The 4th edition of the CQPA Primer (May, 2020) contains 554 pages and 400 questions and answers.
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I. Certification Overview
- CQPA Exam
- CQPA BOK
II. Quality Concepts & Team Dynamics
- Professional Conduct And Ethics
- Quality Concepts
- Quality Planning
- Cost of Quality
- Standards & Specifications
- Documentation Systems
- Quality Audits
- Audit Types
- Audit Components
- Roles & Responsibilities
- References
III. Teams And Training
- Team Dynamics
- Types of Teams
- Team Building Activities
- Team Stages
- Roles & Responsibilities
- Team Conflict
- Training & Evaluation
- References
IV. Quality Tools & Process Improvement
- Process Improvement Concepts
- Quality Tools
- Cause & Effect Diagrams
- Flow Charts
- Checksheets
- Histograms
- Control Charts
- Pareto Diagrams
- Scatter Diagrams
- Process Improvement Techniques
- Lean
- Six Sigma
- Benchmarking
- Risk Management
- Business Process Management
- Quality Management Tools
- Affinity Diagrams
- Tree Diagrams
- PDPC Charts
- Matrix Diagrams
- Interrelationship Digraphs
- Prioritization Matrices
- Activity Network Diagrams
- Project Management Tools
- References
V. Data Analysis
- Basic Statistics
- Basic Distributions
- Probability Concepts
- Reliability Concepts
- Measurement Scales
- Data Types
- Data Collection & Analysis
- Data Integrity
- Data Plotting
- References
VI. Sampling & Measurement
- Sampling Characteristics
- Methods
- Measurement System Analysis
- References
VII. SPC & Statistical Analysis
- SPC Concepts
- Rational Subgrouping
- Attribute Charts
- Variable Charts
- Chart Interpretation
- Process Capability
- Statistical Analysis
- Hypothesis Testing
- Anova
- Regression & Correlation
- Design of Experiments
- Taguchi Concepts
- References
VIII. Customers & Suppliers
- Internal & External Customers
- Internal Customers
- External Customers
- Customer Satisfaction Methods
- Customer Retention
- Quality Function Deployment
- Product & Process Approval Systems
- Alpha/Beta Testing
- Supplier Management
- Supplier Communication
- Supplier Performance Measures
- Material Identification
- Control of NC Product
- Nonconforming Material Definitions
- Material Review Board Duties
- References
IX. Corrective and Preventive Action
- Corrective Action
- Types of Corrective Action
- Corrective Action Procedures
- Corrective Action Definitions
- Preventive Action
- Root Cause Analysis
- Mistake Proofing
- Reengineering
- 5 Whys
- FMEA / FMECA
- Barriers to Improvement
- References
X. Appendix
- Definitions
- Tables
- Index
- Question Answers
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The following information is provided by the American Society for Quality (ASQ):
The Certified Quality Process Analyst is a paraprofessional who, in support of and under the direction of quality engineers or supervisors, analyzes and solves quality problems and is involved in quality improvement projects. A Certified Quality Process Analyst may be a recent graduate or someone with work experience who wants to demonstrate his or her knowledge of quality tools and processes.
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