MultipleChoiceQuestions BCA IVSem OPERATIONSRESEARCH

1. OperationsResearch(OR),whichisaverypowerfultoolfor a) Research b) DecisionMaking c) Operations d) Noneoftheabove 2. WhocoinedthetermOperationsResearch? a) J.F.McCloskey b) F.N.Trefethen c) P.F.Adams d) BothAandB 3. ThetermOperationsResearchwascoinedintheyear a) 1950 b) 1940 c) 1978 d) 1960 4. ThisinnovativescienceofOperationsResearchwasdiscoveredduring a) CivilWar b) WorldWarI c) WorldWarII d) IndustrialRevolution 5. OperationsResearchwasknownasanabilitytowinawarwithoutreallygoingintoa a) Battlefield b) Fighting c) War d) BothAandB 6. WhodefinedOperationsResearchasscientificmethodofprovidingexecutivedepartmentswith aquantitativebasisfordecisionsregardingtheoperationsundertheircontrol? a) MorseandKimball(1946) b) P.M.S.Blackett(1948) c) E.L.ArnoffandM.J.Netzorg d) Noneoftheabove 7. WhodefinedOperationsResearchasscientificapproachtoproblemsolvingforexecutive management? a) E.L.Arnoff

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b) P.M.S.Blackett c) H.M.Wagner d) Noneoftheabove WhodefinedOperationsResearchasanaidfortheexecutiveinmarketinghisdecisionsby providinghimwiththequantitativeinformationbasedonthescientificmethodofanalysis? a) C.Kitte b) H.M.Wagner c) E.L.Arnoff d) Noneoftheabove OperationsResearchhasthecharacteristicstheitisdonebyateamof a) Scientists b) Mathematicians c) Academics d) Alloftheabove Thereisagreatscopeforworkingasateamtosolveproblemsofdefencebyusingthe OperationsResearchapproach a) Economists b) Administrators c) StatisticiansandTechnicians d) Alloftheabove OperationsResearchemphasizesontheoverallapproachtothesystem.Thischarecteristicsof OperationsResearchisoftenreferredas a) SystemOrientation b) SystemApproach c) InterdisciplinaryTeamApproach OperationsResearchcannotgiveperfecttoproblems a) Answers b) Solutions c) BothAandB d) Decisions OperationsResearchsimplyhelpsinimprovingtheofthesolutionbutdoesnotresult inaperfectsolution. a) Quality b) Clarity c) Look d) Noneoftheabove OperationsResearchinvolvesattackofcomplexproblemstoarriveatthe optimumsolution a) Scientific b) Systematic c) BothAandB d) Statistical

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OperationsResearchusesmodelsbuiltbyquantitativemeasurementofthevariablesconcerning agivenproblemandalsoderivesasolutionfromthemodelusingofthediversified solutiontechniques a) Twoormore b) Oneormore c) Threeormore d) OnlyOne Asolutionmaybeextractedfromamodeleitherby a) Conductingexperimentsonit b) Mathematicalanalysis c) BothAandB d) DiversifiedTechniques OperationsResearchusesmodelstohelpthemanagementtodetermineits scientifically a) Policies b) Actions c) BothAandB d) Noneoftheabove OperationsResearchisa a) Science b) Art c) Mathematics d) BothAandB WhathavebeenconstructedforOperationsResearchproblemsandmethodsforsolvingthe modelsthatareavailableinmanycases? a) ScientificModels b) Algorithms c) MathematicalModels d) Noneoftheabove Whichtechniqueisusedinfindingasolutionforoptimizingagivenobjective,suchasprofit maximizationorcostminimizationundercertainconstraints? a) QuailingTheory b) WaitingLine c) BothAandB d) LinearProgramming Whataimsatoptimizinginventorylevels? a) InventoryControl b) InventoryCapacity c) InventoryPlanning d) Noneoftheabove

