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The project to build a ship that you are supervising is not progressing well. You were notified by the quality lead that the system design team has to redesign the ship due to poor quality and significant shortcomings in the design. In addition, during a walkthrough inspection, you discovered that a considerable amount of scrap material has been generated by a team of newly hired engineers. The scrap material and rework are examples of:

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Cost of conformance

External failure

Prevention costs

Internal failure

2)

As a project manager, you are trying to decide the trade-offs between quality and grade in your project. Which one of the following is correct with respect to a product developed or a service performed?

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Low quality is acceptable, but low grade is not.

There is no difference between quality and grade.

Neither low grade nor low quality is acceptable.

Low quality is not acceptable, but low grade is.

3)

A plastic molding workshop wants to reduce injection molding rejects and performs a set of experiments that change injection pressure, mix, temperature, and setting times. Analysis of the results shows a combination of temperature and setting times as the most significant factors. Which of the following techniques is being used?

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Statistical sampling

Design of experiments

Brainstorming

Nominal group technique

4)

Proprietary quality management methodologies are used as tools & techniques in which of the following quality processes?

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Manage Quality

Perform Quality Management

Control Quality

Plan Quality Management

5)

You are in the Plan Resource Management process of identifying and documenting project roles, responsibilities, required skills, competencies, reporting structure, and other items. Which one of the following will you NOT use as a tool & technique in this process?

Group of answer choices

A responsibility assignment matrix

Hierarchical-type charts

Recognition and rewards

Organizational theory