Which of the following steps should be taken if one bottling line is found to produce a main effect but filling temperature has no effect? (A) Repeat the experiment on the same bottling line (B) Conduct an analysis of variance study of the temperature treatments (C) Investigate bottling line differences (D) Determine the interaction effects between bottling lines - CORRECT ANSWER C Which of the following best describes the industry's decision to form a task force to redesign the bottle threads? (A) Process reengineering (B) Corrective action (C) Quality function deployment (D) Force field analysis - CORRECT ANSWER B Which of the following experimental design types would be most appropriate for identifying the bottle thread design? (A) Factorial (B) Youden square (C) Graeco-Latin square (D) Mixture - CORRECT ANSWER A Which of the following actions is most important in the design of a total quality system? (A) Viewing major activities as production steps for the next internal customer (B) Understanding the requirements of interim- and end-users (C) Assessing warranty costs as external failures (D) Using an activity-based costing (ABC) system - CORRECT ANSWER B The overall reliability of a process has a mean time between failures (MTBF) of 16.5 hours. If the failures follow an exponential distribution and the total run time is 30 hours, what is the process reliability? (A) 0.1623 (B) 0.5500 (C) 0.5769 (D) 0.8377 - CORRECT ANSWER A Rank order, from first to last, the following steps in creating a check sheet. 1. Define the time frame for collecting the data 2. Clarify the events or conditions to observe and count 3. Design a check sheet that is easy to use (A) 1, 2, 3 (B) 1, 3, 2 (C) 2, 1, 3 (D) 2, 3, 1 - CORRECT ANSWER C A double sampling plan from the ANSI/ASQ Z1.4 standard has the following additional details. Lot size = 100 AQL = 4.0 Normal general inspection level II If one defect is found in the first sample, which of the following would be the next step? (A) Return the defect to the supplier and accept the lot (B) Reject the lot (C) Draw a second sample and reject the lot if one defect is found in that sample (D) Draw a second sample and reject the lot if 4 defects are found in that sample - CORRECT ANSWER D Which of the following tools has the highest resolution? (A) A steel ruler (B) Ground flat stock (C) A caliper (D) A micrometer - CORRECT ANSWER D Which of the following sets of actions is key to helping teams be effective? (A) Using facilitators, managing conflict, and encouraging participation by team members (B) Using the forming, storming, norming, and performing cycle on team projects (C) Identifying which team projects can benefit most from the plan, do, check, act method (D) Identifying root causes, corrective and preventive actions, and follow-up techniques on team projects - CORRECT ANSWER A A sample of 50 pieces is taken from a process that is known to be producing 0.2% nonconforming pieces. The probability that nonconforming pieces will not be found in the sample is approximately equal to (A) 0.09 (B) 0.36 (C) 0.64 (D) 0.91 - CORRECT ANSWER D Which of the following actions will reduce the effectiveness of a training program in SPC? (A) Applying the principles immediately after training (B) Involving line managers in the planning (C) Using a lecture approach (D) Using simple language and graphical techniques - CORRECT ANSWER C Which of the following tools is most effective for facilitating the discussion of controversial topics? (A) Activity network diagrams (B) Nominal group technique (C) Consensus criteria method (D) Matrix method - CORRECT ANSWER B A completed failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) results in the following assessment rating. Occurrence = 4 Severity = 8 Detection = 10 What is the risk priority number (RPN) for this FMEA? (A) 22 (B) 42 (C) 120 (D) 320 - CORRECT ANSWER D The appropriate number of histogram classes for n = 100 observations is (A) 1-5 (B) 6-10 (C) 15-20 (D) 21-30 - CORRECT ANSWER B What is the first step that a sponsor should take before forming a quality team? (A) Select a project (B) Establish performance measures (C) Identify project milestones (D) Allocate capital resources - CORRECT ANSWER A A sample of 30 tubes has a mean length of 23. 