Questions from Total Quality Management


Q: Refer to Exercise 4-37. Suppose that the machine is

Refer to Exercise 4-37. Suppose that the machine is considered to be out of statistical control if the average diameter of a sample of 36 bearings is less than 34.75 mm or greater than 35.25 mm. (a) I...

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Q: Vendor quality control is an integral part of a total quality system

Vendor quality control is an integral part of a total quality system. A soft drink bottling company requires its vendors to produce bottles with an internal pressure strength of at least 300 kg/cm2. A...

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Q: An electronic switch has a constant failure rate of (10)-

An electronic switch has a constant failure rate of (10)-3 per hour. (a) What is the expected life of the switch? (b) What is the standard deviation of the life of the switch? (c) Find the probability...

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Q: Refer to the electronic switch in Exercise 4-40. In

Refer to the electronic switch in Exercise 4-40. In order to improve the reliability of a system, three such additional switches are used on a standby basis. This means that only when a switch fails,...

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Q: Reinforced concrete beams are used in bridges. However, cracks develop

Reinforced concrete beams are used in bridges. However, cracks develop in these beams and it has an accumulation effect over time. The time to failure of such bridges, in days, is modelled by a lognor...

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Q: The mean time to assemble a product as found from a sample

The mean time to assemble a product as found from a sample of size 40 is 10.4 minutes. The standard deviation of the assembly times is known to be 1.2 minutes. (a) Find a two-sided 90% confidence inte...

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Q: A company that dumps its industrial waste into a river has to

A company that dumps its industrial waste into a river has to meet certain restrictions. One particular constraint involves the minimum amount of dissolved oxygen that is needed to support aquatic lif...

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Q: Explain why it is important to obtain feedback from customers on both

Explain why it is important to obtain feedback from customers on both perceived satisfaction and importance of specified survey items.

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Q: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) mandates certain regulations

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) mandates certain regulations that have to be adopted by corporations. Prior to the implementation of the OSHA program, a company found that for...

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Q: Refer to Exercise 4-45. Suppose that the standard deviations

Refer to Exercise 4-45. Suppose that the standard deviations of the values of lost time due to accidents before and after use of the OSHA program are unknown but are assumed to be equal. The first sam...

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