Operations Research Questions and Answers Part-3

1. Using ______________ method, we can never have an unbounded solution
a) Simplex
b) Dual simplex
c) Big M
d) Modi

Answer: b

2. The customers of high priority are given service over the low priority customers is ______________.
a) Pre emptive
b) FIFO
c) LIFO
d) SIRO

Answer: a

3. A queuing system is said to be a ______________ when its operating characteristic are independent upon time
a) pure birth model
b) pure death model
c) transient state
d) steady state

Answer: d

4. An activity which does not consume neither any resource nor time is known as ______________.
a) predecessor activity
b) successor activity
c) dummy activity
d) activity

Answer: c

5. The difference between total and free float is ______________.
a) total
b) free
c) independent
d) interference

Answer: d

6. The number of time estimates involved in Program Evaluation Review Technique problem is ______________.
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4

Answer: c

7. The assignment problem is always a ______________matrix.
a) circle
b) square
c) rectangle
d) triangle

Answer: b

8. The slack variables indicate ______________.
a) excess resource available.
b) shortage of resource
c) nil resource
d) idle resource

Answer: d

9. If the net evaluation corresponding to any non -basic variable is zero, it is an indication of the existence of an ______________.
a) initial basic feasible solution
b) optimum basic feasible solution
c) optimum solution.
d) alternate optimum solution.

Answer: d

10. Mathematical model of linear programming problem is important because ______________.
a) it helps in converting the verbal description and numerical data into mathematical expression
b) decision makers prefer to work with formal models
c) it captures the relevant relationship among decision factors
d) it enables the use of algebraic technique

Answer: a