ITPEC IP April 2018 Question 40
In order to promote risk management, the execution plan for introducing the risk management system was developed as the first step. When the subsequent actions are divided into steps A through C below, which of the following is the order of the steps in accordance with the PDCA cycle?
Explanation
A → B → C — after the plan, the PDCA cycle runs Do, Check, Act.
The execution plan is the Plan step, already done. Then:
- •Do: A Implement the measures against risks according to the plan.
- •Check: B Measure the effect and evaluate how well the system works.
- •Act: C Take corrective action and improve the system, based on the evaluation.
Answer (a)
Why not others:
- •(b) A → C → B — corrects before evaluating, so there is no finding to act on
- •(c) C → A → B — improves the system before anything has been implemented or measured
- •(d) C → B → A — runs the cycle backwards, evaluating before implementing
Key rule: Improvement (Act) always follows evaluation (Check), which in turn needs something implemented (Do) to measure.
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