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Lean Six Sigma

(Master Black Belt) Day 02

1. ….. cannot be broken into smaller parts.

A Continuous Data
B Discrete Data
C Common Cause
D Special Cause

2. …… can be measured using the same scales or equipment

A Continuous Data
B Discrete Data
C Common Cause
D Special Cause

3. …… can be broken down into smaller pieces and still makes sense
A Continuous Data
B Discrete Data
C Common Cause
D Special Cause

4. As a Six Sigma project manager, sending your team to collect time of defects it
is considered…………
A Continuous Data
B Discrete Data
C Common Cause
D Special Cause

5. As a Six Sigma project manager, sending your team to trace prices of products
it is considered …………
A Continuous Data
B Discrete Data
C Common Cause
D Special Cause

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6. As a Six Sigma project manager, sending your team to collect Data regarding
different buildings height it is considered …………
A Continuous Data
B Discrete Data
C Common Cause
D Special Cause

7. As a Six Sigma project manager, sending your team to collect different product
weight in sample it is considered …………
A Continuous Data
B Discrete Data
C Common Cause
D Special Cause

8. As a Six Sigma project manager, sending your team to collect Data regarding
distance between buildings it is considered …………
A Continuous Data
B Discrete Data
C Common Cause
D Special Cause

9. As a Six Sigma project manager, you received a complaint regarding machine

high temperature, you have to send your team to collect …………
A Continuous Data
B Discrete Data
C Common Cause
D Special Cause

10. As a Six Sigma project manager, needing your customers satisfaction is a

must, sending your team to collect a Yes/No survey is considered …………
A Continuous Data
B Discrete Data
C Common Cause
D Special Cause

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11. As a Six Sigma project manager, sending your team to count number of staff
within the company is considered …………
A Continuous Data
B Discrete Data
C Common Cause
D Special Cause

12. As a Six Sigma project manager, sending your team to list names of staff is
considered …………
A Continuous Data
B Discrete Data
C Common Cause
D Special Cause

13. As a Six Sigma project manager, sending your team to collect size of product
(Small – Medium – Large) it is considered …………
A Continuous Data
B Discrete Data
C Common Cause
D Special Cause

14. if you have uncertainty about the types of data it is considered …………
A Continuous Data
B Discrete Data
C Common Cause
D Special Cause

15. As a Six Sigma project manager, sending your team to collect Percentage of
staff absentees is considered …………
A Continuous Data
B Discrete Data
C Common Cause
D Special Cause

16. ….. Always Present, Expected and Normal.

A .Common Cause Variation
B Special Cause Variation
C Continuous Data
D Discrete Data

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17. ….. They appear very rarely, unexpected and unnatural.

A .Common Cause Variation
B Special Cause Variation
C Continuous Data
D Discrete Data

18. Common Cause Variation is.

A Lots of causes and Each with very little effect
B Difficult to identify
C Difficult to eliminate
D .All of the above

19. Special Cause Variation is …

A Few causes and Few with large effect
B Easier to identify
C Easier to eliminate
D .All of the above

20. ….. Falls Into (Inherent & Variability).

A Common Cause Variation
B Special Cause Variation
C Continuous Data
D Discrete Data

21. ….. Falls Into (Assignable & Pattern Categories).

A Common Cause Variation
B Special Cause Variation
C Continuous Data
D Discrete Data

22. Knowing type of variation is important for ……

A Help to define an improvement strategy.
B It tells us whether the process is stable or unstable.
C .Unstable actions lead to customer dissatisfaction
D .All of the above

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23. Process under the influence of …………are unstable

A .Common Cause
B Special Cause
C Continuous Data
D Discrete Data

24. …. Is another name for cause and effect diagram and fish bone diagram.
A Histogram
B Scatter Plot
C Pareto Analysis
D Ishikawa

25. In fishbone diagram, the more affects the less impact of the particular cause.
A true
B false

26. ….. Is any potential cause related to variation in process due to inputs spare
parts, or outputs finished production.
A Method
B Measurement
C Machines
D Material

27. ….. Is any potential cause related to ways of data collection or classification.
A Method
B Measurement
C Machines
D Material

28. In a Fishbone Diagram the 6M’s stand for Methods……..., Machine, Man,
Mother Nature and Materials.
A Measurements
B Merger
C Management
D Medical

