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Review Test Submission: MDSL804D-Lean Supply Chain Management-Jan 22
Assignment 1

User Ashu Kansal

Course Sem3.Lean Supply Chain Management
Test MDSL804D-Lean Supply Chain Management-Jan 22 Assignment 1
Started 07/05/22 12:51
Submitted 08/05/22 13:41
Due Date 15/05/22 23:59
Status Completed
Attempt 67 out of 100 points
Score
Time 24 hours, 49 minutes
Elapsed
Instructions
Center for Continuing Education - UPES
Lean Supply Chain Management
Assignment 1

Total Questions: 63
Total Marks: 100
 Assignment Information :

The examination will consist of only Objective type (multiple choice) questions requiring
candidates to Mouse-click their correct choice of alternatives against the related question
number. The questions would carry 1 to 5 marks each depending on the difficulty level of
the question as indicated in the table below:

Difficulty Level of Questions:

1 Mark - Direct, Memory based

2 Marks - Memory & Conceptual
3 Marks - Conceptual & Analytical
4 Marks - Analytical based on understanding of concepts
5 Marks - Application based on understanding of concepts
• The question paper will be for 100 marks and considering marks allotted to each
question, the total number of questions would be around 63.
• There will not be negative marking for wrong answers.
• In case candidate does not want to attempt the question he I she should not mouse-
click any option.
• The students are allowed to save the responses and come back later to resume,
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such cases, the student can re-attempt the assignment allocated after enrolling in the
subsequent Semester.
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student has to initiate a new attempt (if allowed), if he has submitted the assignment
by mistake.
• The students are normally allowed 3 chances to attempt and submit the
assignment. The number of attempts availed is displayed under the "Test
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• The Highest Grade of the 3 attempts shall be considered for grading.
• The assignments are auto evaluated, and hence no chance of re-evaluation/re-
totalling is allowed to the student.
Results All Answers, Submitted Answers, Incorrectly Answered Questions
Displayed
• Question 1
2 out of 2 points

What amongthe following does Mura includes?

Selected Answer: All

Answers: Variation in production scheduling,

Uneven production workload

Uneven pace of work

All
• Question 2
0 out of 2 points
Just-In-Time is
Selected Answer: Both (A) and (B)

Answers: Single unit production

Big lot size production

Both (A) and (B)

None of the above

• Question 3
0 out of 2 points

Which matrix diagram illustrates the relationship between three planes?

Selected Answer: Control charts

Answers: Y-type

X-type

P-type

Control charts
• Question 4
2 out of 2 points

What technique deals with the problem of supplying sufficient facilities to production lines
or individuals that require uneven service?
Selected Answer: Queuing theory

Answers: Supply-demand theory

PERT

Inventory theory

Queuing theory
• Question 5
2 out of 2 points

In an assembly line, if an operator detects some kind of quality problem,he/she could

activate a signal that could illuminate a light above the work station which stops the line.
This is called an:
Selected Answer: Andon light

Answers: Andon light

Arden light

Alton light
 Aston light
• Question 6
2 out of 2 points

An F-distribution resembles more closely

Selected Answer: A chi-square distribution

Answers: A chi-square distribution

A binomial distribution

A Normal distributions

An exponential distribution
• Question 7
0 out of 2 points

According to Spear & Bowen, any improvement must be made in accordance with what,
under the guidance of a teacher,at the lowest possible level in the organization?
Selected Answer: Scientific method

Answers: Scientific management

Simplified communications

Standard operations

Scientific method
• Question 8
0 out of 2 points

Who in a company should own standard processes?

Selected Answer: Quality control

Answers: Management

Front line employees

Engineering

Quality control
• Question 9
0 out of 2 points

What model does Kanban is based upon?

Selected Answer: Automotive assembly lines

Answers: Supermarkets

Automotive assembly lines

 Shipyards

Job shop machining

• Question 10
2 out of 2 points

A Six Sigma Green Belt practitioner constructs a control chart to display a process mean
and its outer limits. In such a chart, what does UCL stand for?
Selected Answer: Upper Control Limit

Answers: Upper Cycle Length

Upper Control Limit

Upper Cycle Limit

Upper Control Length

• Question 11
2 out of 2 points

Applied to supply chain management, Lamming’s lean supply concept suggests which of
the following?
Selected Answer: All of the above

Answers: Early involvement of an established supplier

Re-sourcing as a last resort

Electronic data interchange

All of the above

• Question 12
2 out of 2 points

What does NELP elborates

Selected Answer: National Exploration Licensing Policy

Answers: National Exploration Legal Policy

National Exploration Licensing Policy

National Employment Legal Policy

None
• Question 13
2 out of 2 points

He drives more than one process improvement projects within the functional area and
achieves the savings and quality goals.
Selected Answer: Black Belt
Answers: Six Sigma Deployment Leader

Champion (Sponsor)

Master Black Belt

Black Belt
• Question 14
2 out of 2 points

What is the effect of making GT cells

Selected Answer: All

Answers: Eliminate Movement

Reduce Inventory

Reduce Labour

All
• Question 15
4 out of 4 points

Which of the following statements is true of LEAN?

