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ASQ CSSBB Six Sigma Black Belt Certification Exam Practice Test

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Six Sigma Black Belt Certification Questions and Answers

Question 1

A valid Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) is characterized by all of these except _______________________.

Options:

A.

It is an assumption that the X’s (inputs) are not correlated to each other

B.

The X’s (inputs) are assumed to be independent of each other

C.

MLR is conducted based on a deliberate form of experimentation

D.

The Residuals from MLR analysis have to be Normally Distributed

Question 2

A ___________ problem in the Measurement System suggests that there is a lack of consistency in the measurement over time.

Options:

A.

Linearity

B.

Bias

C.

Stability

D.

Magnitude

Question 3

The _______ is the most frequently occurring value in a distribution of data.

Options:

A.

Median

B.

Mean

C.

Center Point

D.

Mode

Question 4

Which of these elements are not included in Implementation plans?

Options:

A.

Work breakdown structure

B.

Cost/Benefit ratios

C.

Risk management plans

D.

Planned audits of work completion

Question 5

Two of the key deliverables for the Measure Phase are a robust description of the process and its flow and an assessment of the Measurement System.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

Question 6

The reported Cpk for a process with an average of 98 units, a spread of 16 units and upper and lower specification limits of 115 and 90 units would be?

Options:

A.

0.5

B.

0.75

C.

1.00

D.

1.25

Question 7

Appropriate measures means that measurements are ______________.

Options:

A.

Representative

B.

Sufficient

C.

Contextual

D.

Relevant

E.

All of these answers are correct

Question 8

An ANOVA used across many dependent variables could increase the Beta risk.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

Question 9

Relative to a Design of Experiments the term Collinear refers to variables being a ________________ of each other.

Options:

A.

Linear combination

B.

Directly parallel

C.

Mirror image

D.

None of the above

Question 10

A Full Factorial experiment using a 3 level 3 factor approach has been proposed to test the viability of an extrusion machine experiment. How many treatment combinations will this approach involve?

Options:

A.

6

B.

9

C.

27

D.

54

Question 11

A Belt is analyzing data and upon creation of the graphical analysis sees multiple modes. One of the primary reasons this could occur is because the process has experienced a ____________________.

Options:

A.

Significant change from one shift to another

B.

Sizable Measurement System error

C.

Catastrophic failure of some sort

D.

Any one of these

Question 12

Which item(s) listed would impact the Process Capability for a process with a continuous output? (Note: There are 4 correct answers).

Options:

A.

Shape of process data distribution (e.g. Normal Distribution)

B.

Process Technology

C.

Process Standard Deviation

D.

Presence of Special Causes or solely Common Causes

E.

Seasonal variation in process

Question 13

Each of the items listed would impact the Process Capability for a process with a continuous output except ___________________.

Options:

A.

Shape of process data distribution (e.g. Normal Distribution)

B.

Process Technology

C.

Process Standard Deviation

D.

Seasonal variation in process

Question 14

The Hardware Store ordered ten lawn mower from the manufacturer and just before shipping the manufacturer found one to have a motor that wouldn’t start. For the manufacturer this would be categorized as what type of cost?

Options:

A.

Internal Failure Costs

B.

External Failure Costs

C.

Prevention Costs

D.

Appraisal Costs

Question 15

Which one of the listed tools is frequently used to help drill down to possible causes once a Fishbone Diagram is constructed?

Options:

A.

3 When Analysis

B.

Skeleton Diagnostic

C.

Ishikawa Diagram

D.

5 Why Analysis

Question 16

Upon completion and validation of an improvement to a process a Belt and the Project Team create a Control Plan that contains which of these?

Options:

A.

Standard operating work description of the process change

B.

Description of the monitoring system in place to assure continued compliance

C.

Summary of the targeted critical metrics for process performance measurement

D.

