A New Car Was Put into Production

question 90

Multiple Choice

A new car was put into production. It involved many assembly tasks. Each car was inspected at the end of the assembly line and the number of defects per unit was recorded. For the first 100 cars produced, there were 40 defective cars. Some of the cars had no defects; a few had one defect, and so on. The distribution of defects followed a Poisson distribution. Based on the first 100 produced, about how many out of every 1,000 cars assembled should have one or more defects?

• A) About 660
• B) About 165
• C) About 630
• D) About 330

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Definitions:

Bruce Tuckman

An educational psychologist known for his model of group development stages, including forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning.

Forming Stage

The initial phase of team development where members meet, form initial impressions, and begin to establish team norms and roles.

Guidance and Direction

Involves providing the necessary advice and instructions to achieve certain goals or complete tasks effectively.

Social Loafing

The phenomenon where individuals exert less effort to achieve a goal when they work in a group than when they work alone.