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Whatcanbedefinedasausefulidleresourcewhichhaseconomicvalueeg;rawmaterials,spare parts,finisheditems,etc? a) InventoryControl b) Inventory c) InventoryPlanning d) Noneoftheabove Whichtheoryconcernsmakingsounddecisionsunderconditionsofcertainity,riskand uncertainty a) GameTheory b) NetworkAnalysis c) DecisionTheory d) Noneoftheabove Keyconceptunderwhichtechniquearenetworkofeventsandactivities,resourceallocation, timeandcostconsiderations,networkpathsandcriticalpaths? a) GameTheory b) NetworkAnalysis c) DecisionTheory d) Noneoftheabove Whichtechniqueisusedtoimitateanoperationpriortoactualperformance? a) Simulation b) IntegratedProductionModels c) InventoryControl d) GameTheory Whatisconcernedwiththepredictionofreplacementcostsanddeterminationofthemost economicreplacementpolicy? a) SearchTheory b) Theoryofreplacement c) ProbabilisticProgramming d) Noneoftheabove WhatreferstoLinearProgrammingthatincludesanevaluationofrelativerisksand uncertaintiesinvariousalternativesofchoiceformanagementdecisions? a) ProbabilisticProgramming b) StochasticProgramming c) BothAandB d) LinearProgramming Whatenablesustodeterminetheearliestandthelatesttimesforeachoftheeventsand activitiesandtherebyhelpsintheidentificationofthecriticalpath? a) ProgrammeEvaluation b) ReviewTechnique(PERT) c) BothAandB d) Deploymentofresources

 29. LinearProgrammingtechniqueisusedtoallocatescarceresourcesinanoptimummannerin problemsof? a) Schedule b) ProductMix c) BothAandB d) ServicingCost 30. OperationsResearchtechniqueshelpsthedirectingauthorityinoptimumallocationofvarious limitedresources,suchas a) MenandMachine b) Money c) MaterialandTime d) Alloftheabove 31. OperationsResearchstudygenerallyinvolveshowmanyphases? a) Three b) Four c) Five d) Two 32. modelsinvolvestheallocationofresourcestoactivitiesinsuchamannerthatsome measureofeffectivenessisoptimized. a) Sequencing b) AllocationModels c) QueuingTheory d) DecisionTheory 33. Allocationproblemscanbesolvedby a) LinearProgrammingTechnique b) NonLinearProgrammingTechnique c) BothAandB d) Noneoftheabove 34. Inmodels,everythingisdefinedandtheresultsarecertain, a) DeterministicModels b) ProbabilisticModels c) BothAandB d) Noneoftheabove 35. Inmodelsthereisriskanduncertainty a) DeterministicModels b) ProbabilisticModels c) BothAandB d) Noneoftheabove

 36. modelsareobtainedbyenlargingorreducingthesizeoftheitem a) IconicModels b) AnalogueModels c) SymbolicModels d) Noneoftheabove 37. OperationsResearchattemptstofindthebestandsolutiontoaproblem a) Optimum b) Perfect c) Degenerate d) Noneoftheabove 38. Thewordmaybedefinedassomeactionthatweapplytosomeproblemsor hypothesis. a) Research b) Operation c) BothAandB d) Noneoftheabove 39. TheoperationsResearchtechnique,speciallyusedtodeterminetheoptimumstrategyis a) DecisionTheory b) Simulation c) GameTheory d) Noneoftheabove 40. TheoperationsResearchtechniquewhichhelpsinminimizingtotalwaitingandservicecostsis a) QueuingTheory b) DecisionTheory c) BothAandB d) Noneoftheabove 41. aretherepresentationofreality a) Models b) Phases c) BothAandB d) Noneoftheabove 42. arecalledmathematicalmodels a) IconicModels b) AnalogueModels c) SymbolicModels d) Noneoftheabove 43. Itisnoteasytomakeanymodificationorimprovementin a) IconicModels b) AnalogueModels c) SymbolicModels

d) Noneoftheabove Inmodelsonesetofpropertiesisusedtorepresentanothersetofproperties a) IconicModels b) AnalogueModels c) SymbolicModels d) Noneoftheabove AllocationModelsare a) Iconicmodels b) AnalogueModels c) SymbolicModels d) Noneoftheabove Probabilisticmodelsarealsoknownas a) DeterministicModels b) StochasticModels c) DynamicModels d) StaticModels modelsassumesthatthevaluesofthevariablesdonotchangewithtimeduringa particularperiod a) StaticModels b) DynamicModels c) BothAandB d) Noneoftheabove Amodelsconsiderstimeasoneoftheimportantvariable a) StaticModels b) DynamicModels c) BothAandB d) Noneoftheabove ReplacementModelisamodel a) StaticModels b) DynamicModels c) BothAandB d) Noneoftheabove maybedefinedasamethodofdetermininganoptimumprogrammeinter dependentactivitiesinviewofavailableresources a) GoalProgramming b) LinearProgramming c) DecisionMaking d) Noneoftheabove

