PDCA stands for?

PDCA stands for?

• A. Prepare, Do, Check, Act
• B. Plan, Do, Check, Act
• C. Plan, Do, Check, Analyze
• D. Plan, Do, Create, Act

Answer: (B)

This question tests knowledge of the PDCA cycle, a framework used for continuous improvement of processes and protections. PDCA stands for Plan, Do, Check, Act. In Plan, you define objectives, identify risks, and design the change. In Do, you implement the change on a small scale to gather data. In Check, you compare actual results to expected outcomes and evaluate what happened. In Act, you decide whether to adopt the change, modify it, or abandon it, then start a new cycle with updated plans. This order creates a learning loop: implement, measure, learn, and then refine. That iterative feedback is why this sequence is preferred over options that replace Plan with Prepare, or Check with Analyze, or Act with Create. (Some variants use Study instead of Check, but the sequence remains Plan → Do → Check/Study → Act.)

This question tests knowledge of the PDCA cycle, a framework used for continuous improvement of processes and protections. PDCA stands for Plan, Do, Check, Act. In Plan, you define objectives, identify risks, and design the change. In Do, you implement the change on a small scale to gather data. In Check, you compare actual results to expected outcomes and evaluate what happened. In Act, you decide whether to adopt the change, modify it, or abandon it, then start a new cycle with updated plans. This order creates a learning loop: implement, measure, learn, and then refine. That iterative feedback is why this sequence is preferred over options that replace Plan with Prepare, or Check with Analyze, or Act with Create. (Some variants use Study instead of Check, but the sequence remains Plan → Do → Check/Study → Act.)