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This set of Management Science Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Management Science Set 10

Q1 | In queuing theory, ............................ stands for mean service rate.
  • μ
  • λ
  • t
  • none of these
Q2 | ...................... is a method of analysing the current movement of the some variable in aneffort to predict the future movement of the same variable.
  • Goal programming
  • Queuing theory
  • Markov Analysis
  • Replacement theory
Q3 | Initial feasible solution to a transportation problem arrived through which of the following methodis very near to the optimal solution:
  • NWCM
  • LCM
  • VAM
  • None of these
Q4 | In Transportation Problem, NWCM stands for .............................
  • North West Cost Method
  • Net Worth Corner Method
  • North West Corner Method
  • None of these
Q5 | In Transportation Problem, LCM stands for .............................
  • Lowest Common Multiplier
  • Least Cost Method
  • Lowest Cell Method
  • None of these
Q6 | Matrix Minima Method to find initial feasible solution to a TP is also called .......................
  • NWCM
  • LCM
  • VAM
  • None of these
Q7 | MODI Method to test the optimality of a feasible solution to TP is also called...............
  • Stepping Stone Method
  • u. v. Method
  • both a and b
  • none of these
Q8 | ............................refers to the manner in which the customers behave while being in the queue.
  • Service pattern
  • Service pattern
  • Queue discipline
  • None of these
Q9 | Excess of service facilities over and above the number of customers results:
  • Idleness of service capacity
  • Queues
  • Both a and b
  • None of these
Q10 | ................................was the first person who developed a viable queueing theory
  • Von Neumann
  • Morgenstern
  • H M Wagner
  • Simeon Dennis Poisson
Q11 | Traffic intensity in Queuing Theory is also called...........................
  • Service factor
  • Arrival factor
  • Utilisation factor
  • None of these
Q12 | Traffic intensity is computed by using the formula:
  • λ/μ
  • μ/λ
  • 1- λ/μ
  • 1- μ/λ
Q13 | Game theory became popular when the book “Theory of Games and Economic Behaviour” waspublished in 1944 by ..............................
  • Von Neumann
  • Mc Closky
  • Von-Neumann and Mc Closky
  • Von-neumann and Morgenstern
Q14 | Which of the following is a characteristic of a dual problem:
  • Dual of a dual is primal
  • If dual has a finite optimal solution, then the primal also has finite optimal solution
  • If dual has no feasible solution, then the primal also has no feasible solution
  • All of the above
Q15 | Shadow price is also called ......................
  • Dual price
  • Unit price
  • Total cost
  • None of these
Q16 | ................................is that element of the simplex table which lis both in the key row and keycolumn.
  • Key element
  • Pivot element
  • Both a and b
  • None of these
Q17 | Transportation model was first introduced by ........................ in the year 1941.
  • T C Koopman
  • George B Dantzig
  • Von-neumann
  • F L Hitchcock
Q18 | VAM is also called........................
  • Matrix Minima Method
  • Penalty Method
  • MODI Method
  • None of these
Q19 | Which of the following methods is used to solve an assignment problem:
  • Enumeration Method
  • Hungarian Method
  • Simplex Method
  • All of the above
Q20 | Hungarian method was developed by ........................
  • T C Koopman
  • F L Hitchcock
  • D Konig
  • George B Dantzig
Q21 | .................... is the popular method for solving an assignment problem.
  • Hungarian Method
  • Enumeration Method
  • Simplex Method
  • None of the above
Q22 | The outlet where the services are being provided to the customers is called.................
  • Waiting line
  • Service facility
  • Idle facility
  • Traffic intensity
Q23 | The variables which can be manipulated by the decision maker are called....................
  • Controllable variables
  • Uncontrollable variables
  • Both a and b
  • None of these
Q24 | The variables which cannot be manipulated by the decision maker are called....................
  • Controllable variables
  • Uncontrollable variables
  • Both a and b
  • None of these
Q25 | Controllable variables are also called..................................
  • Slack variables
  • Surplus variables
  • Artificial variable
  • Decision variables