WGU C720 PA – APPLIED PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS | OBJECTIVE
ASSESSMENT (OA) EXAM NEWEST 2026/2027 ACTUAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE 70 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED)
GRADED A+ | C720 PA WGU | Objective Assessment (OA | 100%
GUARANTEED PASS | WGU
A company wants to establish a new gas station in a location with heavy
traffic. The company performs a traffic analysis for four locations during
four different time periods. The table below depicts the number of cars
that passed each location during the four time periods:
Time Period Main Street Fell Avenue Veterans Parkway Market Street
Midnight - 6:00 a.m. 1,000 500 1,500 750
6:00 a.m. - noon 4,500 6,000 5,500 4,000
Noon - 6:00 p.m. 6,000 4,500 6,000 5,000
6:00 p.m. - midnight 2,500 1,500 3,000 6,000
Which location should the company choose for the new gas station?
Main Street
Fell Avenue
Veterans Parkway
,Market Street - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Veterans Parkway
A computer company receives an order for 100 computers from a
customer inside of its lead time. The production planner agrees to
support the order.
Which two outputs will the MRP system issue?
Choose 2 answers
Planned order receipts
Expedite notice
Shipping confirmation
Master schedule quantity - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Planned order receipts
Expedite notice
Which statement represents a threat for a company?
The reputation and brand name of competitors are not good as this
company.
The competition is more intense in the current market.
Competitors have a narrower range of products than that of this
company.
,A quality improvement team is trying to illustrate to upper management
how a process is varying over time as measurements are collected.
Which two statistical process control (SPC) tools should the team use?
Choose 2 answers
Cause-and-effect diagrams
Scatter diagrams
Histograms
Run charts
Check sheets
Pareto charts
Control charts - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Control charts
Run charts
The CEO of a service company wants to change the strategy of the
company from volume sales to high-quality products.
Which philosophy should the CEO implement to emphasize quality over
volume?
, Shewhart's variation reduction
Deming's 14 points
Ohno and Shingo's kaizen
Taguchi's loss function - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Deming's 14 points
A company sells garage doors through a national retailer and contracts
with local installers to complete the installations. The operations
manager is responsible for completing the installations in a 14-day
period after the sale. The company will be penalized financially if it fails
to achieve these objectives. The operations manager's daily
responsibilities include contacting installers to expedite orders and
ensure deadlines are met.
This company is user-friendly. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > The competition is
more intense in the current market.
Which aspect of quality is demonstrated by a vehicle that has a useful
life of 165,000 miles?
Performance
Reliability
Features
ASSESSMENT (OA) EXAM NEWEST 2026/2027 ACTUAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE 70 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED)
GRADED A+ | C720 PA WGU | Objective Assessment (OA | 100%
GUARANTEED PASS | WGU
A company wants to establish a new gas station in a location with heavy
traffic. The company performs a traffic analysis for four locations during
four different time periods. The table below depicts the number of cars
that passed each location during the four time periods:
Time Period Main Street Fell Avenue Veterans Parkway Market Street
Midnight - 6:00 a.m. 1,000 500 1,500 750
6:00 a.m. - noon 4,500 6,000 5,500 4,000
Noon - 6:00 p.m. 6,000 4,500 6,000 5,000
6:00 p.m. - midnight 2,500 1,500 3,000 6,000
Which location should the company choose for the new gas station?
Main Street
Fell Avenue
Veterans Parkway
,Market Street - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Veterans Parkway
A computer company receives an order for 100 computers from a
customer inside of its lead time. The production planner agrees to
support the order.
Which two outputs will the MRP system issue?
Choose 2 answers
Planned order receipts
Expedite notice
Shipping confirmation
Master schedule quantity - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Planned order receipts
Expedite notice
Which statement represents a threat for a company?
The reputation and brand name of competitors are not good as this
company.
The competition is more intense in the current market.
Competitors have a narrower range of products than that of this
company.
,A quality improvement team is trying to illustrate to upper management
how a process is varying over time as measurements are collected.
Which two statistical process control (SPC) tools should the team use?
Choose 2 answers
Cause-and-effect diagrams
Scatter diagrams
Histograms
Run charts
Check sheets
Pareto charts
Control charts - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Control charts
Run charts
The CEO of a service company wants to change the strategy of the
company from volume sales to high-quality products.
Which philosophy should the CEO implement to emphasize quality over
volume?
, Shewhart's variation reduction
Deming's 14 points
Ohno and Shingo's kaizen
Taguchi's loss function - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Deming's 14 points
A company sells garage doors through a national retailer and contracts
with local installers to complete the installations. The operations
manager is responsible for completing the installations in a 14-day
period after the sale. The company will be penalized financially if it fails
to achieve these objectives. The operations manager's daily
responsibilities include contacting installers to expedite orders and
ensure deadlines are met.
This company is user-friendly. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > The competition is
more intense in the current market.
Which aspect of quality is demonstrated by a vehicle that has a useful
life of 165,000 miles?
Performance
Reliability
Features
