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				This section includes 15 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Statistical Quality Control knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. | The starting value of the variable zi is always equal to μ0. | 
| A. | True | 
| B. | False | 
| Answer» C. | |
| 2. | The weights of EWMA charts may also increase. | 
| A. | True | 
| B. | False | 
| Answer» C. | |
| 3. | If the observations xi are independent random variables with variance σ2 then according to the EWMA charts, the variance of zi will be ________________ | 
| A. | \(\sigma_{zi}^2 = \sigma^2 (\frac{λ}{2-λ})[1+(1+λ)^{2i}]\) | 
| B. | \(\sigma_{zi}^2 = \sigma^2 (\frac{λ}{2-λ})[1+(1-λ)^{2i}]\) | 
| C. | \(\sigma_{zi}^2 = \sigma^2 (\frac{λ}{2-λ})[1-(1-λ)^{2i}]\) | 
| D. | \(\sigma_{zi}^2 = \sigma^2 (\frac{λ}{2+λ})[1-(1-λ)^{2i}]\) | 
| Answer» D. \(\sigma_{zi}^2 = \sigma^2 (\frac{λ}{2+λ})[1-(1-λ)^{2i}]\) | |
| 4. | Which of these is an ideal chart for individual measurements among these all? | 
| A. | p-chart | 
| B. | Cusum charts | 
| C. | EWMA charts | 
| D. | x bar and R chart | 
| Answer» D. x bar and R chart | |
| 5. | Which of these is the use of the EWMA charts? | 
| A. | In time series modeling | 
| B. | In Real-time processing | 
| C. | In acceptance sampling | 
| D. | In designing of experiments | 
| Answer» B. In Real-time processing | |
| 6. | GMA stands for ___________ | 
| A. | Geosum moved average | 
| B. | Geometric Moving average | 
| C. | Geometrically moved average | 
| D. | Geocentric moving average | 
| Answer» C. Geometrically moved average | |
| 7. | Which of these is another name of EWMA charts? | 
| A. | GMA charts | 
| B. | AMA charts | 
| C. | EMA charts | 
| D. | RMA charts | 
| Answer» B. AMA charts | |
| 8. | What is the starting value of the EWMA? | 
| A. | Zero | 
| B. | Process target mean | 
| C. | Process target variance | 
| D. | Process target standard deviation | 
| Answer» C. Process target variance | |
| 9. | Which of these is correct for λ in EWMA expression? | 
| A. | 0 > λ | 
| B. | 1 < λ | 
| C. | 1 ≤ λ | 
| D. | 0 < λ ≤ 1 | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. | What is the correct expression for the EWMA? | 
| A. | zi = λxi + (1-λ) zi-1 | 
| B. | zi = λxi – (1-λ) zi-1 | 
| C. | zi = λxi + (1-λ) zi+1 | 
| D. | zi = λxi + (1+λ) zi-1 | 
| Answer» B. zi = λxi – (1-λ) zi-1 | |
| 11. | Who did first introduce the EWMA charts? | 
| A. | Lucas (1990) | 
| B. | Saccucci (1990) | 
| C. | Roberts (1959) | 
| D. | Crowder (1987a, 1989) | 
| Answer» D. Crowder (1987a, 1989) | |
| 12. | Which of these is not an advantage of EWMA control charts? | 
| A. | Almost equivalent performance to the cusum charts | 
| B. | Easier set up than cusum charts | 
| C. | Easier to operate than cusum charts | 
| D. | Intricacy is a little higher than cusum charts | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. | EWMA charts are better than Shewhart control charts in detecting the ___________ shifts. | 
| A. | Large process | 
| B. | Medium process | 
| C. | Small process | 
| D. | Every process | 
| Answer» D. Every process | |
| 14. | What is the full form of EWMA? | 
| A. | Exponentially weighted moving average | 
| B. | Exponentially weighted measured approximate | 
| C. | Exponentially weighted moving approximate | 
| D. | Exponentially weighted measured average | 
| Answer» B. Exponentially weighted measured approximate | |
| 15. | What is the full form of E in the EWMA chart? | 
| A. | Exponentially | 
| B. | Experimentally | 
| C. | Exactly | 
| D. | Estimated | 
| Answer» B. Experimentally | |