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This section includes 61 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Concrete Technology knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Quality management system improves perception of customers towards company. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 2. |
The basic requirement for the success of any quality control plan is the availability of experienced, knowledgeable and trained personnel at all levels. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 3. |
For walls, columns and vertical faces of all structural members, the form work is generally removed after __________ |
| A. | 24 to 48 hours |
| B. | 3 days |
| C. | 7 days |
| D. | 14 days |
| Answer» B. 3 days | |
| 4. |
Quality may be defined as |
| A. | Fitness for purpose |
| B. | Degree of preference and excellence |
| C. | Conformance to specification |
| D. | All of them |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
Consider the following statements regarding Quality Circle:1. It is a small group of people working in different areas of an organization with multiple expertises.2. It consists of people who volunteer themselves.3. It is a human resource development technique.4. It is a problem-solving forum.Which of the above statements are correct? |
| A. | 2, 3 and 4 only |
| B. | 1, 2 and 3 only |
| C. | 1, 3 and 4 only |
| D. | 1, 2 and 4 only |
| Answer» B. 1, 2 and 3 only | |
| 6. |
Direction: It consists of two statements, one labelled as ‘Statement (I)’ and the others as ‘Statement (II)’. You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answer using the codes given below:Statement (I): Quality is essential for survival and growth of an organisation in the procont era of tough competition.Statement (II): The concept of quality is confined only to construction and manufacturing organisations. |
| A. | Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) individually true and Statement (II) is the correct explanation of Statement (I) |
| B. | Both statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true, but Statement (II) is not the correct explanation of Statement (I) |
| C. | Statement (I) is true, but Statement (II) is false |
| D. | Statement (I) is false, but Statement (II) is true |
| Answer» D. Statement (I) is false, but Statement (II) is true | |
| 7. |
A basic feasible solution in a linear programming problem with m constraints and n variables will have |
| A. | at the most m variables with non zero values. |
| B. | at least m variables with non zero values. |
| C. | at the most n variables with non zero values. |
| D. | at least n variables with non zero values. |
| Answer» B. at least m variables with non zero values. | |
| 8. |
Pareto Chart is used to |
| A. | Identify the critical factor caused for the defect |
| B. | Average number of defects in production |
| C. | Demonstrate the frequency distribution of good quality production |
| D. | Express the bar chart for mathematical analysis |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
_______ is the probability of a defective batch being accepted which is otherwise being rejected. |
| A. | Purchaser’s risk |
| B. | Acceptable quality level |
| C. | Producer’s risk |
| D. | Consumer’s risk as well as producer’s risk |
| Answer» B. Acceptable quality level | |
| 10. |
If the two cut off numbers (acceptance number in first and second sample) in double sampling plan are d1 and d2 and the lot has number of defectives d3 in the first sample such that d1 < d3 < d2 then |
| A. | Entire lot is selected |
| B. | Entire lot is rejected |
| C. | New sample is taken |
| D. | There was error in selecting sample size |
| Answer» D. There was error in selecting sample size | |
| 11. |
A company wishes to determine the proportion of time workers are idle. Using work sampling, the idle time during 150 observations is 26%. If the company wants a 95% confidence interval, how many more observations are needed if the company wants to be within +/-4% of the true proportion? |
| A. | 9 observations |
