The ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt Study Guide, Second Edition

Brush up on your Black Belt testing skills with this handy study guide, updated to adhere to the 2022 ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB) Body of Knowledge (BoK). It is a valuable resource for candidates preparing for the ASQ CSSBB examination and is best used in combination with The ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt Handbook, Fourth Edition. These questions have been written to reflect current testing standards, and all include detailed solutions and BoK references for further review of the material.

This study guide includes:

• 550 practice questions and solutions organized by the nine sections of the 2022 CSSBB BoK.
• 150 additional questions and solutions in random order to simulate an actual certi­fication exam.
• Questions about topics and tools that are new to the 2022 CSSBB BoK, including business planning and return on investment (ROI), key behavior indicators (KBIs), objectives and key results (OKR), the roles of coaching and ­ nance in projects, process decision program charts (PDPCs) and interrelationship digraphs, audit MSA, A3 analysis, maturity models, and types of risk.

Mary McShane-Vaughn, CSSBB, CQE, and CRE, has fifteen years of industry experience working as a quality engineer and statistician. She is the founder of University Training Partners (a quality training organization), and directed the MSQA program at Southern Polytechnic State University for eight years. Dr. McShane-Vaughn is a Senior Member of ASQ and is a member of the American Statistical Association and the Institute for Industrial and Systems Engineers. She has published academic articles in the field of industrial statistics and has published multiple books with Quality Press, including The ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt Handbook, Fourth Edition.