Assignment

B.Stat. V sem.
Quality Control and Applications [STAT-324]

1. Define Statistical quality control. Write down the benefits of it.

2. What is control chart? Explain the basic principles underlying the control charts. Discuss the
role of control charts in manufacturing processes.
3. Examine the need for quality control techniques in production.
4. Distinguish between ‘process’ and ‘product’ control. Does process control also ensure product
control necessarily?
5. Is it possible to detect a small shift in the process mean in a X-bar chart? Discuss the technique
of CUSUM chart. Also discuss the procedure of V-mask technique.
6. Define the four parameters of an acceptance sampling plan: Acceptable Quality Level (AQL),
Lot Tolerance Proportion Defective (LTPD), Producer’s risk and Consumer’s risk.
7. Explain process capability analysis? Define the indices used to measure process capability. The
specifications on flow width are USL=2.00 microns and LSL=1.00 microns. From R-chart, the
standard deviation is estimated as 0.1398. Find the estimate of PCR.
8. What do you mean by OC function? What role its play in quality control and related
applications?
9. What are single sampling plan and double sampling plan? Discuss the relative merits and
demerits of single and double sampling plans.
10. How will you interpret a p-chart, particularly the points above the upper control limit and
below the lower control limit?
11. The following data shows the values of samples mean and the range for ten sample of size 5
each. Calculate the values for central line and control limits for mean chart and range chart,
and determine whether the process is in control.
Sample No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Mean 11.2 11.8 10.8 11.6 11.0 9.6 10.4 9.6 10.6 10.0
Range 7 4 8 5 7 4 8 4 7 9
12. Explain process capability ratio for an off-center process. Suppose that a stable process has
upper and lower specifications at USL=62 and LSL=38. A sample of size n=20 from this
process reveals that the process mean is centered approximately at the midpoint of the
specification interval and that the sample S.D. s=1.75. Find the 95% confidence interval on C p

13. For the single sampling plan: N=2000, n=100, c=2. Find the probability of accepting the lot
when lot quality p= 0.005, 0.01, 0.05 and 0.10.
14. The following are the figures of defectives in 22 lots each containing 2000 rubber belts:
425, 430, 216, 341, 225, 322, 280, 306, 337, 305, 356,
402, 216, 264, 126, 409, 193, 326, 280, 389, 451, 420
Obtain the central line and control limits for fraction defective. Also comment on the state of
control of the process.
15. The sample size n=7, mean and range charts are computed for each sample. After 35 samples,
35 35
it is found that x
i 1
i  7805, R
i 1
i  1200 . Then obtain

i. Control limits for mean and range chart.

ii. Assuming that both charts exhibit control, estimate process mean and S.D.
iii. If quality characteristic is normally distributed and the specifications are  220  35  .

Can the process meet the specifications?

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