Define
Measure
Analyze
Improve
Control
100

What does DPU stand for?

Defects per unit

100

What does FMEA stand for?

Failure Mode and Effects Analysis

100

What does the symbol X-bar stand for?

Sample mean

100

Is 0.9 a strong or weak correlation?

Strong

100

What is the tool that documents our sustainment plan for our project?

Control plan

200

What type of chart is based on the 80/20 principle?

Pareto chart

200

If you run a normality test and the p-value is 0.01, what does this tell you?

The data is not normal

200

When the p-value is <0.05, what can we say about the null hypothesis?

Reject the null hypothesis

200

What does DOE stand for?

Design of Experiments

200

What charts to you use in the control phase to ensure the process output remains in control?

Control charts

300

In a six sigma process, how many defects occur per million opportunities

3.4

300

What type of process map has horizontal sections to show the process steps by group or person?

Swim lane or deployment flow process map

300

We want to compare two means from normal data. What type of hypothesis test should we use?

2-sample t-test

300

When doing linear regression, do we want the r-squared value to be closer to 0 or 1?

1

300

Name the 5 steps in 5s

Sort, Set, Shine, Standardize, Sustain

400

Name 4 out of the 8 wastes

TIMWOODS: Transportation, inventory, waiting, overproduction, overprocessing, defects, skills

400

What are the 5 elements on the SIPOC chart?

Supplier, Input, Process, Output, Customer

400

Name one of the hypothesis tests that can be done if our data is not normal?

1-Sample Sign Test, Mann-Whitney, Mood's Median, Kruskal-Wallis, Levene's Test of Equal Variance
or generally nonparametric tests

400

What type of chart shows the relationship between two variables?

Scatter plot

400

What is a poka-yoke?

Mistake proofing device or method

500

Our process produces 100 pieces of candy in 3 steps. The number of defects per step are:

Step 1: 4 defects
Step 2: 10 defects
Step 3: 7 defects

What is the rolled throughput yield (RTY)?

80.4%

500

List one of the actions you can take to improve process capability (Cpk)?

Change specs, shift mean, or reduce variation

500

Conduct a 2-sample t-test using the summarized data option.
Sample 1: Sample size = 30, mean = 18, st.dev = 5
Sample 2: Sample size = 30, mean = 25, st. dev = 10

Can we say that there is a statistically significant difference between the population means?

Yes, p-value = 0.001

500

In linear regression, what is a residual?

Difference between actual value (y) and value predicted by the regression equation

500

An I-MR control chart shows what 2 things?

Individual values and moving range