Applied assessment — Black Belt Project

4 of 5 needed to pass

1. 1. A Black Belt candidate requests Define-tollgate approval with a charter, SIPOC, and a stakeholder list, but no VOC evidence or baseline data. What should the reviewer do?

   Choose one answer.

   Approve the tollgate since the charter is completeApprove the tollgate and ask for VOC data to be added later in ControlWithhold approval until VOC evidence supporting the problem statement is providedReject the entire project and require a new topic
2. 2. A candidate claims a financial benefit of $40,000 per year from reduced rework, based solely on a before-and-after comparison of one week's rework cost, without confirming the difference is statistically significant or accounting for seasonal order-mix changes. How should this benefit claim be treated?

   Choose one answer.

   Rejected outright with no path to approvalReturned for validation with a longer, controlled comparison period and confirmation the change (not seasonality) drove the improvementDoubled to account for likely underestimationAccepted as final since a dollar figure was calculated
3. 3. A project storyboard shows Improve-phase results with a large before/after bar chart but does not show the pilot sample size, duration, or any control-chart evidence of stability. What is the main risk?

   Choose one answer.

   Bar charts are never appropriate for storyboardsThe storyboard is too shortThe storyboard has too many colorsThe audience cannot judge whether the improvement is real and sustained versus a short-term or coincidental fluctuation
4. 4. At project closure, the process owner has not been trained on the new control plan and the control charts have not been handed over to the line supervisor. What is the appropriate closure decision?

   Choose one answer.

   Close the project and remove the control charts since they add extra workClose the project since the technical solution is implementedDelay closure until ownership, training, and control-plan handover are completedClose the project and let the Black Belt continue monitoring indefinitely
5. 5. A peer reviewer notices the Analyze-phase root cause and the Improve-phase solution do not logically connect: the confirmed root cause was operator training gaps, but the implemented solution was a machine guard redesign. What should the review conclude?

   Choose one answer.

   This is acceptable because any improvement is beneficialThe project should flag a disconnect between root cause and countermeasure, requiring rework or a documented additional justificationThe Analyze phase should be deleted from the storyboard to remove the inconsistencyThe machine guard redesign automatically proves the training root cause was wrong