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Question # 4

The primary objective in removal of waste is to improve the Order Production Cycle where the time from _________________ to the time of receipt of payment is compressed.

A.

Shift start

B.

Product development

C.

Receipt of an order

D.

New fiscal year

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Question # 5

Contingency Tables are used to test for association, or dependency, between two or more classifications.

A.

True

B.

False

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Question # 6

The Mann-Whitney test is a powerful test and is unique to situations from which of the choices listed? (Note: There are 2 correct answers).

A.

Testing the identity of two populations

B.

Focuses on equality of the Median of the two populations

C.

Less powerful than the traditional “t-test”

D.

More widely applicable than the traditional “t-test”

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Question # 7

Early in a project a Belt will want to begin to identify and evaluate risk factors for the subject process and will therefore begin building a(n) ________.

A.

FMEA

B.

SIPOC

C.

X-Y Diagram

D.

Team Charter

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Question # 8

It would be more likely than not for a Belt conducting a Regression Analysis to find that the _______________________.

A.

r2 value is smaller than the absolute value of r

B.

Correlation Coefficient equals r2

C.

Coefficient of Determination is less than r2

D.

Correlation Coefficient equals r divided by 2

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Question # 9

Screening experiments are the proper choice when a Belt is faced with the situation of highly Fractional Factorial Designs.

A.

True

B.

False

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Question # 10

A Belt working in a supply chain environment has to make a decision to change suppliers of critical raw materials for a new product upgrade. The purchasing manager is depending on the Belt’s effort requiring that the average cost of an internal critical raw material component be less than or equal to $4,200 in order to stay within budget. Using a sample of 35 first article components, a Mean of the new product upgrade price of $4,060, and a Standard Deviation of $98 was estimated. The Alternative Hypothesis in the above example is?

A.

The Standard Deviation is equal to $300

B.

The Mean is less than $4,320

C.

The Mean is equal to $4,060

D.

The Mean is less than $4,200

E.

The Mean is greater than $ 4,200

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Question # 11

Using this partial Z Table, how many units from a month’s production run are expected to not satisfy customer requirements for the following process?

Upper specification limit: 8.4 Lower specification limit: 4.7 Mean of the process: 6.2 Standard Deviation: 2.2 Monthly production: 360 units

A.

8

B.

13

C.

28

D.

57

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Question # 12

Which of these is not a primary cause for Non-normal Data?

A.

Skewness

B.

Mixed Distributions

C.

Kurtosis

D.

Formulosis

E.

Granularity

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Question # 13

At the very initiation of a project a Belt must develop a concise _______________ that states at a high level the area of concern and why it is important this issue be improved.

A.

Business Case

B.

Project Doctrine

C.

Management Justification

D.

Process Owner Disclosure

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Question # 14

On a _________________ a Belt screens variables, or various inputs, to analyze their relative impact on the output of concern.

A.

X-Y Matrix

B.

Weighted Scale

C.

Multi-Vari Chart

D.

Poisson Chart

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Question # 15

A Personal Trainer was assessing her workout class participants for their body fat content and had to include data for her analysis. One of the columns listed the range of weight of the people included in the studies. This required plotting a Histogram of the weight of the people assessed for their body fat content. While drawing the Histogram the x-axis contained a certain scale of data. Pick the scale of data that is appropriate for Histograms.

A.

Ordinal Scale Data

B.

Ration Scale Data

C.

Nominal Scale Data

D.

Interval Scale Data

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Question # 16

When variation is removed from the output of a process then the process customer can have more confidence in the experience that results from the process.

A.

True

B.

False

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Question # 17

Which of these graphs demonstrates conditions which would be sufficient to enable OCAP for the process?    

A.

Xbar Chart

B.

Time Series Chart

C.

Neither

D.

Both

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Question # 18

Each of the items listed would impact the Process Capability for a process with a continuous output except ___________________.

A.

Shape of process data distribution (e.g. Normal Distribution)

B.

Process Technology

C.

Process Standard Deviation

D.

Seasonal variation in process

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Question # 19

Sally and Sara sell flower pots at their garage sale. Sally motivates Sara mentioning that they will sell a minimum of 15 pots per day if the outside temperature exceeds 60o F. From a sample, whose population is assumed to follow a Normal Distribution, taken for 30 days at 60 degrees or more an average of 13.6 pots per day were sold with a Standard Deviation of 0.7 pots. For the sales accomplished above, what test would validate if they met their requirements?

A.

F Test

B.

Test for Equal Variance

C.

Chi Square Test

D.

One-Sample t-Test

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Question # 20

What aspects of Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA) studies are applicable when the process used to measure does not damage the part?

A.

Destructive variable gage R&R and Crossed Study

B.

Destructive variable gage R&R and Nested Study

C.

Nondestructive variable gage R&R and Crossed Study

D.

Nondestructive variable gage R&R and Nested Study

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Question # 21

How many experimental runs exist in a Full Factorial and fully randomized design for 5 factors with 2 replicates for the Corner Points and no Center Points? The factors in the experiment are only at 2-levels.

A.

10

B.

128

C.

256

D.

64

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Question # 22

When we compare short-term and long-term Capability which of these is true?

A.

Cp is better for the short term

B.

Both short-term and long-term performance are alike

C.

Performance tends to improve over time

D.

Cp is better for the long-term

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Question # 23

With Measurement System Analysis we are concerned with two issues that impact the potential variability of the data. They are _____________________.

