QUALITY ENGINEER EXAM - PART
1 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What are the major disadvantages of having an improvement team that is too large?
. Difficulty in having constructive input from the entire group.
. Difficulty in arriving at consensus.
. Difficulty in finding large meeting facilities.
. Difficulty, on the part of the recorder, in keeping up with more paperwork.
A. Ionly
B. IandIIonly
C. I,IIandIIIonly
D. I, II,IIIandIV - ....ANSWER ...-Answer: B
Which of the following is NOT considered a prevention cost?
A. Writing operating procedures.
B. Training.
C. Data acquisition and analysis.
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,D. Calibrating test equipment. - ....ANSWER ...-Answer: D
An improvement in quality costs is MOST clearly indicated when:
A. Appraisal and failure costs drop.
B. Prevention costs increase.
C. Total quality costs fall below 15% of total sales.
D. Management objectives are met. - ....ANSWER ...-Answer: D
During the building phase of improvement team development, which of the following
properly
describes team activities?
. The team leader is usually directive.
. The team leader often delegates tasks.
. Team members prioritize and perform duties.
. Team members are uncertain of their duties.
A. IIandIIIonly
B. I,IIandIIIonly
C. IandIV only
D. II,IIIandIV only - ....ANSWER ...-Answer: C
Benchmarking might be defined as any of the following EXCEPT:
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, A. A process for rigorously measuring your performance versus the best-in-class
companies.
B. A standard of excellence or achievement against which other similar things must be
measured
orjudged.
C. Comparing the performance of one company to a set of standards and then to
another'sperformance.
D. The search for best industry practices that lead to superior performance. -
....ANSWER ...-Answer: C
Which of the following is the BEST method to developing materials for a training
program on the
gaps in performance?
A. Secure a workshop trainer.
B. Review a record of activities.
C. Set up a one shot case study.
D. Allocate employees for training. - ....ANSWER ...-Answer: B
In most cases, an improvement team facilitator will NOT normally:
A. Be familiar with problem solving techniques.
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1 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What are the major disadvantages of having an improvement team that is too large?
. Difficulty in having constructive input from the entire group.
. Difficulty in arriving at consensus.
. Difficulty in finding large meeting facilities.
. Difficulty, on the part of the recorder, in keeping up with more paperwork.
A. Ionly
B. IandIIonly
C. I,IIandIIIonly
D. I, II,IIIandIV - ....ANSWER ...-Answer: B
Which of the following is NOT considered a prevention cost?
A. Writing operating procedures.
B. Training.
C. Data acquisition and analysis.
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,D. Calibrating test equipment. - ....ANSWER ...-Answer: D
An improvement in quality costs is MOST clearly indicated when:
A. Appraisal and failure costs drop.
B. Prevention costs increase.
C. Total quality costs fall below 15% of total sales.
D. Management objectives are met. - ....ANSWER ...-Answer: D
During the building phase of improvement team development, which of the following
properly
describes team activities?
. The team leader is usually directive.
. The team leader often delegates tasks.
. Team members prioritize and perform duties.
. Team members are uncertain of their duties.
A. IIandIIIonly
B. I,IIandIIIonly
C. IandIV only
D. II,IIIandIV only - ....ANSWER ...-Answer: C
Benchmarking might be defined as any of the following EXCEPT:
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, A. A process for rigorously measuring your performance versus the best-in-class
companies.
B. A standard of excellence or achievement against which other similar things must be
measured
orjudged.
C. Comparing the performance of one company to a set of standards and then to
another'sperformance.
D. The search for best industry practices that lead to superior performance. -
....ANSWER ...-Answer: C
Which of the following is the BEST method to developing materials for a training
program on the
gaps in performance?
A. Secure a workshop trainer.
B. Review a record of activities.
C. Set up a one shot case study.
D. Allocate employees for training. - ....ANSWER ...-Answer: B
In most cases, an improvement team facilitator will NOT normally:
A. Be familiar with problem solving techniques.
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