EMT Practice Test

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Question1: __________ Distributions occur when data comes from several sources that are supposed to be the same yet are not.

Question2: When two Inputs have an impact on the Output together yet seem to have no or little impact on their own this is called a/an ________________.

Question3: The reason(s) for not marking the customer Specification Limits (SL) on a Control Chart is which of these?
(Note: There are 4 correct answers).

Question4: If a process has Outliers which pair of charts is most preferable if subgroups will exist for the Continuous Data?

Question5: A Belt experienced an Alpha of .05 and a Beta of .10 and knew these are the most common risk levels when running a Statistical test.

Question6: Having an Alpha of .05 and a Beta of .10 are the most common risk levels when running a Statistical test.

Question7: The Accuracy of a Measurement System addresses _________________.

Question8: Measurement error is defined as the effect of all sources of measurement variability that caused an observed or measured value to deviate from the __________.

Question9: A primary benefit of using a Multi-Vari Chart is it provides a visual presentation of two-way interactions.

Question10: A periodic time frame can be used to arrange for Control Limit and Center Line calculations with good SPC implementation in a process.

Question11: One of the metrics commonly used in Lean Six Sigma is DPU. This acronym stands for
___________________.

Question12: Skewed, or Mixed, Distributions occur when data comes from several sources that are supposed to be the same yet are not.

Question13: Non-parametric testing is done when which of these are applicable? (Note: There are 3 correct answers).

Question14: A 1-Sample t-test is used when you want to compare the Median of one distribution to a target value.

Question15: Due to excessive pollution, GREEN Solutions Inc. is considering subsidizing public transportation to work for its employees. According to the manager it takes an average weekday commute of 39 minutes with a Standard Deviation of 7 minutes for the employees to get to work while they use their personal vehicles for their office commute while the management set a policy of not more than 40 minutes for their daily one- way commute. A survey conducted one day on 70 employees showed an average of 34 minutes commuting time using the metro public transportation system with a Standard Deviation of 21 minutes.
Assuming a Normal Distribution for the commute times by either personal or public transportation, which of these is true?

Question16: The Purchase Orders for Glenn Manufacturing Company were being copied by an employee and sent to four different departments yet only one department took an action based on the information in the PO. This is an example of ____________.

Question17: As a type of measurement error, Linearity describes a change in accuracy through the expected operating range of the measurement instrument.

Question18: According to a manager it takes an average weekday commute of 39 minutes with a Standard Deviation of
7 minutes for the employees to get to work while they use their personal vehicles for their office commute while the management set a policy of not more than 40 minutes for their daily one-way commute. A survey conducted one day on 70 employees showed an average of 34 minutes commuting time using the metro public transportation system with a Standard Deviation of 21 minutes. If the Standard Deviation is uncontrollable then the other option to increase the probability of coming in on time via personal vehicles to work could be ____________?

Question19: Six Sigma refers to a process whose output has at least 80% of its data points within +/- 6 Standard Deviations from the Mean.

Question20: The Central Limit Theorem helps us understand the ___________ we are taking and is the basis for using sampling to estimate population parameters.

Question21: Process Capability is a function of which of these?

Question22: Which of these are correct if Cpk Upper is 2.0 and Cpk Lower is 1.0?

Question23: Hypothesis Testing can help avoid high costs of experimental efforts by using existing data.

Question24: SPC charts typically have the most recent data point on the right hand side.

Question25: The Six Sigma methodology had its origins at __________________ in the late 1980's when William Smith coined the name for quality related work being done there.

Question26: In the late 1980's William Smith coined the name Six Sigma for a methodology that had its origins at
__________________ for quality related work being done there.

Question27: A Belt concludes a Lean Six Sigma project with the creation of a Control Plan. At what point can the Control Plan be closed?

Question28: The Regression Model for an observed value of Y contains the term to which represents the Y axis intercept when X = 0.

Question29: A Six Sigma tool that helps to screen factors by using graphical techniques to logically subgroup multiple discrete X's plotted against a continuous Y is known as a ________________________ Chart.

Question30: Some of the approaches used in Lean include station warning lights, tool boards and jidohka devices in order that which of these apply?

Question31: The Mann-Whitney Test is used to test if the Means for two samples are different.

Question32: The actual experimental response data varied somewhat from what a Belt had predicted them to be. This is the result of which of these?

Question33: The Standard Deviation for the distribution of Means is called the ___________ and approaches zero as the sample size reaches 30.

Question34: This output is what type of advanced Capability Analysis?

Question35: Non-parametric testing is done when which of these are applicable? (Note: There are 3 correct answers).

Question36: Hypothesis Testing can save time and help avoid high costs of experimental efforts by using existing data.

Question37: Conducting a viable Capability Analysis using Attribute Data one must obtain a fairly large sample set to be statistically sound.

Question38: A Six Sigma tool that helps to screen factors by using graphical techniques to logically subgroup multiple discrete X's plotted against a continuous Y is known as a _____________Chart.

Question39: While management of a company must set the stage for all improvement efforts, which of these 5S's is primarily driven by management?