A.

Precision and Accuracy

B.

Reliability and Repeatability

C.

Error and Spread

D.

Sensitivity and Deflection

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Question # 24

For Attribute Data, Process Capability is defined as the average proportion of nonconforming products.

A.

True

B.

False

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Question # 25

What aspects of Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA) studies are applicable when the process used to measure does not damage the part?

A.

Destructive variable gage R&R and Crossed Study

B.

Destructive variable gage R&R and Nested Study

C.

Nondestructive variable gage R&R and Crossed Study

D.

Nondestructive variable gage R&R and Nested Study

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Question # 26

From this list select the best example of Bias in Sampling.

A.

Testing the completeness of cooking a cake but the testers cannot agree on how to measure internal temperature

B.

Testing the sharpness of a razor blade while the sample of 500 are from the same model razor

C.

Testing the weight of participants at a wrestling event and only measuring those who finished second or better

D.

Testing a hand-held GPS models for durability using samples only from Nokia Model P120

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Question # 27

One of the methods of testing a Measurement System is to have at least two people take multiple readings from the same instrument and of the same sample set to judge the Repeatability and Reproducibly. This approach is called a ______________ study.

A.

Correlation Analysis

B.

Gage R & R

C.

Bimodal

D.

Dual Attribute

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Question # 28

Special Cause Variation falls into which two categories? (Note: There are 2 correct answers).

A.

Natural

B.

Short term

C.

Assignable

D.

Pattern

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Question # 29

What is the Ppk of a process with a spread of 24 units, an average of 68, an upper limit of 82 and a lower limit of 54?

A.

1.68

B.

2.00

C.

4.00

D.

4.42

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Question # 30

From this list select the items that define what an X-Y Diagram is. (Note: There are 4 correct answers).

A.

Created for every project

B.

Based on team's collective opinions

C.

Updated whenever a parameter is changed

D.

Used to show each step in a process

E.

A living document throughout project lifecycle

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Question # 31

The Lean toolbox includes all of the following items except __________.

A.

Poke-Yoke

B.

Standard Operating Procedures

C.

Kaizen

D.

5S the work area

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Question # 32

Which of these are examples of business metrics or Key Performance Indicators commonly referred to as KPI’s?

A.

Cycle Time

B.

Defects

C.

No. of Units Reworked

D.

Labor Hours

E.

All of these answers are correct

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Question # 33

Of the various types of data shown below which is NOT representative of Variable Data.

A.

Length of a table

B.

Liters of solution added to a formula

C.

Number of employees wearing a uniform

D.

Miles per hour of a vehicle

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Question # 34

The relationship between a response variable and one or more independent variables is investigated and modeled by use of which of these?

A.

X-Y Matrix

B.

Baldridge Assessment

C.

Critical X's Definition

D.

Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)

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Question # 35

A ___________ is used primarily to track the stability of the average value of a metric of interest.

A.

NP Chart

B.

Xbar-R Chart

C.

I-MR Chart

D.

C Chart

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Question # 36

A Process Map is created in order that a Belt can __________________.

A.

Follow the product to the end

B.

Get the line people’s names correct

C.

Capture all the activities comprising the process

D.

Manage the input inventory delivery schedule

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Question # 37

Control Charts were developed by Dr. Shewhart to track data over time. To detect Special Cause variation the Control Charts use which of these?

A.

Data shift analysis

B.

Outlier analysis methods

C.

Center Line and Control Limits

D.

None of the above

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Question # 38

Which statement is most correct for the Regression Analysis shown here?

A.

The Regression explains 50.8% of the process variation

B.

The air-fuel ratio explains most of the TurbineOutput variation

C.

This Simple Linear Regression explains 98+% of the process variation

D.

This Multiple Linear Regression has four statistically significant independent variables

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Question # 39

Common and ______________ Cause Variation are the focus of Statistical Process Control.

A.

Uncommon

B.

Ordinary

C.

Special

D.

Selective

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Question # 40

The method of Steepest Ascent guides you toward a target inside the original inference space.

A.

True

B.

False

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Question # 41

As a means of measuring the effects on other areas of a process as a result of changes in the primary metric we also define and track ________________.

A.

Parallel process metrics

B.

Secondary metrics

C.

Tertiary metrics

D.

Industry standards

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Question # 42

Which statements are correct about the advanced Capability Analysis shown here?

(Note: There are 3 correct answers).

A.

This is a Poisson Capability Analysis.

B.

The average DPU with 95% confidence is between 0.024 and 0.0295.

C.

The DPU does not seem to vary depending on sample size.

D.

The process shows only one instance of being out of control statistically so we have confidence in the estimated DPU of this process.

E.

The maximum DPU in one observation was nearly 0.0753.

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Question # 43

Assessing process proportion as opposed to evaluating a process with respect to a set target can be done using one or more of these. (Note: There are 2 correct answers).

A.

Process proportion equals some desired value

B.

Process proportion equals some value range

C.

Target is current

D.

When we deal with Attribute type data

E.

Proportion of the tail is equal

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Question # 44

Range Charts are the technique used to determine if ______________ are occurring within the subgroups of the SPC Charts.

A.

Common Causes

B.

Special inspections

C.

Unnatural forces

D.

Special Causes

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Question # 45

Which of these might contribute to similar distributions having Unequal Variance?

A.

Extreme tails

B.

Outliers

C.

Multiple Modes

D.

All of the above

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