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Question 1 6 Sigma represents:
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a. 3.4 Yield
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b. 0.5 COPQ
c. 0.5 DMPO
d. 3.4 DPMO
Question 2 ANALYZE phase - includes
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a. Generate Potential Solutions & Assess Failure Mode
b. Communicate & sign o to close Project
c. Identify Vital Project X’s and statistically validate them
d. None of the above
Question 3 Applying Six Sigma methodologies in own work area is responsibility
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of:
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a. Green Belt
b. Yellow Belt
c. Project Leader
d. Black Belt
Question 4 A sample that will lead to incorrect conclusions about the population
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and which will not be representative of the population is
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a. Strati ed random
b. Random
c. Clustered
d. Biased
Question 5 Being Involved in identifying improvement opportunities is
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responsibility of:
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a. Process Owner
b. Yellow Belt
c. Black Belt
d. Green Belt
Question 6 Cost-bene t analysis does not include
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a. Impact on competitor
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b. Project gain
c. Project bene ts
d. Project cost factors
Question 7 De ne phase of Six Sigma was introduced by which company?
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a. General Electric
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b. Motorola
c. Honeywell
d. Lockheed Martin
Question 8 Developing sustainability for the business is responsibility of:
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a. Master Black Belt
b. Executive Leader
c. Black Belt
d. Champion
Question 9 How often a Business Case needs to be updated
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a. Ongoing
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b. Only at the initiation of the project
c. It is at discretion of the Black Belt
d. In the beginning and after the project is approved
Question 10 If you were a Six Sigma Deployment Leader in the organization, what
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will you rst do?
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a. Identify areas of best practices and guide green belts to execute them
b. Perform statistical analysis in the process and identify root causes
c. Develop a vision and mission for the organization and execute a Six
Sigma Deployment plan in the organization
d. Help process achieve its metrics by executing process improvement
projects
Question 11 ______ is a document that provides a framework and objective for an
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improvement project.
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a. Project Charter
b. Problem Statement
c. Business Case
d. Goal Statement
Question 12 Obtaining needed project resources and eliminate roadblocks is
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responsibility of:
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a. Master Black Belt
b. Executive Leader
c. Champion
d. Black Belt
Question 13 One of the key roles of a Champion (Sponsor) is ____________________
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a. Develop process maps
b. Hire team of Master Black Belt, Black Belts, among others
c. Play a pivotal role in that they own the processes of the business and,
therefore, must ensure process improvements are captured and sustained
d. Conduct a brainstorming session
Question 14 Providing technical support to improvement e orts is responsibility of:
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a. Process Owner
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b. Black Belt
c. Champion
d. Master Black Belt
Question 15 Setting up performance expectations for the corporation is
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responsibility of:
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a. Master Black Belt
b. Champion
c. Process Owner
d. Executive Leader
Question 16 Sigma Level is:
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a. A measure to determine process desirability
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b. A statistic used to describe the performance of a process relative to the
Control Limits
c. A statistic used to describe the performance of a process relative to the
speci cation limits
d. An index to identify TAKT time in a process
Question 17 Six Sigma is a business-driven, multi-dimensional structured approach
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to:
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a. Increasing customer satisfaction
b. Lowering Defects
c. Reducing process variability
d. All of the above
Question 18 Six Sigma is a ……………………………… Strategy
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a. Breakthrough
b. Signi cant
c. Process Improvement
d. Normal Process
Question 19 Supplier Certi cation belong to which one of the COPQ categories?
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a. Scrap
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b. Appraisal
c. Inventory
d. Prevention
Question 20 The best metric for measuring defectives is
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a. DPMU
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b. DPU
c. PPM
d. DPO
Question 21 The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation requests business cases of all
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new project proposals. What is the main goal behind the prepration of
the business case?
