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This section includes 495 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Electronics & Communication Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Responsibility within the project for quality must be defined and promulgated to everyone contributing to the end product. First and foremost, the ______________ has the ultimate responsibility for conformance to requirements when provided with the tools, skills, knowledge, and opportunities. |
| A. | corporate president |
| B. | director of project management |
| C. | quality assurance manager |
| D. | individual |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
The main aim of QFD is to |
| A. | Listen to the voice of customer |
| B. | Lower cost |
| C. | Reduce errors |
| D. | Reduce supplier defect |
| Answer» B. Lower cost | |
| 3. |
Which of the following is least likely to contribute to developing an effectiveproject team supportive of quality? |
| A. | Commitment to the project |
| B. | Team member flexibility |
| C. | Frequent turnover of personnel |
| D. | Team interest in workmanship |
| Answer» D. Team interest in workmanship | |
| 4. |
In the area of quality, project managers are struggling with the training and indoctrination of individuals in the need to do the work right the first time to conform to the requirement. Occasionally, the project manager will discover an individual, either in the planning or actual work, doing more than is called for in the specification. These individuals need training to reduce the level of "over building" because ______________. |
| A. | the extra value given to the customer is not recognized or needed to complete the project |
| B. | the increase to the system specifications place that portion out of balance with the other system components |
| C. | it leads to increased customer requirements for other parts of the system |
| D. | exceeding the specified requirement is asting time and money at no value added to the project |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
A researcher conducted a 2 x 2 completely repeated measures factorial design and planned15 participants in each condition. How many participants would be required to conduct this experiment? |
| A. | 15 |
| B. | 30 |
| C. | 45 |
| D. | 60 |
| Answer» B. 30 | |
| 6. |
The key process input variables (KPIV) and key process output variables are developedduring the ______________ phase. |
| A. | Define |
| B. | Analyze |
| C. | Measure |
| D. | Improve |
| Answer» D. Improve | |
| 7. |
The treatment mean square (MSTR), Mean Square Error (MSE). If the true means of the kpopulations are equal, then MSTR/MSE should be: |
| A. | more than 1.00 |
| B. | a positive number close to 1.00 |
| C. | a positive number close to 0.00 |
| D. | a negative value between 0.00 and - 1.00 |
| Answer» C. a positive number close to 0.00 | |
| 8. |
Which of the following statements best characterizes the quality management practice called benchmarking? |
| A. | The ISO term for progress measurement |
| B. | Comparing planned project practices to those of other projects |
| C. | A technique used to test certain types of electronic equipment |
| D. | The difference between grade and quality |
| Answer» C. A technique used to test certain types of electronic equipment | |
| 9. |
A fundamental tenet of modern quality management holds that quality is mostlikely to be achieved: |
| A. | by planning it into the project |
| B. | by developing careful mechanisms to inspect for quality |
| C. | by developing prestigious products and processes |
| D. | by striving to do the best job possible |
| Answer» B. by developing careful mechanisms to inspect for quality | |
| 10. |
Which of the following is not a type of attribute chart? |
| A. | P chart |
| B. | C chart |
| C. | U char |
| D. | X bar chart |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
The critical path method determines the ______________ path from the beginning to theend of the project. |
| A. | Shortest |
| B. | Quickest |
| C. | Longest |
| D. | Middle |
| Answer» D. Middle | |
| 12. |
SIPOC diagram, used for understanding the flow in a process is used in ______________stage of DMAIC. |
| A. | Define |
| B. | Measure |
| C. | Analyze |
| D. | Improve |
| Answer» B. Measure | |
| 13. |
The standard error of regression is |
| A. | the square root of the variance of the error term |
| B. | an estimate of the square root of the variance of the error term |
| C. | the square root of the variance of the dependent variable |
| D. | the square root of the variance of the predictions of the dependent variable |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
Diamond represents ______________ while plotting flow chart. |
| A. | Step in activity |
| B. | Decision making |
| C. | Direction of flow |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Direction of flow | |
| 15. |
Employee should be involved in i. Decision making ii. Participation iii. Union The correct order is |
| A. | i & ii |
| B. | i & iii |
| C. | i, ii & iii |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. i & iii | |
| 16. |
______________ designs are research designs with more than one independent variable. |
| A. | Simple |
| B. | Monotonic |
| C. | Factorial |
| D. | Multi |
| Answer» D. Multi | |
| 17. |
When output product of several sources is fed into a common stream, the pattern of thecontrol chart expected is: |
| A. | Stratification |
| B. | Trend |
| C. | Mixture |
| D. | Cyclic Pattern |
| Answer» D. Cyclic Pattern | |
