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Applied Operation Research

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. Operations research is the application of ____________methods to arrive at the optimal Solutions to the problems.

a)

Economical

b)

Scientific

c)

both a and b

d)

none of the above

2.

Operations research is based upon collected information, knowledge and advanced study of various factors impacting a particular operation. This leads to more informed ----------- --------------------------

a)

A. Decision making

b)

B. Management processes

c)

C. Procedures

3.

3. Which of the following is not the phase of OR methodology?

a)

A. Formulating a problem

b)

B. Constructing a model

c)

C. Establishing control

d)

D. Controlling the environment

4.

4. The objective function and constraints are functions of two types of variables, _______________ variables and ____________ variables.

a)

A. Positive and negative

b)

B. Controllable and uncontrollabl

5.

Which technique is used in finding a solution for optimizing a given objective, such as profit maximization or cost reduction under certain constraints?

a)

A. Quailing Theory

b)

B. Waiting Line

c)

C. Both A and B

d)

D. Linear Programming

6.

The northwest corner rule requires that we start allocating units to shipping routes in the middle cell

a)

A. Lower right corner of the table

b)

B. Upper right corner of the table

c)

C. Highest costly cell of the table.

d)

D. Upper left-hand corner of the table.

7.

The given TP is an example for

a)

Unbalanced

b)

Optimal

c)

degenerate

d)

infeasible

8.

The given Transportation problems is an example for

a)

unbalanced

b)

feasible

c)

degenerate

d)

optimal

9.

Which of the following is not needed to use the transportation model

a)

the cost of shipping one unit from each origin to each destination

b)

the destination points and the demand per period at each

c)

the origin points and the capacity or supply per period at each

d)

degeneracy

10.

Which of the following is a method for improving an initial solution in a transportation problem?

a)

northwest-corner

b)

intuitive lowest-cost

c)

Vogel's Approximation

d)

Stepping stone method