Six Sigma Green Belt Test (20 Questions) - Lean Ireland - Lean Six Sigma training & consulting & Supply Chain Consulting

1. Measurement accuracy is attained when...

Different people get the same result when measuring the same item or characteristic.

The same person taking multiple measurements on the same item or characteristic gets the same results every time.

The measured value has little deviation from the actual value.

When the resolution of the measurement instrument can give at least 5 distinct values in the range being measured.

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2. In a normal distribution 68% of the data will occur within...

+/- 2 standard deviations

+/- 1 standard deviation

+/- 3 standard deviations

Outside the bell-shaped curve

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3. The Risk Priority Number (RPN) in an FMEA exercise is derived from...

severity x occurrence x risk

severity x risk x detection

occurrence x detection x control

severity x occurrence x detection

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4. The Voice of the Customer

The number of errors in the process

A control chart with control limits

The department's output target

The customer's specification limits

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5. A planning method designed to show the tasks associated with a project, the personnel responsible for completing the tasks and the timelines allowed

Pareto chart

Gantt chart

Microsoft Project

Check sheet

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6. A bar chart that depicts the frequencies of numerical or measurement data

Sample

Histogram

Check Sheet

Process Map

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7. SIPOC

Suppliers, Inputs, Procedure, Outputs, Customers

Simple, Inputs, Process, Outputs, Complex

Simple, Inputs, Procedure, Outputs, Complex

Suppliers, Inputs, Process, Outputs, Customers

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8. An improvement process in which a company measures its performance against that of best-in-class companies, determines how those companies achieved their performance levels, and uses the information to improve its own performance

Control Chart

Six Sigma

Benchmarking

Cause and Effect Diagram

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9. A control limit

Indicates the boundary of the bell curve in a normal distribution

Indicates that a process event or measurement is likely to fall within that limit

Indicates that a process event or measurement is likely to fall outside that limit

Indicates the customer's desired upper or lower performance limits

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10. For a set of data, the average squared deviation from the mean, with a denominator of n-1

Sample Variance

Normal Distribution

Sample

Population

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11. Provides relationship between two variables, and provides a visual correlation coefficient

Scatter Diagram

Cause and effect chart

Box plot

Multivari chart

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12. The objective of Design of Experiments (DOE) is to

Map all process steps and determine their average duration

Establish optimal process performance by finding the right settings for key process input variables

Establish how well the process runs for all possible machine input variables and settings

Determine the mean and standard deviation of a population key process input variables

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13. A six sigma capable process will have

Cp = 1.5, Cpk = 2.0 and DPMO = 3.4

Cp = 2.0, Cpk = 1.5 and DPMO = 6

Cp = 1.5 Cpk = 2.0 and DPMO = 6

Cp = 2.0, Cpk = 1.5 and DPMO = 3.4

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14. A pictorial diagram showing possible causes (process inputs) for a given effect (process outputs) It is also referred to as the "Ishikawa diagram" or "fishbone diagram "

Standard Deviation

Cause and Effect Diagram

Random Experiment

Interaction plot

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15. When the mean of the process is outside the customer specification limits the value of Cpk will be:

2.0

0.5

1.0

Negative

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16. Six sigma black belt responsibilities include all of the following, except:

Selecting projects for execution by green belts

Mentoring green belts

Training organisation staff in six sigma techniques and team work

Planning the sales and marketing strategy

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17. The middle value of a data set when the values are arranged in either ascending or descending order

Median

Mode

Mean

Discrete Data

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18. One of the most common measures of variability in a data set or population

Process capability

Specification limits

Mean

Standard Deviation

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19. A sequence of 3 operations has first pass yield (right first time) rates as follows: 93%, 87% and 92%. The first pass yield rate is:

72%

74%

99%

87%

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20. The following are indicators of out of control conditions on a control chart, except

Six consecutive points, increasing or decreasing

Fourteen consecutive points that alternate up and down

Two points in zone c above the mean, followed by two points in zone b below the mean

One or more points outside the control limits

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1. Measurement accuracy is attained when...

2. In a normal distribution 68% of the data will occur within...

3. The Risk Priority Number (RPN) in an FMEA exercise is derived from...

4. The Voice of the Customer

5. A planning method designed to show the tasks associated with a project, the personnel responsible for completing the tasks and the timelines allowed

6. A bar chart that depicts the frequencies of numerical or measurement data

7. SIPOC

8. An improvement process in which a company measures its performance against that of best-in-class companies, determines how those companies achieved their performance levels, and uses the information to improve its own performance

9. A control limit

10. For a set of data, the average squared deviation from the mean, with a denominator of n-1

11. Provides relationship between two variables, and provides a visual correlation coefficient

12. The objective of Design of Experiments (DOE) is to

13. A six sigma capable process will have

14. A pictorial diagram showing possible causes (process inputs) for a given effect (process outputs) It is also referred to as the "Ishikawa diagram" or "fishbone diagram "

15. When the mean of the process is outside the customer specification limits the value of Cpk will be:

16. Six sigma black belt responsibilities include all of the following, except:

17. The middle value of a data set when the values are arranged in either ascending or descending order

18. One of the most common measures of variability in a data set or population

19. A sequence of 3 operations has first pass yield (right first time) rates as follows: 93%, 87% and 92%. The first pass yield rate is:

20. The following are indicators of out of control conditions on a control chart, except

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