FREE Certified Six Sigma Black Belt Trivia Questions and Answers

Question 1

The ideal state of processes is one in which products and services proceed through each stage at the rate required by customers.
This indicates that there aren't any process bottlenecks or other types of waste.

Accepted Answer

Flow

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Motion

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Push

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Pull

Question 2

The process of producing several units of a specific item in order to achieve financial efficiency.

Accepted Answer

Batching

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Defect

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Inventory

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Perfection

Question 3

Using the presumption that each test will provide the opportunity for crucial fine tuning, Dr. Deming devised a process that prioritizes trial and error over lengthy planning and aiming for perfection up front. Frequently used in conjunction with A3 Documentation.

Accepted Answer

PDCA (aka Plan Do Check Adjust)

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Toyota production system (aka tps)

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Control chart

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Shitsuke (aka sustain)

Question 4

The phrase "________________" in relation to a Design of Experiments refers to variables that are a linear combination of one another.

Accepted Answer

Collinear

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Mirror Image

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Directly Parallel

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None of the above

Question 5

Which statement(s) about fractional factorial designs are false?

Accepted Answer

Resolution V design is desired while controlling the costs of experimentation

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Half Fractional experiments do not exist for those designs with only 2 factors

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Quarter Fractional experiments can exist for those with 4 factors

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A Half Fractional Design for 5 factors has the same number of experimental runs as a Full Factorial Design for 4 factors assuming no repeats or replicates or Center Points

Question 6

Which two classifications apply to Special Cause Variation?

Accepted Answer

Assignable & Pattern

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Attribute & Discreet

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Natural & Unnatural

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Short Term & Long Term

Question 7

Which of these is included in the Control Plan that a Belt and the Project Team produce when a process improvement is finished and validated?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

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Description of the monitoring system in place to assure continued compliance

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Summary of the targeted critical metrics for process performance measurement

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Standard operating work description of the process change

Question 8

After an LSS project is finished, the Belt produces a ____________ in addition to a Control Plan so that everyone participating in the process will know what to do if the crucial metrics diverge from expectations.

Accepted Answer

Response Plan

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Call List

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Defect Analysis Plan

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Chain-of-Command

Question 9

Dr. Shewhart created control charts to track data over time. Which of these do the Control Charts employ to identify Special Cause variation?

Accepted Answer

Center Line and Control Limits

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Data shift analysis

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Outlier analysis methods

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None of the above

Question 10

The Response Surface Method, Fractional Factorial, and ___________ are examples of designed experiments.

Accepted Answer

Factorial Design

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Baldridge Channels

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One Factor at a Time or OFAT

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Multi-Vari Analysis

The ideal state of processes is one in which products and services proceed through each stage at the rate required by customers.This indicates that there aren't any process bottlenecks or other types of waste.

The ideal state of processes is one in which products and services proceed through each stage at the rate required by customers.
This indicates that there aren't any process bottlenecks or other types of waste.