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 51. areexpressedisntheformofinequitiesorequations a) Constraints b) ObjectiveFunctions c) BothAandB d) Noneoftheabove 52. Theobjectivefunctionsandconstraintsarelinearrelationshipbetween a) Variables b) Constraints c) Functions d) Alloftheabove 53. Assignmentproblemhelpstofindamaximumweightidenticalinnatureinaweighted a) Tripartitegraph b) Bipartitegraph c) Partitegraph d) Noneoftheabove 54. Alltheparametersinthelinearprogrammingmodelareassumedtobe a) Variables b) Constraints c) Functions d) Noneoftheabove 55. Thesolutionneednotbeinnumbers a) PrimeNumber b) WholeNumber c) ComplexNumber d) Noneoftheabove 56. GraphicmethodcanbeappliedtosolveaLPPwhenthereareonlyvariable a) One b) MorethanOne c) Two d) Three 57. IfthefeasibleregionofaLPPisempty,thesolutionis a) Infeasible b) Unbounded c) Alternative d) Noneoftheabove 58. Thevariableswhosecoefficientvectorsareunitvectorsarecalled a) UnitVariables

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b) BasicVariables c) NonbasicVariables d) Noneoftheabove Anycolumnorrawofasimplextableiscalleda a) Vector b) Keycolumn c) KeyRaw d) Noneoftheabove Iftherearemoriginalvariablesandnintroducedvariables,thentherewillbe columnsinthesimplextable a) M+n b) Mn c) 3+m+n d) M+n1 Aminimizationproblemcanbeconvertedintoamaximizationproblembychangingthesignof coefficientsinthe a) Constraints b) ObjectiveFunctions c) BothAandB d) Noneoftheabove IfinaLPP,thesolutionofavariablecanbemadeinfinitylargewithoutviolatingtheconstraints, thesolutionis a) Infeasible b) Unbounded c) Alternative d) Noneoftheabove Inmaximizationcases,areassignedtotheartificialvariablesastheircoefficientsin theobjectivefunction a) +m b) m c) 0 d) Noneoftheabove Insimplexmethod,weaddvariablesinthecaseof= a) SlackVariable b) SurplusVariable c) ArtificialVariable d) Noneoftheabove Insimplexmethod,ifthereistiebetweenadecisionvariableandaslack(orsurplus)variable, shouldbeselected a) Slackvariable

b) Surplusvariable c) Decisionvariable d) Noneoftheabove 66. ABFSofaLPPissaidtobeifatleastoneofthebasicvariableiszero a) Degenerate b) Nondegenerate c) Infeasible d) Unbounded 67. InLPP,degeneracyoccursinstages a) One b) Two c) Three d) Four 68. EveryLPPisassociatedwithanotherLPPiscalled a) Primal b) Dual c) Nonlinearprogramming d) Noneoftheabove 69. Asformaximizationinassignmentproblem,theobjectiveistomaximizethe a) Profit b) optimization c) cost d) Noneoftheabove 70. Iftherearemorethanoneoptimumsolutionforthedecisionvariablethesolutionis a) Infeasible b) Unbounded c) Alternative d) Noneoftheabove 71. Dualofthedualis a) Primal b) Dual c) Alternative d) Noneoftheabove 72. OperationsResearchapproachis a) Multidisciplinary b) Scientific c) Initiative d) Alloftheabove 73. Foranalyzingtheproblem,decisionmakersshouldnormallystudy

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a) Itsqualitativeaspects b) Itsquantitativeaspects c) BothAandB d) NeitherAandB Decisionvariablesare a) Controllable b) Uncontrollable c) Parameters d) Noneoftheabove Theissueofdecisionmodels a) Ispossiblewhenthevariablesvalueis b) Reducesthescopeofjudgmentandintuitionknownwithcertaintyindecisionmaking c) Requirestheknowledgeofcomputersoftwareuse d) Noneoftheabove isoneofthefundamentalcombinatorialoptimizationproblems. a) Assignmentproblem b) Transportationproblem c) OptimizationProblem d) Noneoftheabove Anoptimizationmodel a) Mathematicallyprovidesthebestdecision b) Providesdecisionwithinitslimitedcontext c) Helpsinevaluatingvariousalternativesconstantly d) Alloftheabove Thequantitativeapproachtodecisionanalysisisa a) Logicalapproach b) Rationalapproach c) Scientificapproach d) Alloftheabove OperationsResearchapproachistypicallybasedontheuseof a) Physicalmodel b) Mathematicalmodel c) Iconicmodel d) Descriptivemodel Inamanufacturingprocess,whotakesthedecisionsastowhatquantitiesandwhichprocessor processesaretobeusedsothatthecostisminimumandprofitismaximum? a) Supervisor b) Manufacturer c) Producer d) Productionmanager Linearprogramminghasbeensuccessfullyappliedin a) Agricultural