Selected Answer: Lean principles include reducing waste.

Answers: Lean principles focus on advanced statistical methods

Lean principles are separate body of knowledge

Lean principles have been developed over a lengthy period of time

Lean principles include reducing waste.

• Question 16
4 out of 4 points

In lean thinking terms perfection is which one of the following?

Selected Answer: The endless pursuit to be perfect.

Answers: The state of being without a flaw or defect.

The act of making something perfect.

The act or process of perfect.

The endless pursuit to be perfect.

• Question 17
0 out of 4 points

Why is the Value Stream Mapping (Current State) technique used?

Selected Answer: Identifying causes of waste and opportunities for improvement
Answers: Visualizing process performance trends and cycles

Brainstorming to generating a large number of ideas in a short time

Identifying causes of waste and opportunities for improvement

Capturing numerical readings, measures or counts

• Question 18
4 out of 4 points

At the completion of the forward and backward passes, the slack for an activity is given by
the
Selected Answer: difference between early start and early finish

Answers: difference between early start and early finish

difference between early start and latest finish

difference between latest start and early finish

amount of idle labor on the critical path

• Question 19
0 out of 4 points

One of the purposes of using a fishbone diagram is to:

Selected Answer: Define the problem in sequential order

Answers: Separate a problem into smaller components

Identify and classify sources of variations into major groups

Define the problem in sequential order

Show the relationship between parameters

• Question 20
3 out of 3 points

The amount of inventory kept at each stock point in a warehouse network is usually based
on:
Selected Answer: Tradeoffs between warehousing, inventory, and transportation costs

Answers: Minimizing transportation costs

Tradeoffs between warehousing, inventory, and transportation costs

Constant demand

Product pricing strategy

• Question 21
0 out of 3 points
Which of the following is not important for a lean thinker?
Selected Answer: Value to the customer

Answers: Value to the customer

Flow and Pull from the customers

Full utilization of resources

Team structure and individual empowerment and accountability

• Question 22
0 out of 3 points

Poka-yoke is best defined as:

Selected Answer: Improving machine efficiency

Answers: Capturing the voice of the customer

Improving machine efficiency

Reducing field failures to virtually zero

Preventing controllable defects

• Question 23
3 out of 3 points

Which of the following is NOT a reason that companies are depending more on their
suppliers?
Selected Answer: More control over their suppliers

Answers: More focus on core competencies

Need for more flexibilities

Desire to share risks

More control over their suppliers

• Question 24
1 out of 1 points

Which type of effort is required across the organization as to meet customer's

requirement?
Selected Answer: Collaborative

Answers: Individualistic

Separative

Collaborative

Selective
 • Question 25
1 out of 1 points

Place the odd one out

Selected Answer: Political

Answers: Political

Rsources

Processes

Performance
• Question 26
1 out of 1 points

Which of the following activity is not mapped by VSM?

Selected Answer: Down Time

Answers: Cycle Time

Lead Time

Down Time

None
• Question 27
0 out of 1 points

Who amongthe following gave the definition of Startegic Planning?

Selected Answer: Weber

Answers: Weber

Clark Crouch

Suri

Ohno
• Question 28
1 out of 1 points

As per Toyota types of waste are

Selected Answer: All

Answers: Muda

Mura

Muri

All
 • Question 29
0 out of 1 points

The supply chain management philosophy emerged in which decade?

Selected Answer: 1990s

Answers: 1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s
• Question 30
1 out of 1 points

In how many ways integrated ERP system can help improve supply chain performance?
Selected Answer: Four

Answers: Two

Three

Four

Five
• Question 31
1 out of 1 points

The “Waste” reduction process begins with the question “What can we do to improve?”
Selected Answer: What can we do to improve?

Answers: When can we do to improve?

How can we do to improve?

What can we do to improve?

Where can we do to improve?

• Question 32
0 out of 1 points

For a process working at 5 Sigma level, how many opportunities are considered to lie
outside of the specification limits provided by the customer?
Selected Answer: 3.4

Answers: 233

6210

3.4
 66807
• Question 33
0 out of 1 points

From the economic system's point of view, the role of marketing intermediaries is to
transform the assortment of products made by producers into the assortment of products
wanted by ________Channel members.
Selected Answer: distributors

Answers: manufacturers

marketers

distributors

consumers
• Question 34
1 out of 1 points

What does CIP stands for?

