Marin Is the Manufacturing Coordinator of a Food and Beverage

question 17

Multiple Choice

Marin is the manufacturing coordinator of a food and beverage company.Recently,some of the products were rejected by the quality control department because they failed to meet the quality standards.Upon inspection,a number of defects were found at multiple stages of production.Marin wants to identify the defects that have the most impact on the whole production process.In this case,which of the following quality control (QC) tools should she use?

• A) A flowchart
• B) A histogram
• C) A cause-and-effect diagram
• D) A Pareto diagram

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Definitions:

Quantity Demanded

The total amount of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to purchase at a given price in a particular period.

Price Elasticity

A measure of how much the quantity demanded of a good responds to a change in the price of that good, expressed as a percentage.

Electricity Consumption

The amount of electrical energy used by households, businesses, and industries over a certain period, typically measured in kilowatt-hours (kWh).

Price Elasticity

A gauge of the extent to which the demand for a certain item is affected by fluctuations in its cost.