Vocabulary
Audits
Characteristics
100

What does QI stand for?

Quality Index

100

What type of audit question is added together to get final QI score?

Composite AQL

100

What are product Characteristics?

Measurable critical product attributes.

200

What does DCS stand for?

Data Collection System

200
Can a tally question cause an audit to fail?

No. Tally questions are for data collection only and do not affect audit score.

200

When do Characteristics cause an audit to fail?

High/Low Spec Limit = any entry outside the limit.

High/Low Average Limit = only when entries are averaged together and fall outside the limit.

300

What does MBA stand for?

Must Be Answered

300

What does the lock icon indicate on DCS Admin?

Indicates whether audit can be edited or not due to pending changes.
300

True or False: Characteristics questions in audits have a different color than other questions.

True

400

What are handheld units?

Electronic devices used to record audit defects and verifications.

400
In addition to quality audits, we have ___ audits available.

Verification and/or Sensory

400

What does a number in "Sub Group Size" indicate?

Number of individual times auditor needs to enter a value/number of times the handheld unit will require an entry for that Characteristic.

500

What does AQL stand for?

Acceptance Quality Limit

500

Where can you view what items are attached to a specific audit?

In DCS Admin using "Where Used" button or in DCS Portal using "Audit Information".

500

What is the typical reason to use a Characteristics question in an audit?

When items have same requirements except for the measurable attribute so we do not build an additional audit.

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