All of the above

Question 17

An ANOVA used across many dependent variables could increase the Beta risk.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

Question 18

Fractional Factorial Designs are used to analyze factors to model the output as a function of inputs if Hypothesis Testing in the Analyze Phase was inadequate to sufficiently narrow the factors that significantly impact the output(s).

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

Question 19

A Personal Trainer was assessing her workout class participants for their body fat content and had to include data for her analysis. One of the columns listed the range of weight of the people included in the studies. This required plotting a Histogram of the weight of the people assessed for their body fat content. While drawing the Histogram the x-axis contained a certain scale of data. Pick the scale of data that is appropriate for Histograms.

Options:

A.

Ordinal Scale Data

B.

Ration Scale Data

C.

Nominal Scale Data

D.

Interval Scale Data

Question 20

If in an experiment all possible variable pairs sum to zero the design is Orthogonal.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

Question 21

On a _________________ a Belt screens variables, or various inputs, to analyze their relative impact on the output of concern.

Options:

A.

X-Y Matrix

B.

Weighted Scale

C.

Multi-Vari Chart

D.

Poisson Chart

Question 22

What is the Ppk of a process with a spread of 24 units, an average of 68, an upper limit of 82 and a lower limit of 54?

Options:

A.

1.68

B.

2.00

C.

4.00

D.

4.42

Question 23

A Belt working in a supply chain environment has to make a decision to change suppliers of critical raw materials for a new product upgrade. The purchasing manager is depending on the Belt’s effort requiring that the average cost of an internal critical raw material component be less than or equal to $4,200 in order to stay within budget. Using a sample of 35 first article components, a Mean of the new product upgrade price of $4,060, and a Standard Deviation of $98 was estimated. In order to increase the Long Term Z value to 4, what is the maximum long term variation in pricing the Belt can accept for his upgraded critical raw material component?

Options:

A.

$20

B.

$35

C.

$70

D.

$110

Question 24

A ___________ problem in the Measurement System suggests that there is a lack of consistency in the measurement over time.

Options:

A.

Linearity

B.

Bias

C.

Stability

D.

Magnitude

Question 25

When we gather information for the Voice of the Business we are primarily interested in information concerning the _____________ of the business.

Options:

A.

Advertising budget

B.

Market share

C.

Profitability

D.

Ownership

Question 26

To be an effective Lean Six Sigma practitioner one must understand the difference between ___________________________.

Options:

A.

ANOVA and the Analysis of Variance

B.

Nonparametric tests and tests of Non-normal Data

C.

Practical and Statistical significance

D.

F-test and test of variances of 2 samples

Question 27

When doing Hypothesis Testing on Non-normal data Belts will use a ________________ to compare more than two sample proportions to each other.

Options:

A.

Z score Table

B.

Sakami Table

C.

Mean-to-Mode Analysis

D.

Contingency Table

Question 28

What dollar amount of savings would a project show if it reduced your outstanding Accounts Receivable by $0.9 million dollars to $3.5 million total and your organization’s marginal cost of capital was 5.7%?

Options:

A.

$49,250

B.

$51,300

C.

$117,500

D.

$202,424

Question 29

Sally and Sara sell flower pots at their garage sale. Sally motivates Sara mentioning that they will sell a minimum of 15 pots per day if the outside temperature exceeds 60o F. From a sample, whose population is assumed to follow a Normal Distribution, taken for 30 days at 60 degrees or more an average of 13.6 pots per day were sold with a Standard Deviation of 0.7 pots. For the sales accomplished above, what test would validate if they met their requirements?

Options:

A.

F Test

B.

Test for Equal Variance

C.

Chi Square Test

D.

One-Sample t-Test

Question 30

When one speaks of 20% of something contributing 80% of the affect they are referring to what is known as the _________________.

Options:

A.

Shewhart Example

B.

Pareto Principle

C.

Balance Equation

D.

Connection Principle

Question 31

“A calculated time frame that matches customer demand” is a definition of what Lean Principles term?

Options:

A.

Value Stream

B.

Kaizen event

C.

