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123. Consumer risk is defined as:
a. accepting an unsatisfactory lot as satisfactory.
b. passing a satisfactory lot as satisfactory.
c. an alpha risk.
d. a 5 percent risk of accepting an unsatisfactory lot.

124. When an initial study is made of a repetitive industrial process for the
purpose of setting up a Shewhart control chart, information on the
following process characteristic is sought.
a. Process capability
b. Process performance
c. Process reliability
d. Process conformance

125. Which one of the following would most closely describe machine
process capability?
a. The process variation
b. The total variation over a shift
c. The total variation of all cavities of a mold, cavities of a die cast
machine, or spindles of an automatic assembly machine
d. The variation in a very short run of consecutively produced parts

126. Recognizing the nature of process variability, the process capability
target is usually:
a. looser than product specifications.
b. the same as product specifications.
c. tighter than product specifications.
d. not related to product specifications.

127. A variable measurement of a dimension should include:
a. an estimate of the accuracy of the measurement process.
b. a controlled measurement procedure.
c. a numerical value for the parameter being measured.
d. an estimate of the precision of the measurement process.
e. all of the above

128. When specifying the “10:1 calibration principle” we are referring to
what?
a. The ratio of operators to inspectors
b. The ratio of quality engineers to metrology personnel
c. The ratio of main scale to vernier scale calibration
d. The ratio of calibration standard accuracy to calibrated
instrument accuracy
e. None of the above

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