C720 PA WGU EXAM COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
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A company that produces motors uses the following check sheet:
Why would the company use this check sheet?
To create a control chart to measure the engine assembly process
To create a flow chart of the engine assembly process
To develop a suppliers, inputs, process, outputs, customers (SIPOC) diagram
To develop a Pareto chart identifying the root causes of engine defects -CORRECT
ANSWER To develop a Pareto chart identifying the root causes of engine defects
Which aspect of quality is demonstrated by a vehicle that has a useful life of 165,000
miles?
Performance
Reliability
Features
Durability -CORRECT ANSWER Durability
,A quality improvement team is trying to illustrate to upper management how a process
is varying over time as measurements are collected.
Which two statistical process control (SPC) tools should the team use?
Choose 2 CORRECT ANSWERs
Cause-and-effect diagrams
Scatter diagrams
Histograms
Run charts
Check sheets
Pareto charts
Control charts -CORRECT ANSWER Control charts
Run charts
The CEO of a service company wants to change the strategy of the company from
volume sales to high-quality products.
Which philosophy should the CEO implement to emphasize quality over volume?
Shewhart's variation reduction
Deming's 14 points
,Ohno and Shingo's kaizen
Taguchi's loss function -CORRECT ANSWER Deming's 14 points
A company sells garage doors through a national retailer and contracts with local
installers to complete the installations. The operations manager is responsible for
completing the installations in a 14-day period after the sale. The company will be
penalized financially if it fails to achieve these objectives. The operations manager's
daily responsibilities include contacting installers to expedite orders and ensure
deadlines are met.
Which two tools that should be used to measure installer performance?
Choose 2 CORRECT ANSWERs
Control charts to measure the time elapsed to completion
Fishbone diagram to chart the method, material, machine, and manpower
Gantt chart to measure how much performance has improved
Run charts to chart output around the 14-day central tendency -CORRECT ANSWER
Control charts to measure the time elapsed to completion
Run charts to chart output around the 14-day central tendency
Which quality tool examines patterns, flow, and causes of variation of data points over
time?
, Quality function deployment
Cause-and-effect matrix
Students t-test
Statistical process control -CORRECT ANSWER Statistical process control
A vice president of a major retailer is trying to reduce the wait time for customers in the
checkout line by appropriately opening checkout lines. To do this, the VP needs to know
the relationship and degree of correlation between monthly customer visits and area
population.
Which tool should be used in this situation?
Pareto chart
Control chart
Scatter plot
Histogram -CORRECT ANSWER Scatter plot
Which two company practices reflect the guiding principles of Six Sigma?
Choose 2 CORRECT ANSWERs
A company tries to reduce variation in the quality of products it offers.
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A company that produces motors uses the following check sheet:
Why would the company use this check sheet?
To create a control chart to measure the engine assembly process
To create a flow chart of the engine assembly process
To develop a suppliers, inputs, process, outputs, customers (SIPOC) diagram
To develop a Pareto chart identifying the root causes of engine defects -CORRECT
ANSWER To develop a Pareto chart identifying the root causes of engine defects
Which aspect of quality is demonstrated by a vehicle that has a useful life of 165,000
miles?
Performance
Reliability
Features
Durability -CORRECT ANSWER Durability
,A quality improvement team is trying to illustrate to upper management how a process
is varying over time as measurements are collected.
Which two statistical process control (SPC) tools should the team use?
Choose 2 CORRECT ANSWERs
Cause-and-effect diagrams
Scatter diagrams
Histograms
Run charts
Check sheets
Pareto charts
Control charts -CORRECT ANSWER Control charts
Run charts
The CEO of a service company wants to change the strategy of the company from
volume sales to high-quality products.
Which philosophy should the CEO implement to emphasize quality over volume?
Shewhart's variation reduction
Deming's 14 points
,Ohno and Shingo's kaizen
Taguchi's loss function -CORRECT ANSWER Deming's 14 points
A company sells garage doors through a national retailer and contracts with local
installers to complete the installations. The operations manager is responsible for
completing the installations in a 14-day period after the sale. The company will be
penalized financially if it fails to achieve these objectives. The operations manager's
daily responsibilities include contacting installers to expedite orders and ensure
deadlines are met.
Which two tools that should be used to measure installer performance?
Choose 2 CORRECT ANSWERs
Control charts to measure the time elapsed to completion
Fishbone diagram to chart the method, material, machine, and manpower
Gantt chart to measure how much performance has improved
Run charts to chart output around the 14-day central tendency -CORRECT ANSWER
Control charts to measure the time elapsed to completion
Run charts to chart output around the 14-day central tendency
Which quality tool examines patterns, flow, and causes of variation of data points over
time?
, Quality function deployment
Cause-and-effect matrix
Students t-test
Statistical process control -CORRECT ANSWER Statistical process control
A vice president of a major retailer is trying to reduce the wait time for customers in the
checkout line by appropriately opening checkout lines. To do this, the VP needs to know
the relationship and degree of correlation between monthly customer visits and area
population.
Which tool should be used in this situation?
Pareto chart
Control chart
Scatter plot
Histogram -CORRECT ANSWER Scatter plot
Which two company practices reflect the guiding principles of Six Sigma?
Choose 2 CORRECT ANSWERs
A company tries to reduce variation in the quality of products it offers.
