CQT PRIMER QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Quality Control (QC) - ANSWER A management function that is intended to
control or regulate the process in order to prevent defective products from being
made.
Quality Assurance (QA) - ANSWER A planned and systematic pattern of all
actions necessary to provide adequate confidence that an item or product
conforms to established technical requirements (ISO/IEC 24765)
Inspection - ANSWER An appraisal activity where products are inspected (or
tested) to determine whether they conform to requirements.
Reliability - ANSWER A function to determine the probability of a product
performing its intended function for a specified time interval under stated
conditions.
Quality Engineering - ANSWER The main planning function of quality
assurance.
Quality Audit - ANSWER An independent evaluation of various aspects of
quality performance
Procurement Quality - ANSWER Assures that new materials and purchased
parts are acceptable prior to release
Metrology Measurement - ANSWER Assures that equipment is calibrated via
standards traceable to National Institute of Standards and Technology
Administration - ANSWER Originates the reports, procedures and policies
used to support other functions in the company.
Attribute - ANSWER A characteristic that is appraised in terms of whether it
does or does not exist, with respect to a requirement.
, Audit Standard - ANSWER An authentic description of essential
characteristics of audits which reflects current thought and practice.
Auditing Organization - ANSWER A unit or function that carries out audits
through its employees. This organization may be a department of the auditee, a
client, or an independent third party.
Batch - ANSWER A definite quantity of product or material produced under
conditions that are considered uniform.
Capability - ANSWER The ability to perform designated activities and to
achieve results which fulfill specified requirements.
Certification - ANSWER The authoritative act of documenting compliance
with agreed requirements.
Characteristic - ANSWER A property that helps to differentiate between items
of a given sample or population. The difference may be either quantitative (by
variables) or qualitative (by attributes).
Compliance - ANSWER a judgment that a product or service meets the
requirements between a supplier and customer transmitted by any means.
Corrective Action - ANSWER An action taken to eliminate the causes of an
existing nonconformity, defect or othere undesirable situation, to prevent
recurrence.
Defect - ANSWER The departure or absence of one or more quality
characteristics from intended usage requirements.
Design Review - ANSWER A formal, documented, comprehensive, and
systematic examination of a design to evaluate the capability of the design to
meet quality requirements and to identity problems and propose solutions.
Deviation - ANSWER Written authorization, granted prior to the manufacture
of an item, to depart from a particular performance or design requirement of a
contract specification, for a specific number of units or period of time.
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Quality Control (QC) - ANSWER A management function that is intended to
control or regulate the process in order to prevent defective products from being
made.
Quality Assurance (QA) - ANSWER A planned and systematic pattern of all
actions necessary to provide adequate confidence that an item or product
conforms to established technical requirements (ISO/IEC 24765)
Inspection - ANSWER An appraisal activity where products are inspected (or
tested) to determine whether they conform to requirements.
Reliability - ANSWER A function to determine the probability of a product
performing its intended function for a specified time interval under stated
conditions.
Quality Engineering - ANSWER The main planning function of quality
assurance.
Quality Audit - ANSWER An independent evaluation of various aspects of
quality performance
Procurement Quality - ANSWER Assures that new materials and purchased
parts are acceptable prior to release
Metrology Measurement - ANSWER Assures that equipment is calibrated via
standards traceable to National Institute of Standards and Technology
Administration - ANSWER Originates the reports, procedures and policies
used to support other functions in the company.
Attribute - ANSWER A characteristic that is appraised in terms of whether it
does or does not exist, with respect to a requirement.
, Audit Standard - ANSWER An authentic description of essential
characteristics of audits which reflects current thought and practice.
Auditing Organization - ANSWER A unit or function that carries out audits
through its employees. This organization may be a department of the auditee, a
client, or an independent third party.
Batch - ANSWER A definite quantity of product or material produced under
conditions that are considered uniform.
Capability - ANSWER The ability to perform designated activities and to
achieve results which fulfill specified requirements.
Certification - ANSWER The authoritative act of documenting compliance
with agreed requirements.
Characteristic - ANSWER A property that helps to differentiate between items
of a given sample or population. The difference may be either quantitative (by
variables) or qualitative (by attributes).
Compliance - ANSWER a judgment that a product or service meets the
requirements between a supplier and customer transmitted by any means.
Corrective Action - ANSWER An action taken to eliminate the causes of an
existing nonconformity, defect or othere undesirable situation, to prevent
recurrence.
Defect - ANSWER The departure or absence of one or more quality
characteristics from intended usage requirements.
Design Review - ANSWER A formal, documented, comprehensive, and
systematic examination of a design to evaluate the capability of the design to
meet quality requirements and to identity problems and propose solutions.
Deviation - ANSWER Written authorization, granted prior to the manufacture
of an item, to depart from a particular performance or design requirement of a
contract specification, for a specific number of units or period of time.
