Lean Bronze Study NEWEST EXAM 2026-2027
COMPLETE 170 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED
___________ and TPM must be both put in place and working first before JIT can be introduced.
Flow
5S
Correct Answer Total quality control
Value stream - CORRECT ANSWER: Total quality control
1.1 Cultural Enablers
Which of the following is a good example of a paradox and a key principle of the Toyota
Production System (TPS)?
Batch Production is more effective than one-at-a-time production
Industrial engineers, not team members, develop standardized work
Correct Answer Stop production so that production never has to stop
Don't make something unless the customer has ordered - CORRECT ANSWER: Stop production
so that production never has to stop
1.1 Principles of Cultural Enablers
Per the principles of the Toyota Production System (TPS), which of the following does mutual
respect between company and its employees mean?
Promotion
Bonus
Flexible working hours
Correct Answer Employment security - CORRECT ANSWER: Employment security
,A focused project that involves a cross-functional team working on a targeted problem area and
implementing countermeasures to the problem is a/an:
POSSIBLE ANSWERS:
Benchmarking.Gemba walk.Strategic planning.Kaizen event.
Benchmarking.
Gemba walk.
Strategic planning
Correct Answer Kaizen event. - CORRECT ANSWER: Kaizen event
A future state value stream map shows:
POSSIBLE ANSWERS:
Where interruptions, waiting, excess inventory, and other forms of waste occur in the value
stream.How to measure lead time and quantify waste, and identifies where value-added work
occurs.How materials and information travel through the value stream as they are
processed.What is the best arrangement of processes that can be accomplished in a reasonable
time period.
Where interruptions, waiting, excess inventory, and other forms of waste occur in the value
stream.
How to measure lead time and quantify waste, and identifies where value-added work occurs.
How materials and information travel through the value stream as they are processed.
Correct Answer What is the best arrangement of processes that can be accomplished in a
reasonable time period. - CORRECT ANSWER: What is the best arrangement of processes that
can be accomplished in a reasonable time period.
A Gemba walk is BEST described as a means of:
POSSIBLE ANSWERS: Allocating resources and energy toward the most value-added
activities.Targeting a problem area and implementing countermeasures to that
problem.Identifying which areas of the value stream are value added and which are non-value
added.Gathering first-hand information on the status of a production process.
,Allocating resources and energy toward the most value-added activities.
Targeting a problem area and implementing countermeasures to that problem.
Identifying which areas of the value stream are value added and which are non-value added.
Correct Answer Gathering first-hand information on the status of a production process. -
CORRECT ANSWER: Gathering first-hand information on the status of a production process.
A lean manager's job is to practice and teach which of the following?
Doing more with less
Problem solving/root cause analysis
A3 thinking
Correct Answer PDCA - CORRECT ANSWER: PDCA
A machine is available for 90% of the time, the performance is measured at 95 %, and the overall
quality is 98%. What is the overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)?
90%
98%
Correct! 84%
88% - CORRECT ANSWER: 84%
OEE is calculated by multiplying % time available x % performance x % overall quality. (Pascal,
LPS)
A Pareto chart illustrates the:
Nature and cause.
Correct Answer Nature and frequency.
History and trend.
Trend and frequency. - CORRECT ANSWER: Nature and frequency.
, A production method that reduces defects and significantly reduces inventory and the wastes
associated with it, such as managing, moving, or storing extra parts, is called:
POSSIBLE ANSWERS:
Production kanban.One piece flow.Continuous process improvement.Standardized work.
Production kanban.
One piece flow.
Correct Answer Continuous process improvement.
Standardized work. - CORRECT ANSWER: Continuous process improvement.
A setup reduction method that reduces setups to less than 10 minutes is called:
POSSIBLE ANSWERS:
Line balancing.SMED.OEE.Changeover.
Line balancing.
Correct Answer SMED.
OEE.
Changeover. - CORRECT ANSWER: SMED.
A setup reduction method that reduces setups to less than 10 minutes is called:
POSSIBLE ANSWERS:
OEE.Changeover.Line balancing.SMED.
OEE.
Changeover.
Line balancing.
Correct Answer SMED. - CORRECT ANSWER: SMED.