| 18. |
In hypothesis testing, a Type 2 error occurs when |
| A. | The null hypothesis is not rejected when the null hypothesis is true. |
| B. | The null hypothesis is rejected when the null hypothesis is true. |
| C. | The null hypothesis is not rejected when the alternative hypothesis is true. |
| D. | The null hypothesis is rejected when the alternative hypothesis is true. |
| Answer» D. The null hypothesis is rejected when the alternative hypothesis is true. | |
| 19. |
The Teboul’s customer satisfaction model depends on |
| A. | company offer |
| B. | customer needs |
| C. | both a and b |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» D. none of the above | |
| 20. |
Effective quality improvement can be instrumental in: |
| A. | Increasing productivity |
| B. | Reducing cost |
| C. | Both a and b |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 21. |
When errors that affect quality are discovered, the procedure to improve thesituation should be to ______________. |
| A. | identify the specific error |
| B. | correct the specific error |
| C. | determine the root causes of the error |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
The pattern of continuous movement in one direction in a control chart is termed as: |
| A. | Mixture |
| B. | Cyclic Pattern |
| C. | Trend |
| D. | Stratification |
| Answer» D. Stratification | |
| 23. |
Which statement is true of an experiment of factorial design? |
| A. | Independence or orthogonality is unaffected by the sizes of the participant samples in the various treatment combinations. |
| B. | There are always at least two control groups. |
| C. | Control over an independent variable is achieved by orthogonal variation with respect to the other independent variables. |
| D. | There is always a single control group. |
| Answer» D. There is always a single control group. | |
| 24. |
To determine whether the test statistic of ANOVA is statistically significant, it can becompared to a critical value. What two pieces of information are needed to determine the critical value? |
| A. | Sample size, number of groups |
| B. | Mean, sample standard deviation |
| C. | Expected frequency, obtained frequency |
| D. | MSTR The treatment mean square (MSTR), Mean Square Error (MSE) |
| Answer» B. Mean, sample standard deviation | |
| 25. |
PP & PPK is calculated fori. Initial production run ii. Future production iii. Initial process setting The correct order is |
| A. | i & ii |
| B. | ii & iii |
| C. | i & iii |
| D. | i, ii & iii |
| Answer» D. i, ii & iii | |
| 26. |
Statistical sampling is a method to determine the conformance to requirement forsome element or product of a project. The advantage of statistical sampling is that it ______________. |
| A. | does not require an expenditure of resources |
| B. | is accurate enough with a sampling of less than one percent |
| C. | does not require 100 percent sampling of the elements to achieve a satisfactory inference of the population |
| D. | needs to be conducted only when there is a problem discovered with the end product or when the customer has some rejects |
| Answer» D. needs to be conducted only when there is a problem discovered with the end product or when the customer has some rejects | |
| 27. |
After E.deming, who is considered to have the greatest impact in quality management? |
| A. | Kauro Ishikawa |
| B. | Joseph M. Juran |
| C. | W.E. Deming |
| D. | Genichi Tagucchi |
| Answer» C. W.E. Deming | |
| 28. |
How many dependent variables does a two-way ANOVA have? |
| A. | One |
| B. | Two |
| C. | Three |
| D. | Four |
| Answer» B. Two | |
| 29. |
What would the levels of the independent variables be for a two-way ANOVA investigatingthe effect of four different treatments for depression and gender? |
| A. | 4 and 1 |
| B. | 2 |
| C. | 4 and 2 |
| D. | 6 |
| Answer» D. 6 | |
| 30. |
The value of Var (3 - 4X) is: |
| A. | 5120 / 9 |
| B. | 1280 / 81 |
| C. | 5120 / 81 |
| D. | 1280 / 9 |
| Answer» D. 1280 / 9 | |
| 31. |
A ______________ chart can be used to identify the most frequently occurring defect. |
| A. | Pareto |
| B. | Ishikawa |
| C. | Histogram |
| D. | Scatter |
| Answer» B. Ishikawa | |
| 32. |
The chi-square goodness-of-fit test can be used to test for: |
| A. | significance of sample statistics |
| B. | difference between population means |
| C. | normality |
| D. | probability |
| Answer» D. probability | |
| 33. |
Quality management includes forming and directing a team of people to achieve a qualitativegoal within an effective cost and time frame that results in ______________ |
| A. | A project completed in shortest possible time. |
| B. | A product or service that conforms to the required specifications. |
| C. | an award-winning product that brings public recognition to the project |
| D. | an innovative project that establishes qualification of the project team |
| Answer» C. an award-winning product that brings public recognition to the project | |
| 34. |
A project manager notices that all the measurements recorded on a control chart lie within the control band range. However, most of the measurements are below the midpoint (negative variance). Quality management practice offers us what guidance in dealing with this situation? |
| A. | The project manager should apply the "rule of seven" |
| B. | There is no problem as long as the variances lie within the control band |
| C. | Negative variance indicates a problem which should be remedied |
| D. | These variances are most likely caused by random factors |
