1 Defect prevention is a. Mistake proofing b. Iterative testing c. OA d.

Early testing Hide

Answer Answer : Mistake proofing

2 ______________ is the critical starting point of Lean thinking a. Project Value b.

Customer Value c. Value Addition d. Program value Hide Answer Answer : Customer
Value

3 To get First Hand Information, we need to do a. Visual Control b. Go See Yourself c.

Brainstorm d. Continuous Monitoring Hide Answer Answer : Go See Yourself

4 Value is always defined from the perspective of the a. Customer b. Project c. Product
d. All of the above Hide Answer Answer : Customer

5 ______________ 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 d. None Hide Answer Answer : Andon
Board

6 ______________ 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 d. All the above Hide
Answer Answer : Takt Time

7 This technique can be used to conduct root cause analysis a. 5 Why b. Fishbone
diagram c. Cause and Effect diagram d. All the above Hide Answer Answer : All the
above

8 Pull system helps in avoiding ______________ a. Over production b. Slow production c.

Fast production d. None of above Hide Answer Answer : Over production

9 Placing everything in its place is part of _________________in 5S framework a. Sort b.

Straighten c. Shine d. Sustain Hide Answer Answer : Straighten

10 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 Hide Answer
Answer : Heijunka

11 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 d. One time significant change suggested by external process
consultant Hide Answer Answer : Ongoing improvement

12 Continuous organization learning and improvement is ensured through

______________ a. Standardization and Automation b. Retrospection and Mistakeproofing
c. Pull and Flow d. Retrospection and Kaizen Hide Answer Answer : Retrospection and
Kaizen

13 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 d. Showcase to the management on the success stories of the team Hide
Answer Answer : Ensure problems are not hidden

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14 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 Hide Answer Answer : Identifying value adding and non value adding
activity in a process

15 PDCA stands for a. Plan-Do-Check-Act b. Plan-Do-Control-Analyze c. Plan-Do-Check-

Analyze d. Plan-Do-Control-Act Hide Answer Answer : Plan-Do-Check-Act

16 Which of the following is not a root cause analysis technique a. Pareto diagram b. 5
Why c. Fish Bone Diagram d. Mistake Proofing Hide Answer Answer : Mistake Proofing

17 The culture of Lean gives a lot of importance to a. Innovation b. Capability building c.

Questioning status-quo d. Showcasing best practices Hide Answer Answer : Questioning
status-quo

18 Identifying the necessary and removing unwanted one in any workplace is called a.
Straighten b. Automation c. Mistake proofing d. Sort Hide Answer Answer : Sort

19 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 Hide
Answer Answer : Value Stream Mapping

20 Kaizen applied with the right approach helps in achieving a. Quantum improvement
b. Incremental improvement c. Sustains the performance d. Marginal improvement
Hide Answer Answer : Incremental improvement

21 ‘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 Maintenan ce
project is the Bugs serviced per release c. Value for a Conversion project is every web
page converted d. All of the above Hide Answer Answer : All of the above

22 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 Hide Answer Answer : Waiting and searching for resources in the lab
during reproduction and testing

23 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 Hide Answer Answer : Allocating the right tasks to team members
based on effort,complexity estimates, skill level

24 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
Hide Answer Answer : All of the above

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25 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 Hide Answer Answer : When the project gets kicked
off

26 During which phase of the project can Lean be implemented? a. Requirement phase
b. Design phase c. CUT & ST phases d. All of the above Hide Answer Answer : All of the
above

27 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 Hide Answer Answer : Yes

28 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 Hide
Answer Answer : Long term thinking even at short term financial expense

29 Which of the following are two key pillars of the Toyota Production System? a. Just-in-
Time and Waste Elimination b. Jidoka and Just in Time c. Visual Management and Kaizen
d. Standardisation and Leveled Production Hide Answer Answer : Jidoka and Just in Time

30 The culture of stopping when there is a quality problem is called a. Waste elimination
b. Standardisation c. Jidoka d. None of the above Hide Answer Answer : Jidoka

31 Which of the following is a technique involving simple inexpensive automatic

mechanisms or manual inspection in a station, that makes the quality issues obvious at
a glance? a. Visual Control b. Value Steam Mapping c. both 1 and 2 d. Poka Yoke Hide
Answer Answer : Poka Yoke

32 The roots of Lean thinking can be traced back to a. Harvard b. GE c. Honda d. Toyota
Hide Answer Answer : Toyota

33 Lean principle is based on management decisions adopting a _____________

philosophy” a. Short Term b. Medium Term c. Long Term d. All of the above Hide
Answer Answer : Long Term

34 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 Hide Answer Answer : To bring out
operational problems affecting for early resolution

