It Generally Costs More to Correct an Error or Defect

question 78

True/False

It generally costs more to correct an error or defect at the design stage than after it has reached the customer.

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Definitions:

Achieved Statuses

Social positions that are acquired through an individual's own efforts, talents, or choices, as opposed to ascribed statuses, which are inherited.

Ascribed Statuses

Refers to the social status a person is assigned at birth or assumes involuntarily later in life, based on factors like race, family heritage, and gender.

Role Conflict

Two or more roles associated with contradictory expectations.

Role Strain

Conflicting expectations within the same role.