| B. | 150 observations |
| C. | 312 observations |
| D. | 462 observations |
| Answer» D. 462 observations | |
| 12. |
For a process, the quality loss coefficient is 5. The target value on the dimension to be attained through the process is 50 mm. If the maximum loss permissible (in monetary terms) is INR 80, the maximum allowable deviation (in mm) from the target is |
| A. | \(1\over 4\) |
| B. | \(\sqrt{\frac{1}{10}}\) |
| C. | 4 |
| D. | \(\sqrt{10}\) |
| Answer» D. \(\sqrt{10}\) | |
| 13. |
In process chart symbols, the circle represents- |
| A. | Operation |
| B. | Storage |
| C. | Transport |
| D. | Delay |
| Answer» B. Storage | |
| 14. |
An X̅ chart uses the following data |
| A. | count data |
| B. | attribute measurement data |
| C. | variable measurement data |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 15. |
A rectifying inspection is performed on a lot of size N = 1000 using a Single-Sampling Plan with the sample size n = 60 and the acceptance number c = 1. If the Acceptable Quality Level is 1.0%, the producer’s risk associated with the sampling plan (rounded off to the nearest integer) in % is |
| A. | 12 |
| B. | 33 |
| C. | 67 |
| D. | 88 |
| Answer» B. 33 | |
| 16. |
In a weaving operation, the parameter to be controlled is the number of defects per 10 square yards of material. Control chart appropriate for this task is- |
| A. | P – chart |
| B. | C – chart |
| C. | R – chart |
| D. | X̅ - chart |
| Answer» C. R – chart | |
| 17. |
Process capability is independent of |
| A. | tooling |
| B. | operator skill |
| C. | condition of the machine |
| D. | specifications of a job |
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. |
Deming award is related to |
| A. | Total Quality Management |
| B. | Lean Production |
| C. | Flexible manufacturing |
| D. | Agile Manufacturing |
| Answer» B. Lean Production | |
| 19. |
A p-chart has been prepared. Computations show that the average proportion of defective is 0.032, while the standard deviation is 0.0176. From this data, what are the 3-sigma control limits for this chart? |
| A. | LCL =.032 UCL =.085 |
| B. | LCL =.053 UCL =.032 |
| C. | LCL = 0 UCL =.085 |
| D. | not enough information to determine the control limits: |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
In what type of sampling plan average number of pieces inspected is lowest? |
| A. | Single sampling plan |
| B. | Double sampling plan |
| C. | Multiple sampling plan |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 21. |
For optimum level of quality, which of the following cost should be minimum? |
| A. | Direct cost |
| B. | Indirect cost |
| C. | Appraisal cost |
| D. | Total cost |
| Answer» D. Total cost | |
| 22. |
_________ is the tool for organizing the workplace in a clean, efficient and safe manner to enhance productivity and enable standardized working. |
| A. | 5S |
| B. | 3D |
| C. | 6σ |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. 3D | |
| 23. |
Auditing of the measurement systems establishes1. whether they are informing enough for decision making2. whether the cost of data collection is merited3. whether measurements are being taken accuratelyWhich of the above are correct? |
| A. | 1 and 2 only |
| B. | 1 and 3 only |
| C. | 2 and 3 only |
| D. | 1, 2 and 3 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 24. |
An investment of Rs 60,000 in a new equipment is expected to have salvage value of Rs 8,000 after 5 years. What is the straight line depreciation? |
| A. | Rs 13,600 |
| B. | Rs 10,400 |
| C. | Rs 12,000 |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Rs 12,000 | |
| 25. |
Consider the following components:1. Knowledge of psychology2. Knowledge of the theory of variation3. Knowledge of process4. Knowledge of the system and the theory of optimizationWhich of the above components comprise the basis of Deming's Systems of Profound Knowledge? |
| A. | 1, 2 and 3 only |
| B. | 1, 3 and 4 only |
| C. | 1, 2 and 4 only |
| D. | 2, 3 and 4 only |
| Answer» B. 1, 3 and 4 only | |
| 26. |
Group technology is related to |
| A. | product layout |
