Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Who founded Six Sigma? - CORRECT ANSWER - Bill Smith (Motorola)
Who introduced Lean Manufacturing? - CORRECT ANSWER - Toyota after WWII
What year did Lean and Six Sigma combine? - CORRECT ANSWER - 2010
Common themes between Lean and Six Sigma? - CORRECT ANSWER - Process
People
Customer
Data
Six Sigma improvement focus? - CORRECT ANSWER - Eliminate variation in process
Six Sigma primary measurement? - CORRECT ANSWER - Defects per million
opportunities (DPMO) and Process Sigma
What is process sigma? - CORRECT ANSWER - Level of uncertainty in output
What is official process for Six Sigma - CORRECT ANSWER - Define, Measure,
Analyze, Improve, Control (DMAIC)
What is Sigma? - CORRECT ANSWER - Greek letter to measure standard deviation
Higher the process sigma? - CORRECT ANSWER - Lower the variation
, Lean principles focus on improvement? - CORRECT ANSWER - Eliminate waste in
operations
Lean principles primary measurement? - CORRECT ANSWER - Throughput and value-
added time and activities
What is official process of Lean principles? - CORRECT ANSWER - Value, Value Stream,
Flow, Pull, Perfect
In order to create business improvement, what does Lean Manufacturing try to optimize? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Manufacturing process flow
By combining Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma, what does the new methodology focus on for
achieving improvement? - CORRECT ANSWER - Elimination both waster and variation
By combining Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma into one methodology, what types of data no
longer need to be analyzed? - CORRECT ANSWER - They use the same data
Which "Belts" normally Lead Six Sigma projects? - CORRECT ANSWER - Both Back
and Green belts
DM Phase of LSS? - CORRECT ANSWER - Define and measure - Problem definition
A Phase of LSS? - CORRECT ANSWER - Analyze - Problem analysis
IC Phase of LSS? - CORRECT ANSWER - Improve and control - Problem solution
Define phase purpose? - CORRECT ANSWER - Describe the goals of the project and
align w/ organization
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Who founded Six Sigma? - CORRECT ANSWER - Bill Smith (Motorola)
Who introduced Lean Manufacturing? - CORRECT ANSWER - Toyota after WWII
What year did Lean and Six Sigma combine? - CORRECT ANSWER - 2010
Common themes between Lean and Six Sigma? - CORRECT ANSWER - Process
People
Customer
Data
Six Sigma improvement focus? - CORRECT ANSWER - Eliminate variation in process
Six Sigma primary measurement? - CORRECT ANSWER - Defects per million
opportunities (DPMO) and Process Sigma
What is process sigma? - CORRECT ANSWER - Level of uncertainty in output
What is official process for Six Sigma - CORRECT ANSWER - Define, Measure,
Analyze, Improve, Control (DMAIC)
What is Sigma? - CORRECT ANSWER - Greek letter to measure standard deviation
Higher the process sigma? - CORRECT ANSWER - Lower the variation
, Lean principles focus on improvement? - CORRECT ANSWER - Eliminate waste in
operations
Lean principles primary measurement? - CORRECT ANSWER - Throughput and value-
added time and activities
What is official process of Lean principles? - CORRECT ANSWER - Value, Value Stream,
Flow, Pull, Perfect
In order to create business improvement, what does Lean Manufacturing try to optimize? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Manufacturing process flow
By combining Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma, what does the new methodology focus on for
achieving improvement? - CORRECT ANSWER - Elimination both waster and variation
By combining Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma into one methodology, what types of data no
longer need to be analyzed? - CORRECT ANSWER - They use the same data
Which "Belts" normally Lead Six Sigma projects? - CORRECT ANSWER - Both Back
and Green belts
DM Phase of LSS? - CORRECT ANSWER - Define and measure - Problem definition
A Phase of LSS? - CORRECT ANSWER - Analyze - Problem analysis
IC Phase of LSS? - CORRECT ANSWER - Improve and control - Problem solution
Define phase purpose? - CORRECT ANSWER - Describe the goals of the project and
align w/ organization
