The test CD has a ton more questions and you can do them either as simulated exams or topic by topic. The solution handbook explanations of the questions were very detailed and well-written. In the last 8-10 days before the exam, I started working through the test CD. I took about three weeks and two hours each day to walk through the entire primer and every blue page test question. The structure of the questions were also very similar to the ones found on the actual exam. I found those questions to be very useful in testing knowledge of the content. After each section, there is a set of blue pages that has practice questions related to that material. When the primer (along with the Solutions handbook and test CD) came, I started going through each section one at a time. The handbook did end up helping me on exam day though as I was able to find a couple of key definition points in there that weren’t in the Primer. The CD contained one file and it was a 70 question practice exam (one that I later found online for free also). I understand what they were trying to do with tying to the Body of Knowledge but for me it just seemed cumbersome. I started reading it from page 1 and to be honest found the content structure to be a bit confusing. The handbook arrived first around 2 months from the exam date. I bought a used copy of the Handbook off of Amazon that included the CD. The most useful article I found was from Nicole at a blog called Quality and Innovation (article can be found here). Based on advice from her blog, I bought two books – the CSSBB Primer from the Quality Council of Indiana and The Certified Six Sigma Black Belt Handbook (Second Edition) by Kubiak & Benbow. The first thing I did was a quick search online through some blogs and forums to get some exam advice. I first submitted a few projects I did to ASQ in order to sit for the exam – my projects were approved and I had about 3 1/2 months to study. Since then, I’ve been doing black belt level projects sporadically with my current company. Lean has been a greater focus in my role and six sigma is more like a nice-to-have skill. I thought it would be important to round out my skill set as a problem solver and get ASQ certified. After college, I got green belt certification at my first company and did a couple projects. I still managed to keep some of the notes from the class which helped a little bit. I took a Six Sigma Black Belt course in college but that was ten years ago.
So first off, let me give you some background about my experience so it’ll give you an idea of what I started with. This post is moreso about how I passed the ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt Exam (on the first try!) – but it may give you some tips that will help you. Well, ok, the article title is a bit misleading.
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