NEW QUESTION 1
Lean had its origins in the development and practice of the __________ Production System.

• A. Honda
• B. Toyota
• C. Ford
• D. Motorola

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 2
Which of these statements describe an undesirable situation when implementing SPC? (Note: There are 2 correct answers).

• A. The lower Control Limit for the R chart is equal to zero
• B. The Control Limits are wider than the customer specification limits
• C. A process is in Statistical Control before implementation of SPC
• D. Attempt to use SPC for tracking transaction times at a warehouse
• E. Indication of the specification limits on the Control Chart

Answer: BE

NEW QUESTION 3
When it comes to Control one of the most effective means of eliminating defects is to __________.

• A. Train personnel often and thoroughly
• B. Keep a Six Sigma project going on the process at all times
• C. Design defect prevention into the product
• D. Have each process consist of no more than five steps

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 4
The Purchase Orders for Glenn Manufacturing Company were being copied by an employee and sent to four different departments yet only one department took an action based on the information in the PO. This is an example of __________.

• A. External Failure Costs
• B. Appraisal Costs
• C. Internal Failure Costs
• D. Prevention Costs

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 5
According to a manager it takes an average weekday commute of 39 minutes with a Standard Deviation of 7 minutes for the employees to get to work when they use their personal vehicles for their office commute while management set a policy of not more than 40 minutes for their daily one-way commute. A survey conducted one day on 70 employees showed an average of 34 minutes commuting time using the metro public transportation system with a Standard Deviation of 21 minutes. For the employees choosing to increase their chances to come on time using personal transportation their variation should be reduced to __________?

• A. 1 minute
• B. 6 minutes
• C. 3.5 minutes
• D. Eliminate it to 0.0 minutes

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 6
One of the metrics commonly used in Lean Six Sigma is DPU. This acronym stands for __________.

• A. Deferred planned usage
• B. Defects per unit
• C. Decreased production utilization
• D. Downtime per unit

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 7
While management of a company must set the stage for all improvement efforts, which of these 5S’s is primarily driven by management?

• A. Straighten
• B. Sort
• C. Shine
• D. Sustain

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 8
To draw inferences about a sample population being studied by modeling patterns of data in a way that accounts for randomness and uncertainty in the observations is known as__________.

• A. Influential Analysis
• B. Inferential Statistics
• C. Physical Modeling
• D. Sequential Inference

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 9
It is a Type II error if we decide to reject the Null Hypothesis when it is actually true.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 10
The Alpha level of a test (level of significance) represents the yardstick against which P-values are measured and the Null Hypothesis is rejected if the P-value is which of these?

• A. Less than the Alpha level.
• B. Greater than the Alpha level.
• C. Greater than the Beta and Alpha level.
• D. Less than one minus Alpha.
• E. Less than the power of one minus Beta.

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 11
To draw inferences about a sample population being studied by modeling patterns of data in a way that accounts for randomness and uncertainty in the observations is known as __________.

• A. Influential Analysis
• B. Inferential Statistics
• C. Physical Modeling
• D. Sequential Inference

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 12
Training cost $6,500 and a project required an initial investment of $47,500. If the project yields monthly savings of $3,500 beginning after 4 months, what is the payback period in months, before money costs and taxes?

• A. 9.7
• B. 15.4
• C. 19.4
• D. 23.7

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 13
Examples of a Visual Factory include which of these? (Note: There are 2 correct answers).

• A. White outlines on floor for proper inventory placement
• B. Documented procedures with a numerical outline
• C. Bad/Good indications of gauge readings with red and green outlines
• D. Implementing a defect inspection device

Answer: AC

NEW QUESTION 14
While management of a company must set the stage for all improvement efforts, which of these 5S’s is primarily driven by management?

• A. Straighten
• B. Sort
• C. Shine
• D. Sustain

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 15
For the data shown here a Belt suspects the three grades are supplying the same results. Which statement(s) are true for proper Hypothesis Testing?

• A. The most appropriate Central Tendency to test is the Means
• B. An appropriate test to test Central Tendency is the Levene’s test
• C. An appropriate test to test Central Tendency is the ANOVA test
• D. An appropriate test to test Central Tendency is the Mood’s Median test

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 16
The Six Sigma methodology had its origins at __________ in the late 1980’s when William Smith coined the name for quality related work being done there.

• A. Motorola
• B. Allied Signal
• C. General Electric
• D. Honeywell

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 17
Hypothesis Testing can help avoid high costs of experimental efforts by using existing data.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 18
Which statement(s) are correct for the Regression Analysis shown here? (Note: There are 2 correct answers).

• A. This Regression is an example of a Multiple Linear Regression.
• B. This Regression is an example of Cubic Regression.
• C. %Cu explains the majority of the process variance in heat flux.
• D. Thickness explains over 80% of the process variance in heat flux.
• E. The number of Residuals in this Regression Analysis is 26.

Answer: AD

NEW QUESTION 19
A Belt will occasionally do a quick experiment referred to as an OFAT which stands for __________ .

• A. Only a Few Are Tested
• B. Opposite Factors Affect Technique
• C. One Factor At a Time
• D. Ordinary Fractional Approach Technique

Answer: C

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