Manufacturing and Production Quality Control and Assurance 2

Question 1

ISO 9001 is an international standard for:

Accepted Answer

Quality management systems

Answer

ISO 9001 specifies requirements for a quality management system (QMS) focused on customer satisfaction and continuous improvement.

Question 2

What does FMEA stand for?

Accepted Answer

Failure Mode and Effects Analysis

Answer

FMEA is a systematic method for identifying potential failure modes, their effects, and risk priority numbers (RPN).

Question 3

The Risk Priority Number (RPN) in FMEA is calculated as:

Accepted Answer

Severity × Occurrence × Detection

Answer

RPN = Severity × Occurrence × Detection, with higher values indicating higher priority failures requiring action.

Question 4

What is the purpose of Acceptance Sampling in quality control?

Accepted Answer

To decide whether to accept or reject a lot based on a sample

Answer

Acceptance sampling uses statistical sampling to decide whether a batch meets quality standards without 100% inspection.

Question 5

A fishbone (Ishikawa) diagram is used to:

Accepted Answer

Visualize potential causes of a quality problem

Answer

The Ishikawa or cause-and-effect diagram organizes potential causes of a problem into categories like Man, Machine, Method, Material.

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