ISO/IEC 17025 QUIZ
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knowledge of ISO/IEC 17025.
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Introduction:
ISO/IEC 17025 provides all the requirements
that labs have to meet if they wish to
demonstrate that they operate a quality
system, are technically competent, and are
able to generate technically valid results.
A.True
B.False
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4.1 Organization:
Management and technical personnel shall
have the necessary:
A.Personnel
B.Authority and resources
C.Instrumentation
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4.1 Organization:
What is the position title of the person who
must have direct access to the highest level
of management at which decisions are made
on laboratory policies and resources?
A.Vice President
B.Technical Manager
C.Quality Manager
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4.2 Quality System:
The laboratory’s quality system policies and
objectives shall be defined in a:
A.
B.
C.
Quality Manual
Quality Policy Statement
Standard Operating Procedure
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4.2 Quality System:
Overall quality system objectives shall be
documented in a:
A.
Quality Manual
B.Quality Policy Statement
C.Standard Operating Procedure
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4.3 Document Control:
Document control means:
A. Ways to reduce paper
B. You give all documentation to your supervisor to
maintain
C. Documents are identified, authorized, reviewed
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4.4 Review of requests, tenders, and contracts:
Requests, tenders, and contracts are reviewed for:
A. Client requirements and lab capability
B. Potential revenue
C. Spelling and grammar
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4.5 Subcontracting:
A laboratory is responsible to the client for the
work of a subcontractor even when the client
specifies which subcontractor to use:
A.
B.
True
False
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4.6 Purchasing:
Suppliers of critical consumables, supplies,
and services which affect quality must be:
A.Insured
B.ISO 9001 registered
C.Evaluated and approved by the lab
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4.7 Service to client:
The lab shall help clarify the client’s request
and allow the client to:
A.monitor the lab’s performance in relation to
the work performed
B.review other client’s samples and reports
C.assist in testing their own samples
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4.8 Complaints:
Records shall be maintained of all client
complaints and of:
A.How angry the client is/was
B.The investigations and corrective actions
taken by the lab
C.How loud the client complained
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4.9 Control of Nonconforming work:
Procedures for nonconforming test work that is halted
(and test reports with held) includes:
A. An evaluation of the significance of nonconforming
work
B. Repeating test conditions over until QC works
C. C.Y.A
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4.10 Improvement:
Improvements occur through:
A. Brainstorming
B. Use of quality system tools
C. Allocation of blame
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4.11 Corrective Action:
The procedure for corrective action must start with:
A. Finger-pointing
B. Risk management
C. An investigation to determine the root cause(s) of the
problem
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4.12 Preventive Action:
Preventive action plans are to be developed for:
A. Nonconformances &/or opportunities for improvement
B. Potential nonconformances &/or opportunities for
improvement
C. Nonconformances &/or potential nonconformances
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4.13 Control of records:
Records must be:
A.Legible, readily retrievable, and in a suitable
environment
B.Designed for auditors
C.Controlled by IT personnel
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4.14 Internal Audits:
Internal audits are conducted to verify:
A. Compliance of operations with quality system
B. Compliance of operations with quality system and
ISO/IEC 17025
C. Compliance of operations with ISO/IEC 17025
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4.15 Management Reviews:
Management reviews ensure:
A. Continuing suitability and effectiveness of the quality
system
B. That there will always be another Dilbert cartoon
C. Employee requirements are met through 365 degree
feedback
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5.2 Personnel:
Training records are essential to:
A. Writing Job Descriptions
B. Accrediting the analyst
C. Ensure competence and authorize personnel
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5.3 Accommodation and environment:
Effective separation of incompatible activities
may be achieved through:
A.Physical separation or different time
B.Physical separation or SOPs
C.SOPs or different time
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5.4 Methods and validation:
Methods must be sufficiently validated in order to:
A. Maximize profits
B. Meet the needs of the client and appropriate for the
test
C. Be easily implemented by the lab
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5.5 Equipment:
Choose the most correct answer for the following
statement.
“Before equipment is placed back in service, lab
personnel must…”
A. Ensure that the function and calibration status are
shown to be satisfactory
B. Ensure the “Out-of-Service” label is removed
C. Not start new work too close to coffee break
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5.6 Measurement Traceability:
Measurement standards and instruments must be
traceable to the International System of Units by
means of an unbroken chain of calibrations or
comparisons linking them to:
A. International Laboratory Accreditation Committee
B. National measurement standards
C. Check samples
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5.7 Sampling:
Sampling conducted outside the control of the
laboratory has little or no affect on the validity
of the final results:
A.True
B.False
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5.8 Handling of Test/Calibration Items:
The lab shall have a system for identifying test &/or
calibration items to ensure that items cannot be
confused:
A. Physically or when referred to in records
B. With reference standards or reference materials
C. With measurement uncertainty
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5.9 Assuring Results:
QC data shall be recorded in such a way that:
A. Confidence limits are set at 17-25
B. Trends are detectable
C. Technical staff are reminded of how much work it is
to keep records
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5.10 Report the Results:
When it is necessary to issue a new test report:
A. It shall be uniquely identified and referenced to the
original
B. It shall retain the same identity as the original
C. The original is returned to the lab
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