LEAN BRONZE ALL SET QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Which of the following is NOT addressed in PKT?
Correct Answer Hoshin kanri
Standardized work
Muda
Kaizen - ✔✔Hoshin kanri
✔✔What effect can a suggestion program have on employees if it is NOT implemented
fairly?
Personal growth
Correct Answer Resentment
Openness
Mutual trust - ✔✔Resentment
✔✔Which of the following is a mantra that represents teamwork at Toyota?
Correct Answer All for one and one for all
Hard on the problem, easy on the people
Go see
How can we do this better? - ✔✔All for one and one for all
✔✔Which of the following means information sharing across the plant, plus sharing
common issues and countermeasures?
Deshi
Nemawashi
Dojo
Correct Answer Yokoten - ✔✔Yokoten
✔✔What is the "Kosu" a foreman must work to reduce, given the following details: five
people, eight hours producing 100 units?
2.5
Correct Answer 0.4
,160
62.5 - ✔✔0.4
✔✔In lean principles, driving the behavior of the front-line employees supercedes the
needs of providing information to management for making a decision. Which of the
following represents this philosophy best?
Overhead costs
Number of lost work days
Correct Answer Poka-yoke
The cycle time of a process - ✔✔Poka-yoke
✔✔Which of the following are cultural values that facilitate an active suggestion
system?
a) Openness and mutual trust
b) Teamwork
c) Customer Focus
a & c only
a & b only
Correct Answer a, b, & c
b & c only - ✔✔a, b, & c
✔✔In an organization a generic term "concrete head" is used to describe a person who:
Correct Answer Is limited by the current paradigms and refuses to change
Is always willing to try different things on the path to a better way
Always wear protective gear (helmet) when visiting the gemba
Listens to experts when they provide advice - ✔✔Is limited by the current paradigms
and refuses to change
✔✔Which statement is the best example of a learning organization?
Figuring out who or what to blame for defects
Changing processes on a regular basis
Everyone taking regular training classes every year
Correct Answer Acceptance of trial and error based on knowledge and experience of
the daily work - ✔✔Acceptance of trial and error based on knowledge and experience of
the daily work
✔✔In building a lean culture, which of the following is least in importance?
Reducing hierarchies of management and generally reducing the size of the
organization
Correct Answer Investing a lot of capital in acquiring or developing technology
, Building employee commitment through quality circles, suggestion systems, and other
means
Building integrated teams and improving communication - ✔✔Investing a lot of capital in
acquiring or developing technology
✔✔Sustaining a lean culture requires that:
(Womack & Jones)
Functions remain the same but the people will change
Roles will change within a given function
Correct Answer Traditional roles and functions within an organization must change
The roles must remain the same within a given function. - ✔✔Traditional roles and
functions within an organization must change
✔✔What best describes "organizational culture"?
The way in which the team conducts Kaizen activities
An organization based on an individual's knowledge of lean.
An organization based on functional expertise.
Correct Answer The day-to-day experiences of the team members. - ✔✔The day-to-day
experiences of the team members
✔✔The ones who have gone before emphasizes deeper thinking by the model of:
Self-awareness, training, and endless practice
Training and endless practice
Correct Answer Self-awareness and endless practice
Self-awareness and training - ✔✔Self-awareness and endless practice
✔✔Value is only meaningful when expressed in terms of a specific product or service
that is created from whose viewpoint?
Producer
Designer
Marketing
Correct Answer Customer - ✔✔Customer
✔✔Which of the following is NOT one of the basic rules of practicing Kaizen in gemba?
Correct Answer Spend your money on Kaizen
Do not make excuses
Think of how to do it, not why it cannot be done
Correct mistakes at one - ✔✔Spend your money on Kaizen
✔✔Lean production as a path involves:
Significant people resources
Respect for management
Significant dollar investment
Correct Answer Respect for people - ✔✔Respect for people
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Which of the following is NOT addressed in PKT?
Correct Answer Hoshin kanri
Standardized work
Muda
Kaizen - ✔✔Hoshin kanri
✔✔What effect can a suggestion program have on employees if it is NOT implemented
fairly?
Personal growth
Correct Answer Resentment
Openness
Mutual trust - ✔✔Resentment
✔✔Which of the following is a mantra that represents teamwork at Toyota?
Correct Answer All for one and one for all
Hard on the problem, easy on the people
Go see
How can we do this better? - ✔✔All for one and one for all
✔✔Which of the following means information sharing across the plant, plus sharing
common issues and countermeasures?
Deshi
Nemawashi
Dojo
Correct Answer Yokoten - ✔✔Yokoten
✔✔What is the "Kosu" a foreman must work to reduce, given the following details: five
people, eight hours producing 100 units?
2.5
Correct Answer 0.4
,160
62.5 - ✔✔0.4
✔✔In lean principles, driving the behavior of the front-line employees supercedes the
needs of providing information to management for making a decision. Which of the
following represents this philosophy best?
Overhead costs
Number of lost work days
Correct Answer Poka-yoke
The cycle time of a process - ✔✔Poka-yoke
✔✔Which of the following are cultural values that facilitate an active suggestion
system?
a) Openness and mutual trust
b) Teamwork
c) Customer Focus
a & c only
a & b only
Correct Answer a, b, & c
b & c only - ✔✔a, b, & c
✔✔In an organization a generic term "concrete head" is used to describe a person who:
Correct Answer Is limited by the current paradigms and refuses to change
Is always willing to try different things on the path to a better way
Always wear protective gear (helmet) when visiting the gemba
Listens to experts when they provide advice - ✔✔Is limited by the current paradigms
and refuses to change
✔✔Which statement is the best example of a learning organization?
Figuring out who or what to blame for defects
Changing processes on a regular basis
Everyone taking regular training classes every year
Correct Answer Acceptance of trial and error based on knowledge and experience of
the daily work - ✔✔Acceptance of trial and error based on knowledge and experience of
the daily work
✔✔In building a lean culture, which of the following is least in importance?
Reducing hierarchies of management and generally reducing the size of the
organization
Correct Answer Investing a lot of capital in acquiring or developing technology
, Building employee commitment through quality circles, suggestion systems, and other
means
Building integrated teams and improving communication - ✔✔Investing a lot of capital in
acquiring or developing technology
✔✔Sustaining a lean culture requires that:
(Womack & Jones)
Functions remain the same but the people will change
Roles will change within a given function
Correct Answer Traditional roles and functions within an organization must change
The roles must remain the same within a given function. - ✔✔Traditional roles and
functions within an organization must change
✔✔What best describes "organizational culture"?
The way in which the team conducts Kaizen activities
An organization based on an individual's knowledge of lean.
An organization based on functional expertise.
Correct Answer The day-to-day experiences of the team members. - ✔✔The day-to-day
experiences of the team members
✔✔The ones who have gone before emphasizes deeper thinking by the model of:
Self-awareness, training, and endless practice
Training and endless practice
Correct Answer Self-awareness and endless practice
Self-awareness and training - ✔✔Self-awareness and endless practice
✔✔Value is only meaningful when expressed in terms of a specific product or service
that is created from whose viewpoint?
Producer
Designer
Marketing
Correct Answer Customer - ✔✔Customer
✔✔Which of the following is NOT one of the basic rules of practicing Kaizen in gemba?
Correct Answer Spend your money on Kaizen
Do not make excuses
Think of how to do it, not why it cannot be done
Correct mistakes at one - ✔✔Spend your money on Kaizen
✔✔Lean production as a path involves:
Significant people resources
Respect for management
Significant dollar investment
Correct Answer Respect for people - ✔✔Respect for people
