ISE 398 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Reducing the set-up time does which of the following? - Answers - Minimizes waste,
Reduces the time required to manufacture a specific number of parts., Reduces the cost
of each part., Reduces cost and improves quality.
All design issues are not equally important. The level of risk is typically determined by: -
Answers - The probability of occurrence and severity of the consequences.
While philosophies vary the common threads regarding Six Sigma include: - Answers - -
A management environment that supports these initiatives as a business strategy.
-Use of teams that are assigned well-defined projects that have direct impact on the
organization's bottom line and continual effort to reduce variation.
-A continual effort to reduce variation in all processes within the organization.
-Use of teams that are assigned well-defined projects that have direct impact on the
organization's bottom line.
Value stream mapping considers: - Answers - Strives for customer pull and flow of
materials and information from receipt of supplier material to delivery of finished goods
and services to customers.
Poka-Yoke: - Answers - Mistake-proofs a process.
Which of the following steps does add value? - Answers - Creating a better surface
finish that is nonfunctional but highly desired by customers due to aestetics.
Injection molding a Lego piece to desired shape.
Which of the following steps does not add value? - Answers - Machining a feature that
does not contribute to functionality but required little time.
In lean manufacturing an Andon: - Answers - Is a visual system to notify management
and maintenance of a quality or process problem.
In the Theory of Constraints: - Answers - The rates of all processes are adjusted to
match the output rate of the constraining process.
Modern cost of quality curves (compared to traditional cost of quality curves): - Answers
- Has a lower cost of conformance.
Which of the following is a type of waste (or muda)? - Answers - Waiting and correction
of mistakes., Waiting.,Necessary human motion.,Correction of mistakes.
This type of virtual team is formed from members of one role coming together to
perform regular and ongoing work. They have clearly defined roles, work independently
and their output is combined to produce a final result. - Answers - Production teams
, Your company is in a very competitive space and is currently supplies information to a
professional society survey sent to other companies, some competitors. The survey
results are shared but without company names and you use this to assess issues
impacting the industry. This is known as what type of benchmarking? - Answers -
Collaborative benchmarking
Ishikawa (Fishbone) diagrams - Answers - Should consider Man (people), Machine,
Methods, Materials, Measure and Mother Nature.
SIPOC Analysis: - Answers - Associates together the suppliers and customers with the
main process(es) under study and visually defines a process by identifying key
activities, outputs and inputs of each process.
In the storming stage which of the following is not true: - Answers - Despite conflict,
much is accomplished.
In the Norming State the leader: - Answers - Reduces the level of directive behavior and
increases supportive behavior, and assists the team to move to a performing stage
before it reverts to earlier stages
Which statement below fully describes the Interrelational Digraph pictured below as it
pertains to healthcare? - Answers - Nurse Availability is the driver and Scheduled
Appointmentsis the critical outcome.
(nurse availability arrows are out , schedule appts. arrows into it)
Project proposals are used to decide which Six Sigma projects are to be tackled at a
particular time. The proposals: - Answers - Should contain both precise statements of
project definition and some preliminary measures of seriousness. Should also be in step
with organizational goals.
Regarding Force-Field Analysis and Nominal Group Technique, which of the following is
not true: - Answers - Nominal group technique encourages debate during the
brainstorming process.
In the forming stage: - Answers - Members develop a sense of belonging to the group
and may tend to agree too much on in initial discussion topics.
Which graphical method provides a pictorial view of minimum, maximum, median, and
quartile range in one graph? - Answers - Box-and-Whisker plots.
Consider the fabrication of shirts where you track the defects as shown below using a
Pareto Chart. Using the 80-20 Pareto analysis, which defects should you concentrate
on eliminating/minimizing? - Answers - Button, pocket, collar (these are the 3 items that
cause 80% of the problems which is indicated on right side of graph)
Reducing the set-up time does which of the following? - Answers - Minimizes waste,
Reduces the time required to manufacture a specific number of parts., Reduces the cost
of each part., Reduces cost and improves quality.
All design issues are not equally important. The level of risk is typically determined by: -
Answers - The probability of occurrence and severity of the consequences.
While philosophies vary the common threads regarding Six Sigma include: - Answers - -
A management environment that supports these initiatives as a business strategy.
-Use of teams that are assigned well-defined projects that have direct impact on the
organization's bottom line and continual effort to reduce variation.
-A continual effort to reduce variation in all processes within the organization.
-Use of teams that are assigned well-defined projects that have direct impact on the
organization's bottom line.
Value stream mapping considers: - Answers - Strives for customer pull and flow of
materials and information from receipt of supplier material to delivery of finished goods
and services to customers.
Poka-Yoke: - Answers - Mistake-proofs a process.
Which of the following steps does add value? - Answers - Creating a better surface
finish that is nonfunctional but highly desired by customers due to aestetics.
Injection molding a Lego piece to desired shape.
Which of the following steps does not add value? - Answers - Machining a feature that
does not contribute to functionality but required little time.
In lean manufacturing an Andon: - Answers - Is a visual system to notify management
and maintenance of a quality or process problem.
In the Theory of Constraints: - Answers - The rates of all processes are adjusted to
match the output rate of the constraining process.
Modern cost of quality curves (compared to traditional cost of quality curves): - Answers
- Has a lower cost of conformance.
Which of the following is a type of waste (or muda)? - Answers - Waiting and correction
of mistakes., Waiting.,Necessary human motion.,Correction of mistakes.
This type of virtual team is formed from members of one role coming together to
perform regular and ongoing work. They have clearly defined roles, work independently
and their output is combined to produce a final result. - Answers - Production teams
, Your company is in a very competitive space and is currently supplies information to a
professional society survey sent to other companies, some competitors. The survey
results are shared but without company names and you use this to assess issues
impacting the industry. This is known as what type of benchmarking? - Answers -
Collaborative benchmarking
Ishikawa (Fishbone) diagrams - Answers - Should consider Man (people), Machine,
Methods, Materials, Measure and Mother Nature.
SIPOC Analysis: - Answers - Associates together the suppliers and customers with the
main process(es) under study and visually defines a process by identifying key
activities, outputs and inputs of each process.
In the storming stage which of the following is not true: - Answers - Despite conflict,
much is accomplished.
In the Norming State the leader: - Answers - Reduces the level of directive behavior and
increases supportive behavior, and assists the team to move to a performing stage
before it reverts to earlier stages
Which statement below fully describes the Interrelational Digraph pictured below as it
pertains to healthcare? - Answers - Nurse Availability is the driver and Scheduled
Appointmentsis the critical outcome.
(nurse availability arrows are out , schedule appts. arrows into it)
Project proposals are used to decide which Six Sigma projects are to be tackled at a
particular time. The proposals: - Answers - Should contain both precise statements of
project definition and some preliminary measures of seriousness. Should also be in step
with organizational goals.
Regarding Force-Field Analysis and Nominal Group Technique, which of the following is
not true: - Answers - Nominal group technique encourages debate during the
brainstorming process.
In the forming stage: - Answers - Members develop a sense of belonging to the group
and may tend to agree too much on in initial discussion topics.
Which graphical method provides a pictorial view of minimum, maximum, median, and
quartile range in one graph? - Answers - Box-and-Whisker plots.
Consider the fabrication of shirts where you track the defects as shown below using a
Pareto Chart. Using the 80-20 Pareto analysis, which defects should you concentrate
on eliminating/minimizing? - Answers - Button, pocket, collar (these are the 3 items that
cause 80% of the problems which is indicated on right side of graph)
