LEAN SIX SIGMA 2026 STUDY GUIDE EXAMS
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Which types of information do you get from studying a value stream
map? - ✔✔All the activities involved in creating a product or service
Places where waste may be found in a process
✔✔What are some specific goals of the Six Sigma methodology? - ✔✔Lower an
organization's overall operating costs
Improve customer satisfaction
✔✔Label the characteristics according to whether they apply to
Six Sigma
Lean
Lean and Six Sigma - ✔✔Both
Delivers significant savings
Implemented by specialist and teams
Use of systematic problem-solving tools
Inspired by PDCA
Six sigma
Uses DMAIC methodology
Uses exploratory data analysis
Focus on reducing variation
Use of statistical tools
Lean
Uses Kaizen
Uses theory of constraints
Focus on reducing waste
Use of value stream mapping
✔✔What are some of the benefits experienced by organization that implement Six
sigma? - ✔✔Better understanding of what customers want and don't want, which leads
to customer loyalty
Increased market share through reduced costs
✔✔Which information could you obtain from studying a future state value stream map? -
✔✔Activities that may be causing waste
Process improvement that will remove obstacles to good flow
, ✔✔What should you consider about your organization before integrating Lean and Six
Sigma? - ✔✔Any constraints around time frame or finances required
The nature of the foundational problem you're trying to solve
✔✔Sequence the key developments in the evolution of continuous improvement
methodologies. - ✔✔1.Plan. Do. Check. Act or
PDCA cycle
2.Statistical process control or
SPC
3 Quality circles
4 TQM
5.The Baldridge Criteria for
Performance Excellence
✔✔Which situations are example of the just-in-time method in use? - ✔✔Network cable
is ordered and delivered to a site only after the installation crew has been scheduled
As a worker finishes hand-painting one doll's face, the next doll arrives to be painted.
✔✔What are the main stages of deploying Lean Six sigma in an organization? -
✔✔Make continuous improvements that eliminate waste
Look for and identify opportunities for improvement
Design a solution that will fix the problems
Prioritize the improvement to address first
✔✔What are some of the core concepts that form the foundation of the six sigma
DMAIC methology? - ✔✔Using a cycle of continuous improvement to achieve near-
perfection in all processes
Using statistics to analyze processes with the goal of sustained improvement
Studying input variable to determine which ones have the greatest impact on the output
of a process
✔✔Match each Lean concept to its description - ✔✔Pull
Create products or service in response to actual customer demand
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Which types of information do you get from studying a value stream
map? - ✔✔All the activities involved in creating a product or service
Places where waste may be found in a process
✔✔What are some specific goals of the Six Sigma methodology? - ✔✔Lower an
organization's overall operating costs
Improve customer satisfaction
✔✔Label the characteristics according to whether they apply to
Six Sigma
Lean
Lean and Six Sigma - ✔✔Both
Delivers significant savings
Implemented by specialist and teams
Use of systematic problem-solving tools
Inspired by PDCA
Six sigma
Uses DMAIC methodology
Uses exploratory data analysis
Focus on reducing variation
Use of statistical tools
Lean
Uses Kaizen
Uses theory of constraints
Focus on reducing waste
Use of value stream mapping
✔✔What are some of the benefits experienced by organization that implement Six
sigma? - ✔✔Better understanding of what customers want and don't want, which leads
to customer loyalty
Increased market share through reduced costs
✔✔Which information could you obtain from studying a future state value stream map? -
✔✔Activities that may be causing waste
Process improvement that will remove obstacles to good flow
, ✔✔What should you consider about your organization before integrating Lean and Six
Sigma? - ✔✔Any constraints around time frame or finances required
The nature of the foundational problem you're trying to solve
✔✔Sequence the key developments in the evolution of continuous improvement
methodologies. - ✔✔1.Plan. Do. Check. Act or
PDCA cycle
2.Statistical process control or
SPC
3 Quality circles
4 TQM
5.The Baldridge Criteria for
Performance Excellence
✔✔Which situations are example of the just-in-time method in use? - ✔✔Network cable
is ordered and delivered to a site only after the installation crew has been scheduled
As a worker finishes hand-painting one doll's face, the next doll arrives to be painted.
✔✔What are the main stages of deploying Lean Six sigma in an organization? -
✔✔Make continuous improvements that eliminate waste
Look for and identify opportunities for improvement
Design a solution that will fix the problems
Prioritize the improvement to address first
✔✔What are some of the core concepts that form the foundation of the six sigma
DMAIC methology? - ✔✔Using a cycle of continuous improvement to achieve near-
perfection in all processes
Using statistics to analyze processes with the goal of sustained improvement
Studying input variable to determine which ones have the greatest impact on the output
of a process
✔✔Match each Lean concept to its description - ✔✔Pull
Create products or service in response to actual customer demand
