Operations Research Set 9

Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA),

Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS)

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This set of Operations Research Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Operations Research Set 9

Q1 | VAM stands for ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
  • Vogeal’s Approximation Method
  • Vogel’s Approximate Method
  • Vangel’s Approximation Method
  • Vogel’s Approximation Method
Answer: Vogel’s Approximation Method
Q2 | Once the initial basic feasible solution has been computed , what is the next step in theproblem
  • VAM
  • Modified distribution method
  • Optimality test
  • None of the above
Answer: Optimality test
Q3 | One can find the initial basic feasible solution by using ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ ?
  • VAM
  • MODI
  • Optimality test
  • None of the above
Answer: VAM
Q4 | What do we apply in order to determine the optimum solution ?
  • LPP
  • VAM
  • MODI Method
  • None of the above
Answer: MODI Method
Q5 | In a TP , if the number of non‐negative independent allocation is ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ than m+n‐1.
  • Equivalent
  • Greater
  • Less
  • None of the above
Answer: Less
Q6 | A given TP is said to be unbalanced, if the total supply is not equal to the total ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
  • Optimization
  • Demand
  • Cost
  • None of the above
Answer: Demand
Q7 | If the total supply is less than the total demand, a dummy source (row) is included in the costmatrix with ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
  • Dummy Demand
  • Dummy Supply
  • Zero Cost
  • Both A and B
Answer: Zero Cost
Q8 | To find the optimal solution, we apply ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
  • LPP
  • VAM
  • MODI Method
  • Rim
Answer: MODI Method
Q9 | For maximization in TP , the objective is to maximize the total ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
  • Solution
  • Profit Matrix
  • Profit
  • None of the above
Answer: Profit
Q10 | Operations Research (OR) , which is a very powerful tool for ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
  • Research
  • Decision – Making
  • Operations
  • None of the above
Answer: Decision – Making
Q11 | The term Operations Research was coined in the year ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
  • 1950
  • 1940
  • 1978
  • 1960
Answer: 1940
Q12 | This innovative science of Operations Research was discovered during ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
  • Civil War
  • World War I
  • World War II
  • Industrial Revolution
Answer: World War II
Q13 | 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
Answer: Both A and B
Q14 | 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
Answer: C. Kitte
Q15 | Operations Research has the characteristics the it is done by a team of ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
  • Scientists
  • Mathematicians
  • Academics
  • All of the above
Answer: Scientists
Q16 | Operations Research emphasizes on the overall approach to the system. This charecteristics ofOperations Research is often referred as
  • System Orientation
  • System Approach
  • Interdisciplinary Team Approach
  • none
Answer: none
Q17 | Operations Research uses models built by quantitative measurement of the variables concerning a given problem and also derives a solution from the model using ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ of the diversified solution techniques
  • Two or more
  • One or more
  • Three or more
  • Only One
Answer: One or more
Q18 | Operations Research uses models to help the management to determine its ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐scientifically
  • Policies
  • Actions
  • Both A and B
  • None of the above
Answer: Both A and B
Q19 | Operations Research is a ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
  • Science
  • Art
  • Mathematics
  • Both A and B
Answer: Both A and B
Q20 | Key concept under which technique are network of events and activities , resourceallocation, time and cost considerations, network paths and critical paths ?
  • Game Theory
  • Network Analysis
  • Decision Theory
  • None of the above
Answer: Network Analysis
Q21 | What is concerned with the prediction of replacement costs and determination of themost economic replacement policy ?
  • Search Theory
  • Theory of replacement
  • Probabilistic Programming
  • None of the above
Answer: Theory of replacement
Q22 | Allocation problems can be solved by
  • Linear Programming Technique
  • Non – Linear Programming Technique
  • Both A and B
  • None of the above
Answer: Both A and B
Q23 | ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ models are obtained by enlarging or reducing the size of the item
  • Iconic Models
  • Analogue Models
  • Symbolic Models
  • None of the above
Answer: Iconic Models
Q24 | The operations Research technique, specially used to determine the optimum strategy is
  • Decision Theory
  • Simulation
  • Game Theory
  • None of the above
Answer: Simulation
Q25 | It is not easy to make any modification or improvement in
  • Iconic Models
  • Analogue Models
  • Symbolic Models
  • None of the above
Answer: Symbolic Models
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