35 Which of the following is NOT part of 5 S? a. SORT b. Straighten c. Soften d.

Standardize Hide Answer Answer : Soften

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36 Takt time is a ratio of the ‘Net available time’ to ________________ a. Total Supply b.
Customer demand c. Both d. None Hide Answer Answer : Customer demand

37 Poka Yoke is ______________ a. Mistake Proofing b. Visual Control c. Standarization d.

None of above Hide Answer Answer : Mistake Proofing

38 The “5 Why?” is a ______________ technique a. 5 S b. RCA c. DSM d. None of the above

Hide Answer Answer : RCA

39 Lean thinking advocates ______________ a. Push Systems b. Pull Systems c. both d.

None Hide Answer Answer : Pull Systems Also Read : Top 10 apps you won’t find on
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40 Andon board is an example of ______________ a. Visual Control b. Dashboard c.

Network diagram d. None of the above Hide Answer Answer : Visual Control

41 To reduce test setup change-over time, you considered SMED technique. Which of
the following principles can help? a. Displace b. Eliminiate c. Standardize d. All of the
above Hide Answer Answer : All of the above

42 Customer expects the team to test 10 features in 20 working days. What is the takt
time? a. 10 features/month b. 2 days/feature c. 0.5 features/day d. None of above Hide
Answer Answer : 2 days/feature

43 Which of the following is a part of the Lean philosophy? a. Management decisions

based on a long term perspective b. Stop when there is a quality problem c. Leaders
going to the actual workplace to see and understand throughly d. All of the above Hide
Answer Answer : All of the above

44 Following are categories of waste a. Overproduction b. Transportation c. Motion d.

All of the above Hide Answer Answer : All of the above

45 An effective way to make team memebrs aware of progress made and currents
status is through a. Visual Boards b. Poka – yoke c. Mura d. Muri Hide Answer Answer :
Visual Boards

46 Mistake proofing is a. Andon b. Poka – yoke c. Mura d. Muri Hide Answer Answer :
Poka – yoke

47 Over production is avoided by using ___________ a. Pull system b. Poka – yoke c. Mura
d. Push system Hide Answer Answer : Pull system

48 How many Lean principles are there according to Jeffrey Liker as presented in “The
Toyoto Way” a. 5 b. 10 c. 14 d. None of the above Hide Answer Answer : 14

49 How many categories of wastes can be identified as per the Toyota Production
System? a. 7 b. 10 c. 100 d. 20 Hide Answer Answer : 7

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50 “Upstream should not produce anything till downstream asks for it” is a part of which
Lean principle a. Poka- yoke b. DSM c. Push Mechanismans d. Pull mechanism Hide
Answer Answer : Pull mechanism

51 The practice in 5S framework by which the work place efficiency is maintained is

________________ a. Sort b. Shine c. Sustain d. All of the above Hide Answer Answer :
Sustain

52 “Pace of production to meet customer demand” is related to _______________ a. Takt

Time b. Talk Time c. Delay time d. All of the above Hide Answer Answer : Takt Time

53 Spending time to finding information can be mapped to _______________ waste a.

Overproduction b. Inventory c. Motion d. All of the above Hide Answer Answer : Motion

54 A tool in the work area giving the current status of the work a. Visual Control Board
b. SMED c. Both 1 and 2 d. None Hide Answer Answer : Visual Control Board

55 Employing tools to do work otherwise done by people results in reduction of

___________ a. Efforts b. Schedule c. Defects d. 1, 2 and 3 Hide Answer Answer : 1, 2 and 3

56 Automated detection and stopping when a defect occurs is related to ___________ a.

Automation b. Jidoka (autonomation) c. Genchi Genbutsu d. Visual Controls Hide
Answer Answer : Jidoka (autonomation)

57 In TPS, high levels of quality is achieved by the principles of a. Jidoka b. Poka Yoke c.
Both 1 and 2 d. None Hide Answer Answer : Both 1 and 2

58 According to Lean thinking, problems should be addressed at a. Root Cause level b.

Manager level c. Operator level d. All the above Hide Answer Answer : Root Cause level

59 Kaizen can result in an improvement in _______________ a. Quality b. Throughput c.

Both 1 and 2 d. None Hide Answer Answer : Both 1 and 2

60 Problems identified are displayed for everyone’s attention rather than covering up a.
Make the problem visibile b. Make it fast c. Make it beautiful d. None Hide Answer
Answer : Make the problem visibile

61 Any activity that consumes resources, but does not create value is _______________ a.
Muda b. Mura c. Muri d. All the above Hide Answer Answer : Muda

62 Tasks with clear specification on the input, process, time and output are
_______________ a. Fixed b. standardized c. Designed d. All the above Hide Answer Answer
: standardized

