The Quality Manager for Microelectronics, Inc

question 12

Multiple Choice

The quality manager for Microelectronics, Inc., is concerned about the quality of the batch of several thousand Z-box games which his company is about to ship. If the cost of replacing a defective Z-box game once it has been shipped is $5.00, while the cost of complete (100 percent) inspection prior to shipment is $.20 each, at what point is he indifferent between complete inspection and shipment without inspection?

• A) 0 percent defectives
• B) 4 percent defectives
• C) 5 percent defectives
• D) 9 percent defectives
• E) 22 percent defectives

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