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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