Module 3 — Leadership and Improvement

Module quiz

5 questions on Module 3 — Leadership and Improvement. Answer them all, then check your score before moving on. 4 correct or more is a pass. Your best score is saved on this device, and to your account when you are signed in. This is a self-check, not an accredited assessment.

1. 1. What is the purpose of the short daily meeting at the line board?

   To read announcements to the lineTo review yesterday's output, quality and absence against target, assign owners to the gaps, and escalate what the line cannot solveTo plan next yearTo distribute work tickets only

2. 2. A supervisor hears the line has stopped. Where does good daily management send them first?

   To the office to write a reportTo the line, to see the actual condition with their own eyes before deciding anythingTo a meeting about stopsTo call the buyer

3. 3. How should a factory choose its first six sigma improvement project?

   The problem the manager finds most interestingA recurring problem with measurable business impact and available data — scrap, rework, delay — where success can be proven in numbersThe easiest problem availableWhatever the consultant recommends

4. 4. Why do process improvements decay without standardisation?

   Workers forget deliberatelyBecause without updated standard work, training and audits, people drift back to the old method and the gain quietly disappearsImprovements only work onceStandards are optional paperwork

5. 5. What makes an escalation path effective on a production floor?

   Escalating everything to the top managerDefined levels with time thresholds — if the line is stopped more than X minutes, the next level must respond — known to everyoneEscalating only at month endLeaving it to the supervisor's judgement each time