Quiz on Team Management and Product Design

The major responsibility of the president or general manager is to ________.

• Hire all the necessary employees

• Set the vision and create a plan

• Inspect the process and the product

• Sell the product to new customers

The ________ of a high performance team has equal decision making authority with other team members.

• Supervisor

• Team leader

• Safety officer

• Human resources manager

People working together discussing issues and making decisions are key elements of a ________.

• Successful work group

• SPC program

• JIT process

• Histogram

The three Fs of product design are form, fit and ________.

• Function

• Fabrication

• Foundation

• Feature

________ is the process of converting raw materials into finished goods.

• Numerical control

• Transportation

• Manufacturing

• Consumption

The QA department ensures that the products meet requirements as defined by whom?

• Sales and marketing

• Research and development

• Competitors

• The customers

A consensus is a decision-making process whereby the team members all accept the same decision ________.

• Because it is their last choice

• When no other choices can be found

• Because it is the choice of their team leader

• Even though it may not be their first choice

Which of the following is a segment of manufacturing?

• Food and beverage

• Industrial

• Process

• All of the above

A system that combines advanced technologies to make customized products for less money and high quality is called ________ manufacturing.

• New

• Advanced

• Traditional

• Modern

The person who performs a step in a production process is the internal customer to the person who performs ________.

• The next step in the process

• The previous step in the process

• The same operation in the process

• The final operation in the process