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Lean 101 Question and Answers - 31 to 60 Questions
31. Which of the following Lean methodologies can be used to identify the waste in the process?
a. DSMb. 5S
c. VSM
d. CMMI
Answer : VSM
32. What are the 5 STEPS of 5S?
a. Shine, Solve, Sustain, Sort, Standardize
b. Sustain, Sort, Standardize, Set, Shine
c. Sort, Straighten, Shine, Standardize, Sustain
d. Sort, Sustain, Sushi, Shine, Standardize
Answer : Sort, Straighten, Shine, Standardize, Sustain
33. Use _______________ to reduce setup/changeover time.
a. SMED
b. 5S
c. RCA
d. VSM
Answer : SMED
34. Lean is _______________.
a. Action Oriented
b. Continuous Improvement
c. Process toolkit
d. All of the above
Answer : All of the above
35. Use of code analysis tools as the code is developed is an example of _______________.
a. Concurrent Engineering
b. In station quality
c. first things first
d. None
Answer : In station quality
36. The deciding factors for automation are _______________.
a. Feasibility
b. Return of Investment
c. Frequency
d. All the above
Answer : All of the above
37. Which of these are not a core Lean principle according to Womack.
a. Pull
b. Flow
c. Value
d. Push
Answer : Push
38. To get First Hand Information, we need to do.
a. Visual Control
b. Go See Yourself
c. Brainstorm
c. Continuous Monitoring
Answer : Go See Yourself
39. The culture of Lean gives a lot of importance to.
a. Innovation
b. Capability building
c. Questioning status-quo
d. Showcasing best practices
Answer : Questioning status-quo
40. ‘Value’ in Lean terms is a deliverable to the client which is usable. Identify which statements below qualify for this Value definition.
a. Value for a recruitment group is each human resource made available to the project teams
b. Value for a Maintenance project is the Bugs serviced per release
c. Value for a Conversion project is every web page converted
d. All of the above
Answer : All of the above
41. Kaizen as implemented in Lean helps in the following.
a. Ongoing improvement
b. significant onetime improvement
c. Ongoing small changes suggested by external process consultant
c. One time significant change suggested by external process consultant
Answer : Ongoing improvement
42. Value is always defined from the perspective of the
a. Customer
b. Project
c. Product
c. All of the above
Answer : Customer
43. ______________ is the rate (time per unit of value) at which work should proceed through a Value Stream
a. Cycle Time
b. Activity Time
c. Takt Time
c. All the above
Answer : Takt Time
44. Workload leveling is
a. Assiging important tasks to key resources only
b. Allocating the tasks as and when they queue up
c. Allocating the right tasks to team members based on effort,complexity estimates, skill level
d. Dividing and assigning the same tasks to multiple people
Answer : Allocating the right tasks to team members based on effort,complexity estimates, skill level
45. When should I start implementing Lean principles in a project?
a. When the organization mandates
b. When there is a problem in the project
c. When the project gets kicked off
d. None of the above
Answer : When the project gets kicked off
46. The management decisions in a company practicing Lean philosophy is based on
a. Waste elimination
b. Short term financial gains
c. Long term thinking even at short term financial expense
d. Medium term thinking but with high operating margins
Answer : Long term thinking even at short term financial expense
47. Takt time is a ratio of the ‘Net available time’ to ________________
a. Total Supply
b. Customer demand
c. Both
d. None
Answer : Customer demand
48. To reduce test setup change-over time, you considered SMED technique. Which of the following principles can help?
a. Displace
b. Eliminate
c. Standardize
d. All of the above
Answer : All of the above
49. An effective way to make team members aware of progress made and currents status is through
a. Visual Boards
b. Poka – yoke
c. Mura
d. Muri
Answer : Visual Boards
50. What is the main purpose of Visual Controls?
a. To show status to upper management
b. To show status to customer
c. To bring out operational problems affecting for early resolution
d. None of the above
Answer : To bring out operational problems affecting for early resolution
51. ______________ is a Visual Control device in the work area indicating a process or quality problem
a. Andon Board
b. SMED
c. Both 1 and 2
c. None
Answer : Andon Board
52. Pull system helps in avoiding ______________
a. Over production
b. Slow production
c. Fast production
c. None of above
Answer : Over production
53. Main purpose of Visual control is to
a. Create dashboards and metrics for measurement
b. Ensure problems are not hidden
c. Help in baselining and measuring the trends
c. Showcase to the management on the success stories of the team
Answer : Ensure problems are not hidden
54. What is Lean?
a. Creating value from the perspective of a customer
b. Improving processes and operation
c. A culture of continuous improvement
d. All of the above
Answer : All of the above
55. Which of the following is NOT part of 5 S?
a. SORT
b. Straighten
c. Soften
d. Standardize
Answer : Soften
56. Following are categories of waste
a. Overproduction
b. Transportation
c. Motion
d. All of the above
Answer : All of the above
57. Spending time to finding information can be mapped to _______________ waste
a. Overproduction
b. Inventory
c. Motion
d. All of the above
Answer : Motion
59. Employing tools to do work otherwise done by people results in reduction of ___________
a. Efforts
b. Schedule
c. Defects
d. 1, 2 and 3
Answer : 1, 2 and 3
60. Any activity that consumes resources, but does not create value is _______________
a. Muda
b. Mura
c. Muri
d. All the above
Answer : Muda
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