8 cm and an estimated standard deviation of 2.6 cm. What are the 95% confidence limits of the mean? (A) 22.54 cm and 25.06 cm (B) 22.83 cm and 24.77 cm (C) 22.99 cm and 24.61 cm (D) 23.18 cm and 24.42 cm - CORRECT ANSWER B In a complex electronic system containing 1,000 devices in series, an increase in component reliability from 99.90% to 99.99% would improve the system reliability by a factor of approximately (A) 2.5 (B) 3.7 (C) 5.0 (D) 7.5 - CORRECT ANSWER A Which of the following tools will provide quantitative results? (A) Affinity diagram (B) Cause and effect diagram (C) Prioritization matrix (D) Force field analysis - CORRECT ANSWER C A data set for a measured characteristic of a part has a standard deviation of 11.2. If the standard deviation of the measurement error is 2.1, what is the estimated true standard deviation for the characteristic? (A) 9.1 (B) 11.0 (C) 11.8 (D) 13.3 - CORRECT ANSWER B Which of the following tools should a team use to help develop contingency plans in response to an emergency situation? (A) Process decision program charts (B) A fault tree diagram (C) A matrix diagram (D) Process value chain maps - CORRECT ANSWER A The primary reason for segregating nonconforming material is to (A) minimize the likelihood of additional damage to the material (B) allow for rework of the material that cannot be easily done on the production line (C) ensure accurate counts for inventory of the material (D) reduce the opportunity of using the material in production - CORRECT ANSWER D 59. An acceptable quality information system (QIS) should be (A) excluded from the audit program (B) developed by the quality department (C) designed so that all available data are collected (D) designed to be flexible and capture a wide variety of data - CORRECT ANSWER D Which of the following areas of a corrective action request is an auditee required to complete? (A) Location of the problem (B) Observation of the problem (C) Actions to prevent recurrence (D) Verification of follow-up activities - CORRECT ANSWER C A process with a binomial distribution has a 5% probability of success. If 10 samples are drawn from the process, what is the approximate probability of having zero success? (A) 0.5 (B) 0.6 (C) 0.7 (D) 0.8 - CORRECT ANSWER B Which of the following elements is most often lacking in corrective action plans? (A) Timely response (B) Follow-up (C) Re-training (D) Closing the audit - CORRECT ANSWER B Which of the following theorists suggests that a reduction in variation of a product or process represents a "lower loss" to society? (A) Juran (B) Deming (C) Taguchi (D) Ishikawa - CORRECT ANSWER C A process is in statistical control, is centered on target, and has a ± 4σ spread equal to the specification range. This process can best be described as having a (A) Cp of 1.00 (B) Cpk of 1.33 (C) Cpk of 1.66 (D) Cr of 0.60 - CORRECT ANSWER B Which of the following standards provides guidelines for maintaining a calibration system? (A) ISO 9004 (B) ISO 17025 (C) ISO 14000 (D) ISO 19011 - CORRECT ANSWER B Assignable causes of variation differ from common causes because assignable causes (A) can be driven by one or just a few individual causes (B) can be created by a series of common causes (C) cannot be eliminated economically (D) result in only insignificant variation - CORRECT ANSWER A If a product characteristic will have no effect on the customer's perception of quality, the characteristic should be classified as (A) non-critical (B) major (C) minor (D) incidental - CORRECT ANSWER D The hardness specification for a material is 100 BHN or greater. A process for that material has a mean of 105.0 and a standard deviation of 1.0. What is the Cpk for this process? (A) 1.00 (B) 1.33 (C) 1.67 (D) 2.00 - CORRECT ANSWER C Typically, what type of gage is used to measure the distance between two parallel surfaces on the outside of an object or feature? (A) Ring (B) Micrometer (C) Telescoping (D) Contour - CORRECT ANSWER B When a team investigates the cause of nonconforming product and then implements corrective action and monitors its effectiveness, the team is using which of the following techniques? (A) Recurrence control (B) Design verification (C) Process mapping (D) Process auditing - CORRECT ANSWER A One of the key responsibilities of a meeting facilitator is (A) establishing the meeting objectives (B) creating the meeting agenda (C) distributing the meeting minutes (D) keeping the team on track - CORRECT ANSWER D A process or product that is insensitive to normal variation is referred to as being (A) out of control (B) in specification (C) robust (D) capable - CORRECT ANSWER C