The control chart below shows fifteen subgroups from a filling operation. What should the operator do?

Investigate the cause of the out of control point

Continue running, since the other points are inside the limits

Recalculate the control limits to include the high point

Adjust the machine downward and continue

An inspector finds two versions of the same inspection form in the drawer, one marked revision B and one marked revision C. What should the inspector do?

Use revision C, the current version

Use revision B, since it has been in use longer

Use whichever form has more space for results

Use both forms and attach them to the report

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ASQ CQI Quality Assurance and Improvement Practice Quiz

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Q1.The control chart below shows fifteen subgroups from a filling operation.

What should the operator do?
- A.Investigate the cause of the out of control point✓ Correct answer
- B.Continue running, since the other points are inside the limits
- C.Recalculate the control limits to include the high point
- D.Adjust the machine downward and continue
Explanation
A point outside a control limit is a signal that something unusual entered the process, so the response is to find out what happened at that subgroup and remove the cause. Widening the limits to swallow the point hides the signal, and adjusting the machine because of one point is tampering, which usually makes the variation worse.
Reference: CQI BoK IV
Q2.An inspector finds two versions of the same inspection form in the drawer, one marked revision B and one marked revision C.

What should the inspector do?
- A.Use revision B, since it has been in use longer
- B.Use whichever form has more space for results
- C.Use both forms and attach them to the report
- D.Use revision C, the current version✓ Correct answer
Explanation
Document control requires that only the current version is available at the point of use, so the later revision is used and the superseded one is removed. Leaving both in the drawer guarantees that someone eventually records results on the obsolete form, which may ask for the wrong characteristics or leave out a new one.
Reference: CQI BoK IV

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CQI - 4. Quality Assurance and Improvement

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Q1.The control chart below shows fifteen subgroups from a filling operation.What should the operator do?

Explanation

Q2.An inspector finds two versions of the same inspection form in the drawer, one marked revision B and one marked revision C.What should the inspector do?