NO.59 In order to implement a continuous improvement strategy, a company may institute a steering committee or improvement council. Which of the following would generally NOT be a task performed by this council?

NO.60 The distribution of a characteristic is negatively skewed. The sampling distribution of the mean for large samples is:

NO.61 An X-bar and R chart was prepared for an operation using twenty samples with five pieces in each sample; X-bar was found to be 33.6 and R-bar was 6.20. During production, a sample of five was taken and the pieces measured 36, 43, 37, 25, and 38. At the time, this sample was taken:

NO.62 Applications for surface plate includes which of the following?
I. Referencing plane for length measurements.
II. Referencing plane for parallelism measurements.
III. Establishing a datum plane for dimensional layout.
IV. Waiting place for delicate parts.
V. Keeping extra gages when not in use.

NO.63 A vendor may be audited both before and during the execution of a contract. During such a vendor audit, the focus may be directed at the management and resource management of the company. Which of the following areas would be EXCLUDED during such an audit?

NO.64 A lot is known to be 1.2% defective. Five units are randomly selected from the lot, and the lot is accepted if 1 or fewer defects are found. What is the probability of the lot being rejected?

NO.65 Benchmarking might be defined as any of the following EXCEPT:

NO.66 Which of the following parties, traditionally initiates an audit?

NO.67 Four ingredients are blended to make a final product. Using the data below, what is the expected weight and variation of the final product?
Ingredient A 70 ± 3.00 grams
Ingredient B 20 ± 1.73 grams
Ingredient C 15 ± 1.73 grams
Ingredient D 10 ±- 1.00 grams

NO.68 The existence of a quality control manual at your key supplier means

NO.69 Periodically, a sample of 20 items are randomly selected from a population that is normally distributed, the average is computed, and plotted. Which of the following statements is correct?
I. The average of the logarithms of the values is lognormally distributed.
II. The standard deviation of the averages is equal to the standard deviation of the individuals divided by the square root of 20.
III. The variance of the averages is equal to the variance of the individuals divided by the square root of 20.

NO.70 Which of the following would be the MOST important considerations when establishing inspection points within a production operation?
I. Inspection to prevent defects from entering the system.
II. Inspection after all operations (both manual and automated).
III. Inspection prior to a painting or masking operation.

NO.71 If the probability of a success on a single trial is 0.2 and 3 trials are performed, what is the probability of at least one success?

NO.72 A graph of a data set, composed of a series of rectangles, each proportional in width to the range of values in a class and proportional in height to the number of items or fraction of items falling in these classes, is called which of the following?

NO.73 Which of the following nondestructive testing methods can be used to evaluate sub-surface discontinuities in aluminum bar stock?
. Microwave.
. Magnetic particle.
. Pulse echo.
. Eddy current.

NO.74 Determine the coefficient of variation for the last 500 pilot plant test runs of high temperature film having a mean of 900 Kelvin with a standard deviation of 54.

NO.75 A process is normally distributed with a mean of 200 and a variance of 25. One item is randomly selected, what is the probability of this item having a value greater than 210?

NO.76 Which of the following is a valid null hypothesis?

NO.77 Maintainability is

NO.78 A bin contains 40 pills with a weight of 3.1 gm. each, 30 pills weighing 3.2 gms each and 10 pills weighing
3.3 gms each. The weight of an average pill is found from

NO.79 Compute the upper control limit for an s chart, based on a sample size of 10, if the process is in control with a mean of 40 and a sample standard deviation of 7.

NO.80 The failure rate model above is used to show a typical relationship of many parts between their failure rate and the time in service. The reliability function for period “B” is BEST represented by

NO.81 If a distribution is skewed to the right