Which of the following components of a quality management plan eliminates output that is not up to standards?

Quality assurance focuses on ensuring the *processes* are correct to prevent defects, rather than directly eliminating non-standard output after it has been produced.

Quality control (QC) is the process of monitoring specific project results to determine if they comply with relevant quality standards and identifying ways to eliminate causes of unsatisfactory performance. This includes inspecting or testing deliverables and taking corrective action, such as rework or rejection, for any output that does not meet the specified quality criteria.

A quality baseline sets the *standards* against which quality is measured, but it does not perform the act of eliminating non-standard output.

Quality metrics are the specific data points used for measurement, not the process that eliminates non-standard output.