COMPLETE 170 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED
___________ and TPM must be both put in place and working first before JIT can be introduced.
Flow
5S
Correct Answer Total quality control
Value stream - CORRECT ANSWER: Total quality control
1.1 Cultural Enablers
Which of the following is a good example of a paradox and a key principle of the Toyota
Production System (TPS)?
Batch Production is more effective than one-at-a-time production
Industrial engineers, not team members, develop standardized work
Correct Answer Stop production so that production never has to stop
Don't make something unless the customer has ordered - CORRECT ANSWER: Stop production
so that production never has to stop
1.1 Principles of Cultural Enablers
Per the principles of the Toyota Production System (TPS), which of the following does mutual
respect between company and its employees mean?
Promotion
Bonus
Flexible working hours
Correct Answer Employment security - CORRECT ANSWER: Employment security
,A focused project that involves a cross-functional team working on a targeted problem area and
implementing countermeasures to the problem is a/an:
POSSIBLE ANSWERS:
Benchmarking.Gemba walk.Strategic planning.Kaizen event.
Benchmarking.
Gemba walk.
Strategic planning
Correct Answer Kaizen event. - CORRECT ANSWER: Kaizen event
A future state value stream map shows:
POSSIBLE ANSWERS:
Where interruptions, waiting, excess inventory, and other forms of waste occur in the value
stream.How to measure lead time and quantify waste, and identifies where value-added work
occurs.How materials and information travel through the value stream as they are
processed.What is the best arrangement of processes that can be accomplished in a reasonable
time period.
Where interruptions, waiting, excess inventory, and other forms of waste occur in the value
stream.
How to measure lead time and quantify waste, and identifies where value-added work occurs.
How materials and information travel through the value stream as they are processed.
Correct Answer What is the best arrangement of processes that can be accomplished in a
reasonable time period. - CORRECT ANSWER: What is the best arrangement of processes that
can be accomplished in a reasonable time period.
A Gemba walk is BEST described as a means of:
POSSIBLE ANSWERS: Allocating resources and energy toward the most value-added
activities.Targeting a problem area and implementing countermeasures to that
problem.Identifying which areas of the value stream are value added and which are non-value
added.Gathering first-hand information on the status of a production process.
,Allocating resources and energy toward the most value-added activities.
Targeting a problem area and implementing countermeasures to that problem.
Identifying which areas of the value stream are value added and which are non-value added.
Correct Answer Gathering first-hand information on the status of a production process. -
CORRECT ANSWER: Gathering first-hand information on the status of a production process.
A lean manager's job is to practice and teach which of the following?
Doing more with less
Problem solving/root cause analysis
A3 thinking
Correct Answer PDCA - CORRECT ANSWER: PDCA
A machine is available for 90% of the time, the performance is measured at 95 %, and the overall
quality is 98%. What is the overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)?
90%
98%
Correct! 84%
88% - CORRECT ANSWER: 84%
OEE is calculated by multiplying % time available x % performance x % overall quality. (Pascal,
LPS)
A Pareto chart illustrates the:
Nature and cause.
Correct Answer Nature and frequency.
History and trend.
Trend and frequency. - CORRECT ANSWER: Nature and frequency.
, A production method that reduces defects and significantly reduces inventory and the wastes
associated with it, such as managing, moving, or storing extra parts, is called:
POSSIBLE ANSWERS:
Production kanban.One piece flow.Continuous process improvement.Standardized work.
Production kanban.
One piece flow.
Correct Answer Continuous process improvement.
Standardized work. - CORRECT ANSWER: Continuous process improvement.
A setup reduction method that reduces setups to less than 10 minutes is called:
POSSIBLE ANSWERS:
Line balancing.SMED.OEE.Changeover.
Line balancing.
Correct Answer SMED.
OEE.
Changeover. - CORRECT ANSWER: SMED.
A setup reduction method that reduces setups to less than 10 minutes is called:
POSSIBLE ANSWERS:
OEE.Changeover.Line balancing.SMED.
OEE.
Changeover.
Line balancing.
Correct Answer SMED. - CORRECT ANSWER: SMED.