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b) Industrialapplications c) BothAandB d) Manufacturing Thetermlinearityimpliesamongtherelevantvariables: a) Straightline b) Proportionalrelationships c) Linearlines d) BothAandB Processreferstothecombinationofinputstoproduceaparticularoutput. a) oneormore b) twoormore c) one d) Noneoftheabove Whathasalwaysbeenveryimportantinthebusinessandindustrialworld,particularlywith regardtoproblemsconcerningproductionsofcommodities? a) LinearProgramming b) Production c) Decisionmaking d) Noneoftheabove Whatarethemainquestionsbeforeaproductionmanager? a) Whichcommodity/commoditiestoproduce b) Inwhatquantities c) Bywhichprocessorprocesses d) Alloftheabove Whopointedoutthatthebusinessmanalwaysstudieshisproductionfunctionandhisinput pricesandsubstitutesoneinputforanothertillhiscostsbecometheminimumpossible? a) AlanMarshall b) AlfredMarsh c) AlfredMarshall d) Noneoftheabove Whoinventedamethodofformalcalculationsoftentermedas? a) A.V.Kantorovich b) L.V.Kantorovich c) T.S.Kantorovich d) AlfredMarshall WhodevelopedLinearProgrammingforthepurposeofschedulingthecomplicated procurementactivitiesoftheUnitedStatesAirForce? a) GeorgeB.Dantzig b) JamesB.Dantzig c) GeorgeB.Dante d) GeorgeV.Dantzig

 89. ThismethodofformalcalculationsoftentermedasLinearProgrammingwasdevelopedlaterin whichyear? a) 1947 b) 1988 c) 1957 d) 1944 90. Whatisbeingconsideredasoneofthemostversatilemanagementtools? a) ElectronicComputers b) LinearProgramming c) ComputerProgramming d) Noneoftheabove 91. LPisamajorinnovationsinceinthefieldofbusinessdecisionmaking,particularly underconditionsofcertainty. a) IndustrialRevolution b) WorldWarI c) WorldWarII d) FrenchRevolution 92. TheworldLinearmeansthattherelationshipsarerepresentedby a) Diagonallines b) Curvedlines c) Straightlines d) Slantinglines 93. Theworldprogrammingmeanstakingdecisions a) Systematically b) Rapidly c) Slowly d) Instantly 94. WhooriginallycalleditProgrammingofinterdependentactivitiesinalinearstructurebutlater shortenedittoLinearProgramming? a) Dantzig b) Kantorovich c) Marshall d) Noneoftheabove 95. LPcanbeappliedinfarmmanagementproblemsisrelatestotheallocationofresourcessuchas ,insuchawaythatismaximizesnetrevenue a) Acreage b) Labour c) Watersupplyorworkingcapital d) Alloftheabove

 96. LPmodelisbasedontheassumptionsof a) Proportionality b) Additivity c) Certainty d) Alloftheabove 97. assumptionmeansthepriorknowledgeofallthecoefficientsintheobjective function,thecoefficientsoftheconstraintsandtheresourcevalues. a) Proportionality b) Certainty c) Finitechoices d) Continuity 98. Simplelinearprogrammingproblemwithvariablescanbeeasilysolvedbythe graphicalmethod. a) Onedecision b) Fourdecisions c) Threedecisions d) Twodecisions 99. AnysolutiontoaLPPwhichsatisfiesthenonnegativityrestrictionsoftheLPPiscalledits a) Unboundedsolution b) Optimalsolution c) Feasiblesolution d) BothAandB 100. Anyfeasiblesolutionwhichoptimizes(minimizesormaximizes)theobjectivefunctionofthe LPPiscalledits a) Optimalsolution b) Nonbasicvariables c) Solution d) Basicfeasiblesolution 101. Anondegeneratebasicfeasiblesolutionisthebasicfeasiblesolutionwhichhasexactlym positiveXi(i=1,2,,m),i.e.,noneofthebasicvariableis a) Infinity b) One c) Zero d) X 102. WhatisalsodefinedasthenonnegativevariableswhichareaddedintheLHSoftheconstraint toconverttheinequality<intoanequation? a) Slackvariables b) Simplexalgorithm c) Keyelement d) Noneoftheabove

