Operations Research Set 3
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This set of Operations Research Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Operations Research Set 3
Q1 | The participants in a game are called .
- invitees
- players
- contestants
- clients
Q2 | The outcome of the interaction of selected strategies of opponents in a game is called .
- income
- profit
- payoff
- gains
Q3 | In a game, the alternatives or courses of action available to each player are called .
- choices
- strategies
- options
- actions
Q4 | A situation in a game where, in the payoff matrix, maximin of row is equal to minimax of column is called .
- centre point
- saddle point
- main point
- equal point
Q5 | If there are or more decision variables in a LPP, SIMPLEX method is used.
- 2
- 3
- 1
- 4
Q6 | If 5y = 30, then the line is
- parallel to x axis
- parallel to y axis
- passes through the origin
- intersects both the axis
Q7 | Operations Research techniques are in nature.
- qualitative
- quantitative
- judgmental
- subjective
Q8 | Forward pass calculations are done to find occurrence times of events.
- exact
- earliest
- latest
- approximate
Q9 | The second longest path in the network diagram is called Path.
- alternate
- feasible solution
- critical
- sub-critical
Q10 | When a particular assignment in the given problem is not possible or restricted as a condition, it is called a problem.
- degenerate
- prohibited
- infeasible
- unbalanced
Q11 | Operations Research (OR) , which is a very powerful tool for ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
- Research
- Decision – Making
- Operations
- None of the above
Q12 | Who coined the term Operations Research?
- J.F. McCloskey
- F.N. Trefethen
- P.F. Adams
- Both A and B
Q13 | The term Operations Research was coined in the year ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
- 1950
- 1940
- 1978
- 1960
Q14 | This innovative science of Operations Research was discovered during ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
- Civil War
- World War I
- World War II
- Industrial Revolution
Q15 | Operations Research was known as an ability to win a war without really going in to a ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
- Battle field
- Fighting
- War
- Both A and B
Q16 | Who defined Operations Research as scientific method of providing executive departments witha quantitative basis for decisions regarding the operations under their control?
- Morse and Kimball (1946)
- P.M.S. Blackett (1948)
- E.L. Arnoff and M.J. Netzorg
- None of the above
Q17 | Who defined Operations Research as scientific approach to problem solving for executivemanagement ?
- E.L. Arnoff
- P.M.S. Blackett
- H.M. Wagner
- None of the above
Q18 | Who defined Operations Research as an aid for the executive in marketing his decisions byproviding him with the quantitative information based on the scientific method of analysis ?
- C. Kitte
- H.M. Wagner
- E.L. Arnoff
- None of the above
Q19 | Operations Research has the characteristics the it is done by a team of ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
- Scientists
- Mathematicians
- Academics
- All of the above
Q20 | There is a great scope for ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ working as a team to solve problems of defence by using theOperations Research approach
- Economists
- Administrators
- Statisticians and Technicians
- All of the above
Q21 | Operations Research emphasizes on the overall approach to the system. This charecteristics of Operations Research is often referred as
- System Orientation
- System Approach
- Interdisciplinary Team Approach
- none
Q22 | Operations Research cannot give perfect ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ to problems
- Answers
- Solutions
- Both A and B
- Decisions
Q23 | Operations Research simply helps in improving the ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ of the solution but does not resultin a perfect solution.
- Quality
- Clarity
- Look
- None of the above
Q24 | Operations Research involves ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ attack of complex problems to arrive at theoptimum solution
- Scientific
- Systematic
- Both A and B
- Statistical
Q25 | Operations Research uses models built by quantitative measurement of the variables c a given problem and also derives a solution from the model using ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ of the diversified solution techniques oncerning
- Two or more
- One or more
- Three or more
- Only One