TEST BANK Managing for Quality and Performance Excellence (12th Edition) by James Evans

TEST BANK
Managing for Quality and Performance Excellence, 12th Edition by James R. Evans




TEST BANK

,Test Bank for Managing for Quality and Performance Excellence , 12th Edition Evans


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Answers Included ✅
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
1. Because of production variability, the use of interchangeable parts necessitates careful control of quality, both in
design and manufacturing.
a. True
b. False

2. The high quality of products is itself an important source of competitive advantage for organizations.
a. True
b. False

3. The professional certifications of Certified Quality Manager, Certified Quality Engineer, and Certified Quality
Auditor are sanctioned by the American Society for Quality (ASQ).
a. True
b. False

4. The receiving department in an organization ensures that the delivered items are of the quality specified by the
purchase contract.
a. True
b. False

5. Accounting data are useful in identifying areas of quality improvement and tracking the progress of quality
improvement programs.
a. True
b. False

6. People view quality subjectively and in relation to differing criteria based on their individual roles in the
production-marketing value chain.
a. True
b. False

7. Manufacturing is generally more labor intensive compared to services.
a. True
b. False

8. Every employee in an organization has internal customers who receive goods or services from suppliers within
the organization.
a. True
b. False

9. It is the responsibility of marketing and sales employees to learn about the products and product features that
consumers want and know the prices that consumers are willing to pay for them.
a. True
b. False




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10. If a competitor offers the same quality package of goods and services at a lower price, customers will generally
choose the one having the lower price.
a. True
b. False

11. The tool engineering function is responsible for designing and maintaining the tools used in manufacturing and
inspection.
a. True
b. False

12. Customers evaluate a service primarily by the quality of the human contact.
a. True
b. False

13. The output of many service systems is intangible, whereas manufacturing produces tangible, visible products.
a. True
b. False

14. Employees who embrace quality as a personal value often go beyond what they’re asked or normally expected to
do to reach a difficult goal or provide extraordinary service to a customer.
a. True
b. False

15. If quality is built into the product properly, inspection should be unnecessary except for auditing purposes and
functional testing.
a. True
b. False

16. The user perspective of quality judges a product based on how well the product performs its intended function.
a. True
b. False

17. Although quality can drive business success, it cannot guarantee it, and one must not infer that business failures
or stock price drops are the result of poor quality.
a. True
b. False

18. The production of services typically requires a lower degree of customization than does manufacturing.
a. True
b. False

19. During the 1940s and 1950s, after World War II, the quality of products was the most important priority of top
managers, as it was recognized as the key to worldwide success.
a. True
b. False


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20. Quality-focused companies achieve better employee participation and relations, improved product and service
quality, higher productivity, greater customer satisfaction, increased market share, and improved profitability.
a. True
b. False

21. Services are produced prior to consumption.
a. True
b. False

22. The rapid increase in liability suits has made legal services an important aspect of quality assurance.
a. True
b. False

23. Service 4.0 applies digitization to services that create higher productivity, innovation, and value chain advantages
in service industries.
a. True
b. False

24. The transcendent definition of quality was first defined as the goodness of a product.
a. True
b. False

25. It is the responsibility of the organization’s quality function to “own” or guarantee quality throughout the
organization.
a. True
b. False

26. Inspection should be used as a means of gathering information that can be used to improve quality, not simply to
remove defective items.
a. True
b. False

27. Six Sigma focuses on outputs that are critical to customers and justifies improvements by demonstrating a clear
financial return for the organization.
a. True
b. False




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