LEAN BRONZE CERTIFICATION EVALUATION TEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Strategic Policy Deployment (Hoshin Kanri) is the enterprise level application of: -
✔✔Plan - Do - Check- Act (PDCA)
✔✔An operator is unable to fit a part into his fixture because the checking pins do not
align with the holes punched in the previous operation. This is an example of: - ✔✔poke
yoke (error proofing)
✔✔A spaghetti diagram is used for: - ✔✔identifying physical flow within a process
✔✔Autonoumous Maintence means - ✔✔the machine operators "own" their machines
✔✔Which is considered the best method of ensuring specified quality levels and
supporting poke-yoke(error proofing) - ✔✔source inspection
✔✔Measurements used to gauge problems, determine targets study the impact of
improvement activities, check results, and make appropriate adjustments are known as:
- ✔✔lean metrics
✔✔production schedule leveling is important for: - ✔✔Achieving continuous flow and
pull
✔✔A Pareto Chart is used to: - ✔✔associate sources of problems with frequency of
causes
✔✔Quick change over is a lean principle used to : - ✔✔minimize machine down time
due to set up
✔✔Why is it important to minimize the number of suppliers? - ✔✔reduces complexity of
supply chain management
, ✔✔Production batch size is directly proportional to : - ✔✔lead time
✔✔Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) programs can increase: - ✔✔overall equipment
effectiveness
✔✔One reason for establishing a supermarket in a production line is: - ✔✔continuous
flow at a point in the process is not possible
✔✔The level of profit is determined by: - ✔✔subtracting the total cost from the price that
the customer is willing to pay
✔✔ Goals in an organization cannot be achieved without adequate time allowed for -
✔✔training
✔✔A learning organization - ✔✔operates from common goals developed by the
organizations stakeholders
✔✔Management must do more than just go to where work is done to lead continuous
improvement. By this we mean they must - ✔✔Be able to simply articulate and measure
the opportunities for improvement
✔✔The two pillars of the Toyota Production System are: - ✔✔automation and just - in -
time
✔✔Which lean concept below refers to the best combination of man, machine, materials
and methods? - ✔✔Standardized work
✔✔Making everything simple, clear and easy to understand at a glance in a work area
is an example of: - ✔✔visual management
✔✔On a value stream map with production lead time of 6 days and retention time of 5
days: - ✔✔Processing time is the smallest component of value stream lead-time
✔✔The layout of machines into a tight sequence, typically in a U-shape is called a -
✔✔work cell
✔✔Which of the following is considered value added work? - ✔✔changing the shape of
a part or assembly
✔✔Value stream lead time is comprised of cycle time and: - ✔✔retention time
✔✔PDCA refers to: - ✔✔Plan, do, check, act
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Strategic Policy Deployment (Hoshin Kanri) is the enterprise level application of: -
✔✔Plan - Do - Check- Act (PDCA)
✔✔An operator is unable to fit a part into his fixture because the checking pins do not
align with the holes punched in the previous operation. This is an example of: - ✔✔poke
yoke (error proofing)
✔✔A spaghetti diagram is used for: - ✔✔identifying physical flow within a process
✔✔Autonoumous Maintence means - ✔✔the machine operators "own" their machines
✔✔Which is considered the best method of ensuring specified quality levels and
supporting poke-yoke(error proofing) - ✔✔source inspection
✔✔Measurements used to gauge problems, determine targets study the impact of
improvement activities, check results, and make appropriate adjustments are known as:
- ✔✔lean metrics
✔✔production schedule leveling is important for: - ✔✔Achieving continuous flow and
pull
✔✔A Pareto Chart is used to: - ✔✔associate sources of problems with frequency of
causes
✔✔Quick change over is a lean principle used to : - ✔✔minimize machine down time
due to set up
✔✔Why is it important to minimize the number of suppliers? - ✔✔reduces complexity of
supply chain management
, ✔✔Production batch size is directly proportional to : - ✔✔lead time
✔✔Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) programs can increase: - ✔✔overall equipment
effectiveness
✔✔One reason for establishing a supermarket in a production line is: - ✔✔continuous
flow at a point in the process is not possible
✔✔The level of profit is determined by: - ✔✔subtracting the total cost from the price that
the customer is willing to pay
✔✔ Goals in an organization cannot be achieved without adequate time allowed for -
✔✔training
✔✔A learning organization - ✔✔operates from common goals developed by the
organizations stakeholders
✔✔Management must do more than just go to where work is done to lead continuous
improvement. By this we mean they must - ✔✔Be able to simply articulate and measure
the opportunities for improvement
✔✔The two pillars of the Toyota Production System are: - ✔✔automation and just - in -
time
✔✔Which lean concept below refers to the best combination of man, machine, materials
and methods? - ✔✔Standardized work
✔✔Making everything simple, clear and easy to understand at a glance in a work area
is an example of: - ✔✔visual management
✔✔On a value stream map with production lead time of 6 days and retention time of 5
days: - ✔✔Processing time is the smallest component of value stream lead-time
✔✔The layout of machines into a tight sequence, typically in a U-shape is called a -
✔✔work cell
✔✔Which of the following is considered value added work? - ✔✔changing the shape of
a part or assembly
✔✔Value stream lead time is comprised of cycle time and: - ✔✔retention time
✔✔PDCA refers to: - ✔✔Plan, do, check, act