Selected Answer: Both

Answers: Continous Improvement Process

Continous Improvement Philosphy

Both

None
• Question 35
1 out of 1 points

Statistically based charts that compute acceptable ranges of performance with a mean
value as a target for product specifications are called
Selected Answer: Control Charts

Answers: Pareto Charts

Control Charts

Oppurtunity Flow Charts

None
• Question 36
1 out of 1 points

In Lean production mangers at headquarters generally graded factory management on

which criteria.
Selected Answer: Both
Answers: Yield

Quality

Both

None of the above

• Question 37
1 out of 1 points

Who stated that, “managing the supply chain is vital for international business”.
Selected Answer: Scary and Larsen

Answers: Womack and Jones

Hunt and Weintraub

Scary and Larsen

Burt and Dobler

• Question 38
1 out of 1 points

Place the odd one out

Selected Answer: Group Technology

Answers: Pareto Charts

Control Charts

Group Technology

Check Sheets
• Question 39
1 out of 1 points

What does it mean if the value stream is faster than the takt time
Selected Answer: Over production

Answers: Good Production

Under Production

Over production

None
• Question 40
1 out of 1 points

In a 4 sigma level process, how many opportunities lie outside the specification limits
provided by the customer?
Selected Answer: 6210

Answers: 6210

233

456

876
• Question 41
1 out of 1 points

What is the Japnese term for Sustain

Selected Answer: Shitsuke

Answers: Seiri

Seiton

Shitsuke

Seiso
• Question 42
1 out of 1 points

Which management style is more accustommed to Japnese Working Style?

Selected Answer: Participative

Answers: Authritative

Participative

Individualistic

None
• Question 43
1 out of 1 points

Which ISO allows efficient identification of opportunities for cost savings?

Selected Answer: ISO14001:2004

Answers: ISO9000

ISO14000

ISO14001:2004

None
• Question 44
1 out of 1 points

Kanban technique was proposed in which year ?

Selected Answer: 1988

Answers: 1985

1986

1987

1988
• Question 45
1 out of 1 points

Place the odd one out

Selected Answer: React

Answers: Plan

Do

Check

React
• Question 46
1 out of 1 points

What is the success rate of the products with optimum advantage?

Selected Answer: 58%

Answers: 98%

58%

38%

18%
• Question 47
1 out of 1 points

The objective of which system was to minimize the consumption of resources that added
no value to the product.?
Selected Answer: Toyota Production System

Answers: Total management system

Toyota Production System

Toyota Management System

Total Production System

• Question 48
1 out of 1 points
The single card system is known as
Selected Answer: Withdrawl Kanban

Answers: Process Kanban

Production Kanban

Withdrawl Kanban

Supply kanban
• Question 49
1 out of 1 points

Even flow production technique was proposed by

Selected Answer: Ballard

Answers: Ballard

Ohno

Shingo

Suri
• Question 50
1 out of 1 points

What does CSF elaborates?

Selected Answer: Critical Success Factor

Answers: Creative Success Factor

Critical Success Factor

Critical Source Factor

Creative Source Factor

• Question 51
1 out of 1 points

Which of the following conditions,the customer expects from a product performance?

Selected Answer: Must be

Answers: Might be

Must be

Can be

May be
• Question 52
1 out of 1 points
Quick response manufacturing is proposed by
Selected Answer: Suri

Answers: Suri

Shingo

Ohno

None
• Question 53
1 out of 1 points

What is the Japanese term for automation with human touch?

Selected Answer: Jidoka

Answers: Muda

Kaizen

Mura

Jidoka
• Question 54
0 out of 1 points

Alfred Sloan’s belongs to which firm?

Selected Answer: General Motors

Answers: Ford

General Motors

Volkswagen

Crysler
• Question 55
1 out of 1 points

Which of the following is not includedin logistics?

Selected Answer: Design

Answers: Distribution

Transportation

Design

Warehousing
• Question 56
0 out of 1 points
Womack has an abbreviated definition of lean, which is ‘Lean = purpose + process + what’?
Selected Answer: People

Answers: Planet

Policy

People

Practice
• Question 57
1 out of 1 points

What does WIP elaborates in Lean production

Selected Answer: Work in Process

Answers: Waste In Process

Work in Process

Waste in Progress

Work in Progress
• Question 58
1 out of 1 points

Which strategy is supported by supply side capabilities?

Selected Answer: JIT

Answers: JIT

Agility

Customized Logistics

None
• Question 59
0 out of 1 points

Who proposed the perfection as the fifth lean principle ?

Selected Answer: Both

Answers: Womack

Roos

Both

None
• Question 60
0 out of 1 points
 Kanban system is also generally called as
Selected Answer: Pull system

Answers: Pull system

Push system

Put on system

None
• Question 61
1 out of 1 points

Who defined the three elements of standard work?

Selected Answer: Ohno

Answers: Shingo

Suri

Ballard

Ohno
• Question 62
1 out of 1 points

Who said tht,E-commerce describes the process of buying and selling (or exchanging) of
products, services and information via computer networks including the internet.?
Selected Answer: E.Turban

Answers: E.Turban

M.Greenstein

T.M. Feinman

J.F. Rayport
• Question 63
0 out of 1 points

Which among the following emerged as the global leader

Selected Answer: All

Answers: Mass producer

Lean producer

Craft producer

All
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