Question40: Examples of Mistake Proofing for a laptop computer include which of these? (Note: There are 2 correct answers).

Question41: What is the Cycle Time, in minutes, for a process having a Throughput of 360 units per hour?

Question42: Due to excessive pollution, GREEN Solutions Inc. is considering subsidizing public transportation to work for its employees. According to the manager it takes an average weekday commute of 39 minutes with a Standard Deviation of 7 minutes for the employees to get to work while they use their personal vehicles for their office commute while the management set a policy of not more than 40 minutes for their daily one- way commute. A survey conducted one day on 70 employees showed an average of 34 minutes commuting time using the metro public transportation system with a Standard Deviation of 21 minutes.
Assuming a Normal Distribution for the commute times by either personal or public transportation, which of these is true?

Question43: Which statement(s) are correct for the Regression Analysis shown here? (Note: There are 2 correct answers).

Question44: Which of the following is used to test the significance for the analysis of a Variance Table?

Question45: Fractional Factorial designs for an experimental approach are used when ____________ about the multiple metric interaction in a process.

Question46: The perfect sample size is the minimum number of data points required to provide exactly 6% overlap or risk if one wants a 95% confidence level.

Question47: The Z score is a measure of the distance in Standard Deviations of a sample data point from the Median of the sample population.

Question48: Hypothesis Tests determine the probabilities of differences between observed data and the hypothesis being solely due to chance. This is determined based on the result of the ______________.

Question49: Which statement(s) are true about the Fitted Line Plot shown here? (Note: There are 2 correct answers).

Question50: Examples of a Visual Factory include which of these? (Note: There are 2 correct answers).

Question51: For the data shown here a Belt suspects the three grades are supplying the same results. Which statement(s) are true for proper Hypothesis Testing?

Question52: Kanbans work best with pull systems for determining the timing of which products or services are produced.

Question53: The Regression Model for an observed value of Y contains the term ?o which represents the Y axis intercept when X = 0.

Question54: Significant variation in process performance is a consequence of several causes that can be classified using terminologies shown here. (Note: There are 2 correct answers).

Question55: A 1-Sample t-test is used when you want to compare the Median of one distribution to a target value.

Question56: Which of the following is used to test the significance for the analysis of a Variance Table?

Question57: The Alpha level of a test (level of significance) represents the yardstick against which P-values are measured and the Null Hypothesis is rejected if the P-value is which of these?

Question58: Contingency Tables are used to perform which of these functions?

Question59: Training cost is $4,000 and a project required an initial investment of $30,000. If the project yields monthly savings of $2,000 beginning after 3 months, what is the payback period in months (before money costs and taxes)?

Question60: Inferential Statistics is largely about Significance. There are both Practical and _______________ Significance to consider during an analysis of data in a Lean Six Sigma project.

Question61: Multiple Linear Regressions (MLR) is best used when which of these are applicable? (Note: There are 3 correct answers).

Question62: Lean Enterprise is based on the premise that anywhere work is being done which of these is also occurring?

Question63: Lean Six Sigma's general approach to solving significant challenges related to a process is called
_________________.

Question64: According to a manager it takes an average weekday commute of 39 minutes with a Standard Deviation of
7 minutes for the employees to get to work while they use their personal vehicles for their office commute while the management set a policy of not more than 40 minutes for their daily one-way commute. A survey conducted one day on 70 employees showed an average of 34 minutes commuting time using the metro public transportation system with a Standard Deviation of 21 minutes. If the Standard Deviation is uncontrollable then the other option to increase the probability of coming in on time via personal vehicles to work could be ____________?

Question65: Bias in Sampling is an error due to lack of independence among random samples or due to systematic sampling procedures.

Question66: A process can be defined as a repetitive and systematic series of steps or activities where inputs are modified or assembled to achieve a _______________ result.

Question67: The higher the sigma level of a process the better the performance.

Question68: To draw inferences about a sample population being studied by modeling patterns of data in a way that accounts for randomness and uncertainty in the observations is known as ____________________.

Question69: For the data shown here a Belt suspects the three grades are supplying the same results. Which statement(s) are true for proper Hypothesis Testing?

Question70: The deviation of the measured value from the actual value is known as _____________.

Question71: Long-term Data represents all the variation that one can expect within the subject process.

Question72: The essence of Lean is to concentrate effort on removing waste while improving process flow to achieve speed and agility at lower cost.

Question73: The 80:20 rule is associated with which of these tools?

Question74: As part of a Visual Factory plan Kanban cards are created and utilized to identify areas in need of cleaning and organization.

Question75: If a Histogram displays two peaks the distribution would likely be _____________.

Question76: Select all the statements that are true after reviewing the Capability Analysis shown here. (Note: There are
4 correct answers).

Question77: Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) can be classified as either Tangible (Visible) Costs or Hidden Costs.

Question78: After reviewing the Capability Analysis shown here select the statement(s) that are untrue.

Question79: The Mann-Whitney Test is used to test if the Means for two samples are different.

Question80: It is a Type I error if we reject the Null Hypothesis when it is actually true.

