Practice Questions - Statistical Process Control
Practice Questions - Statistical Process Control
Q 1. You are given the values of sample means and the range for ten samples of size 5 each. Construct a mean
& Range chart and comment on the state of control of the process.
Sample No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Mean 43 49 37 44 45 37 51 46 43 47
Range 5 6 5 7 7 4 8 6 4 6
Q 2. Whole Grains Ltd uses statistical process control to ensure that its health conscious, low-fat, multi-grain
sandwich loaves have the proper weight. Based on a previously stable and in control limits of the Mean
and Range charts are: UCLMean=6.56, LCLMean = 5.84, UCLRange = 1.141, LCLRange = 0. Over the past few
days, they have taken random samples of four loaves each and have the following findings:
Is the process still in control as per the previous control limits? Compute the new control limits based on the
above data and comment.
Q 4. The following data shows the mean and range of weight of five boxes in each of the 10 samples.
Construct a mean chart and a range chart to determine whether the process is in control.
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Sample No.: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Mean : 7.9 7.85 8.14 7.9 8.14 7.89 8.06 7.97 7.85 7.89
Range : 0.86 0.63 1.05 1.02 0.41 0.75 0.72 0.57 0.76 0.62
Q 5. The following figures give the number of defectives in 20 samples containing 200 items:
425, 430, 216, 341, 225, 322, 280, 306, 337, 305,
356, 402, 216, 264, 126, 409, 193, 280, 389, 326.
Calculate the values for the central line and the control limits for p-chart. Also depict the fraction defective
control limits so determined on a chart.
Q 6. Based on the data given below, set up an appropriate Statistical Process Control for 20 samples taken of
30 sub groups.
Subgroup No. No. of Defectives Subgroup No. No. of Defectives
1 5 11 5
2 4 12 7
3 4 13 4
4 4 14 5
5 7 15 4
6 4 16 5
7 5 17 5
8 6 18 7
9 4 19 6
10 5 20 5
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Group No Sample Size (n) No. of defects
1 1 15
2 1 28
3 1 41
4 1 26
5 1 26
6 1 35
7 1 40
8 1 24
9 1 10
10 1 38
Sample Measurement in mm
1 20 22 25 24
2 18 23 20 26
3 24 25 22 20
4 23 21 26 24
5 24 25 24 21