1.Which of the following statements is correct?

a.Cp is always equal to Cpk

b.Cp is equal to or greater than Cpk

c.Cp is less than or equal to Cpk

d.None of the above

2.The p value is 0.65, and the confidence level is 95%. The null hypothesis is x-bar = mew. The alternative is x-bar is not equal to mew. What is your conclusion

a.Accept the null

b.Reject the null at 5% confidence

c.Fail to reject the null at 5% confidence

d.Fail to reject the null at 95% confidence

3.Elements of a house of quality include

a.Concept generation, current product performance assessment, process definition, and verification

b.Technical requirements, customer needs, relationships between requirements and needs, and quantification

c.System requirements, ideal functions, capability growth, critical parameter management

d.Concept generation, design stage, optimization, verification

4.If the lower control limit (LCL) of an attribute chart turns out to be negative, you should

a.Set the LCL to zero

b.Switch to a u chart

c.It has to be a math error

d.Keep the negative value in the control chart

5.Which of the following tools is good for visualizing the amount of variation?

a.Chi-square test

b.Arithmetic mean

c.SIPOC

d.Box and whisker chart

6.Which six sigma tool would you use to display rework loops, otherwise known as hidden factories?

a.5S

b.Multi-vari chart

c.Process map

d.Matrix diagram

7.With TRIZ, how do you find the generic solution(s)

a.You find the cell than corresponds to the desired feature to change with the corresponding conflict

b.Through brainstorming using tools, such as cause/effect diagram, affinity diagrams, and/or an interrelationship diagraph/diagram

c.By employing the strategy of screen first the optimize

d.Team subject-matter knowledge when reacting to trends, shifts, or nonrandom patterns

8.Which of the following statements are NOT advantages of statistically designed experiments?

a.Interactions can be detected and evaluated

b.A properly designed experiment allows us to use the same observations to estimate several different effects

c.It is not possible to account for experimental error

d.It is easy to hold all variables constant except one

i.A and b only

ii.A, b, and c only

iii.C and d only

iv.All are advantages of DOEs

9.Constraint management involves

a.Optimizing each each department independent of the other departments

b.Optimizing TAKT TIME

c.Optimizing all constraints starting with the first step and proceeding along the process steps in order

d.Exploiting the biggest constraint

10.What is the correct term for factors that cannot be held constant during a design of experiments?

a.Factor levels

b.Noise

c.Design variables

d.Replicates