PTAC TEST 3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The Leans trategy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅can be implemented either as a stand-alone strategy or as an
add-on to an existing
Six Sigma effort
One of the major benefits of the Lean approach is - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the elimination of much of
the costly waste that reduces profits
Dr. James Womack introduced the term "Lean"in the 1980s when he published his book describing -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the Toyota Production System (TPS)
4. ThetraditionaltermforwasteinJapaneseis________. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅
Unit A currently schedules its lunch hour one hour before Unit B's. The company has asked each unit to
assign half of their workers to take the early break and the other half the later break. Which form of
waste will that reduce? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅transport
The Japanese term for lack of uniformity is - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Mura
Using the Lean approach can result in________. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a reduction of waste
Among the available Lean optimization tools, the processing industry will - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅choose tools based upon the operations area within the company
A value stream map (VSM) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅is a high-level flowchart of a process from the time a
customer submits an order until the point where the customer receives it
Kanbans are - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅inventory management cards used in Japan to signal that more
product is needed from the previous step in a just-in-time process
, Value stream maps (VSMs) can - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅assist in identifying ways to schedule processes
so that production can most
efficiently keep up with customer demands
The timeline on a value stream map (VSM) shows both - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅lead time and process
time
A valuable application of a value stream map (VSM) can be - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅to make a future-
state map based on the current VSM and use it to guide the improvement process
Just-in-time production directly addresses which of seven categories of Muda (waste)? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Defects
At some point during their work, process technicians will need to - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅oversee
designed experiments
A model can be generated - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅by using data collected from the process to predict
future performance
The purpose of a designed experiment is to - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅collect the greatest amount of
useful data over the broadest range possible
Which of the following statements is FALSE about correlation and causation? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Correlation is the same thing as causation.
If standard correlation graphs are the only allowable format and more than two factors are involved -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅. lines will have to be mapped for each possible pair of factors involved
The detailed knowledge of process technicians directly involved in factory activities ________. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅plays a key role in understanding what the results from these types of
experiments mean.
The Leans trategy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅can be implemented either as a stand-alone strategy or as an
add-on to an existing
Six Sigma effort
One of the major benefits of the Lean approach is - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the elimination of much of
the costly waste that reduces profits
Dr. James Womack introduced the term "Lean"in the 1980s when he published his book describing -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the Toyota Production System (TPS)
4. ThetraditionaltermforwasteinJapaneseis________. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅
Unit A currently schedules its lunch hour one hour before Unit B's. The company has asked each unit to
assign half of their workers to take the early break and the other half the later break. Which form of
waste will that reduce? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅transport
The Japanese term for lack of uniformity is - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Mura
Using the Lean approach can result in________. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a reduction of waste
Among the available Lean optimization tools, the processing industry will - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅choose tools based upon the operations area within the company
A value stream map (VSM) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅is a high-level flowchart of a process from the time a
customer submits an order until the point where the customer receives it
Kanbans are - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅inventory management cards used in Japan to signal that more
product is needed from the previous step in a just-in-time process
, Value stream maps (VSMs) can - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅assist in identifying ways to schedule processes
so that production can most
efficiently keep up with customer demands
The timeline on a value stream map (VSM) shows both - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅lead time and process
time
A valuable application of a value stream map (VSM) can be - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅to make a future-
state map based on the current VSM and use it to guide the improvement process
Just-in-time production directly addresses which of seven categories of Muda (waste)? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Defects
At some point during their work, process technicians will need to - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅oversee
designed experiments
A model can be generated - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅by using data collected from the process to predict
future performance
The purpose of a designed experiment is to - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅collect the greatest amount of
useful data over the broadest range possible
Which of the following statements is FALSE about correlation and causation? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Correlation is the same thing as causation.
If standard correlation graphs are the only allowable format and more than two factors are involved -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅. lines will have to be mapped for each possible pair of factors involved
The detailed knowledge of process technicians directly involved in factory activities ________. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅plays a key role in understanding what the results from these types of
experiments mean.
