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Lean 101 Question and Answers - 1 to 30 Questions
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1. PDCA stands for
a. Plan-Do-Check-Act
b. Plan-Do-Control-Analyze
c. Plan-Do-Check-Analyze
d. Plan-Do-Control-Act
b. Plan-Do-Control-Analyze
c. Plan-Do-Check-Analyze
d. Plan-Do-Control-Act
Answer : Plan-Do-Check-Act
2. Creation of a level schedule by sequencing orders in order to smoothen the demand is known as ______________
a. Heijunka
b. Gemba
c. Kaizen
d. Hoshin Kanri
Answer : Heijunka
3. VSM helps in
a. Identifying areas where automation can be implemented
b. Identifying areas for putting mistake proofing process
c. Identifying value adding and non value adding activity in a process
d. Identifying areas where Visual control can be implemented
Answer : Identifying value adding and non value adding activity in a process
4. Kaizen applied with the right approach helps in achieving
a. Quantum improvement
b. Incremental improvement
c. Sustains the performance
d. Marginal improvement
Answer : Incremental improvement
5. The delivery team uses white boards to monitor the status of the tickets, automates routine jobs, maintains checklist and implements learning from previous releases. The team does not have a knowledge of Lean and has never attended any Lean training sessions. Is Lean being practiced in the project
a. Yes
b. No
c. Can’t answer
d. None of the above
Answer : Yes
6. Lean principle is based on management decisions adopting a _____________ philosophy
a. Short Term
b. Medium Term
c. Long Term
d. All of the above
Answer : Long Term
7. Lean thinking advocates ______________
a. Push Systems
b. Pull Systems
c. both
d. None
Answer : Pull Systems
8. Andon board is an example of ______________
a. Visual Control
b. Dashboard
c. Network diagram
d. None of the above
Answer : Visual Control
9. How many categories of wastes can be identified as per the Toyota Production System?
a. 7
b. 10
c. 100
d. 20
Answer : 7
10. Defect prevention is
a. Mistake proofing
b. Iterative testing
c. OA
c. Early testing
Answer : Mistake proofing
11. Placing everything in its place is part of _________________in 5S framework
a. Sort
b. Straighten
c. Shine
c. Sustain
Answer : Straighten
12. The practice in 5S framework by which the work place efficiency is maintained is ___________________.
a. Sort
b. Shine
c. Sustain
c. All the above
Answer : All the above
13. Continuous organization learning and improvement is ensured through ______________
a. Standardization and Automation
b. Retrospection and Mistakeproofing
c. Pull and Flow
c. Retrospection and Kaizen
Answer : Retrospection and Kaizen
14. Identifying the necessary and removing unwanted one in any workplace is called
a. Straighten
b. Automation
c. Mistake proofing
d. Sort
Answer : Sort
15. SMED stands for _____________
a. Single Minute Exchange of Dies
b. Simply More Energy Daily
c. Simplest Most Effective Design
d. Sampling Method for Effort Deviation
Answer : Single Minute Exchange of Dies
16. According to Womack, Lean thinking consists of __________ core principles
a. 3
b. 7
c. 14
d. 5
Answer : 5
17, Which statements defines “VALUE”?
a. The customer has to be willing to pay for the activity
b. The activity must “directly transform” the item or person flowing through the process into what the customer is willing to pay for.
c. The activity must meet all expected requirements on the first attempt
d. All of the above
Answer : All of the above
18, Understanding the actual situation is known as _______________
a. Capacity Planning
b. Mistake Proofing
c. SS
d. Go and see Yourself
Answer : Go and see Yourself
19. Those activities that are not mandatory to provide what customer wants are _______________
a. Important
b. Non Value Add
c. Both 1 and 2
d. None
Answer : Non Value Add
20. Which of the following are examples for Muda?
a. Hand off
b. Task Switching
c. Both 1 and 2
d. None
Answer : Both 1 and 2
21. An engineer fixes a bug request from the customer. The customer value here is _______________
a. Fixed Bug
b. No side effect
c. Both 1 and 2
d. None
Answer : Both 1 and 2
22. What is Hansei?
a. Reflection
b. Refraction
c. Retraction
d. Renovation
Answer : Reflection
23. Which of the following tenets is used for work place management?
a. SMED
b. 5S
c. VSM
d. DSM
Answer : 5S
24. The culture of stopping when there is a quality problem is called?
a. Waste elimination
b. Standardisation
c. Jidoka
d. None of the above
Answer : Jidoka
25. Which of the following is not a root cause analysis technique?
a. Pareto diagram
b. 5 Why
c. Fish Bone Diagram
d. Mistake Proofing
Answer : Mistake Proofing
26. ______________ is the critical starting point of Lean thinking ?
a. Project Value
b. Customer Value
c. Value Addition
c. Program value
Answer : Customer Value
27. Identify Type 2 “Waste” in these scenarios
a. Waiting and searching for resources in the lab during reproduction and testing
b. Capturing relevant information in defect tracker
c. Updating knowledge base
d. Frequent build cycles, frequent code reviews and early testing
Answer : Waiting and searching for resources in the lab during reproduction and testing.
28. What is the typical first step towards identifying the area of waste elimination in a project?
a. Root Cause Analysis
b. 5S
c. Mistake proofing
d. Value Stream Mapping
Answer : Value Stream Mapping
29. The principle of flow emphasizes on __________
a. reduction in batch size
b. Moving to next phase as quickly as possible
c. Individual productivity
d. Customer satisfaction
Answer : reduction in batch size
30. Identify the applicable tenet used for identifying the root cause of the problem
a. 5S
b. Statistical Analysis
c. 5WHY
d. PDCA
Answer : 5 WHY
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