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29. Man/Manpower is one of the 06 ……. Of Fish Bone diagram

A Causes
B Effects
C Classifications
D .None of the above

30. A hospital with 1000 beds is facing a patients' admission problem, a root cause
of (number of available beds in the hospital) was found,
data calculated as the following, when
1- (X=1000 / number of patients' complaint =0)
2- (X=810 / number of patients' complaint=7)
3- (X=760 / number of patients' complaint=25)
4- (X=690 / number of patients' complaint=36)
5- (X=605 / number of patients' complaint=49)
what is the expected number of patients' complaint - in case of 45 beds
available only?
A 125
B 135
C 145
D 155

31. In a Scatter Plot if we increase health prevention measures as potential Xs to

decrease the spread of disease Y, it is indicator of ……. Relation between X
and Y.
A Positive
B Negative
C Absence
D Limited

32. In the scatterplot we found that more untrained technicians as potential Xs the
industrial accident rates increasing Y, this is an indication of……. The
relationship between X and Y.
A Positive
B Negative
C Absence
D Limited

33. The result of a flow chart is also referred to as a …

A Network Diagram
B Ishikawa
C Scatter Plot
D Pareto Analysis
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34. It is process involves taking the activities and sequencing them in the order in
which the work will be performed
A Sequence Activities
B Data Analysis
C Team assembling
D .All of the above

35. A logical relationship in which a successor activity cannot start until a

predecessor activity has started
A .Start-to-start (SS)
B .Start-to-finish (SF)
C .Finish-to-start (FS)
D .Finish-to-finish (FF)

36. A logical relationship in which a successor activity cannot finish until a

predecessor activity has started.
A .Start-to-start (SS)
B .Start-to-finish (SF)
C .Finish-to-start (FS)
D .Finish-to-finish (FF)

37. A logical relationship in which a successor activity cannot start until a

predecessor activity has finished.
A .Start-to-start (SS)
B .Start-to-finish (SF)
C .Finish-to-start (FS)
D .Finish-to-finish (FF)

38. A logical relationship in which a successor activity cannot finish until a

predecessor activity has finished.
A .Start-to-start (SS)
B .Start-to-finish (SF)
C .Finish-to-start (FS)
D .Finish-to-finish (FF)

39. …. It is a technique used for constructing a schedule model in which activities

are represented by nodes (or boxes) and arrows show activity dependencies.
A PPM
B Gantt Chart
C PDM
D SIPOC

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40. is an activity that logically comes before a dependent activity in a schedule.

A Predecessor Activity
B Successor Activity
C Precedence Diagramming Method
D Relationship

41. …. is a dependent activity that logically comes after another activity in a

schedule.
A Predecessor Activity
B Successor Activity
C Precedence Diagramming Method
D Relationship

42. PDM includes ……. dependencies or logical relationships.

A .Start-to-start (SS) & Start-to-finish (SF)
B .Finish-to-start (FS) & Finish-to-finish (FF)
C A&B
D None of the above

43. ……. is the most commonly used type of precedence relationship.

A .Start-to-start (SS)
B .Start-to-finish (SF)
C .Finish-to-start (FS)
D .Finish-to-finish (FF)

44. The …… relationship is very rarely used

A .Start-to-start (SS)
B .Start-to-finish (SF)
C .Finish-to-start (FS)
D .Finish-to-finish (FF)

45. In Analyze phase, Process Map called .........

A Process Map
B Flow Chart
C Gantt chart
D Milestone

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46. …… helps us in analyzing the Non-Value-added step

A Ishikawa
B Scatter Plot
C Flow Chart
D Pareto Analysis

47. In Pareto analysis, the percentage is calculated by dividing the ......

Number by ......
A Category / Data Validation
B Control / Not Control
C Cumulative / Total Frequency
D Parts / Percentage

48. In Pareto analysis, once we allocate the root cause further improvements are
ineffective and may be unjustified.
A True
B False

49. We use …… when we need to focus on some influencing factors than focusing
on everyone.
A Ishikawa
B Scatter Plot
C Flow Chart
D Pareto Analysis

50. …… can be used when analyzing quality factors specific activity

A Ishikawa
B Scatter Plot
C Flow Chart
D Pareto Analysis

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