If Toshiba Buys a Xerox Copier and Then Takes It

question 76

Multiple Choice

If Toshiba buys a Xerox copier and then takes it apart to determine how well Toshiba's components perform compared to Xerox's, this is an example of

• A) statistical process control.
• B) competitive market research.
• C) process capability.
• D) competitive product analysis.
• E) quality ownership.

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Definitions:

Lewis And Clark

Leaders of an expedition mandated by President Thomas Jefferson to explore the newly acquired Louisiana Territory and find a path to the Pacific Ocean (1804-1806).

Trans-Mississippi

Referring to the region of the United States that lies west of the Mississippi River.

Cotton Gin

A machine invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 to separate cotton fibers from their seeds, greatly impacting the cotton industry and increasing the demand for slave labor in the southern United States.

Eli Whitney

An American inventor best known for creating the cotton gin, a machine that revolutionized the cotton industry by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber.