Sample Question for Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

Q1) What is the new equation of the business

A. Cost + Profit = Price
B. Price - Cost = Profit
C. Price + Profit = Cost
D. Price + Cost = Profit

Q2) Which of the following wastes are targeted by deploying "Pull" in Lean
A. Waiting
B. Overproduction
C. Rework
D. Motion

Q3) Which methodology should be used to attack a problem where you want to makea large breakthrough
improvement and the existing process has been optimized but still not meeting customer expectations?
A. PDCA
B. DMAIC
C. DMADV
D. JDI

Q4) Who would typically coach a Green Belt on their Six Sigma project?
A. Yellow Belt
B. Black Belt
C. Master Black Belt
D. Project Sponsor

Q5) Who is responsible to setup the tollgate review for a Six Sigma project?
A. Project Leader
B. Process Owner
C. Project Sponsor
D. Project Champion

Q6) Which two elements of the project charter are closely related to each other? i)Business Case ii)
Problem Statement iii) Goal Statement iv) Project Scope
A. i) and ii)
B. i) and iii)
C. ii) and iii)
D. ii) and iv)

Q7) A Six Sigma project results in increased revenue growth for the company, whattype of benefits can be
reported for this project?
A. Level 1
 B. Level 2
C. Level 3
D. Level 4

Q8) Project financials can usually be found in which of the elements of the projectcharter?
A. Business Case
B. Problem Statement
C. Goal Statement
D. Project Scope

Q9) The objective of performing a SIPOC analysis is to:

A. Develop a business case for the project
B. Understand the detailed process
C. Identify risks
D. Create a focused project

Q10) SIPOC analysis output goes into which elements of the project charter?
A. Business Case
B. Problem Statement
C. Project Scope
D. Project Timeline

Q11) What is the most commonly used metric to measure the spread or variation of adata set?
A. Mean
B. Range (R)
C. Inter Quartile Range (IQR)
D. Standard Deviation

Q12) Process mapping should be done by:

A. Project Leader
B. Project Sponsor
C. Project Team
D. Process Owner

Q13) A production operator measures the first three products made in each shift. Whattype of a sample is he
or she using?
A. Simple Random Sampling
B. Sequential Sampling
C. Stratified Random Sampling
D. Subgroup Sequential Sampling

Q14) What type of a map is usually used to show the interaction between departmentsand process steps?
A. SIPOC
B. Cross Functional Deployment Map
 C. Value Stream Map
D. Flow Chart

Q15) Upper Specification Limits (USL) and Lower Specification Limits (LSL) are derivedfrom:
A. Voice of Customer
B. Voice of Business
C. Voice of Process
D. Voice of Employees

Q16) In the presence of outliers, which metric will you use to measure the spread of thedata set?
A. Mean
B. Range (R)
C. Inter Quartile Range (IQR)
D. Standard Deviation

Q17) In order to accept an incoming stock of raw material from a supplier, the Green Belt randomly selects
10% of the population. What type of a sample is he or sheusing?
A. Simple Random Sampling
B. Sequential Sampling
C. Stratified Random Sampling
D. Subgroup Sequential Sampling

Q18) In the presence of outliers, which metric will you use to measure the centraltendency of the data
set?
A. Mean
B. Median (Your Answer)
C. Mode
D. Standard Deviation

Q19) What is the typical value of alpha used for hypothesis testing?
A. 0
B. 0.05
C. 0.5
D. 1

Q20) C & E diagram typically uses the 6 M's as the major categories. Which of thefollowing is usually
NOT one of the 6 M's?
A. Method
B. Material
C. Machine
D. Margins

Q21) In a 5 Whys analysis technique, how many why's need to be asked in order toarrive at the root
cause?
 A. No need to ask why's
B. Ask why's exactly 5 times
C. Could be any number of times
D. None of the above

Q22) What does Kaizen stand for?

A. Small continuous improvement
B. Large change for the better
C. Organized workplace
D. Signal to produce more

Q23) A team has 20 ideas to prioritize and would like to use multi-voting to narrow the list. Typically, how
many votes do each person in the team get for the first round ofvoting?
A. 5
B. 10
C. 15
D. 20

Q24) What is the typical duration of a Kaizen event

A. 1 day
B. 5 days
C. 15 days
D. 1 month

Q25) Six Thinking Hat methodology can be used in which phase of the project
A. Measure
B. Analyze
C. Improve
D. Control

Q26) What is the difference in the financial benefits claimed at the end of the project vs.what was computed
in the Define phase of the project?
A. Both the benefits calculated are the same
B. The benefits calculated at the end is more realistic since we have pilot validation results
C. The benefits calculated at the start is more realistic since it may include sponsor objectives.
D. None of the above

Q27) Which of the following is the best method of Poka-Yoke

A. Detection
B. Elimination
C. Facilitation
D. Mitigation

Q28) Leveraging of a project at the end of the project implies which of the following?
A. Transfer the project to the project sponsor
B. Transfer the project to the process owner
 C. Enable documentation of the project in one's computer
D. Enable replication of the project in other areas of the company

Q29) How do you derive the control limits for a process?

