CPIM-BSP

CPIM-BSP practice questions, page 3 of 6, with answer review and explanations.

Question 11

Which of the following characteristics is most distinctive of lean manufacturing?

  1. Teamwork
  2. Continuous improvement
  3. Qualitative measurements
  4. Bottom-line results

Question 12

Which of the following manufacturing environments presents the greatest complexity in promising completion dates for customer orders?

  1. Flow
  2. Repetitive
  3. Continuous
  4. Intermittent

Question 13

Which of the following types of layouts is most efficient in a lean production environment?

  1. Islands
  2. Connected islands
  3. Functional layout
  4. Cells

Question 14

The lean production concept works best in which of the following manufacturing environments?

  1. Make-to-order
  2. Intermittent
  3. Project
  4. Flow

Question 15

The principal objective of total quality management in manufacturing is to:

  1. implement statistical process control.
  2. meet the expectations of the customer.
  3. reduce the costs of failure.
  4. eliminate inspections.