History Of Quality Quiz
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- 1.Which innovator began the application of the work conducted by Vilfredo Pareto to quality issues?
- A.
Kaoru Ishikawa
- B.
Joseph M. Juran
- C.
Armand V. Fiegenbaum
- D.
Walter A. Shewhart
- E.
None of the above
- 2.Kaoru Ishikawa conducted seminars for Japan’s senior and middle managers, explaining the roles they had to play in promoting quality.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.In his book, “Out of Crisis,” Deming’s theory of management, William Edwards Deming presented which of the following?
- A.
Deming Center for Quality, Productivity and Competitiveness at Columbia Business School
- B.
His document about the increasing industrial competition the United States from Japan
- C.
14 Points for Management
- D.
A letter to AutoWeek Magazine
- 4.Armand V. Feigenbaum was the first to define a systems engineering approach to quality.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.This man, who wrote "Total Quality Control", is known as the father of total quality management (TQM).
- A.
Armand V. Fiegenbaum
- B.
Kaoru Ishikawa
- C.
Walter A. Shewhart
- D.
Regis Philbin
- 6.Kaoru Ishikawa believed strongly in which of the following?
- A.
Focus on zero defects, not unlike the focus of the Six Sigma quality movement
- B.
TQM is one of the foundations of modern management and has been widely accepted as a viable operating philosophy across various industry sectors.
- C.
Challenged the inspection-based approach to quality and introduced the modern era of quality management
- D.
That all workers must be involved in quality improvement and that teams provided the greatest avenue to participation.
- 7.Which innovator joined Martin Marietta, now Lockheed Martin, in 1957 as a senior quality engineer?
- A.
Armand V. Fiegenbaum
- B.
Kaoru Ishikawa
- C.
Philip B. Crosby
- D.
Walter A. Shewhart
- E.
William Edwards Deming
- 8.The work of which of the following leaders was rediscovered and incorporated into the Six Sigma approach? (hint: two people)
- A.
William Edwards Deming
- B.
Walter A. Shewhart
- C.
Kaoru Ishikawa
- D.
Armand V. Feigenbaum
- E.
Joseph M. Juran
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