ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) — Question 10

What are the major disadvantages of having an improvement team that is too large?
I. Difficulty in having constructive input from the entire group.
II. Difficulty in arriving at consensus.
III. Difficulty in finding large meeting facilities.
IV. Difficulty, on the part of the recorder, in keeping up with more paperwork.

Answer options

• A. I only
• B. I and II only
• C. I, II and III only
• D. I, II, III and IV

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is B because having a large team can make it challenging to obtain constructive feedback from everyone and reach a consensus. While finding meeting facilities and handling paperwork can be difficult, they are not as critical to the team's functionality as the issues of input and consensus.