Operations Research Questions and Answers Part-7

1. Customers arrive at a box office window, being manned ny single individual, according to Poisson input process with mean rate of 20 per hour, while the mean service time is 2 minutes. Which of the following is not true for this system?
a) E(n) = 2 customers
b) E(m) = 4/3 customers
c) E(v) = 6 minutes
d) E(w) = 16 minutes

Answer: a

2. A game is said to be strictly determinable if______________.
a) maximin value equal to minimax value
b) maximin value is less than or equal to minimax value
c) maximin value is greater than or equal to minimax value
d) maximin value is not equal to minimax value

Answer: a

3. The irreducible minimum duration of the project is called ______________.
a) critical time
b) normal time
c) cost slope
d) crash duration

Answer: d

4. The cost of a slack variable is ______________.
a) 0
b) 1
c) 2
d) -1

Answer: a

5. Linear Programming Problem that can be solved by graphical method has ______________.
a) linear constraints
b) quadratic constraints
c) non linear constraints
d) bi-quadratic constraints

Answer: a

6. If one or more variable vanish then a basic solution to the system is called ______________.
a) non feasible region
b) feasible region
c) degenerate solution
d) basic solution

Answer: c

7. ______________ method is an alternative method of solving a Linear Programming Problem involving artificial variables
a) Simplex Method
b) Big-M Method
c) Dual Simplex Method
d) Graphical Mehtod

Answer: b

8. The server utilization factor is also known as ______________
a) erlang distribution
b) poisson distribution
c) exponential distribution
d) traffic intensity

Answer: d

9. In a transportation table, an ordered set of______________ or more cells is said to form a loop
a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 5

Answer: c

10. A Linear Programming Problem have ______________ optimal solution
a) 1
b) 2
c) more than 1
d) more than 2

Answer: c