In a Cost-Of-Quality (COQ) Reporting Framework, Costs Incurred to Keep

question 21

Multiple Choice

In a Cost-of-Quality (COQ) reporting framework, costs incurred to keep quality defects from occurring are classified as:

• A) Customer-failure costs.
• B) Appraisal costs.
• C) Internal failure costs.
• D) Prevention costs.
• E) Detection costs.

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