Transportation Problems — Quiz It!

Transportation problems (TP) are a form of linear programming.

• False

• True

What is the goal of transportation problems?

• Maximize costs

• Minimize costs

What is a destination in transportation problems?

• Destination refers to the consumer's desire to purchase goods and services and willingness to pay a price for a specific good or service.

• Destination is defined as the inventory or stock of a resource that had been produced from which a person or place can be provided with the necessary amount of the said resource.

• Destination is the location to which commodities are distributed or transported to.

• Destination is defined as the group of supply centers that are concerned with the production of commodities.

There can be more than one source in a transportation problem.

• True

• False

There can be more than one destination in a transportation problem.

• False

• True

This refers to the inventory or stock of a resource that had been produced from which a person or place can be provided with the necessary amount of the said resource.

• Requirement

• Capacity

• Unit Transportation Cost

• Source

This refers to the consumer's desire to purchase goods and services and willingness to pay a price for a specific good or service.

• Capacity

• Source

• Destination

• Requirement

Transportation problems are always balanced.

• False

• True

This method is used in moving from the initial feasible solution to the optimal feasible solution.

• North-West Corner Rule

• Vogel's Approximation Method

• Hungarian Method

• Stepping Stone Method

Through this method, the feasible solution that would be obtained is either optimal or very close to the optimal solution.

• Hungarian Method

• North-West Corner Rule Method

• Vogel's Approximation Method

• Stepping Stone Method