Which statement is false?:

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a. For a process to have Cp>1, the spread (i.e., variation) of approx. 99.7 percent of the actual process values must be greater than the difference between the specification limits.

b. High quality is closely tied with profitability.

c. Quality control and quality assurance are not synonyms.

d. Investments in quality control and assurance activities often result in decreasing failure costs.

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Question 165 pts

Which statement is true?

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a. In the past 200 years, U.S. has witnessed significant shifts in labor force first from services to agriculture, and then from agriculture to manufacturing in that order.

b. The Clark-Fisher hypothesis implies that as productivity increases in one sector, the labor force moves to another sector.

c. Currently, manufacturing sector constitutes about 70-80% of the U.S. economy.

d. The x-axis and y-axis in an activity diagram denote outcomes, and probability of those outcomes respectively.

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Question 175 pts

Which statement(s) is (are) true?

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a. Tossing a coin is an example of a deterministic process because the process is always the same irrespective of who tosses the coin.

b. Given an initial state and system dynamics, a deterministic process has exactly one outcome.

c. Both a and b are true.

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Question 185 pts

Which statement(s) is/are true?

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a. A service blueprint delineates the front office activities from the back office activities.

b. In most manufacturing organizations, an example of an external value chain linkage usually occurs between production and outbound logistics.

c. Porters five forces model suggests that you can do well in both differentiating your service and keeping your services at the lowest level in the industry.

d. Both a and c are true.