| B. | functional layout |
| C. | fixed-position layout |
| D. | cellular layout |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
Concepts in "Total Quality Management (TQM)" are attributed to: |
| A. | George Dantzig |
| B. | Taiichi Ohno |
| C. | W. Edwards Deming |
| D. | Henry Ford |
| Answer» D. Henry Ford | |
| 28. |
In Q7 tools for process improvement, the one that graphs pairs of numerical data to look for a relationship is _______. |
| A. | Fishbone chart |
| B. | Check sheet |
| C. | Scatter diagram |
| D. | Histogram |
| Answer» D. Histogram | |
| 29. |
A company makes a product using three independent components I, II and III, with reliabilities of 0.80, 0.85 and 0.90 respectively. If the company decides to add one redundant unit of component I to improve reliability, then the reliability of the product is |
| A. | 0.612 |
| B. | 0.734 |
| C. | 0.837 |
| D. | 0.969 |
| Answer» C. 0.837 | |
| 30. |
Consider the following statements with reference to maintenance and service of the product after delivery to the customer : 1. Reliability analysis uses statistics of failures to estimate, understand and improve the performance of the equipment and its maintenance 2. Reliability analysis records supports or guides the maintenance engineer in improving the performance of the product under service Which of the above statements is/are correct ? |
| A. | 1 only |
| B. | 2 only |
| C. | Both 1 and 2 |
| D. | Neither 1 nor 2 |
| Answer» D. Neither 1 nor 2 | |
| 31. |
20 samples of size 100 are taken. The total number of defective items is 200. What is the upper control limit of 3-sigma P-chart? |
| A. | 0.13 |
| B. | 0.16 |
| C. | 0.19 |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 32. |
An Operating Characteristics curve (OC-curve) is a plot between |
| A. | consumer’s risk and producer’s risk |
| B. | probability of acceptance and probability of rejection |
| C. | percentage of defective and probability of acceptance |
| D. | average outgoing quality and probability of acceptance |
| Answer» D. average outgoing quality and probability of acceptance | |
| 33. |
Gantt chart involves with |
| A. | production schedule |
| B. | drawing and design of a component |
| C. | maximizing the profit |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. drawing and design of a component | |
| 34. |
An in-control process has an estimated standard deviation of 2 mm. The specification limits of the component being processed are 120 ± 8 mm. When the process mean shifts to 118 mm, the values of the process capability indices, Cp and Cpk , respectively are, |
| A. | 1.000, 1.667 |
| B. | 1.333, 1.667 |
| C. | 1.333, 1.000 |
| D. | 1.000, 1.000 |
| Answer» D. 1.000, 1.000 | |
| 35. |
A unit produces packing boxes. Out of hourly production of 4,000 boxes, 20 were found to be non-conforming. If the inspector randomly chooses a box from an hour's production, the probability of it being non-conforming is |
| A. | 0.02 |
| B. | 0.1 |
| C. | 0.005 |
| D. | 0.05 |
| Answer» D. 0.05 | |
| 36. |
Consider the following data for quality acceptance process:N = 10000n = 89c = 2p = 0.01 (incoming lots of quality)Pa = 0.9397The AOQ will be |
| A. | 0.93 % |
| B. | 0.84 % |
| C. | 0.75 % |
| D. | 0.66 % |
| Answer» B. 0.84 % | |
| 37. |
For the purpose of sampling inspection, the maximum percent defective that can be considered satisfactory as a process average is |
| A. | Rejectable Quality Level (RQL) |
| B. | Acceptable Quality Level (AQL) |
| C. | Average Outgoing Quality Limit (AOQL) |
| D. | Lot Tolerance Percent Defective (LTPD) |
| Answer» C. Average Outgoing Quality Limit (AOQL) | |
| 38. |
If the value of A2 is given as 0.52, R = 2, X-bar = 2, the UCL of the X-bar chart will be |
| A. | 0.96 |
| B. | 3.04 |
| C. | 3.48 |
| D. | 0.52 |
| Answer» C. 3.48 | |
| 39. |
In which one of the following types of industrial activities does the problem of loading and scheduling become more difficult? |
| A. | Single product continuous |
| B. | Multi-product continuous |
| C. | Batch production |
| D. | Continuous process production |
| Answer» D. Continuous process production | |