63 Identification of all activities occuring along the life cycle of the product is _________ a.
Value Creation b. Value Stream Mapping c. Customer Value d. None Hide Answer
Answer : Value Stream Mapping

64 Making more parts than you can sell is _______________ a. Overprocessing b.

Overproduction c. Both 1 and 2 d. None Hide Answer Answer : Overproduction

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65 Optimization of current state map gives the _______________ a. Optimized map b.
Value map c. Future state map d. All the above Hide Answer Answer : Future state map

66 In the 5 Why analysis, if the root cause is not identified at the 5th Why, one should
_______________ a. Stop b. Start afresh c. Continue d. None Hide Answer Answer :
Continue

67 The slowest operation in a process is _______________ a. Work stopper b. Bottleneck c.

Both 1 and 2 d. None Hide Answer Answer : Bottleneck

68 What is the ongoing process/philosophy of doing things better, faster and lower
cost? a. Continuous Processs b. Continuous Engineering c. Continuous Improvement d.
None Hide Answer Answer : Continuous Improvement

69 Giving employees more responsibility, authority and accountability for effecting

improvements that are within their purview in the daily processes is Employee
_______________ a. Empowerment b. Engagement c. Endearment d. None Hide Answer
Answer : Empowerment

70 Lean practices optimizes the a. Cost b. Qualitty c. Schedule d. All the above Hide
Answer Answer : All the above

71 Achieving predictability of the outcome and making it repeatable is ensured through

_______________ a. Concurrent Engineering b. Predictive Engineering c. Standardization d.
All the above Hide Answer Answer : Standardization

72 Genchi Genbatsu is part of _______________ category in Liker’s 14 principle model a.

Process b. People and Partners c. Problem Solving d. Philosophy Hide Answer Answer :
Problem Solving

73 What is Hansei? a. Reflection b. Refraction c. Retraction d. Renovation Hide Answer

Answer : Reflection

74 Problems should not remain hidden. They should be _______________ early. a.

Standardized b. Optimized c. Surfaced d. All the above Hide Answer Answer : Surfaced

75 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 Hide Answer
Answer : Both 1 and 2

76 Attributes of value deliverables areTimelinessCost a. Quality b. Timeliness c. Cost d.

All the above Hide Answer Answer : All the above Also Read : The best Android apps for
music download: Deezer Music, Spotify Music

77 According to Lean thinking, leaders should work with first hand information from
_______________ by direct observation. a. Customers b. Workplace c. Both 1 and 2 d. None
Hide Answer Answer : Workplace

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78 Which of the following are examples for Muda? a. Hand off b. Task Switching c. Both
1 and 2 d. None Hide Answer Answer : Both 1 and 2

79 In a maintenance project with a 3 month release cycle, the team idles during the first
six weeks due to lack of clarity. The customer expects team to work as per the planned
efforts in the remaining 6 weeks. This will lead to _______________ a. Task switching b.
Overload c. Poor quality d. Both 2 and 3 Hide Answer Answer : Both 2 and 3

80 The purpose of VSM is to ____________ and eliminate waste a. Standardize b. Empower

c. Identify d. None Hide Answer Answer : Identify

81 _______________ is the time taken for those activities that actually transform the
product/service in a way that the customer is willing to pay for a. Takt Time b. Activity
Time c. Cycle Time d. Value Added Time Hide Answer Answer : Value Added Time

82 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 Hide Answer
Answer : Non Value Add

83 _______________ is an activity that transforms the input, thereby bringing it closer to

the form required by a customer a. Value Add b. Muda c. Muri d. None Hide Answer
Answer : Value Add

84 Mechanisms (other than inspection at a work place) to achi eve in-station quality by
prevention is an example of _______________ a. Jidoka b. Heijunka c. Poka Yoke d. All the
above Hide Answer Answer : Poka Yoke

85 Principles of 5S aim at achieving a. Efficient work place b. Jidoka c. Efficient task

switching d. None Hide Answer Answer : Efficient work place

86 Standardization helps to reduce variance in a. Cycle time b. Quality c. Both 1 and 2 d.

None Hide Answer Answer : Both 1 and 2

87 Standardized work and environment are the basis for a. Continuous improvement b.
Defect prevention c. Both 1 and 2 d. None Hide Answer Answer : Continous
Improvement

88 An operating model with in-station quality is found in a. Mass production approach

b. Toyota Production System c. Both 1 and 2 d. None Hide Answer Answer : Toyota
Production System

89 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 Hide Answer
Answer : In station quality

