1. The purpose of SIPOC in six sigma project is to a. Define scope of the process b. Decide where to collect data c.

All of the above d. None of the above 2. Critical processes in an organization can be found from critical business issues using a. Regression analysis b. Pareto Analysis c. QFD d. None of the above 3. Project charter is used to plan a. Plan the project including deliverables b. Give rationale in selecting the project c. Defect definition d. All of the above 4. A process map a. Shows steps in a process related to each other b. Fails to locate wastes in the process c. Pin point redundancies d. Both (a) & (c) 5. FMEA is used in the measure phase of six sigma project for a. Identifying risk in the project b. Prioritizing for data collection c. Correcting the process d. None of the above e. All of the above 6. The difference between the observed average of measurements and the reference value is known as a. Precision b. Bias c. Repeatability d. Linearity 7. In an attribute Gauge R & R, the acceptable limit for KAPPA value is a. > 0.2 b. > 0.6 c. < 0.6 d. < 0

8. Which of the following is not true for a process in a state of statistical control? a. Only common causes are present b. The product will always meet specifications c. The process exhibits a predictable pattern d. The process is governed by inherent causes of variation only 9. The techniques to be used for effective data collection are a. Check sheet and stratification b. Pareto Analysis c. Histogram d. Gemba investigation 10. When using the Xbar and R control charts, you should a. Form subgroups in production sequence b. Form subgroups by randomly taking samples from the entire population c. Take subgroups where it is convenient to draw samples d. Form subgroups by taking at least 50 consecutive items 11. Histogram helps us to know a. Vital few from trivial many b. Shape, centering and spread of data distribution c. Voice of the customers d. None of the above 12. A process engineer wants to determine how the process parameter temperature (X) affects the output characteristic of viscosity (Y). After gathering paired data on temperature and viscosity, the first step of his analysis would be a. To calculate the correlation coefficient between X and Y b. To observe the scatter plot of Y against X c. To plot individual charts of both X and Y d. Do paired t test between X & Y 13. The histogram shown below indicates that

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a. Stratification is not proper and we should have collected data from two different population b. There may have been a measurement error and we should calculate Gauge R&R

c. The data have been entered wrongly and we should collect fresh data d. There is an inspection bias and we should train the inspectors 14. Process stability ensure, a. Perfect process centering b. Low variation compared to specification c. Predictability of a process d. None of the above 15. Cp and Cpk for a process are same. You will draw the following conclusion. a. No rejection is being produced. b. Center of the process and nominal of the design is same. c. The process producing maximum possible rejection. d. There are error in data collection/calculation 16. Validation of causes in a cause-effect diagram cannot be done through a. SIPOC and prioritization matrix b. Gemba Investigation and regression analysis c. Hypothesis testing and Box plot d. Hypothesis testing and DOE 17. Significant difference of two averages means a. Two sample averages are numerically different. b. Two population means are different. c. The difference observed is of practical significance d. None of the above 18. If the value of R2 = 0.90 means a. 90% of the total variation is not explainable by the regression equation b. 10% of the total variation is explainable by the regression equation c. 90% of the total variation is explainable by the regression equation d. 95% of the total variation is explainable by the regression equation 19. For the base line continuous data , to find any obvious special cause we should use a. Individual control chart b. Bar R chart. c. Histogram. d. None of the above. 20. 2 test is used where both X and Y are of, a. Continuous type. b. Discrete type. c. Both variable & attribute type. d. None of the above.

21. After taking corrective action data are collected from a process and we accept the variability will reduce from 0.25 (present level). The hypothesis are, a. H0 :- 1 22 and H1 :- 12 > 22 b. H0 :- 2 = 0.25 and H1 :- 2 < 0.25 c. H0 :- 2 = 0.25 and H1 :- 2 > 0.25 d. H0 :- 2 = 0.25 and H1 :- 2 0.25 22. Regression technique is used to a. Identify Xs. b. Identify critical Xs. c. Relationship of Xs and Y. d. None of the above. 23. In case of ANOVA, which of the following is/are not true? I. The residual is normally distributed II. There are enough number of observation III. The degree of freedoms are not additive IV. The response data are normally distributed a. Only I b. Only II c. Only III d. All the above 24. In MINITAB, if we get the value of p<0.05, while carrying out ANOVA, we can conclude that a. The population means at different levels of the factor is same with 5% risk b. The population means at different levels of the factor are different c. The population variation in different levels of the factor are different d. The population means in different levels of the factor is different with 5% risk. 25. Null hypothesis always deals with a. Improvement goal b. Equality of different processes. c. Inequality of different processes. d. None of the above 26. The black belt felt that the defect rate depends on operator skill and shifts in a day. Hence he collected both data on 3 shifts and 3 operators. Now he should carry out a. 2 test b. F test c. t test d. Correlation and regression

27. You conducted an experiment to find the optimum setting of temperature, time and speed in a plastic moulding machine to have minimum deformation. Your results are as follows.

Estimated Effects and Coefficients for Deformation (coded units) Term Constant Temp Time Speed Temp*Time Temp*Speed Time*Speed Temp*Time*Speed Effect 2.3750 5.1250 0.8750 0.3750 0.1250 -0.6250 0.1250 Coef 11.3125 1.1875 2.5625 0.4375 0.1875 0.0625 -0.3125 0.0625 SE Coef 0.4375 0.4375 0.4375 0.4375 0.4375 0.4375 0.4375 0.4375 T 25.86 2.71 5.86 1.00 0.43 0.14 -0.71 0.14 P 0.000 0.026 0.000 0.347 0.680 0.890 0.495 0.890

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26a. Is effect of temperature significant? (I) Yes (II) No (III) Cant say 26b. Is effect of time significant? (I) Yes (II) No (III) Cant say