MGSC 497 Capstone Exam Questions and Correct Answers Latest Update (Graded A+)
Benchmarks can be used to set goals for improvement.
True/False? - Answers True
Multiple regression - Answers is a technique for understanding the relationship between many continuous input variables of a process ...
Benchmarks can be used to set goals for improvement.
True/False? - Answers True
Multiple regression - Answers is a technique for understanding the relationship between many
continuous input variables of a process and one continuous outcome variable
When calculating RPN, a high rating on the detectability rating scale means the current process controls
are not likely to detect the potential cause or failure mode.
True/False? - Answers True
Multiple Way MANOVA - Answers is a technique for understanding the relationship between many
discrete input variables of a process and many continuous outcome variables
Standing team charter focuses on broad, ongoing business issues.
True/False? - Answers True
Two-Way ANOVA - Answers If you want to evaluate the impact of the employees' gender (male/female)
and major (business/engineering) on their five year total income after graduate (dollars) you will need to
use ___________ as a statistical tool on a database that you would have gathered for these three
variables
To establish a baseline, you can:
a. Obtain data from the current performance level of the process
b. Review best demonstrated practices (BDPs) at other divisions
c. Benchmark other companies and industries with similar processes
d. All of the above - Answers All of the above
(Obtain data from the current performance level of the process;
Review best demonstrated practices (BDPs) at other divisions;
Benchmark other companies and industries with similar processes)
,Logistic Regression - Answers You collected information from 1000 randomly selected respondents.
Which technique would you use to understand the impact of the following three factors on "whether a
person will make an online purchase or not" amount of time a customer spent on internet; total internet
shopping (4) made by a customer, and annual income of the customer's family
True - Answers The overall capacity of a process is limited by the capacity of the bottleneck resource in
the process
FMEA focuses on the ________ of potential problems.
a. Reoccurrence
b. Prevention
c. Outcome - Answers Prevention
Tree diagrams are used in the _______ phases of the DMAIC cycle.
a. Define and Measure
b. Measure and Analyze
c. Define and Analyze
d. Improve and Control
e. Measure and Control - Answers Define and Analyze
None of A, B, C - Answers An upscale ceiling fan manufacturer assembles ceiling fans with six blades in
its assembly plant. In the final assembly stage where the blades are mounted onto the fan's base, the
WIP inventory is 5,400 blades. The daily shipments from the plant to its major distributors are 300
fans/day. In this case, the plant is carrying ____ days' inventory of blades.
Control plan effectiveness is measured against a set of questions that can be characterized as: (select all
that apply)
a. Standard Operating Procedures
b. Financial Procedures
c. Measurement Procedures
d. Packaging Procedures
e. Audit Procedures - Answers Standard Operating Procedures;
Measurement Procedures;
Audit Procedures
, Bartlett's - Answers Test is used to test if the variances (or standard deviations) of three or more
samples are equal when data are normally distributed.
Another way to characterize internal benchmarking is best demonstrated practice (BDP) transfer.
True/False? - Answers True
HODDOW - Answers relates to data collection timeframes in the Measure Phase of DMAIC approach
The horizontal axis of a Pareto chart reflects:
a. Unit of measure
b. Cumulative percentages
c. Categories
d. None of the above - Answers Categories
At least one of the suppliers has a clearly different performance than the other two - Answers A
purchasing agent for Rapidtest Instrument Labs is trying to determine the best delivery provider to use
for delivering instruments to customers after they have been repaired or re calibrated. If 95%
confidence in conclusions is desired, what is the conclusion?
When collecting data for a Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA), it is important that the data is
collected independently and in ______ order.
a. Series
b. Sequential
c. Random
d. Successive - Answers Random
X bar and R-Charts - Answers Customers at a particular Taco Bell location have been complaining that
they are shortchanged on the amount of beans actually filled in the burritos. Taco Bell has a standard
which says each burritos must have an average 8 ox beans with an upper and lower control limit of 6
and 11 ozs. which control charts would you develop for tracking the variation in amount of beans filled
at this location?
No improvement work should be initiated until a baseline is established.
True/False? - Answers True
216 - Answers Risk priority index (RPN) for Cause I is? Cause I = 9 x 3 x 8
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