| 40. |
Consider the following statements with reference to Six-Sigma:1. It is a set of techniques and tools for process improvement.2. It postulates that any process must not produce more than 3.4 defects per one million opportunities.3. It is an initiative of Motorola.Which of the above statements are correct? |
| A. | 1 and 2 only |
| B. | 1 and 3 only |
| C. | 2 and 3 only |
| D. | 1, 2 and 3 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 41. |
Internal audits are used to verify whether : 1. Products conform to technical specifications 2. Quality management systems are effectively implemented Which of the above statement is / are correct? |
| A. | 1 only |
| B. | 2 only |
| C. | Both 1 and 2 |
| D. | Neither 1 nor 2 |
| Answer» D. Neither 1 nor 2 | |
| 42. |
For precaution against fire all emergency exit should. |
| A. | Be closed when not in use. |
| B. | Have a door. |
| C. | Have a fire extinguisher |
| D. | Be marked properly for easy understanding for all. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 43. |
Direction: It consists of two statements, one labelled as ‘Statement (I)’ and the others as ‘Statement (II)’. You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answer using the codes given below:Statement (I): The prevention costs increase with the introduction of a quality system and may be a significant proportion of the total quality costs.Statement (II): Costs associated with education and training are not included in prevention costs. |
| A. | Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true and Statement (II) is the correct explanation of Statement (I) |
| B. | Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true but Statement (II) is not the correct explanation of Statement (I) |
| C. | Statement (I) is true but Statement (II) is false |
| D. | Statement (I) is false but Statement (II) is true |
| Answer» D. Statement (I) is false but Statement (II) is true | |
| 44. |
Current quality concept is1. Increase in production2. Continual improvement3. Prevention of defectThe correct answer is |
| A. | 2 and 3 only |
| B. | 1 and 3 only |
| C. | 1 and 2 only |
| D. | 1, 2 and 3 |
| Answer» B. 1 and 3 only | |
| 45. |
An Average Outgoing Quality (AOQ) is |
| A. | \(\frac{{{P_a}p\left( N \right)}}{{N - n}}\) |
| B. | \(\frac{{{P_a}p\left( {N + n} \right)}}{N}\) |
| C. | \(\frac{{{P_a}p\left( {N - n} \right)}}{{n - N}}\) |
| D. | \(\frac{{{P_a}p\left( {N - n} \right)}}{N}\) |
| Answer» E. | |
| 46. |
Each of three firms P, Q and R manufactures 100 lakhs components. The number of defective components produced by P, Q and R are 30, 42 and 47, respectively. The firm(s) in conformance with Six Sigma standard is/are |
| A. | Only P |
| B. | P and Q |
| C. | P, Q and R |
| D. | Q and R |
| Answer» B. P and Q | |
| 47. |
R charts are control charts for _______. |
| A. | variables |
| B. | reliability |
| C. | attributes |
| D. | maintainability |
| Answer» B. reliability | |
| 48. |
Quality assurance in construction project refers to |
| A. | Identification of relevant quality standards and determining how to satisfy them. |
| B. | Monitoring of project results related to the compliance to quality standards |
| C. | Identification of means to eliminate non-conformity of quality standard |
| D. | Consistent evaluation of project performance to provide confidence that the project satisfies the relevant standards. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 49. |
A company plans to purchase a machine who uptime needs to be atleast 95%. They have shortlisted two models of the machine with the following operational characteristics:MachineMTBF(hr)MTTR(hr)Model M604Model N482The company should buy |
| A. | Only Model M |
| B. | Only Model N |
| C. | Either Model M or N |
| D. | Neither Model M nor N |
| Answer» C. Either Model M or N | |
| 50. |
Consider the following data regarding the acceptance sampling process:N = 10,000, n = 89, c = 2, P = 0.01, and Pa = 0.9397The Average Total Inspection (ATI) will be |
| A. | 795 |
| B. | 687 |
| C. | 595 |
| D. | 487 |
| Answer» C. 595 | |