QUALITY GURUS – Related Question for Knowledge Test

1. Who expounded the  revolutionary  concept  of quality loss function as the loss imparted by the producer to society from the time the product is shipped?

a) Dr. Genichi Taguchi

b) Dr. A. V. Feigenbaum

c) Prof. P. C.Mahalanobis

d) Dr. W. E. Deming

2. Name the Quality Guru who said that “Statistical Quality Control should be part of Management Control”.

a) Dr. W. E. Deming

b) Dr. Genichi Taguchi

c) Dr. A. V. Feigenbaum

d) Dr. J. M. Juran

3. By whose name is PDCA cycle known?

a) Dr. J. M. Juran

b) Dr. A. V.Feigenbaum

c) Dr. W. E. Deming

d) Dr.Genichi Taguchi

4. Quality Circles concept in Japan was pioneered by which Quality Guru?

a) Dr. Shigeo Shingo

b) Dr. Genichi Taguchi

c) Dr. Junil Noguchi

d) Dr. K. Ishikawa

5. Who brought two sub steps in PDCA Cycle?

a) Dr. Shigeo Shingo

b) Dr. Genichi Taguchi

c) Dr. Junil Noguchi

d) Dr. K. Ishikawa

6. Who was the first to recognize that variability was a fact  of  industrial  life  and  that  it  could  be managed  by  the  principles  of  probability  & statistics.

a) Dr. J.M.Juran

b) Dr. W.E.Deming

c) Dr. K. Ishikawa

d) Dr. W. A. Shewhart

7. Who revised the four steps of PDCA cycle to Six step?

a) Dr. W. E. Deming

b) Dr. K. Ishikawa 

c) Prof. P. C. Mahalanobis

d) Dr. J. M. Juran

8. Who gave the 14 Points for Quality Improvement to the top management?

a) Prof. P. C. Mahalanobis

b) Dr. J. M. Juran

c) Dr. W. E. Deming

d) Dr. Genichi Taguchi

9. Who wrote the  book  “What  is  Total  Quality Control- The Japanese Way”?

a) Dr. K. Ishikawa

b) Dr. A. V.Feigenbaum

c) Dr. Genichi Taguchi

d) Dr. J. M. Juran

10. Quality Circles concept in Japan was pioneered by which Quality Guru?

a) Dr. Shigeo Shingo

b) Dr. Genichi Taguchi

c) Dr. Junil Noguchi

d) Dr. K. Ishikawa

11. Who brought two sub steps in PDCA Cycle?

a) Dr. Shigeo Shingo

b) Dr. Genichi Taguchi

c) Dr. Junil Noguchi

d) Dr. K. Ishikawa

12. Who said “Quality control begins with education and ends with education”?

a) Dr. J. M. Juran

b) Dr. K. Ishikawa 

c) Dr. W. E. Deming

d) Prof. P. C. Mahalanobis

13. Basic idea of Deming Wheel came from

a) Dr. W. E. Deming

b) Dr. W. A. Shewhart 

c) Dr. J. M. Juran

d) Dr. A. V. Feigenbaum

14. Who is known as the man who discovered quality?

a) Dr. W. A. Shewhart

b) Dr. J. M. Juran

c) Dr. W. E. Deming

d) Dr. K. Ishikawa

15. Who wrote the  book  “What  is  Total  Quality Control- The Japanese Way”?

a) Dr. K. Ishikawa

b) Dr. A. V. Feigenbaum

c) Dr. Genichi Taguchi

d) Dr. J. M. Juran

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