An organization's emergency preparedness task force meets to discuss how it should react in case of a terrorist attack and develops a disaster evacuation plan that details how each department will assist individuals in reaching safety
This type of diagram is referred to as a:
a. Pareto chart.
b. control chart.
c. top-down flowchart.
d. deployment chart.
ANS: D
Correct: A deployment flowchart would show the detailed steps involved in the process and the people or departments that are to be involved at each step to assist individuals in reaching safety.
Incorrect:
a. The Pareto chart displays data so that a few problems that cause the greatest variance are easily depicted and facilitates improvement that focuses on those few.
b. A control chart distinguishes between common and special cause variations and is basically a run chart with added statistical control limits.
c. The top-down flowchart simply lists the main steps and substeps of a process in a linear fashion and does not detail the departments or people needed.
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