 103. WhichmethodisaniterativeprocedureforsolvingLPPinafinitenumberofsteps? a) Simplexalgorithm b) Slackvariable c) Mmethod d) Simplexmethod 104. Insimplexalgorithm,whichmethodisusedtodealwiththesituationwhereaninfeasible startingbasicsolutionisgiven? a) Slackvariable b) Simplexmethod c) Mmethod d) Noneoftheabove 105. HowmanymethodsaretheretosolveLPP? a) Three b) Two c) Four d) Noneoftheabove 106. isanothermethodtosolveagivenLPPinvolvingsomeartificialvariable? a) BigMmethod b) Methodofpenalties c) Twophasesimplexmethod d) Noneoftheabove 107. Whichvariablesarefictitiousandcannothaveanyphysicalmeaning? a) Optimalvariable b) Decisionvariable c) Artificialvariable d) Noneoftheabove 108. Anobjectivefunctionwhichstatesthedeterminantsofthequantitytobeeithermaximizedor minimizediscalled a) Feasiblefunction b) Optimalfunction c) Criterionfunction d) Noneoftheabove 109. Anassumptionthatimpliesthatfinitenumbersofchoicesareavailabletoadecisionmaker andthedecisionvariablesdonotassumenegativevaluesisknownas a) Certainty b) Continuity c) Finitechoices d) Noneoftheabove

 110. AsetofvaluesX1,X2,XnwhichsatisfiestheconstraintsoftheLPPiscalled a) Solution b) Variable c) Linearity d) Noneoftheabove 111. Abasicsolutionwhichalsosatisfiestheconditioninwhichallbasicvariablesarenonnegative iscalled a) Basicfeasiblesolution b) Feasiblesolution c) Optimalsolution d) Noneoftheabove 112. Alltheconstraintsareexpressedasequationsandtherighthandsideofeachconstraintandall variablesarenonnegativeiscalled a) Canonicalvariable b) Canonicalform c) Canonicalsolution d) BothAandB 113. Anobjectivefunctionismaximizedwhenitisafunction a) Passive b) Profit c) Cost d) Noneoftheabove 114. LPPisexactlyusedinsolvingwhatkindofresourceallocationproblems? a) Productionplanningandscheduling b) Transportation c) Salesandadvertising d) Alloftheabove 115. Currently,LPPisusedinsolvingawiderangeofpractical a) Businessproblems b) Agriculturalproblems c) Manufacturingproblems d) Noneoftheabove 116. referstothecombinationofoneormoreinputstoproduceaparticularoutput. a) Solution b) variable c) Process d) Noneoftheabove 117. Anoptimumsolutionisconsideredtheamongfeasiblesolutions. a) Worst b) Best

c) Ineffective d) Noneoftheabove 118. Pleasestatewhichstatementistrue. (i) Alllinearprogrammingproblemsmaynothaveuniquesolutions (ii) Theartificialvariabletechniqueisnotadevicethatdoesnotgetthestartingbasicfeasible solution. a) Both(i)and(ii) b) (ii)only c) (i)only d) Bothareincorrect 119. Pleasestatewhichstatementisincorrect. (i) LinearprogrammingwasfirstformulatedbyanEnglisheconomistL.V.Kantorovich (ii) LPisgenerallyusedinsolvingmaximizationorminimizationproblemssubjecttocertain assumptions. a) (ii)only b) (i)only c) Both(i)and(ii) d) Botharecorrect 120. whichisasubclassofalinearprogrammingproblem(LPP) a) Programmingproblem b) Transportationproblem c) Computerproblem d) Bothareincorrect 121. Thesolutionofanytransportationproblemisobtainedinhowmanystages? a) Five b) Four c) Three d) Two 122. Anoptimalsolutionisthestageofasolutionobtainedbyimprovingtheinitialsolution a) Third b) First c) Second d) Final 123. MODImethodisusedtoobtain a) Optimalsolutions b) Optimalitytest c) BothAandB d) Optimization 124. Forsolvinganassignmentproblem,whichmethodisused? a) Hungarian b) American c) German

