APICS APICS Certifications CPIM-MPR Questions & Answers

• Question 61:

  What attempts to prevent the production of defects by showing that when the standard deviation increases there is an assignable cause for variation?

  A. Process capability

  B. Process variation

  C. Process control

  D. Process value

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 62:

  A control chart for averages and ranges tracks which critical characteristics of a frequency distribution?

  A. center and spread

  B. control and tolerance

  C. specification limit and center

  D. shape and spread

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 63:

  The process capability index combines:

  A. process spread and the tolerance into one index

  B. process center and the statistical control into one index

  C. process shape and the tolerance into one index

  D. process value and the statistical control into one index

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 64:

  The capability of the process is a measure of specifications limit.

  A. Process center

  B. Mean process

  C. Process tolerance compared to the

  D. Process spread

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 65:

  Processes can produce defects in which way?

  A. having too big a spread

  B. by a shift in the mean

  C. Both A and B

  D. Neither A nor B

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 66:

  A tool may shift, a gauge may move, a machine may wear, or an operator may make a mistake, there is a specific reason for these causes of variation, which is called:

  A. Flexible variation

  B. Convertible variation

  C. Assignable variation

  D. Transferable variation

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 67:

  The cost associated with checking and auditing quality in the organization is called:

  A. Assessment cost

  B. Appraisal cost

  C. Testing cost

  D. Evaluation cost

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 68:

  To detect the presence of assignable causes of variation is the objective of:

  A. Analytical cost assessment

  B. Statistical process control

  C. Critical process control

  D. Frequency variation control

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 69:

  Which of the following is NOT the dimension to quality measurements?

  A. Function

  B. Aesthetic

  C. Production

  D. Accuracy

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 70:

  The costs of correcting problems after goods or services have been delivered to the customer are called internal failure costs.

  A. True

  B. False

  Correct Answer: B