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Quiz: Waste Elimination

Kaizen Masterclass Waste Elimination Quiz: Waste Elimination

Take this quiz after completing all preceding lessons on waste elimination.

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1. Question
Why is inventory wasteful? Check all that apply.
- It deteriorates and goes bad over time.
- It hides quality problems.
- It takes up space.
- It increases lead times.
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Question 2 of 13

2. Question
What is the waste of motion?
- The movement of stuff
- The movement of people
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Question 3 of 13

3. Question
The waste of motion can be eliminated by moving more quickly.
- True
- False
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4. Question
What are the two definitions for the waste of over processing?
- The waste of correction (correcting a defect)
- Working slow and taking a long time to get your work done
- Producing extra product, just in case it is needed
- Doing something more than what the customer actually requires
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5. Question
Sometimes the waste of over processing occurs simply because defects are accepted as normal and therefore tolerated.
- True
- False
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Question 6 of 13

6. Question
What are the two reasons why over production is wasteful?
- It requires bigger and more expensive machines
- It multiplies the other six wastes of lean
- It consumes more energy
- The customer may never buy the product! It may all go to waste
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Question 7 of 13

7. Question
Why is transportation wasteful?
- The product is not transformed at all during transit; no value is added!
- Transportation often burns gasoline, which is wasteful
- It takes time to move something
- You have to buy something to move product, like a fork lift, dolly, or conveyor belt
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Question 8 of 13

8. Question
Which of the following are examples of the waste of transportation?
- Moving product with a pallet jack
- Walking to the next operation
- Building extra product
- Pushing product from one department to the next department
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9. Question
A brilliant way to eliminate waste involving transportation is to increase batch size, so that each transportation trip can deliver larger numbers of items (this leads to fewer trips overall).
- True
- False
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Question 10 of 13

10. Question
Eliminating the waste of transportation may require physically rearranging your work area—or even your entire facility layout!
- True
- False
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Question 11 of 13

11. Question
What is “value” as defined by lean?
- An expensive product
- Anything that the customer wants and is willing to pay for
- Value is the outcome of any hardworking, fast-moving employee
- Value is what is accomplished by machines, since they can do so much more than people
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12. Question
How many original wastes are there?
- 5
- 9
- 3
- 7
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13. Question
Which of the following are examples of value-adding activities?
- hammering a nail into wood
- correcting a defect
- cutting metal
- painting a surface
- walking quickly to pick-up a tool
- making extra product just in case they’re needed
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