A comprehensive set of activities designed to monitor and maintains systems thar produce a product would be what kind of activity?

• A. Quality Control
• B. Quality Assurance
• C. Maintenance
• D. Validation

Answer: (A)

Quality control is about monitoring the product as it is produced and using inspections, tests, and measurements to verify that the output meets specified requirements. This makes it the best fit for a set of activities designed to watch over and maintain the quality of what’s being produced, catching defects before the product is released. Quality assurance focuses on the processes and systems intended to prevent defects, rather than the inspection of the final product. Maintenance deals with keeping equipment and infrastructure functioning, not with evaluating product quality. Validation checks whether the final product fulfills user needs and intended use, which is about suitability rather than ongoing production quality. So the described activity aligns most closely with quality control.