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23-Ind-A5 Quality Planning, Control, and Assurance: Undated paper

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  1. Question 1 Quality Philosophies, Six Sigma/DMAIC, Certification vs. Awards, and Concurrent Engineering
  2. Question 2 Variation, Control vs. Specification vs. Natural Tolerance Limits, and an X̄/R Chart Build
  3. Question 3 Supplier's/Producer's Risk, $C_p/C_{pk}/C_{pm}$, and Fraction Nonconforming
  4. Question 4 p/np/c/u and Demerit-Point Charts, the $u_i=0$ Policy, and a u Chart Build
  5. Question 5 Product Design Stages, Robust Design, and a $2^3$ Factorial Experiment on Tensile Strength
  6. Question 6 MIL-STD-105E vs. Dodge-Romig LTPD, Process Capability vs. Sampling, and a Single Sampling Plan

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National Exams, May 2019. Closed-book examination. Any five of the six questions constitute a complete paper; all six are answered in full below. Relevant statistical tables (cumulative standard normal distribution, factors for constructing variables control charts, MIL-STD-105E Table I) are reproduced/applied from the paper's own attached appendices.

Reference texts: Montgomery, Introduction to Statistical Quality Control (8th ed.) — Ch. 1–2 (quality philosophy, cost of quality, Six Sigma/TQM, ISO 9000/TS16949), Ch. 4–6 (magnificent seven SPC tools, process capability, X̄-R and attributes control charts), Ch. 9 (average run length), Ch. 13–14 (designed experiments/factorial designs, acceptance sampling and MIL-STD-105E).