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MSSC SAFETY ASSESSMENT EXAM STUDY
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
1. An_________ customer is a person or organization that receives services or products
in exchange for compensation.
a) Internal
b) External
c) In-house
d) Departmental -Correct Answer ✔-External
2. Improving external customer satisfaction is the main objective of __________.
a) Customer service department.
b) Retired employees
c) Maintenance departments
d) HR departments. -Correct Answer ✔-customer service
3. Vendors could be considered what type of customer?
a) Main
b) Substantial
c) Internal
d) External -Correct Answer ✔-external
4. Customer satisfaction should always be the first objective considered when
developing _________.
a) Vendors
b) New or improved products
c) Teamwork
d) Training matrix -Correct Answer ✔-new or improved products
5. The ________ of the product describes the features requested for the product to
perform the tasks for which it was intended.
a) Form
b) Function
c) Cost
d) Utilization -Correct Answer ✔-function
6. Product designers should always consider the effects of tooling design and cost
during ___________.
a) Prototype development
b) Process capability studies
c) Team kickoff meetings
d) Maintenance of a machine -Correct Answer ✔-prototype development
7. Product design teams should provide an environment that encourages ________.
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a) Criticize other team members at any time
b) Add their design ideas freely
c) Attend meetings whenever they are available
d) Report team meetings to the boss -Correct Answer ✔-Add their design ideas free
8. Teamwork, concurrent engineering, tools and techniques are needed in order to
make _______________.
a) Product introduction
b) Sales
c) Product scam prevention efforts
d) Safety tests -Correct Answer ✔-Product introduction
9. Engineers working with manufacturing to become aware of tooling limitations and
other problems that may increase production time and cost is an example of
_____________.
a) Brainstorming
b) Product analysis
c) Concurrent engineering
d) Production processing -Correct Answer ✔-Concurrent engineering
10. _______ is a design methodology that designs features into the product that makes
it cheaper to manufacture, while maintaining its ability to perform its intended function.
a) Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA)
b) Design Criteria and Performance (DCP)
c) Design, Manufacture, Deliver (DMD)
d) Design for Production and Performance (DPP) -Correct Answer ✔-Design for
Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA)
11. to be successful ________must be tied to the company's business plan.
a) Team goals
b) Donations to the community
c) The stock market
d) Cross-Training assignments -Correct Answer ✔-team goals
12. A team should develop a spending plan as part of their decision making process
________________.
a) to ensure that they do not exceed the amount of money allocated to the project
b) to ensure that they use all the money allocated to the project
c) in case they are audited
d) because it is a requirement of all teams -Correct Answer ✔-to ensure that they do not
exceed the amount of money allocated to the project
13. Supervisors should set measurable objectives to have a way to ____________.
a) Eliminate the need to review employees
b) Limit the number of employees who can receive a bonus
c) Have good performance criteria for review of employee performance
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d) Have a way to collect data to satisfy management reports -Correct Answer ✔-Have
good performance criteria for review of employee performance
14. People working together discussing issues and making decisions are key elements
of a _______________.
a) successful work group
b) SPC program
c) JIT process
d) Histogram -Correct Answer ✔-successful work group
15. Company objectives and production goals are important pieces of data to
__________.
a) Retired employee
b) Forklift training certification data
c) Self-directed work team
d) Predictive maintenance program -Correct Answer ✔-Self-directed work team
16. Promoting competition among teams or departments _________________.
a) Helps management set their own goals
b) Helps establish the baseline to set team goals
c) Is a reason to set measurable team goals
d) Is not a reason to set measurable team goals -Correct Answer ✔-Is not a reason to
set measurable team goals
17. Top level management must support a team for it to be ______________.
a) Successful
b) Ratified
c) Certified
Fully staffed -Correct Answer ✔-Successful
18. When a team sets objectives that they wish to accomplish, care should be taken to
ensure that these objectives are _____________.
a) Aggressive
b) Predictable
c) Measurable
d) Justifiable -Correct Answer ✔-measurable
19. To ensure that a team has____________ meetings, rules for team behavior should
be enforced.
a) Weekly
b) Unproductive
c) Productive
d) Long -Correct Answer ✔-productive
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20. The first step in a team development process is an awkward stage for the team
members called ______________.
a) Storming
b) Norming
c) Performing
d) Forming -Correct Answer ✔-forming
21. When a team is formed to tackle a problem, _______________________.
a) Supervisor is placed in charge
b) Set of guidelines is supplied to guide decisions
c) Cost evaluation is performed to justify their work
d) Team kickoff meeting is held to get everyone up to speed on the task and meet each
other -Correct Answer ✔-Team kickoff meeting is held to get everyone up to speed on
the task and meet each other
22. ______________ is a technique teams use for generating as many ideas as
possible.
a) Storming
b) Norming
c) Brainstorming
d) Pareto principle -Correct Answer ✔-Brainstorming
23. During a team meeting, any solutions to the problem being discussed that do not
meet one or more of the must-have criteria should be _______________.
a) Discussed fully
b) Tabled to a later meeting
c) Given equal consideration
d) Eliminated -Correct Answer ✔-Eliminated
24. Customer service refers to people and other resources a company devotes to
________.
a) assisting customers
b) product design
c) sales
d) cost analysis -Correct Answer ✔-assisting customers
25. In customer service, it is important to ________________.
a) never admit being at fault
b) look into the customer's problem, find a solution, and follow through
c) make the customer admit to being at least partially at fault
d) make the customer like you even it it means placing the blame on someone else in
the organization -Correct Answer ✔-look into the customer's problem, find a solution,
and follow through
26. Teams should strictly enforce rules about _______to minimize conflict.
a) attendance
MSSC
MSSC SAFETY ASSESSMENT EXAM STUDY
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
1. An_________ customer is a person or organization that receives services or products
in exchange for compensation.