d) Bothareincorrect 125. Tomakeanunbalancedassignmentproblembalanced,whatareaddedwithallentriesas zeroes? a) Dummyrows b) Dummycolumns c) BothAandB d) Dummyentries 126. Anysetofnonnegativeallocations(Xij>0)whichsatisfiestherawandcolumnsum(rim requirement)iscalleda a) Linearprogramming b) Basicfeasiblesolution c) Feasiblesolution d) Noneoftheabove 127. Afeasiblesolutioniscalledabasicfeasiblesolutionifthenumberofnonnegativeallocationsis equalto a) mn+1 b) mn1 c) m+n1 d) Noneoftheabove 128. Anyfeasiblesolutiontoatransportationproblemcontainingmoriginsandndestinationsis saidtobe a) Independent b) Degenerate c) Nondegenerate d) BothAandB 129. Apathformedbyallowinghorizontalandverticallinesandtheentirecornercellsofwhichare occupiediscalleda a) Occupiedpath b) Openpath c) Closedpath d) Noneoftheabove 130. Transportationalgorithmcanbeusedforminimizingthetransportationcostoffrom OoriginsandDdestinations a) Goods b) Products c) Items d) Noneoftheabove 131. Ifdemandislesserthansupplythendummydemandnodeisaddedtomakeita a) Simpleproblem

b) Balancedproblem c) Transportationproblem d) Noneoftheabove 132. Basiccellsindicatepositivevaluesandnonbasiccellshavevalueforflow a) Negative b) Positive c) One d) zero 133. Accordingtotransportationproblemnumberofbasiccellswillbeexactly a) m+n0 b) n+m1 c) m+n1 d) Noneoftheabove 134. Beforestartingtosolvetheproblem,itshouldbebalanced.Ifnotthenmakeitbalancedby columnincasedemandislessthansupplyorbyaddingrawincasesupplyisless thanthedemand a) O,D b) m,n c) Horizontal,Vertical d) Unshippedsupply,Shortage 135. Inwhichphaseisoptimizationdoneandhowdoesthatphasealsochecksforoptimality conditions? a) PhaseII b) PhaseI c) PhaseII d) Noneoftheabove 136. Optimalityconditionsareexpressedasincaseallnonbasiccells? a) Negligentcosts b) Advancedcosts c) Reducedcosts d) Noneoftheabove 137. Ahasrows/columnhavingnonbasiccellsforholdingcompensating(+)or()sign. a) Cycle b) Deadend c) Backtrack d) Noneoftheabove 138. Afterdeterminingeverybasiccellwithinthiscycle,adjustmentisobtainedasminimumvalue inbasiccells.thisisknownas a) Adjustmentamount b) aa c) BothAandB d) Alternatives

 139. Optimalsolutionisafeasiblesolution(notnecessarilybasic)whichminimizesthe a) Timetaken b) Partialcost c) Totalcost d) Noneoftheabove 140. Statewhichofthetwostatementsiscorrect (i) thecellsinthetransportationtablecanbeclassifiedintooccupiedcellsandunoccupied cells (ii) optimalsolutionisafeasiblesolution(notnecessarilybasic)whichmaximizesthetotalcost a) both(i)and(ii)arecorrect b) Twoonly c) Oneonly d) Both(i)and(ii)areincorrect 141. Theallocatedcellsinthetransportationtablearecalled a) Occupiedcells b) Emptycells c) BothAandB d) Unoccupiedcells 142. VAMstandsfor a) VogealsApproximationMethod b) VogelsApproximateMethod c) VangelsApproximationMethod d) VogelsApproximationMethod 143. Oncetheinitialbasicfeasiblesolutionhasbeencomputed,whatisthenextstepinthe problem a) VAM b) Modifieddistributionmethod c) Optimalitytest d) Noneoftheabove 144. Onecanfindtheinitialbasicfeasiblesolutionbyusing? a) VAM b) MODI c) Optimalitytest d) Noneoftheabove 145. Whatdoweapplyinordertodeterminetheoptimumsolution? a) LPP b) VAM c) MODIMethod d) Noneoftheabove 146. InaTP,ifthenumberofnonnegativeindependentallocationisthanm+n1.

a) Equivalent b) Greater c) Less d) Noneoftheabove 147. AgivenTPissaidtobeunbalanced,ifthetotalsupplyisnotequaltothetotal a) Optimization b) Demand c) Cost d) Noneoftheabove 148. Ifthetotalsupplyislessthanthetotaldemand,adummysource(row)isincludedinthecost matrixwith a) DummyDemand b) DummySupply c) ZeroCost d) BothAandB 149. Tofindtheoptimalsolution,weapply a) LPP b) VAM c) MODIMethod d) Rim 150. FormaximizationinTP,theobjectiveistomaximizethetotal a) Solution b) ProfitMatrix c) Profit d) Noneoftheabove

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