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taguchi technique and rubust design

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

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1.

Which statement(s) related to DFMA is/are correct?

a)

During operation of the product, does the part move relative to all other parts already

assembled?

b)

Must the part be of different material or be isolated from all other parts already assembled?

c)

Must the part be separate from all other parts already assembled?

d)

All of the above.

2.

Which statement(s) related to DFMA is/are correct?

a)

During operation of the product, does the part move relative to all other parts already

assembled?

b)

Must the part be of different material or be isolated from all other parts already assembled?

c)

Must the part be separate from all other parts already assembled?

d)

All of the above.

3.

Which of the following would be a useful contributor to a strategy of mass customization?

a)

modular design

b)

offshoring

c)

economies of scale

d)

fixed automation

4.

One of the disadvantages of standardization is:

a)

greater customer satisfaction.

b)

better responsiveness to changes in demand.

c)

early freezing of product designs.

d)

shorter product life cycles.

5.

Which name is most closely associated with robust design?

a)

Taguchi

b)

Ford

c)

Smith

d)

McCaskey

e)

McGinnis

6.

Which technique is associated with mass customization?

a)

a moving assembly line

b)

robust design

c)

use of a product-process matrix

d)

concurrent engineering

e)

delayed differentiation

7.

Which one of these specifies that a product must be suitable for its intended use?

a)

federal product guidelines

b)

NAFTA

c)

the Uniform Commercial Code

d)

the International Bureau of Standards

8.

The term "voice of the customer" is associated with:

a)

the Taguchi approach.

b)

concurrent engineering.

c)

quality function deployment.

d)

service blueprinting.

9.

Delayed differentiation can be useful for

a)

mass customization.

b)

outsourcing.

c)

postponing calculus solutions.

d)

production lines.

10.

The term associated with incorporating customer ideas in product design is:

a)

the Taguchi approach.

b)

quality function deployment.

c)

mass customization.

d)

value analysis.

11.

3. The questions that a case study answers are:

a)

A. What and where

b)

B. How and who

c)

C. Why and how

d)

D. When and why

12.

4. A characteristic of the case study is:

a)

A. The in-depth study of social groups.

b)

B. The relevance of analyzing processes rather than single pieces of data

c)

C. The creation of stories about the people under study

d)

D. The proposal of studies to take place in the classroom

13.

Who is considered to be the father of Six Sigma?

a)

Bill Smith

b)

Walter Shewhart

c)

Jack Welch

d)

None

14.

The concept of Six Sigma was developed by the following company.

a)

General Electric

b)

Motorola

c)

Honeywell

d)

DuPont

15.

Six Sigma strategies seek to improve the quality of the output of a process by

a)

identifying the causes of defects

b)

removing the causes of defects

c)

minimizing variability in manufacturing

d)

all of the above

16.

Combination of Six Sigma and Lean manufacturing is known as

a)

Advanced Six Sigma

b)

Lean Six Sigma

c)

Operational Six Sigma

d)

None

17.

“DMAIC” is used for projects aimed at

a)

improving an existing business process

b)

creating new product or process designs

c)

Both (A) and (B)

d)

None of the above

18.

In “DMAIC”, M stands for

a)

Measure

b)

Method

c)

Machine

d)

Manpower

19.

The percentage yield in Six Sigma is

a)

93.3

b)

99.38

c)

99.977

d)

99.99966

20.

Six Sigma is a managerial approach designed to create processes resulting in at most how many defects?

a)

340 defects per million

b)

34 defects per 100,000

c)

34 defects out of 10,000

d)

3.4 defects per million