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WGU C207 DATA DRIVEN DECISION-MAKING
OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT EXAM 1, 2, 3 AND
STUDY GUIDES 2024 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
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WGU C207 DATA DRIVEN DECISION-MAKING OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT EXAM 1
A joint venture is established between two firms to use their core competencies to increase their market share.
How would a SIPOC (suppliers, inputs, process, outputs, and customers) diagram benefit the joint venture?
- It tracks financial performance.
- It logs production errors.
- It provides a holistic view of the entire operation.
- It measures client satisfaction. - ANSWER-c
In a statistical process control analysis, sample data are collected from an assembly line and measured to see if they fall within a tolerated measurement range. If an observation does fall within the range, a "yes" is recorded, and if it falls outside the range, a "no" is recorded. 1 / 4
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Which kind of data do the "yes" and "no" represent?
- Big data
- Biased data
- Variable data
- Attribute data - ANSWER-d
A soft-drink manufacturer performs a control chart analysis and the results indicate that the soft-drink bottles are consistently under-filled by a large amount according to specifications.The system was evaluated three months prior and was determined to be stable and filling bottles within accepted limits.
What is this consistent under-filling an example of?
- Incapable process
- Common cause variation
- Subjective cause variation
- Special cause variation - ANSWER-d
What does this scatter diagram of an organization's retail sales and advertising expenditures indicate? 2 / 4
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- The advertising campaign has no relationship to retail sales.
- Increases in advertising expenditures are associated with increases in retail sales.
- The advertising campaign has caused retail sales to increase.
- The advertising campaign has caused retail sales to decrease. - ANSWER-b
A doctoral student is surveying chief executive officers (CEOs) to understand their relationships with their governing boards. The student receives responses to a survey with ten questions that rates the respective relationships.
Why would the student measure the standard deviation of responses?
- To create a bell curve
- To measure the spread of the data
- To determine if the data is nonlinear
- To understand the midpoint location of the data - ANSWER-b
A doctoral student is surveying chief executive officers (CEOs) to understand their relationships with their governing boards. The student determines the years of business experience for each CEO as well as their rating, on a 10-point scale, of satisfaction with the governing board.
Which statistical approach should be used to display the data for analysis?
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- Median
- Bell curve
- Mean - ANSWER-a
Which two decision considerations describe fact-based decision making, according to the quality management principles?
- Decisions reduce external bias.
- Decisions have marginal effect on relationships with suppliers.
- Decisions foster trust in plans.
- Decisions use diversity of experience. - ANSWER-a, c
An organization is concerned about whether quality control standards are being met and develops a strategy to test quality control metrics.
Which step does this represent in the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle?
- Plan
- Do
- Check
- Act - ANSWER-a
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