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This is an example of part of a:

A.

QFD Matrix

B.

Activity Network Diagram

C.

Interrelationship Diagram

D.

Affinity Diagram

SWOT is an acronym for:

A.

strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats

B.

statistics without tables

C.

sensory Weibull ordinal tools

D.

success wields optimal teams

E.

none of the above

Perform a risk analysis to determine the expected profit or (loss) from a project which has four possible disjoint outcomes:

Outcome A shows a profit of $340,000 and has a probability of 0.25.

Outcome B shows a profit of $120,000 and has a probability of 0.40.

Outcome C shows a loss of $40,000 and has a probability of 0.10.

Outcome D shows a profit of $100,000 and has a probability of 0.25.

A.

$130,000

B.

$520,000

C.

$154,000

D.

($168,000)

E.

none of the above

The median is a better choice than the mean for a measure of central tendency if the data:

A.

is bimodal

B.

often has outliers

C.

is normally distributed

D.

is exponentially distributed

The support for an important quality initiative was lacking in congress until Reagan’s Secretary of Commerce was killed in a horseback riding accident in 1987. That initiative was:

A.

assigning National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) quality oversight duties

B.

“consensus of the House” proclamation for Deming’s 14 points

C.

changing National Bureau of Standards to NIST

D.

authorizing the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to join with the International Standards Organization (ISO) to promulgate standards

E.

none of the above

Samples of size n=36 are randomly selected from a population with mean μ = 125 and variance 12. Find the variance of the distribution of sample means.

A.

.333

B.

.577

C.

2

D.

3.464

E.

12

(Refer to the previous problem) To estimate the within treatment variance the experimenters would calculate the variances of:

A.

all 80 readings

B.

the five replications for each run

C.

the runs for which a factor is at its lowest level

Find the value of (1) in the ANOVA table. Assume:

A.

16.4

B.

3.2

C.

18.6

D.

23.2

E.

4.54

F.

12.2

G.

0.525

Find the value of (6) in the ANOVA table. Assume:

A.

16.4

B.

3.2

C.

18.6

D.

23.2

E.

4.54

F.

12.2

G.

0.525

The principle disadvantage of fractional factorial experiments is that:

A.

experimental error is high

B.

robustness is compromised

C.

effects are confounded

D.

measurements are less precise

E.

analysis is more difficult