A. Voice of Customer
B. Voice of Business
C. Voice of Process
D. Voice of Employees

Q30) What is the best form of control?

A. Verbal instruction
B. Standard Operating Procedure
C. Statistical Process Control
D. Poka-Yoke

Q31) According to the new business reality, what is the best way to increase profits?
A. Increase price
B. Reduce price
C. Increase cost
D. Reduce costs

Q32) A Six Sigma project results in lowering the cost of supplier components, what typeof benefits can be
reported for this project?
A. Level 1
B. Level 2
C. Level 3
D. Level 4

Q33) A Six Sigma project results in reducing potential penalties from a customer. Whattype of benefits can be
reported for this project?
A. Level 1
B. Level 2
C. Level 3
D. Level 4

Q34) A project wants to reduce the cost of raw components from a supplier, what wouldbe a suitable
secondary metric for this project?
A. Cost of raw components from the supplier
B. Cost of finished goods at the company
C. Quality of the components delivered by the supplier
D. None of the above

Q35) What would be the median value of the following set of data: (17, 32, 15, 18, 47,25, 35)
A. 15
 B. 25
C. 27
D. 35

Q36) A process has a long-term Sigma Level of 4.5, what is the expected short-termSigma Level for this
process?
A. 1.5
B. 3
C. 4.5
D. 6

Q37) Aspect of a unit where it is possible for a defect to occur

A. Unit
B. DPMO
C. Opportunity
D. Defect per unit

Q38) A process is currently operating at an average value of 22 with a standard deviation of 1.0. The USL
for the process is 24 and the LSL is 18. What is theprocess capability index (Cpk) for this process?
A. 0.5
B. 0.67
C. 1
D. 1.67

Q39) After performing a regression model, we find the regression equation as Y = 2.5 +4.5*X. What value of
input will produce an output of 5?
A. 0.15
B. 0.55
C. 15
D. 25

Q40) For a given hypothesis test if alpha = 0.10 and beta = 0.20, what is the power ofthe test?
A. 0.1
B. 0.2
C. 0.8
D. 0.9

Q41) When performing a normality test, we found that the P value was 0.789. Which ofthe following can you
conclude from this information?
A. Data follows a normal distribution
B. Data does not follow a normal distribution
C. Data follows a uniform distribution
D. Data does not follow a uniform distribution

Q42) The objective of the brainstorming session to create ideas is NOT which of thefollowing?
 A. Generate as many ideas as possible
B. Build on each other's ideas
C. Encourage wild and creative ideas
D. Critic ideas so that only the best ones make the list

Q43) Implementation plan can include which of the following elements?

A. Communication Plan
B. Project Plan
C. Resource Plan
D. All of the above

Q44) Which control chart will you use for monitoring the pressure of a vessel where thesubgroup size is 15?
A. I-MR Chart
B. Xbar-R Chart
C. Xbar-S Chart
D. P Chart

Q45) Tasks in the control plan should be owned by

A. Project Leader
B. Project Sponsor
C. Process Owner
D. Project Champion

Q46) SIPOC stands for

A. Suppliers, Inputs, Procedure, Outputs, Customers
B. Simple, Inputs, Process, Outputs, Complex
C. Simple, Inputs, Procedure, Outputs, Complex
D. Suppliers, Inputs, Process, Outputs, Customers

Q47) A stable process indicates which of the following: i) Mean is in control ii) Standarddeviation is in control
A. Only i)
B. Only ii)
C. Both i) and ii)
D. Neither i) nor ii)

Q48) What is the expected output of the Cause & Effect diagram?
A. Problem Statement
B. Potential Causes
C. Root Causes
D. Problem Solution

Q49) Benchmarking should usually be started where?

A. Similar processes in other departments of the same company
 B. Competitors in similar lines of business
C. Non-competitors in related industries
D. Companies in totally unrelated industries

Q50) The primary purpose of Statistical Process Control (SPC) is to

A. Identify if a process has common causes
B. Check if a process has variation
C. Distinguish between common causes and special causes
D. All of the above