SCENARIO 9-6 the Quality Control Engineer for a Furniture Manufacturer

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Multiple Choice

SCENARIO 9-6 The quality control engineer for a furniture manufacturer is interested in the mean amount of force in pounds necessary to produce cracks in stressed oak furniture.She performs a two-tail test of the null hypothesis that the mean for the stressed oak furniture is 650 pounds.The calculated value of the Z test statistic is a positive number that leads to a p-value of 0.080 for the test.
-Referring to Scenario 9-6, suppose the engineer had decided that the alternative hypothesis to test was that the mean was greater than 650 pounds.What would be the p-value of this one-tail test?

• A)0.040
• B)0.160
• C)0.840
• D)0.960

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Definitions:

Factory Heating

An operational expense associated with maintaining an appropriate temperature within a manufacturing or production facility, often categorized as a facility overhead cost.

Conversion Costs

The combination of direct labor and manufacturing overhead costs incurred to convert raw materials into finished products.

Direct Materials

The raw materials that are consumed in the manufacturing process and are directly allocated to the product.

Factory Overhead

All indirect costs associated with manufacturing, excluding direct materials and direct labor, such as maintenance, utilities, and equipment depreciation.