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The document contains multiple-choice questions (MCQs) focused on the Kanban system, including its definition, principles, types, and benefits. Key concepts include Kanban's meaning as 'card or signboard,' its role in visual scheduling and inventory control, and its relation to the pull production principle. The questions also cover specific rules, benefits, and calculations associated with implementing Kanban.

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? Kanban MCQs

The document contains multiple-choice questions (MCQs) focused on the Kanban system, including its definition, principles, types, and benefits. Key concepts include Kanban's meaning as 'card or signboard,' its role in visual scheduling and inventory control, and its relation to the pull production principle. The questions also cover specific rules, benefits, and calculations associated with implementing Kanban.

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📑 Kanban – Multiple Choice Questions

(MCQs)

1. The word “Kanban” in Japanese means:

a) Workflow
b) Card or Signboard
c) Process
d) Queue

Answer: b) Card or Signboard

2. Kanban is primarily a system for:

a) Forecasting customer demand


b) Visual scheduling and inventory control
c) Increasing batch sizes
d) Eliminating changeover times

Answer: b) Visual scheduling and inventory control

3. Kanban is based on which principle?

a) Push production
b) Pull production
c) Just-in-case production
d) Mass production

Answer: b) Pull production

4. Which of the following is not a type of Kanban?

a) Withdrawal Kanban
b) Production Kanban
c) Transport Kanban
d) Assembly Kanban

Answer: d) Assembly Kanban


5. What does a Kanban card authorize?

a) Hiring of workers
b) Production or movement of items
c) Scheduling meetings
d) Measuring efficiency

Answer: b) Production or movement of items

6. In a supermarket analogy, Kanban ensures:

a) Unlimited stockpiling
b) Controlled small stock levels
c) No replenishment
d) Customer overconsumption

Answer: b) Controlled small stock levels

7. Which of the following is a Kanban rule?

a) Production should not exceed authorization


b) Containers can move without cards
c) Scrap can be passed along
d) Different parts can be mixed in one container

Answer: a) Production should not exceed authorization

8. Which Lean tool is Kanban most closely related to?

a) 5S
b) JIT (Just-in-Time)
c) Poka-Yoke
d) TPM

Answer: b) JIT (Just-in-Time)

9. Kanban helps in reducing:


a) Customer demand
b) Overproduction and excess inventory
c) Machine breakdowns
d) Raw material cost

Answer: b) Overproduction and excess inventory

10. Which step usually gets overlooked and causes Kanban failure?

a) Training
b) Starting Kanban
c) Auditing and Maintaining
d) Designing Kanban

Answer: c) Auditing and Maintaining

11. The formula for calculating the number of Kanbans is:

a) N=DCN = \frac{D}{C}
b) N=DL+SSCN = \frac{DL + SS}{C}
c) N=CDL+SSN = \frac{C}{DL + SS}
d) N=SSDLN = \frac{SS}{DL}

Answer: b) N=DL+SSCN = \frac{DL + SS}{C}

12. Which of these is a benefit of Kanban?

a) Increased waiting time


b) Improved responsiveness to demand
c) Overproduction flexibility
d) Reduced worker training

Answer: b) Improved responsiveness to demand

13. Withdrawal Kanban authorizes:

a) Movement of parts from one stage to another


b) Production of parts at a workstation
c) Audit readiness
d) Software installation
Answer: a) Movement of parts from one stage to another

14. Production Kanban authorizes:

a) Withdrawal of finished goods


b) Production of a specific lot size
c) Hiring of operators
d) Storage of excess inventory

Answer: b) Production of a specific lot size

15. Kanban can typically reduce inventory by:

a) 5–10%
b) 10–20%
c) 25–75%
d) 90–100%

Answer: c) 25–75%

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