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SATHYABAMA
INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
VII SEMESTER MECHANICAL ENGG. QUESTION BANK
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SUBJECT : QUALITY CONTROL & RELIABILITY ENGINEERING

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PART-A
UNIT I
1 .Define quality 2. Differentiate between chance and assignable causes. 3. What is a quality circle? 4. What are the costs associated with quality? 5. What is the purpose of quality circle? 6. What is the purpose of Control Charts? 7. What do you mean by Control Units? 8. List various errors in quality control. 9. Differentiate between Type I and Type II errors. 10. What are the tools available for quality control. 11. Define quality assurance. 12. What do you mean by warning limits? 13. What is the effect of small sample size on control limits? 14. What are the various methods of selecting a sample size? 15. What are the advantages of SQC? 16. What are the limitations of SQC? 17. What is the effect of control limits on inference? 18. What are the various cost associated with defects? 19. What are the various types of patterns in control charts? 20. What do you mean by rational sample size?

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UNIT II
1. Define Control Chart. 2. Differentiate between attributes and variables. 3. List out charts for variables and attributes. 4. State rules for out of control patterns. 5. What is process capability? 6. What is the difference between C chart and U chart/ 7. Explain runup and rundown. 8. Give two applications of C chart. 9. What is meant by control chart sensitivity? 10. What are the advantages of acceptance sampling/ 11. Define producer and consumer risk. 12. What is AQL? 13. Define LTPD. 14. What does AOQ represent? 15. What is the shape of ideal OC curve? 16. What is the effect of sample size on OC curve? 17. In what way CSP2 is different from CSP1? 18. State applications of Dodge Romig sampling plans. 19. List out limitations of sampling plan. 20. Indicate limitations of sampling plans.

UNIT III
1. Define TQM. 2. Write the principles of TQM. 3. What are all the different phases of quality management. 4. Write the Indian equivalence of ISO 9000. 5. Which ISO standard consists of Quality Vocabulary. 6. What are all the Certificates are available in ISO 9000 series of standard. 7. What is ISO 9000 series? 8. Define ISO 9001? 9. Define ISO 9002? 10. Define ISO 9003? 11. What is ISO 9004 series? 12. Define Documentation Levels and their respective Documents? 13. Define Audit? 14. What is Adequacy audit? 15. What is Compliance Audit?

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UNIT IV
1. Write the various 5S. 2. What is Seiri? 3. What is Selton? 4. Define Quality circle. 5. What are the basic approach to problem solving? 6. Define Steering Committee? 7. Draw ISHIKAWA Diagram? 8. Define Pareto Diagram? 9. What is the use of Scatter Diagram? 10. What is stratification? 11. Mention two types of flow charts? 12. Define QFD (Quality Function Deployment)? 13. What are all the different steps in Taguchi Approach? 14. Define FTA (Fault Tree Analysis)? 15. Define Poka-Yoke? 16. What is the meaning of the word Kaizen? 17. Define JUST-IN-TIME? 18. Write short notes on How the JIT helps to improve the industry? 19. What is the meaning of IKKO NAGARE? 20. What is the meaning of YO-I-DON? 21. What is the meaning of ANDON? 22. What is the meaning of Single Set-ups 23. What is the meaning of one-touch-set-ups? 24. What is KANBAN? 25. What is JIDOKA?

UNIT V
1. What are all the classifications of Life test? 2. What are the objects of Life Test? 3. Write brief note on Burn-in-period? 4. Write brief note on Useful life period? 5. Write brief note on Wear-out period? 6. What is failure density? 7. What is failure rate? 8. What is reliability? 9. Define Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF)? 10. What are all the type of combined connection in the system? 11. What are all the causes of unreliability? 12. What is the meaning of Reliability improvement? 13. What are the various types of redundancies? 14. Which type of redundancy is superior? 15. Define Maintainability?

Page 4 of 6 16. What are the various types of availability? 17. What is MTTR? 18. What is Supply time? 19. What is Administrative time? 20. What is Active repair time? 21. What is MDT? 22. What is Iso- availability curve? _____________________________________________________________________

PART B UNIT I
1. Write notes on Quality assurancfe. 2. What are the factors affecting quality and explain them in detail. 3. What do you mean by Economics of quality? Explain the organization setup for Quality. 4. Describe briefly about formation and function of quality circles. 5. What do you mean by total Quality Control ? Explain. 6. What is the significance of Quality Management? 7. What are the tasks of SQC? Explain the tools available for SQC.

UNIT II
1. Explain the underlying principles and objectives of maintaining Quality control charts. 2. Explain errors in Control charts. 3. Write about the following concepts. a.variability b.basis of subgrouping c.Frequency of sampling 4. Discuss the merits of double sampling plan over single sampling plan. 5. Give an account of AOQL. 6 .Draw an OC curve for double sampling plan and label various zones on it. 7. Give an account of AOQL.

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UNIT-III
1. Write short notes on various phases of Quality Management? 2. Write the principles of TQM and explain? 3. Draw and explain the Organization chart of TQM? 4. Write short notes on Benchmarking? 5. Explain briefly about the various elements/clauses in ISO 9001 Quality system? 6. What are all thee various steps involved in implementation of ISO 9000 Quality System?

UNIT IV
1. Write short notes on Total Employee Involvement (TEI)? 2. Write short notes on Total Quality control (TQC)? 3. Explain the approaches of Problem solving processes? 4. What is Quality circle? Write short notes on Quality control? 5. Mention various names of ISHIKAWA DIAGRAM? And write the steps to prepare it? 6. Explain the following? Pareto diagram Scatter diagram Stratification 7. Write short notes on QFD? 8. Write short notes on the following? 1. Poka-yoke 2. Kaizen 9. Explain 5S campaign? 10. Explain the various factors involved in fundamentals of JIT? 11. Write short notes on the following? Single unit Production and Conveyance YO-I-DON and Standardization Short set-up time

Page 6 of 6 12. Explain the KANBAN system? 13 .Explain integrating JIT with other elements of Production System? 14. Write short notes on TPM ?

UNIT V
1. What is Life test? Explain the classification of the Life Test? 2. Explain the various zone in the Bath Tub Curve? 3. Derive the expressions of the following with suitable examples? Failure Density Failure Rate Reliability 4. If we test 100 lamps, out of which 80 pass the test. Calculate reliability and unreliability. 5.Two shunt motors are running in parallel and connected to common supply of Reliabillity 0.95. The reliability of motor fuse, switch, motor starter and motor itself are 0.95, 0.99, 0.90 and 0.96 respectively. Calculate the reliability of the total system. 6. What are all the various types of Redundancy? Explain each one in detail. 7. Write the concept of the following. Availability Reliability Maintainability 8. Which type of redundancy is superior? Explain it with suitable example. 9. Write short notes on System Down Time? 10A system consists of 1000 elements each having a M.T.B.F. of 100,000 hours. Its cumulative uprooting is one hour. i. What is the probability of failure? ii. What is the probability of failure if it is designed in a group redundant manner each group consisting of 10 elements? iii. What is the Reliability Improvement Factor? ***********************