Sally bought a blender from her local appliance store. When she changed blades the blender would not function. For the manufacturer this would be categorized as what type of cost?

1. A. Internal Failure Costs
2. B. External Failure Costs
3. C. Prevention Costs
4. D. Appraisal Costs

Correct Answer: B

How many experimental runs exist in a Full Factorial and fully randomized design for 5 factors with 2 replicates for the Corner Points and no Center Points? The factors in the experiment are only at 2-levels.

1. A. 10
2. B. 128
3. C. 256
4. D. 64

Correct Answer: D

For a Kanban to be successful which of these must occur?

1. A. Consistent cycle times
2. B. Fairly stable process demand of product or service
3. C. Low defect rate of incoming product or service
4. D. All of the above

Correct Answer: D

An operator is measuring the distance between two points. Which is most likely to be influenced by the operator?

1. A. Precision of the measurement
2. B. Accuracy of the measurement
3. C. Calibration of the instrument
4. D. All of these answers are correct

Correct Answer: D

The class score distribution of schools in a metropolitan area is shown here along with an analysis output. Comment on the statistical significance between the Means of the two distributions. Select the most appropriate statement.

1. A. The two class Means are statistically different from each other
2. B. The two class Means statistically not different from each other
3. C. Inadequate information on class Means to make any statistical conclusions
4. D. A visual comparison shows that class Means are not statistically different

Correct Answer: A