| Answer» B. There is no problem as long as the variances lie within the control band | |
| 35. |
From a consumer perspective quality is determined by ______________ while from aproducers perspective quality is determined by ______________. |
| A. | Variability, Cost |
| B. | Cost, Price |
| C. | Price, Cost |
| D. | Cost, Variability |
| Answer» D. Cost, Variability | |
| 36. |
What do ANOVA calculate? |
| A. | Z-scores |
| B. | F ratios |
| C. | Chi square |
| D. | T-scores |
| Answer» C. Chi square | |
| 37. |
By applying basic principle the process improvement will be in organizationsi. Focus on work process ii. Maintain self esteem of other iii. Tone initiative The correct order is |
| A. | i only |
| B. | i & ii |
| C. | ii & iii |
| D. | i, ii & iii |
| Answer» C. ii & iii | |
| 38. |
Most quality problems |
| A. | originate in the quality department where the ultimate responsibility for quality rests |
| B. | originate on the shop floor because of waste and product rework |
| C. | are the result of management's lack of attention to potential quality improvement ideas |
| D. | could be eliminated if shop supervisors monitored their workers more closely |
| Answer» D. could be eliminated if shop supervisors monitored their workers more closely | |
| 39. |
At the time of making a purchase agreement with a vendor, what is important to mentionabout inspection? |
| A. | the characteristics of the product that are to be inspected |
| B. | the tolerances that would be allowed |
| C. | the reputation of the vendor |
| D. | a & b both (not sure) |
| Answer» E. | |
| 40. |
A 2 X 2 factorial design |
| A. | Is called a one-way ANOVA. |
| B. | Results in a four-cell matrix. |
| C. | Cannot yield interactions. |
| D. | Must include an organism independent variable. |
| Answer» C. Cannot yield interactions. | |
| 41. |
For an x bar chart, β risk can be defined as: |
| A. | The probability of detecting the shift in process mean from μo (in control value) to μ1 |
| B. | The probability of not detecting the shift in process mean from μ0 (in control value) to μ1 |
| C. | The probability of detecting the shift in process range from μ0 (in control value) to μ1 |
| D. | The probability of not detecting the shift in process range from μ0 (in control value) to μ1 |
| Answer» C. The probability of detecting the shift in process range from μ0 (in control value) to μ1 | |
| 42. |
Match the followingThe correct order is |
| A. | A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3 |
| B. | A-1, B-4, C-3, D-2 |
| C. | A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3 |
| D. | A-1, B-4, C-2, D-3 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 43. |
On a project, quality should generally be of |
| A. | equal priority with cost and schedule |
| B. | lower priority than cost and schedule |
| C. | equal priority with cost, but higher priority than schedule |
| D. | equal priority with schedule, but higher priority than cost |
| Answer» B. lower priority than cost and schedule | |
| 44. |
A serious problem can occur in multiple regression analysis if an important variable isomitted from the list of independent variables. This can lead to |
| A. | Unbiased least squares estimators. |
| B. | Biased least squares estimators. |
| C. | A biased estimator of the variance. |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» C. A biased estimator of the variance. | |
| 45. |
Each project needs a quality program plan to define the parameters of the overall approach to meeting quality requirements. As a minimum, the quality program plan addresses ______________. |
| A. | the required processes and procedures |
| B. | the inspection plan |
| C. | the types of test to be conducted |
| D. | The documentation requirements for actions (testing, inspections, etc.) |
| Answer» E. | |
| 46. |
For a double sampling plan the probability of acceptance on the combined samples iscalculated as: |
| A. | Maximum of probability of acceptance of first and second sample |
| B. | Product of probability of acceptance of first and second sample |
| C. | Average of probability of acceptance of first and second sample |
| D. | Sum of probability of acceptance of first and second sample |
| Answer» E. | |
| 47. |
The g chart is the control chart for: |
| A. | Average number of events |
| B. | Total number of events |
| C. | Mean number of events |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Mean number of events | |
| 48. |
When the number of defects is low, which of the following is true: |
| A. | We should use c or u chart |
| B. | Most samples will have non-zero defects |
| C. | Create a time between occurrence control chart |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 49. |
This means that for every unit increase in your independent variable, your dependentvariable increases b 0.478 units What degrees of freedom do you report in a multiple regression? |
| A. | Residual degree of freedom |
| B. | Error and residual degree of freedom |
| C. | Regression and residual degrees of freedom |
| D. | Adjusted R squared and regression degrees of freedom |
| Answer» D. Adjusted R squared and regression degrees of freedom | |
| 50. |
In ______________ step of Quality Function Deployment, product or service requirementsare collected and analyzed through techniques like market research. |
| A. | Identify Customer Attributes |
| B. | Identify Design Attributes / Requirements |
| C. | Conduct an Evaluation of Competing Products. |
| D. | Evaluate Design Attributes and Develop Targets |
| Answer» B. Identify Design Attributes / Requirements | |