QDM - Quality Driven Management Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
QDM Principles - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-> Customers Define Quality
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> Be Scientific
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> Measure, Measure, Measure
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> Optimize Business Performance
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> Quality Involves Teamwork
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> View Failures as Opportunities
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ABLE Problem Solving Process - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-> ASSESS
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> BUILD
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> LAUNCH
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> EVALUATE
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ASSESS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-> ASSESS opportunities to improve the customer
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experience or business performance - and focus on one.
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> Focus on opportunity and initiating a team are the earliest steps in ABLE.
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BUILD - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-> BUILD understanding of the improvement
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opportunity and build the solution. | | | |
> Selecting a solution and identifying how you will measure success are important
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parts of BUILD.
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,LAUNCH - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-> LAUNCH the solution successfully through
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careful planning and control.
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> The improvement effort proceeds through careful implementation and control
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planning.
EVALUATE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-> EVALUATE the implementation to confirm its
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real work success.
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> Performance is measured and results shared.
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Opportunity Statement - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a description of a quality
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problem, its impact, and the benefits of solving it.
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Opportunity Statement - Key Points - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. Don't include
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causes
b. Don't attribute blame
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c. Focus on a single problem
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d. Don't offer solutions
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e. Be realistic
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QDM Methodologies - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. ISO
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b. Baldridge
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c. Lean |
d. Six Sigma
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,A dissatisfied customer with any OpCo stands a ____________ of switching to a
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competitor. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-40% chance | | | |
QDM Mission - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-To deliver market-leading customer
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experiences, business excellence, and financial returns through a quality-oriented
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culture and day-to-day application of quality science.
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Quality Costs - Two very real types: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. The Cost of Poor
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Quality
b. The Cost of Good Quality
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1:10:100 Rule: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-• $1 spent on doing the job right saves
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• $10 on correction and
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• $100 on the cost of a failure
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In businesses generally, _____________________ in a business are due to
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mistakes, errors, and replacing lost customers. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-10-20% of
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|corporate expenses |
QDM Quality Measures: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. Service Quality Index (SQI)
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b. Key Process Indicators (KPI)
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c. Dashboards and Scorecards
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QAT - Quality Action Team - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a group of FedEx employees
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who come together to work intensively on a quality issue, then disband once the
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problem has been solved. | | |
, Applying QDM Summary: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-• When you see a problem, fix
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it.
• When you see something that can be done better, do it.
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• Take ownership of work, do it in the best way possible.
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All metrics, whether SQIs or KPIs, or tools such as dashboards or scorecards, help
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meet the organization goals. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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QDM's two main goals: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. Exceed customer expectations
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b. Optimize the processes by which work gets done
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QDM Principles: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. Customers define quality
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b. Be scientific
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c. Measure, Measure, Measure
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d. Optimize business performance
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e. Quality involves teamwork
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f. View Failures as opportunities
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QDM Principles - Customers define quality - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-We strive to
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understand customer requirements and expectations.
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QDM Principles - Be scientific - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-We base decisions on facts
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and data, rather than guesses or opinions.
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Questions With Correct Answers
QDM Principles - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-> Customers Define Quality
| | | | | | |
> Be Scientific
| |
> Measure, Measure, Measure
| | |
> Optimize Business Performance
| | |
> Quality Involves Teamwork
| | |
> View Failures as Opportunities
| | | |
ABLE Problem Solving Process - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-> ASSESS
| | | | | | |
> BUILD
|
> LAUNCH
|
> EVALUATE
|
ASSESS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-> ASSESS opportunities to improve the customer
| | | | | | | | | |
experience or business performance - and focus on one.
| | | | | | | |
> Focus on opportunity and initiating a team are the earliest steps in ABLE.
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
BUILD - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-> BUILD understanding of the improvement
| | | | | | | | |
opportunity and build the solution. | | | |
> Selecting a solution and identifying how you will measure success are important
| | | | | | | | | | | |
parts of BUILD.
| | |
,LAUNCH - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-> LAUNCH the solution successfully through
| | | | | | | | |
careful planning and control.
| | |
> The improvement effort proceeds through careful implementation and control
| | | | | | | | | |
planning.
EVALUATE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-> EVALUATE the implementation to confirm its
| | | | | | | | |
real work success.
| | |
> Performance is measured and results shared.
| | | | | |
Opportunity Statement - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a description of a quality
| | | | | | | | |
problem, its impact, and the benefits of solving it.
| | | | | | | |
Opportunity Statement - Key Points - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. Don't include
| | | | | | | | | |
causes
b. Don't attribute blame
| | |
c. Focus on a single problem
| | | | |
d. Don't offer solutions
| | |
e. Be realistic
| |
QDM Methodologies - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. ISO
| | | | |
b. Baldridge
|
c. Lean |
d. Six Sigma
| |
,A dissatisfied customer with any OpCo stands a ____________ of switching to a
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
competitor. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-40% chance | | | |
QDM Mission - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-To deliver market-leading customer
| | | | | | | |
experiences, business excellence, and financial returns through a quality-oriented
| | | | | | | | |
culture and day-to-day application of quality science.
| | | | | |
Quality Costs - Two very real types: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. The Cost of Poor
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Quality
b. The Cost of Good Quality
| | | | |
1:10:100 Rule: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-• $1 spent on doing the job right saves
| | | | | | | | | | | |
• $10 on correction and
| | | |
• $100 on the cost of a failure
| | | | | | |
In businesses generally, _____________________ in a business are due to
| | | | | | | | | |
mistakes, errors, and replacing lost customers. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-10-20% of
| | | | | | | | |
|corporate expenses |
QDM Quality Measures: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. Service Quality Index (SQI)
| | | | | | | | |
b. Key Process Indicators (KPI)
| | | |
c. Dashboards and Scorecards
| | |
QAT - Quality Action Team - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a group of FedEx employees
| | | | | | | | | | | |
who come together to work intensively on a quality issue, then disband once the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
problem has been solved. | | |
, Applying QDM Summary: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-• When you see a problem, fix
| | | | | | | | | | | |
it.
• When you see something that can be done better, do it.
| | | | | | | | | | |
• Take ownership of work, do it in the best way possible.
| | | | | | | | | | |
All metrics, whether SQIs or KPIs, or tools such as dashboards or scorecards, help
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
meet the organization goals. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
| | | | | |
QDM's two main goals: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. Exceed customer expectations
| | | | | | | | |
b. Optimize the processes by which work gets done
| | | | | | | |
QDM Principles: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. Customers define quality
| | | | | | | |
b. Be scientific
| | |
c. Measure, Measure, Measure
| | | |
d. Optimize business performance
| | |
e. Quality involves teamwork
| | | |
f. View Failures as opportunities
| | | |
QDM Principles - Customers define quality - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-We strive to
| | | | | | | | | | |
understand customer requirements and expectations.
| | | |
QDM Principles - Be scientific - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-We base decisions on facts
| | | | | | | | | | |
and data, rather than guesses or opinions.
| | | | | | |