a) Internal
b) External
c) In-house
d) Departmental -Correct Answer ✔-External
2. Improving external customer satisfaction is the main objective of __________.
a) Customer service department.
b) Retired employees
c) Maintenance departments
d) HR departments. -Correct Answer ✔-customer service
3. Vendors could be considered what type of customer?
a) Main
b) Substantial
c) Internal
d) External -Correct Answer ✔-external
4. Customer satisfaction should always be the first objective considered when
developing _________.
a) Vendors
b) New or improved products
c) Teamwork
d) Training matrix -Correct Answer ✔-new or improved products
5. The ________ of the product describes the features requested for the product to
perform the tasks for which it was intended.
a) Form
b) Function
c) Cost
d) Utilization -Correct Answer ✔-function
6. Product designers should always consider the effects of tooling design and cost
during ___________.
a) Prototype development
b) Process capability studies
c) Team kickoff meetings
d) Maintenance of a machine -Correct Answer ✔-prototype development
7. Product design teams should provide an environment that encourages ________.
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a) Criticize other team members at any time
b) Add their design ideas freely
c) Attend meetings whenever they are available
d) Report team meetings to the boss -Correct Answer ✔-Add their design ideas free
8. Teamwork, concurrent engineering, tools and techniques are needed in order to
make _______________.
a) Product introduction
b) Sales
c) Product scam prevention efforts
d) Safety tests -Correct Answer ✔-Product introduction
9. Engineers working with manufacturing to become aware of tooling limitations and
other problems that may increase production time and cost is an example of
_____________.
a) Brainstorming
b) Product analysis
c) Concurrent engineering
d) Production processing -Correct Answer ✔-Concurrent engineering
10. _______ is a design methodology that designs features into the product that makes
it cheaper to manufacture, while maintaining its ability to perform its intended function.
a) Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA)
b) Design Criteria and Performance (DCP)
c) Design, Manufacture, Deliver (DMD)
d) Design for Production and Performance (DPP) -Correct Answer ✔-Design for
Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA)
11. to be successful ________must be tied to the company's business plan.
a) Team goals
b) Donations to the community
c) The stock market
d) Cross-Training assignments -Correct Answer ✔-team goals
12. A team should develop a spending plan as part of their decision making process
________________.
a) to ensure that they do not exceed the amount of money allocated to the project
b) to ensure that they use all the money allocated to the project
c) in case they are audited
d) because it is a requirement of all teams -Correct Answer ✔-to ensure that they do not
exceed the amount of money allocated to the project
13. Supervisors should set measurable objectives to have a way to ____________.
a) Eliminate the need to review employees
b) Limit the number of employees who can receive a bonus
c) Have good performance criteria for review of employee performance
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d) Have a way to collect data to satisfy management reports -Correct Answer ✔-Have
good performance criteria for review of employee performance
14. People working together discussing issues and making decisions are key elements
of a _______________.
a) successful work group
b) SPC program
c) JIT process
d) Histogram -Correct Answer ✔-successful work group
15. Company objectives and production goals are important pieces of data to
__________.
a) Retired employee
b) Forklift training certification data
c) Self-directed work team
d) Predictive maintenance program -Correct Answer ✔-Self-directed work team
16. Promoting competition among teams or departments _________________.
a) Helps management set their own goals
b) Helps establish the baseline to set team goals
c) Is a reason to set measurable team goals
d) Is not a reason to set measurable team goals -Correct Answer ✔-Is not a reason to
set measurable team goals
17. Top level management must support a team for it to be ______________.
a) Successful
b) Ratified
c) Certified
Fully staffed -Correct Answer ✔-Successful
18. When a team sets objectives that they wish to accomplish, care should be taken to
ensure that these objectives are _____________.
a) Aggressive
b) Predictable
c) Measurable
d) Justifiable -Correct Answer ✔-measurable
19. To ensure that a team has____________ meetings, rules for team behavior should
be enforced.
a) Weekly
b) Unproductive
c) Productive
d) Long -Correct Answer ✔-productive
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20. The first step in a team development process is an awkward stage for the team
members called ______________.
a) Storming
b) Norming
c) Performing
d) Forming -Correct Answer ✔-forming
21. When a team is formed to tackle a problem, _______________________.
a) Supervisor is placed in charge
b) Set of guidelines is supplied to guide decisions
c) Cost evaluation is performed to justify their work
d) Team kickoff meeting is held to get everyone up to speed on the task and meet each
other -Correct Answer ✔-Team kickoff meeting is held to get everyone up to speed on
the task and meet each other
22. ______________ is a technique teams use for generating as many ideas as
possible.
a) Storming
b) Norming
c) Brainstorming
d) Pareto principle -Correct Answer ✔-Brainstorming
23. During a team meeting, any solutions to the problem being discussed that do not
meet one or more of the must-have criteria should be _______________.
a) Discussed fully
b) Tabled to a later meeting
c) Given equal consideration
d) Eliminated -Correct Answer ✔-Eliminated
24. Customer service refers to people and other resources a company devotes to
________.
a) assisting customers
b) product design
c) sales
d) cost analysis -Correct Answer ✔-assisting customers
25. In customer service, it is important to ________________.
a) never admit being at fault
b) look into the customer's problem, find a solution, and follow through
c) make the customer admit to being at least partially at fault
d) make the customer like you even it it means placing the blame on someone else in
the organization -Correct Answer ✔-look into the customer's problem, find a solution,
and follow through
26. Teams should strictly enforce rules about _______to minimize conflict.
a) attendance
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