Explore topic-wise MCQs in Statistical Quality Control.

This section includes 14 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.

Type I error is described as the situation of the conclusion of the process state as out-of-control when it is in-control.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
2.

Control charts can be used very effectively in the process of hypothesis testing.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
3.

OC curve can be used to determine the probability of _______

A. Type I error
B. Type II error
C. Both type I and type II error
D. Neither type I nor type II error
Answer» C. Both type I and type II error
4.

The chance and assignable cause terminology was developed by _______

A. Deming
B. Hawthorne
C. ISO
D. Shewhart
Answer» E.
5.

Chance causes of variation are also called ________ and assignable causes are also called _______

A. Common causes, special causes
B. Special causes, common causes
C. Variability causes, non-variability causes
D. Non-variability causes, variability causes
Answer» B. Special causes, common causes
6.

If a process has its operation with _________ causes of variation, it is said to be an out-of-control process.

A. Chance
B. Assignable
C. Neither chance nor assignable
D. Out-of-control
Answer» C. Neither chance nor assignable
7.

Which of these is not a part of SPC’s 7 tools?

A. Pareto chart
B. Histogram
C. Design of Experiments
D. Check sheet
Answer» D. Check sheet
8.

A process is said to be in the statistical control if it operates with ______ of variation.

A. Chance causes
B. Assignable causes
C. Both chance and assignable causes
D. Neither chance nor assignable causes
Answer» B. Assignable causes
9.

Shifting of mean from the current value to a new value and remaining there, is called _____ shift of the mean.

A. Continuous
B. Abrupt
C. Random
D. Sustained
Answer» E.
10.

If for a process, 18 out of 20 points are plotted above the CL but below the upper control limit, and only 2 of 20 are plotted between the center line and the lower control limit, what can we say about the process state?

A. In-control
B. Out-of-control
C. Data is not enough to predict
D. Process state is not dependent over this data
Answer» C. Data is not enough to predict
11.

In the horizontal axis of a control chart displays _______

A. Sample number
B. Time
C. Either sample number or time
D. Neither sample number or time
Answer» D. Neither sample number or time
12.

The horizontal line in the control chart which shows the minimum value of a quality characteristic, before the process gets out-of-control, is called the _____

A. Upper control limit line
B. Lower control limit line
C. Desired value
D. Center line
Answer» C. Desired value
13.

The highest value that a quality characteristic can take before the process becomes out-of-control, is called ______

A. Center line
B. Upper control limit
C. Lower control limit
D. Control limit
Answer» C. Lower control limit
14.

The average value of the quality characteristic corresponding to in-control state is represented by _____ in the control charts.

A. CL
B. UCL
C. LCL
D. Sample number
Answer» B. UCL