ASQ/Infotech

The CD-ROM has been expanded into two disks, and a layout diagram is available in Appendix R. Given that this is an electronic format, you are encouraged to search the files for any number of forms, examples, templates, videos, and other useful tidbits that can help in running projects and preparing for the exam.

The ASQ CSSGB Study Guide

A team of ASQ Fellows has created this study guide with over 300 new questions predominantly based on the best-selling second edition of The Certified Six Sigma Green Belt Handbook.

The primary audience for this work is the individual who plans to sit for the ASQ Certified Six Sigma Green Belt (CSSGB) examination. The intended purpose of this study guide is to help you determine your readiness for the exam, using the questions as a self-assessment tool.

The answers to each chapter’s questions appear at the end of the chapter. The correct answer is given by letter, along with the location of the topic and page number and paragraph (or other locator) in the second edition of The Certified Six Sigma Green Belt Handbook.

The CD-ROM has been expanded into two disks, and a layout diagram is available in Appendix R. Given that this is an electronic format, you are encouraged to search the files for any number of forms, examples, templates, videos, and other useful tidbits that can help in running projects and preparing for the exam.

The CD accompanying the print book and at the end of the e-book versions includes a practice problem set covering each part of the book and a simulated examination that has problems distributed among parts according to the scheme published in the Body of Knowledge.

The ASQ CSSYB Study Guide is primarily meant to aid those taking the ASQ Certified Six Sigma Yellow Belt (CSSYB) exam and is best used in conjunction with The Certified Six Sigma Yellow Belt Handbook. Section 1 provides 151 practice questions organized by the five parts of the Yellow Belt Body of Knowledge (BoK) effective from March 2015 until March 2021. Section 2 gives the reader 136 additional practice questions from each of the five parts, in a randomized order. For every question in both sections, detailed solutions are provided that explain why each answer is the correct one and also which section of the BoK the question corresponds to so that any further study needed can be focused on specific sections. The provided solutions are taken from the same references used by the ASQ Item Writing teams who create the test items used in the formal Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification examination.

The chapters and sections are numbered by the same format used in the Body of Knowledge (BoK) for the CRE examination. It also includes a comprehensive glossary of reliability-related terms and appendices with, among other things, various useful distribution tables.

New software quality engineers can use this handbook to gain an understanding of their chosen profession. Experienced software quality engineers can use this handbook as a reference source when performing their daily work. It is also hoped that trainers and educators will use this handbook to help propagate software quality engineering knowledge to future software practitioners and managers. Finally, this handbook strives to establish a common vocabulary that software quality engineers, and others in their organizations can use to communicate about software and quality. Thus increasing the professionalism of the industry and eliminating the wastes that can result from ambiguity and misunderstandings.

The purpose of this handbook is to assist individuals taking the Certified Supplier Quality Professional examination and provide a reference for the practitioner. Throughout this handbook, several examples are provided based upon the collective experience and knowledge of the authors and editor. However, these examples are not explicitly specified in regulations, leaving decisions to the company, as well as the burden of justifying practices using sound scientific principles that provide the context of the rationale.

A companion CD contains dozens of FDA guidance documents as well as international harmonization documents (WHO, PIC/S, and ICH). A check list for cGMP audit is also included based on risk management criteria. An exam complements the material included in the CD.

In addition, included on an accompanying CD are comprehensive check sheets to be used by internal auditors in auditing an EMS’s conformance to ISO 14001:2015.

Material from several lean practitioners with differing backgrounds and experience has been gathered to create this handbook, which serves as an ideal starting point for practitioners who want both a holistic view of lean in general and also specifically the BOK of this groundbreaking joint certification program.

Completely new to this edition is a unique graphical software application – Transformation Logic Trees, designed primarily to create thinking process logic trees and only secondarily for other flowcharting uses. Provided on the accompanying CD-ROM is a full-function, unrestricted copy of version 1.0 for new and experienced users of the thinking process alike to use in building their logic trees. Appendix J in the book provides more information on how to install and use the software.

Sponsored by ASQ’s Measurement Quality Division, this handbook serves as an excellent desktop reference for calibration technicians, supervisors, managers, quality inspectors, auditors, those in calibration and/or testing laboratories, consultants, and teachers. Whether you’re changing disciplines in your career field, helping to becoming certified to a new or different standard, accepting more responsibilities as a supervisor or manager, training your fellow calibration practitioners, or using it to prepare for ASQ’s Certified Calibration Technician (CCT) exam, this handbook provides the information, guidance, and knowledge to help you achieve your goals.