| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|
| Quality Assurance | 22% | - Root Cause Analysis and Corrective Action
- 1. Material Review Board (MRB)
- 2. Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA)
- 3. 5 Whys, Fishbone diagrams
- 4. Nonconforming product control
- Quality Basics
- 1. Cost of quality (prevention, appraisal, failure)
- 2. Customer-supplier relations
- 3. Quality management systems (ISO 9001 overview)
- Quality Audits and Documentation
- 1. Record keeping and traceability
- 2. Document control
- 3. Audit types (internal, external, product, process)
- Statistical Process Control (SPC)
- 1. Variables and attributes data
- 2. Process capability (Cp, Cpk)
- 3. Control charts (X-bar, R, p, c charts)
|
| Inspection and Test | 33% | - Inspection Planning and Processes
- 1. First Article Inspection (FAI)
- 2. Receiving Inspection
- 3. Final Inspection
- 4. In-Process Inspection (IPI)
- Blueprint Reading
- 1. Material and finish specifications
- 2. Drawing types and views
- 3. Symbols and abbreviations
- 4. Dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T basics)
- Sampling
- 1. OC curves
- 2. Sampling plans (ANSI/ASQ Z1.4, Z1.9)
- 3. Sampling concepts (lot, sample size)
- 4. AQL (Acceptable Quality Level)
- Nondestructive Testing (NDT)
- 1. Magnetic particle testing
- 2. Visual inspection
- 3. Liquid penetrant testing
|
| Metrology | 26% | - Common Measurement Tools
- 1. Gauge blocks
- 2. Calipers (dial, digital, vernier)
- 3. Height gauges
- 4. Pin gauges, thread gauges, ring gauges
- 5. Dial indicators
- 6. Micrometers (outside, inside, depth)
- Calibration
- 1. Calibration systems and schedules
- 2. Out-of-calibration procedures
- 3. Traceability to national standards (NIST)
- Measurement Techniques
- 1. Angular measurement
- 2. Gauge R&R (Repeatability and Reproducibility)
- 3. Thread measurement
- 4. Surface finish measurement
- 5. Linear and dimensional measurement
- Special Measurement Equipment
- 1. Hardness testers
- 2. Thread measuring wires
- 3. Optical comparators (shadow graphs)
- 4. Surface plates and height standards
- 5. Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMM)
|
| Technical Mathematics | 19% | - Measurement Systems
- 1. Metric (SI) and Imperial (U.S. Customary) units
- 2. Unit conversions
- Algebra
- 1. Ratio and proportion
- 2. Transposition of formulas
- 3. Linear equations
- Basic Shop Math
- 1. Order of operations
- 2. Fractions, decimals, and percentages
- 3. Arithmetic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)
- Trigonometry
- 1. Pythagorean theorem
- 2. Trigonometric functions (sine, cosine, tangent)
- 3. Right triangle solutions
- Geometry
- 1. Properties of circles, angles, and triangles
- 2. Area, volume, and perimeter calculations
- 3. Coordinate systems (polar, Cartesian)
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