CN5013 LEAN CONSTRUCTION CONCEPTS,

TOOLS AND PRACTICES

MCQ
1. what are the five lean principles?
a) Takt time, flow, pull, interval and pitch
b) Takt time, flow, pull, schedule one point and finished goods strategy
c) Heijunka, standard work, TPM, Just-in-Time and kaizen
d) Value, Value stream, flow, pull and perfection
2. what does a six sigma program aim to reduce?
a) Inventory
b) process stability
c) process variability
d) waste
3. what does this VSM icon mean?

a) Operator
b) Kaizen burst
c) Inventory
d) signal Kanban
4. the worst form of waste is
a) Inventory
b) Waiting
c) Overproduction
d) Defects
5. which of the following can be determined by using the 5 why’s tool during kaizen?
a) root cause
b) problem
c) solution.
d) Background
6. which of these is not a primary element of Just in Time?
a) have only the required inventory when needed
 b) save money by reducing the workforce
c) improve quality to zero defects
d) reduce lead times by reducing setup times
7. lead time through the value stream will largely be determined by which of the following?
a) ratio of value added to non value added
b) size of FIFO lanes and supermarkets
c) takt time multiplied by pack size
d) backlog of customer orders
8. Productivity is measured as the ratio of
a) inputs to outputs
b) outputs to inputs
c) value added activity to non-value added activity
d) work complete to work planned
9. overproduction, scrap, waiting, are all forms of
a) TPM
b) Muda
c) Kanban
d) CFM
10. what is the order of hierarchy of flow, starting with best?
a) pull, one-piece flow, FIFO
b) one-piece flow, pull, FIFO.
c) pull, FIFO, one-piece flow
d) One-piece flow, FIFO, pull
11. what is the term for a series of connected flow in a value stream map?
a) Ring
b) Loop
c) Group
d) Function
12. Cost variance ( CV )is equal to
a) Actual Cost of Work Scheduled(ACWS) - Budgeted Cost of Work
Performed(BCWP)
b) Budgeted Cost of Work Performed(BCWP) - Actual Cost of Work
Scheduled(ACWS)
 c) Budgeted Cost of Work Performed(BCWP) - Actual Cost of Work
Performed(ACWP)
d) Actual Cost of Work Performed(ACWP) - Budgeted Cost of Work
Performed(BCWP)
13. Cost Performance Index ( CPI )is equal to
a) Actual Cost of Work Performed(ACWP) / Budgeted Cost of Work
Performed(BCWP)
b) Budgeted Cost of Work Performed(BCWP) /Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled
(BCWS)
c) Budgeted Cost of Work Performed(BCWP) / Actual Cost of Work
Performed(ACWP)
d) Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled (BCWS) / Budgeted Cost of Work
Performed(BCWP)
14. Schedule performance index of value greater than 1.0 indicates
a) project is on schedule
b) ahead of schedule
c) behind the schedule
d) none of the above
15. tasks that have the _____________ PAR value are the ones that have the greatest
improvement potential and should be addressed first in planning for productivity
improvement.
a) Smallest
b) Largest
c) both largest and smallest
d) neither large nor small
16. The ______________ system minimizes inventories through backward requests
a) Value stream map
b) Kaizen
c) Kanban
d) Poka Yoke
17. The Toyota Production System was represented by two pillars
a) Kanban and Poka Yoke
b) JIT and autonomation
c) Kaizen and VSM
d) JIT and Kaizen
18. Value streams include
a) Value added
b) Non Value added
c) Both value added and non value added
d) None of the above
19. The time a product spends in a production system is an important measure of
a) Performance
b) Economy
c) Productivity
d) efficiency
20. The Last Planner® System (LPS) comprises
a) The weekly work plan (WWP)
b) The master pull schedule
c) The look-ahead schedule
d) All of the above
21. Arrange the phases in a sequential order according to Lean Project Delivery System
a) lean design - lean assembly -project definition - lean supply -> use
b) project definition -lean design -lean assembly -lean supply - use
c) lean design -lean assembly -lean supply - project definition - use
d) project definition - lean design - lean supply -lean assembly -use
22. Kanban system is a ___________ system
a) Push
b) Pull
c) Production
d) Progress
23. Systematic method of analyzing possible causes to determine the root cause of a
problem
a) 5 'S method
b) Root Cause Analysis
c) Value stream Map
d) First Run Studies
24. Visual outputs of LPS are (i) Weekly Work Plan (ii) PPC trend (iii) variance pareto (iv)
constraint log
 a) and (ii)
b) only (iii)
c) (ii),(iii) and (iv)
d) All of the above
25. A team based methodology for analyzing the current state and designing future state
for a series of events is called
a) Just In Time
b) Value Stream Map
c) Kaizen
d) production control
26. As a rule of thumb it is recommended in committing crews to no more than __________
of their capacity when developing the WWP.
a) 75%
b) 95%
c) 80%
d) 50%
27. _________________ is used to describe assignments that have met all quality criteria,
but may need other prerequisite work to be done before they can be started
a) Daily Work Plan
b) Work In Progress
c) Workable backlog
d) Weekly Work Plan
28. Look-ahead planning includes (i) Constraints analysis (ii) The ADM (iii) First run
studies
a) only (iii)
b) (i) and (ii)
c) All of the above
d) None of the above
29. ____________ is a system of cascading production and delivery instructions from
downstream to upstream activities
a) VSM
b) Kanban
c) Kaizen
d) Push
30. Match the following
(a) seiri - cleanup
(b) seiso - discipline
(c) seiton - personal neatness
(d) seiketsu - straighten up
(e) shitsuke - put things in order

a) (a) - (ii); (b) - (iv); (c) - (v); (d) - (iii); (e) - (i)
b) (a) - (iv); (b) - (i); (c) - (v); (d) - (iii); (e) - (ii)
c) (a) - (v); (b) - (ii); (c) - (iv); (d) - (iii); (e) - (i)
d) (a) - (iv); (b) - (i); (c) - (iv); (d) - (iii); (e) - (ii)