Question81: According to a manager it takes an average weekday commute of 39 minutes with a Standard Deviation of
7 minutes for the employees to get to work when they use their personal vehicles for their office commute while management set a policy of not more than 40 minutes for their daily one-way commute. A survey conducted one day on 70 employees showed an average of 34 minutes commuting time using the metro public transportation system with a Standard Deviation of 21 minutes. For the employees choosing to increase their chances to come on time using personal transportation their variation should be reduced to
___________?

Question82: Unequal Variances can be the result of differing types of distributions.

Question83: The following Business Case is constructed properly.
"During fiscal year 2008 the warranty returns for electric razor Model 312 were 1.3%. This represents a gap of 0.5% over target costing the company $18,500 per month."

Question84: Which element of waste best describes the cost of a resource being in the queue?

Question85: The ability to repeat the same measurement obtained with one measurement instrument used several times by one appraiser while measuring the identical characteristic on the same part is known as
____________.

Question86: Contingency Tables are used to do which of these? (Note: There are 2 correct answers).

Question87: Typically, a person who is trained to the skill level of a Black Belt is nearly 80% dedicated to applying Lean Six Sigma methodologies towards process solutions.

Question88: Lean removes many forms of ______________ so Six Sigma can focus on reducing _______________.

Question89: Inferential Statistics is largely about Significance. There are both Practical and _______________ Significance to consider during an analysis of data in a Lean Six Sigma project.

Question90: The Empirical Rule is important because it provides an estimate of the probability of an event occurring depending on the Standard Deviation from the Mean.

Question91: The Central Limit Theorem helps us understand the ___________ we are taking and is the basis for using sampling to estimate population parameters.

Question92: Which statement(s) are correct for the Regression Analysis shown here? (Note: There are 2 correct answers).

Question93: According to the definition of Rolled Throughput Yield which of the following items best describe the purpose of RTY?

Question94: Bias in Sampling is an error due to lack of independence among random samples or due to systematic sampling procedures.

Question95: The acronym for the defined approach taken by Lean Six Sigma to solve significant challenges related to a process is which of these?

Question96: A Belt gathered the following defect data for a shoe production line and wanted to assemble it into a Pareto Chart. The correct order from left to right in the chart would be:
Data: Cutting38 Forming17 Stitching56 Sealing42

Question97: Which element of waste best describes "the unnecessary movement of materials and/or goods"?

Question98: Voice of the Customer is a Lean Six Sigma technique to determine __________________ attributes of a product or service.

Question99: A 1-Sample t-test is used to compare an expected population Mean to a target.

Question100: The Alpha level of a test (level of significance) represents the yardstick against which P-values are measured and the Null Hypothesis is rejected if the P-value is which of these?

Question101: When two Inputs have an impact on the Output together yet seem to have no or little impact on their own this is called a/an ________________.

Question102: Hypothesis Tests determine the probabilities of differences between observed data and the hypothesis being solely due to _________ based on the result of the P-values.

Question103: Standardized work instructions apply to which resource in the process of interest?

Question104: For a Normal Distribution the Mean, Median and Mode are the same data point.

Question105: Training cost $6,500 and a project required an initial investment of $47,500. If the project yields monthly savings of $3,500 beginning after 4 months, what is the payback period in months, before money costs and taxes?

Question106: Which of these statements describe an undesirable situation when implementing SPC? (Note: There are 2 correct answers).

Question107: Lean had its origins in the development and practice of the ___________ Production System.

Question108: To draw inferences about a sample population being studied by modeling patterns of data in a way that accounts for randomness and uncertainty in the observations is known as ____________________.

Question109: The generation of a Regression Equation is justified when we _____________. (Note: There are 4 correct answers).

Question110: A Stable process is a process whose output is consistent over time. A primary tool used to analyze Stability would be a ________________.

Question111: Customers make a purchase decision based on a number of factors. In Lean Six Sigma we refer to these decision points as CTQ's which stands for __________.

Question112: The practice of utilizing Poka-Yoke is also known as ________________.

Question113: According to a manager it takes an average weekday commute of 39 minutes with a Standard Deviation of
7 minutes for the employees to get to work when they use their personal vehicles for their office commute while management set a policy of not more than 40 minutes for their daily one-way commute. A survey conducted one day on 70 employees showed an average of 34 minutes commuting time using the metro public transportation system with a Standard Deviation of 21 minutes. For the employees choosing to increase their chances to come on time using personal transportation their variation should be reduced to
___________?

Question114: When a Belt is analyzing sample data she should keep in mind that 95% of Normally Distributed data is within +/- 2 Standard Deviations from the Mean.

Question115: It is a Type II error if we decide to reject the Null Hypothesis when it is actually true.

Question116: In order to standardize project savings financial calculation such project benefits can be compared the financial savings are typically calculated over what period of time?

Question117: Which statement(s) are true about the Fitted Line Plot shown here? (Note: There are 2 correct answers).

Question118: After a Belt has put data through the smoothing process which chart would be used to look for trends in the data?