Question 1

Group technology includes the set of psychological tests and training exercises given to group workers to ensure a high level of teamwork.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

To implement lean production schedules, a firm would do which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) Have excess capacity. 
B) Force demand. 
C) Hire a consultant. 
D) Achieve bottom-up management. 
E) Implement kanban groups. 
A) Have excess capacity. 
B) Force demand. 
C) Hire a consultant. 
D) Achieve bottom-up management. 
E) Implement kanban groups. A

Question 3

One of the many lean techniques that have been successfully applied in service firms is leveling facility load.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

One of the few lean techniques that does not work well in service firms is demand-pull scheduling.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

JIT manufacturing forces a firm to work with a lower water level despite safety hazards.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Automation is a key to lean procurement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Explain why lean manufacturing requires a stable demand environment.

Accepted Answer

From the text, "A level schedule is one

Question 8

"Quality at the source" requires factory workers to become their own inspectors.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following are related to lean production?

Accepted Answer

A) A philosophy of waste elimination 
B) Lean consumption 
C) Never running out of inventory 
D) The Wahei-Subaru method 
E) Full use of capacity 
A) A philosophy of waste elimination 
B) Lean consumption 
C) Never running out of inventory 
D) The Wahei-Subaru method 
E) Full use of capacity

Question 10

An activity where the parts that go into each unit of a product are periodically removed from inventory and accounted for based on the number of units produced is called which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) Frozen window 
B) Backflush 
C) Level schedule 
D) Group technology 
E) Kanban 
A) Frozen window 
B) Backflush 
C) Level schedule 
D) Group technology 
E) Kanban

Question 11

Applying lean concepts in manufacturing balances increases in cost with quality improvement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

"Kanban squares" is an educational game played in kanban training sessions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

In setting up a Kanban control system you need to determine the number of kanban card sets needed.If assume the expected demand during lead time is 50 per hour, the safety stock is 20 percent of the demand during lead time, the container size is 4, and the lead time to replenish an order is 8 hours, what number of Kanban card sets is needed?

Accepted Answer

A) 60 
B) 80 
C) 90 
D) 120 
E) 150 
A) 60 
B) 80 
C) 90 
D) 120 
E) 150

Question 14

In the textbook, Toyota's Fujio Cho identified which of the following types of waste to be eliminated?

Accepted Answer

A) Excess quality 
B) Motion 
C) Excess capacity 
D) Underproduction 
E) Excess demand 
A) Excess quality 
B) Motion 
C) Excess capacity 
D) Underproduction 
E) Excess demand

Question 15

In implementing a lean production system you should work with suppliers to do which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) Calculate lead times. 
B) Use quality circles. 
C) Freeze windows. 
D) Make frequent deliveries. 
E) Achieve bottom-round management. 
A) Calculate lead times. 
B) Use quality circles. 
C) Freeze windows. 
D) Make frequent deliveries. 
E) Achieve bottom-round management.

Question 16

A principle of value stream mapping is to concentrate on speeding up value-added operations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

In the textbook, the expression "quality at the source" means that we need to purchase the best quality a supplier or vendor can provide.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Value stream mapping is used to visualize product flows through various processing steps.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

In a lean production system, we expect to see which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) No extra inventory 
B) Extra inventory of critical parts held "just-in-case" 
C) More parts and fewer standardized product configurations 
D) Managers being held responsible for quality of the work turned out 
E) Closer management-labor relationships 
A) No extra inventory 
B) Extra inventory of critical parts held "just-in-case" 
C) More parts and fewer standardized product configurations 
D) Managers being held responsible for quality of the work turned out 
E) Closer management-labor relationships

Question 20

A kanban control system uses a signaling device to regulate JIT flows.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 14: Lean Supply Chains

Group technology includes the set of psychological tests and training exercises given to group workers to ensure a high level of teamwork.

To implement lean production schedules, a firm would do which of the following?

One of the many lean techniques that have been successfully applied in service firms is leveling facility load.

One of the few lean techniques that does not work well in service firms is demand-pull scheduling.

JIT manufacturing forces a firm to work with a lower water level despite safety hazards.

Automation is a key to lean procurement.

Explain why lean manufacturing requires a stable demand environment.

"Quality at the source" requires factory workers to become their own inspectors.

Which of the following are related to lean production?

An activity where the parts that go into each unit of a product are periodically removed from inventory and accounted for based on the number of units produced is called which of the following?

Applying lean concepts in manufacturing balances increases in cost with quality improvement.

"Kanban squares" is an educational game played in kanban training sessions.

In the textbook, Toyota's Fujio Cho identified which of the following types of waste to be eliminated?

In implementing a lean production system you should work with suppliers to do which of the following?

A principle of value stream mapping is to concentrate on speeding up value-added operations.

In the textbook, the expression "quality at the source" means that we need to purchase the best quality a supplier or vendor can provide.

Value stream mapping is used to visualize product flows through various processing steps.

In a lean production system, we expect to see which of the following?

A kanban control system uses a signaling device to regulate JIT flows.

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