How is quality control performed?

Question

Options

• ABy identifying quality standards that are relevant to the project and determining how to satisfy
• BBy monitoring specific project results in compliance with relevant quality standards and
• CBy ensuring that the entire project team has been adequately trained in quality assurance
• DBy applying Monte Carlo, sampling, Pareto analysis and benchmarking techniques to ensure

• A
  13% (6)
• B
  77% (37)
• C
  2% (1)
• D
  8% (4)

Explanation

Quality control (QC) is the execution-phase process of monitoring specific project results to verify they comply with relevant quality standards and identifying ways to eliminate unsatisfactory performance - making B the correct answer.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A describes Quality Planning (Plan Quality Management) - defining standards and how to meet them happens before work begins.
• C describes a component of Quality Assurance (or training/HR management), not QC - QC is about inspecting outputs, not training people.
• D lists techniques used within QC (Monte Carlo, Pareto, benchmarking), but doesn't define what QC is - a list of tools isn't the definition of a process.

Memory tip: Think of QC as "checking the work" - you're looking at actual results/deliverables and comparing them against standards. Use the acronym M.O.N. - QC Monitors Outputs against staNdards. If a question is about planning standards or ensuring processes are followed audit-style, that's Quality Assurance; if it's about inspecting actual results, that's Quality Control.

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