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Measuring Service Quality Flashcards

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  1. What is the main risk of relying solely on internal quality monitoring without collecting customer feedback?

    Answer: Internal standards may not align with what customers actually value

    Internal monitoring reflects company-defined standards, which may not match real customer priorities, creating a blind spot about actual customer experience.

  2. A call center tracks 'average speed to answer' (ASA). What does this metric measure?

    Answer: The average time a customer waits before reaching an agent

    Average Speed to Answer measures the mean time a customer waits in queue before an agent picks up, reflecting accessibility and staffing efficiency.

  3. Which of the following is an example of a leading indicator of service quality?

    Answer: Agent training completion rates

    Training completion rates are a leading indicator because they predict future performance quality before outcomes like CSAT are measured.

  4. What does 'abandon rate' measure in a customer service contact center?

    Answer: The percentage of callers who hang up before reaching an agent

    Abandon rate is the percentage of inbound calls where customers disconnect before being connected to an agent, often indicating unacceptable wait times.

  5. When a quality scorecard assigns different weights to various criteria, what principle does this reflect?

    Answer: Some service behaviors have greater impact on customer experience than others

    Weighting criteria acknowledges that behaviors like empathy or issue resolution may impact satisfaction more than others like call-opening scripting.

  6. A customer service team has a 95% quality monitoring score but a 72% CSAT. What does this gap most likely indicate?

    Answer: Internal quality standards are not fully capturing what matters to customers

    A gap between high internal scores and lower CSAT suggests the monitored criteria don't adequately reflect what actually drives customer satisfaction.

  7. Which statistical tool is commonly used to identify the root cause of recurring service quality defects?

    Answer: Fishbone (Ishikawa) diagram

    Fishbone diagrams (cause-and-effect or Ishikawa diagrams) help teams systematically explore all potential root causes of a quality problem.