LEAN BRONZE TEST PAPER ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔a. Empowered Employees - ✔✔The heart and soul of a lean organization according
to Massaki Imai (Gemba Kaizen)?
a. Empowered Employees
b. A lean system
c. Trained leadership
d. Problem Solving
✔✔a. A suggestion box on the wall - ✔✔Idea management systems are an important
part of engaging employees at all levels. Which is NOT an element of a good
suggestions system?
a. A suggestion box on the wall
b. A simple approval process
c. A plan for recognition of ideas
d. All ideas are encouraged even small ones
✔✔c. Ask why 5 times to get to the root cause and then develop a plan to grow our
people - ✔✔According to lean Production simplified, what should we do instead of
blaming people for failures?
a. Develop a fishbone diagram to find the root cause
b. Retrain the person we are blaming
c. Ask why 5 times to get to the root cause and then develop a plan to grow our people
d. None of the above
✔✔a. Leadership - ✔✔What is an enabler of a lean culture?
a. Leadership
b. 5S
c. Steering committee
d. Gemba
✔✔d. All of the above - ✔✔Batch processing creates:
, a. Longer intervals
b. Quality issues
c. Longer lead times
d. All of the above
✔✔d. DMAIC - ✔✔The problem-solving process most commonly associated with six
sigma
a. PDCA
b. 8D
c. FMEA
d. DMAIC
✔✔b. negativity - ✔✔Which is not 7 + 1 wastes
a. overproduction
b. negativity
c. defects
d. waiting
✔✔a. Andon - ✔✔During my operation in the production line I found a quality problem. I
pull a cable to stop the line, and let the management know I need assistance. What is
the tool I just used?
a. Andon
b. Jidoka
c. Kaizen
d. Poka Yoke
✔✔c. Takt Time - ✔✔Which of the following might you find on standard work
documents?
a. Cost
b. Supervisor's phone number
c. Takt Time
d. Scrap and Rework targets
✔✔d. both A and B - ✔✔What should we expect from a SMED (Single minute exchange
of dies) implementation?
a. shorter lead times
b. reduced inventories
c. greater batch sizes
d. both A and B
✔✔a. Poke Yoke - ✔✔A physical device preventing an operator to install a component
in the wrong orientation is an example of:
a. Poke Yoke
b. Andon
c. SMED
d. Fish bone
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔a. Empowered Employees - ✔✔The heart and soul of a lean organization according
to Massaki Imai (Gemba Kaizen)?
a. Empowered Employees
b. A lean system
c. Trained leadership
d. Problem Solving
✔✔a. A suggestion box on the wall - ✔✔Idea management systems are an important
part of engaging employees at all levels. Which is NOT an element of a good
suggestions system?
a. A suggestion box on the wall
b. A simple approval process
c. A plan for recognition of ideas
d. All ideas are encouraged even small ones
✔✔c. Ask why 5 times to get to the root cause and then develop a plan to grow our
people - ✔✔According to lean Production simplified, what should we do instead of
blaming people for failures?
a. Develop a fishbone diagram to find the root cause
b. Retrain the person we are blaming
c. Ask why 5 times to get to the root cause and then develop a plan to grow our people
d. None of the above
✔✔a. Leadership - ✔✔What is an enabler of a lean culture?
a. Leadership
b. 5S
c. Steering committee
d. Gemba
✔✔d. All of the above - ✔✔Batch processing creates:
, a. Longer intervals
b. Quality issues
c. Longer lead times
d. All of the above
✔✔d. DMAIC - ✔✔The problem-solving process most commonly associated with six
sigma
a. PDCA
b. 8D
c. FMEA
d. DMAIC
✔✔b. negativity - ✔✔Which is not 7 + 1 wastes
a. overproduction
b. negativity
c. defects
d. waiting
✔✔a. Andon - ✔✔During my operation in the production line I found a quality problem. I
pull a cable to stop the line, and let the management know I need assistance. What is
the tool I just used?
a. Andon
b. Jidoka
c. Kaizen
d. Poka Yoke
✔✔c. Takt Time - ✔✔Which of the following might you find on standard work
documents?
a. Cost
b. Supervisor's phone number
c. Takt Time
d. Scrap and Rework targets
✔✔d. both A and B - ✔✔What should we expect from a SMED (Single minute exchange
of dies) implementation?
a. shorter lead times
b. reduced inventories
c. greater batch sizes
d. both A and B
✔✔a. Poke Yoke - ✔✔A physical device preventing an operator to install a component
in the wrong orientation is an example of:
a. Poke Yoke
b. Andon
c. SMED
d. Fish bone
