ASM ADP || Lean Six Sigma || Analyze Phase

Which of the following are characteristics of the inputs to a process?

• These are referred to as the X variables
• These are the "causes" that create the effect
• A process output is a function of its inputs
• All of the above
• none of the above

Managers at a service center are exploring question-asking methods to help them understand the cause of low productivity. What technique that utilizes repeated questions can they use to get to the root of a problem?

• pareto chart
• run chart
• 5why
• fishbone chart
• Histogram

When in the process of trying to identify the Critical X’s for a LSS project a manager creates _____ because frequently it is 20% of the inputs that have an 80% impact on the output

• pareto chart
• FMEA
• SIPOC - High level process map
• X-Y diagram
• Histogram

The Graph which helps to identify and prioritize problems to be solved

• control chart
• Histogram chart
• pareto chart
• fishbone chart
• Scatter plot

Y=f(X), with this what should we focus on "Y" or on "X"

• Focus on "Y" and not on "X"
• Y is a dependent variable and X is considered to the causes to that variable. Hence our focus should be on the "X".
• Focus on both "Y" and "X"
• Do not focus at all
• none of the above

Cause and Effect diagram is also called the

• Fishbone
• virtual player
• pareto chart
• XY diagram
• none of the above

Standard Deviation is

• an indicator of the degree of variation in a set of values calculated by measuring the average spread of the values around the mean
• The sum of the mean, median, mode, and range of a set of values divided by four
• a defective variation that has become accepted as inevitable
• the usual workaround when data is unavailable for a process
• all of the above

Which of the following characterises a cause and Effect diagram

• It is also called ishikawa or fishbone , for its resemblance to bones of a fish
• it is used to list potential causes of a specific effect
• Causes are grouped into major categories , defined as 6Ms
• all of the above
• none of the above

The total of all data values divided by the number of data points

• Standard deveiation
• Mean
• Mode
• Median
• none of the above

What is the main purpose of Analyze phase

• to determine the root cause of the problem

• to brainstorm the solution provided

• Option 1&2 both

• None of the above