Takt time

D.

Kanban

Question 32

Much of the Six Sigma methodology is used to identify and remove causes for _____________ .

Options:

A.

Process Variation

B.

Material Costs

C.

Excess Inventory

D.

Lost Sales

Question 33

A statistical test or Hypothesis Test is performed to reject or fail to reject a stated hypothesis and it converts the Practical Problem into a Statistical Problem.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

Question 34

Which statement is NOT correct about the Fitted Line Plot shown here?

Question # 34

Options:

A.

The independent variable is the reactant

B.

If the reactant was 6 units, with 95 % confidence we would expect a minimum yield of 100 units

C.

With at least 95% confidence, we can expect less than 10 units of Yield when the reactant is at a value of 1

D.

A reactant value between 2 and 4 units yields around 20 to 40

E.

When the reactant increases, the expected yield would increase

Question 35

Early in a project a Belt will want to begin to identify and evaluate risk factors for the subject process and will therefore begin building a(n) ______________.

Options:

A.

SIPOC

B.

FMEA

C.

Business Case

D.

Team charter

Question 36

Six Sigma is a business improvement discipline whose fundamental view is based on a _________ oriented approach of the business.

Options:

A.

Profit

B.

Performance

C.

Process

D.

Predatory

Question 37

The Mann-Whitney test is a powerful test and is unique to situations from which of the choices listed? (Note: There are 2 correct answers).

Options:

A.

Testing the identity of two populations

B.

Focuses on equality of the Median of the two populations

C.

Less powerful than the traditional “t-test”

D.

More widely applicable than the traditional “t-test”

Question 38

A dock worker for a feed supplier was tasked with assuring the proper weight in the feed bags as they left the dock. One of the columns listed the range of weight of the bags included in the studies. This required plotting a Histogram of the weight of the bags. While drawing the Histogram the x-axis contained a certain scale of data. Pick the scale of data that is appropriate for Histograms.

Options:

A.

Ordinal Scale Data

B.

Interval Scale Data

C.

Nominal Scale Data

D.

Ration Scale Data

Question 39

When we compare short-term and long-term Capability which of these is true?

Options:

A.

Cp is better for the short term

B.

Both short-term and long-term performance are alike

C.

Performance tends to improve over time

D.

Cp is better for the long-term

Question 40

When we compare short-term and long-term Capability which of these is true?

Options:

A.

Cp is better for the short term

B.

Both short-term and long-term performance are alike

C.

Performance tends to improve over time

D.

Cp is better for the long-term

Question 41

Following process modifications, the Null Hypothesis states that no improvement to the process has occurred. If we discover the Null Hypothesis Test was rejected when it was false that would be a(n) _______________.

Options:

A.

Type I Error

B.

Type II Error

C.

Type III Error

D.

Alpha Error

Question 42

Of the various types of data shown below which is NOT representative of Variable Data.

Options:

A.

Length of a table

B.

Liters of solution added to a formula

C.

Number of employees wearing a uniform

D.

Miles per hour of a vehicle

Question 43

The validity of the decision made with Hypothesis Testing is dependent upon all of these except ___________________.

Options:

A.

Beta risk

B.

Alpha risk

C.

Range of data

D.

Sample size

Question 44

As a means of measuring the effects on other areas of a process as a result of changes in the primary metric we also define and track ________________.

Options:

A.

Parallel process metrics

B.

Secondary metrics

C.

Tertiary metrics

D.

Industry standards

Question 45

Sally and Sara sell flower pots at their garage sale. Sally motivates Sara mentioning that they will sell a minimum of 15 pots per day if the outside temperature exceeds 60o F. From a sample, whose population is assumed to follow a Normal Distribution, taken for 30 days at 60 degrees or more an average of 13.6 pots per day were sold with a Standard Deviation of 0.7 pots. The statistical Degrees of Freedom for this example are?

Options:

A.

1

B.

29

C.

30

D.

31

E.

2

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