Operations Research Set 9
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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
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
Q3 | One can find the initial basic feasible solution by using ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ ?
- VAM
- MODI
- Optimality test
- None of the above
Q4 | What do we apply in order to determine the optimum solution ?
- LPP
- VAM
- MODI Method
- None of the above
Q5 | In a TP , if the number of non‐negative independent allocation is ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ than m+n‐1.
- Equivalent
- Greater
- Less
- None of the above
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
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
Q8 | To find the optimal solution, we apply ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
- LPP
- VAM
- MODI Method
- Rim
Q9 | For maximization in TP , the objective is to maximize the total ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
- Solution
- Profit Matrix
- Profit
- None of the above
Q10 | Operations Research (OR) , which is a very powerful tool for ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
- Research
- Decision – Making
- Operations
- None of the above
Q11 | The term Operations Research was coined in the year ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
- 1950
- 1940
- 1978
- 1960
Q12 | This innovative science of Operations Research was discovered during ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
- Civil War
- World War I
- World War II
- Industrial Revolution
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
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
Q15 | Operations Research has the characteristics the it is done by a team of ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
- Scientists
- Mathematicians
- Academics
- All of the above
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
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
Q18 | Operations Research uses models to help the management to determine its ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐scientifically
- Policies
- Actions
- Both A and B
- None of the above
Q19 | Operations Research is a ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
- Science
- Art
- Mathematics
- 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
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
Q22 | Allocation problems can be solved by
- Linear Programming Technique
- Non – Linear Programming Technique
- Both A and B
- None of the above
Q23 | ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ models are obtained by enlarging or reducing the size of the item
- Iconic Models
- Analogue Models
- Symbolic Models
- None of the above
Q24 | The operations Research technique, specially used to determine the optimum strategy is
- Decision Theory
- Simulation
- Game Theory
- None of the above
Q25 | It is not easy to make any modification or improvement in
- Iconic Models
- Analogue Models
- Symbolic Models
- None of the above