LEAN BRONZE COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔d. Employees feel overworked - ✔✔A manufacturing plan has a high level of Muri.
What does it mean for the employees?
a. Employee satisfaction
b. Employees feel that the processes are out of their control
c. Employees are not engaged at all
d. Employees feel overworked
✔✔b. the value stream - ✔✔Improving end to end flow would require identifying and
mapping what?
a. customer requirements or the customer's voice
b. the value stream
c. A spaghetti diagram of the work location
d. the level of waste at each level of production
✔✔a. Without it there is no benchmark for improvement - ✔✔Which of the following is
the reason for the standardization of a process?
a. Without it there is no benchmark for improvement
b. Without it the cost per unit varies
c. Without it production time varies
d. Without it each employee works at their own pace
✔✔b. Jidoka (automation with human touch) - ✔✔Which principle used in lean would
allow an employee to have autonomation:
a. Andon
b. Jidoka
c. Kanban
d. Takt Time
✔✔c. Employees being aware of quality standards and quality benchmarks - ✔✔Quality
at the source is a principle where quality is measured at every level of a process, not
just at the endpoint. What would quality at the source impact?
, a. Annual bonus percentages for the employee
b. The retirement of an employee
c. Employees being aware of quality standards and quality benchmarks
d. Installation of replacement parts on the assembly line
✔✔c. Gradual improvement over time by achieving higher standards - ✔✔Kaizen is a
Japanese word meaning "change for the good", or continuous improvement. Which
process best describes kaizen?
a. Japanese methodology where all employees focus on the same problem
b. Rapid process improvement
c. Gradual improvement over time by achieving higher standards
d. Applying Kanban cards with a part number
✔✔b. Standardizing Processes / Seiketsu - ✔✔What would a project team do during the
4th step of a 5s implementation? (self-discipline is last of 5s)
a. Shinning / Seiso
b. Standardizing Processes / Seiketsu
c. Set in order / Seiton
d. Sorting / Seiri
✔✔b. TPM- Total Productive Maintenance - ✔✔Which of the following is a Japanese
management philosophy used to increase time between failure of a piece of machinery?
a. TOC- Theory of Constraints
b. TPM- Total Productive Maintenance
c. MTBF- Mean Time Between Failures
d. VOC- Voice of the Customer
✔✔d. Providing environmental compliance services - ✔✔Leadership must protect the
working environment and the health and safety of all employees, in order to maintain
respect. What is NOT included in assuring a safe environment? a. Providing emotional
safety for employees
b. Providing financial safety for employees
c. Providing employment for the community
d. Providing environmental compliance services
✔✔d. Providing environmental compliance services - ✔✔In a Lean organization, whose
responsibility is safety?
a. Every Employee
b. The Lean Facilitator
c. Managment
d. The owner
✔✔a. SPC- Statistical Process Control - ✔✔Which of the following is NOT a core
element of the TPS?
a. SPC- Statistical Process Control
b. Standardized work
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔d. Employees feel overworked - ✔✔A manufacturing plan has a high level of Muri.
What does it mean for the employees?
a. Employee satisfaction
b. Employees feel that the processes are out of their control
c. Employees are not engaged at all
d. Employees feel overworked
✔✔b. the value stream - ✔✔Improving end to end flow would require identifying and
mapping what?
a. customer requirements or the customer's voice
b. the value stream
c. A spaghetti diagram of the work location
d. the level of waste at each level of production
✔✔a. Without it there is no benchmark for improvement - ✔✔Which of the following is
the reason for the standardization of a process?
a. Without it there is no benchmark for improvement
b. Without it the cost per unit varies
c. Without it production time varies
d. Without it each employee works at their own pace
✔✔b. Jidoka (automation with human touch) - ✔✔Which principle used in lean would
allow an employee to have autonomation:
a. Andon
b. Jidoka
c. Kanban
d. Takt Time
✔✔c. Employees being aware of quality standards and quality benchmarks - ✔✔Quality
at the source is a principle where quality is measured at every level of a process, not
just at the endpoint. What would quality at the source impact?
, a. Annual bonus percentages for the employee
b. The retirement of an employee
c. Employees being aware of quality standards and quality benchmarks
d. Installation of replacement parts on the assembly line
✔✔c. Gradual improvement over time by achieving higher standards - ✔✔Kaizen is a
Japanese word meaning "change for the good", or continuous improvement. Which
process best describes kaizen?
a. Japanese methodology where all employees focus on the same problem
b. Rapid process improvement
c. Gradual improvement over time by achieving higher standards
d. Applying Kanban cards with a part number
✔✔b. Standardizing Processes / Seiketsu - ✔✔What would a project team do during the
4th step of a 5s implementation? (self-discipline is last of 5s)
a. Shinning / Seiso
b. Standardizing Processes / Seiketsu
c. Set in order / Seiton
d. Sorting / Seiri
✔✔b. TPM- Total Productive Maintenance - ✔✔Which of the following is a Japanese
management philosophy used to increase time between failure of a piece of machinery?
a. TOC- Theory of Constraints
b. TPM- Total Productive Maintenance
c. MTBF- Mean Time Between Failures
d. VOC- Voice of the Customer
✔✔d. Providing environmental compliance services - ✔✔Leadership must protect the
working environment and the health and safety of all employees, in order to maintain
respect. What is NOT included in assuring a safe environment? a. Providing emotional
safety for employees
b. Providing financial safety for employees
c. Providing employment for the community
d. Providing environmental compliance services
✔✔d. Providing environmental compliance services - ✔✔In a Lean organization, whose
responsibility is safety?
a. Every Employee
b. The Lean Facilitator
c. Managment
d. The owner
✔✔a. SPC- Statistical Process Control - ✔✔Which of the following is NOT a core
element of the TPS?
a. SPC- Statistical Process Control
b. Standardized work
