1 Ergonomics is an important lean concept and practice. Which of the following statement regarding ergonomics is false?

a.

Ergonomics has been divided into three domains: physical, organizational, and cognitive.

b.

One domain of ergonomics is concerned with mental processes and mental workloads.

c.

Ergonomics focuses upon the reliance of scientific experience-based techniques for problem solving, learning, and discovery.

d.

The foundation of ergonomics has been traced back more than a thousand years to Greece.

e.

Ergonomics examines a wide range of specific topics which can include employee safety, human anatomy and working postures, materials handling, repetitive movements, lifting, as well as workplace layout.

2 PDCA is the core tool of management in their path to fully understand lean production and its culture.

True False

3 Correctly complete (fill in) the following sentence. Organizational culture is best defined as a system of shared workplace _____________ that guide peoples behaviors.

a.

regular activities

b.

assignments

c.

functions

d.

assumptions

e.

specifications