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a. To specify how the project will address business needs
b. To present nancial projections to investors
c. To focus the e orts of executive recruitment
d. To gather technical requirements for an IT project
Question 22 The primary factor in successful implementation of Six Sigma is to have
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a. The necessary resource
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b. A comprehensive training program
c. Explicit customer requirements
d. The support and leadership of top management
Question 23 The purpose of a Process Map is to:
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a. Investigate the root cause of the problem
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b. Identify the complexity of the process
c. Communicate the focus of problem solving
d. B and C
Question 24 There are many reasons for creating a Process Map, which one is NOT
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one of them:
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a. It will help you understand where the root cause of problems is
b. It will show you where you can take measurements that will help you to
run the process better
c. It helps all process members understand their part in the process
d. It leverages other analytical tools by providing a source of data and
inputs into these tools
Question 25 There are three basic approaches to Project Selection, which one of the
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following is NOT one of them?
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a. Structured Approach
b. Systemic Approach
c. Blatantly Obvious Approach
d. Brainstorming Approach
Question 26 The relationship from one process to the next in an organization
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creates a…………………………
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a. VOE Chain
b. Process Cycle Chain
c. Supply Chain
d. Value Chain
Question 27 There of four steps that can help you in understanding your customer
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or VOC. These steps are:
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a. Features, Concepts, Cost, Manufacturability
b. Features, VOB, VOE, Delivery
c. Features, Integrity, Delivery, Expense
d. None of the above
Question 28 The steps in developing CTQ’s are identifying the customer are:
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a. None of the above
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b. Capture VOC, Identify Customers, Validate CTQ’s
c. Identify Customers, Capture VOC, Validate CTQ’s
d. Validate CTQ’s, Capture VOC, Identify Customers
Question 29 What are COPQ categories?
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a. External, Internal, Prevention, Appraisal
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b. Inventory, Scarp, prevention, transportation
c. External, Supplier failures, Incoming failures, Over production
d. Appraisal, non-value added activity, Prevention, WIP
Question 30 What d of DAMIC stands for?
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a. De ne-Make-Analyze-Improve-Control
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b. None of the above
c. De ne-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control
d. De ne-Measure-Approve-Control
Question 31 What is Standard Deviation?
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a. Distance from the mean and point of in ection on Normal X Bar and R
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Chart
b. Average deviation from individual readings on the Normal Curve
c. Average deviation between two readings and the mean on a curve
d. Distance from the mean and point of in ection on Normal Curve
Question 32 What is the de nition of a process?
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a. A repetitive and systematic series of steps or activities where inputs are
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modi ed to achieve a value-added process
b. A repetitive and systematic series of steps or activities where inputs are
modi ed to achieve a value-added output
c. A repetitive and systematic series of steps of strategies where inputs are
modi ed to achieve a value-added output
d. A repetitive and systematic series of steps or activities where inputs are
required to achieve a value-added output
Question 33 Which one of the following is NOT part of 7 elements of waste?
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a. Inspection
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b. Overproduction
c. Conveyance
d. Correction
Question 34 Which one of the following is NOT part of COPQ hard saving?
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a. Hidden Factory Costs
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b. Cycle Time Improvements
c. Inventory Carrying Cost
d. Gaining Lost Sales
Question 35 While VOC means Voice of Customers, what does VOB stand for?
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a. Voice of Business
b. Voice of Best Practice
c. Voice of Business Strategies
d. Voice of Brands
Question 36 Who is responsible to initiate the Project Charter?
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a. A and C
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b. Black Belt
c. Process Owner
d. Champion
Question 37 Why have a process focus?
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a. A and B
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b. To de ne the project
c. To manage for maximum customer satisfaction while utilizing minimum
resources
d. So we can understand how and why work gets done
Question 38 Why less variation is more desirable in a process?
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a. Because it helps operators to improve the cycle time
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b. Because it makes the process more predictable
c. Because less variation is very important matter in process study
d. Because it helps the organization a better ow in process
Question 39 With the initialization of every project there must be a minimum of
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three deliverables which one is NOT one of them?
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a. Value Stream Mapping
b. Bene ts Analysis
c. Project Charter
d. Business Case
Question 40 Y=f (Xi) means:
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a. All of the above
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b. Often referred to as a transfer function
c. Output is independent on the inputs that create it through the blending
occurring from the activities in the process
d. Understanding the relationship between independent variables and the
dependent function.