90 Kaizen is _______________ a. An activity that causes an incidental problem b. An activity

that causes a recurrent problem c. An activity that enables continuous improvement d.
None of the above Hide Answer Answer : An activity that enables continuous
improvement

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91 The 5 Ws of root cause analysis are a. Who, what, where, when, why b. What, where,
when, who, why c. Who, who, who, who, who d. Why, why, why, why, why Hide Answer
Answer : Why, why, why, why, why

92 Automatically stopping the process when something is wrong and then fixing the
problems on the line itself as they occur is called _______________ a. Heijunka b. Jidoka c.
Kaizen d. Kanban Hide Answer Answer : Jidoka

93 Which of the following are examples of Muda (waste) in the process which should be
eliminated? a. Doing work manually when it can be automated b. Equipment not
working c. Spending efforts in processing repetitive issues d. All of the above Hide
Answer Answer : All of the above

94 Lean is _______________ a. Action Oriented b. Continuous Improvement c. Process

toolkit d. All of the above Hide Answer Answer : All of the above

95 Lean is not _______________ a. Short term gain b. Problem Solver c. Action Oriented d.
Continous Improvement Hide Answer Answer : Short term gain

96 The deciding factors for automation are _______________ a. Feasibility b. Return of

Investment c. Frequency d. All the above Hide Answer Answer : All of the above

97 Understanding the actual situation is known as _______________ a. Capacity Planning b.

Mistake Proofing c. SS d. Go and see Yourself Hide Answer Answer : Go and see Yourself

98 Use _______________ to reduce setup/changeover time a. SMED b. 5S c. RCA d. VSM

Hide Answer Answer : SMED

99 Issue log or KEDB helps in _______________ a. Mistake proofing b. Automation c. VSM d.

Competency management Hide Answer Answer : Mistake proofing

100 The PM defines the coding standard for a new technology before the development
starts. Based on these guidelines, he also reconfigures the code review tool. Choose the
Lean tenets PM has applied a. Standardization & Mistake proofing b. Standardization &
Statistical Analysis c. Only Standardization d. 5S and Mistake proofing Hide Answer
Answer : Standardization & Mistake proofing

101 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 Hide Answer Answer : Sort, Straighten, Shine,
Standardize, Sustain

102 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 Hide Answer Answer : All
of the above

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103 A checklist is a simple example for _______________ a. Mistake proofing b.
Standardization c. SMED d. 5S Hide Answer Answer : Mistake Proofing

104 What is the first step in the VSM? a. Draw the Value stream mapping(As -IS) b.
Identify the customer Value deliverable c. Remove the wastes d. Identify the Value
added and Non value added activities Hide Answer Answer : Identify the customer Value
deliverable

105 In a project X, few resources are overburdened due to disparity of competency in

teams. This situation is a result of _______________ a. Muda b. Muri c. Mura Hide Answer
Answer : Muri

106 Which of the following tenets is used for work place management? a. SMED b. 5S c.
VSM d. DSM Hide Answer Answer : 5S

107 Which of the following Lean methodologies can be used to identify the waste in the
process? a. DSM b. 5S c. VSM d. CMMI Hide Answer Answer : VSM Also Read : The best
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108 Identify the applicable tenet used for identifying the root cause of the problem a. 5S
b. Statistical Analysis c. 5WHY d. PDCA Hide Answer Answer : 5 WHY

109 In an application maintenance project, the team was following the practice of
placing a Red flag in front of the engineer who was stuck up with a problem related to
resolving the incident. This is an example of _______________ a. Standardization b. Kanban
c. Andon d. None of the above Hide Answer Answer : Andon

110 How many guiding principles does Lean have? a. 11 b. 7 c. 12 d. 14 Hide Answer
Answer : 14

111 _____________ provides a complete visibility of all work items and status in the team
a. Standardization b. Mistake Proofing c. Visual Control d. ecube Hide Answer Answer :
Visual Control

112 TPS is an integrated socio-technical system, developed by ____________ a. Ford b.

Toyota c. Wipro d. IBM Hide Answer Answer : Toyota

113 Which of the following is not part of 5S? a. Sort b. Sustain c. Shine d. Sequence Hide
Answer Answer : Sequence

114 According to Womack Lean thinking consists of __________ core principles a. 3 b. 7 c.

14 d. 5 Hide Answer Answer : 5

115 Which of these are not a core Lean principle according to Womack a. Pull b. Flow c.
Value d. Push Hide Answer Answer : Push

116 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
Hide Answer Answer : reduction in batch size

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117 SMED stands for _____________ a. Single Minute Exchange of Dies b. Simply More
Energy Daily c. Simplest Most Effective Design d. Sampling Method for Eff ort Deviation
Hide Answer Answer : Single Minute Exchange of Dies

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