K. K. Wagh Institute Of Engg.

Education & Research, Nashik-3

M.B.A. I Year (Sem. -II)
Weekly Test II
204-DECISION SCIENCE
[Time : 1 Hrs]
[Max. Marks: 50]
MCQ
[1 mark each]
1) The application of OR techniques involves approach
a) Individual

b) Team

c) Critical

d) None of the above

2) The mathematical technique for finding the best use of limited resources of a company in a maximum
manner is known as:
a) Value analysis
b) Investment analysis
c) Linear programming
d) Queuing theory
3) Management science and operations research both involve
a) Qualitative managerial skills

b) Quantitative approaches to decision making

c) Operational management skills

d) Scientific research as opposed to applications

4) The quantitative analysis approach requires

a) the manager's prior experience with a similar problem

b) a relatively uncomplicated problem

c) mathematical expressions for the relationships

d) each of the above is true

5) Which of the following is not the characteristics of the LPP

a) Resources must be limited

b) Parameters value remains constant during planning period

c) Only one objective function

d) The problem must be of minimization type

6) Let X be the number of units to make and Y be the number of units to buy. If its cost is Rs. 3 to make
a unit and Rs. 4 to buy a unit and 3000 units are needed, the objective function is:
a) Max (3X+4Y)

b) Min 3000 (3X+4Y)

c) Max (9000X+12000Y)

d) Min (3X+4Y)

7) Find, if possible, the minimum value of the objective function 3x-4y subject to the constraints
-2x+y <= 12, x-y <= 2, x >= 0 and y >= 0
a) No solution
b) -8
c) 8
d) 0
8) Transportation techniques are basically used for :
a) Reduce the cost of transportation

b) allocating the man machine combination

c) Increase the total revenue

d) To provide quality service to customers

9) When the problem contains total number of allocations not equal to (m+n-1) the case is considered as:
a) Unbalanced

b) Degenerate

c) Feasible

10) Which of the following considered to give optimum basic feasible solution,
a) North west corner
b) least cost method
c) VAM
11) What is penalty in VAM
a) difference between two highest cost
c) difference between lowest and second lowest cost

d) Balanced
d) MODI

b) difference between alternate cost

d) none of the given

12) The unbalanced problem of Transportation is solved with the help of:
a) dummy row

b) dummy column

c) a) or b)

d) both a) and b)

13) The occurrence of degeneracy while solving a transportation problem means that
a) total supply = total demand
b) the solution obtained is not feasible
c) few allocations become negative

d) none of the given

14) The table represents a solution that is:

a) Initial solution

b) Infeasible

c) Degenerate

d) all of the above

15) The stepping-stone method requires that one or more artificially occupied cells with a flow of zero be
created in the transportation tableau when the number of occupied cells is fewer than
a) m + n - 2

b) m + n - 1

c) m + n

d) m + n + 1

16) The assignment problem is a special case of the

a) transportation problem
c) maximal flow problem

b) transshipment problem
d) shortest-route problem

17) Operations Research techniques helps to find ..solution

a) Feasible

b) non-feasible

c) Optimal

d) non-optimal

18) The best use of linear programming technique is to find an optimal use of
a) Money

b) Manpower

c) Machine

d) all of the above

19) While solving an assignment problem, an activity is assigned to a resource through a square with zero
opportunity cost because the objective is to
a) Minimize total cost of assignment
c) reduce cost of that particular assignment to zero

b) reduce cost of assignment to zero

d) all of the above

20) The purpose of dummy row or column in an assignment problem is to,

a) Obtain balance between total activities and total resources
b) prevent a solution from becoming degenerate
c) provide a means of representing a dummy problem

d) none of the above

21) Maximization assignment problem is transformed into minimization problem by

a) adding each entry in a column from the maximum value in that column
b) subtracting each entry in a column from the maximum value in that column
c) subtracting each entry in a table from the maximum value in that column

d) any of the above

22) Allocation of sales territory to sales person is ____________ problem.

a) Maximization problem

b) Minimization problem

c) both a) and b)

d) none of the above

23) Balance matrix is__________

a) no. of lines = no. of rows & columns
c) no. of lines = no. of rows

b) no. of rows = no. of columns

d) none of the above

24) In Assignment techniques Hungarian method is also known as

a) Floods Techniques

b) Markov Chain

c) Maxi method

d) Hungarians Techniques

25) If there were n workers and n jobs there would be

a) n! solutions

b) (n-1)! solutions

c) n!n solutions

d) n solutions

26) Traffic Intensity means :

a) Probability that the server is busy
b) Probability that the server is Idle
c) Probability that there are more than one customer in the system d) Both a) and c)
At a certain petrol pump, every 5 minutes vehicles arrive. The service provider takes 4 minutes to fill
the petrol. Answer the following questions 27 to 29p:
27) Service rate is :
a) 10
b) 15
c) 20
d) 12
28) Arrival rate is :
a) 10
b) 15
c) 20
d) 12
29) Traffic Intensity is :
a) 0.80

b) 0.75

c) 0.90

d) 0.70

30) While considering the queuing models we have considered . distribution for service time
a) Normal
b) Binomial
c) Exponential
d) Chi-square
31) The phenomenon in which customers join a line but leave after some time because they are too
impatient to wait for their turn is called
a) Balking
b) Renege
c) Debalking
d) Derenege
32) . Theory is an important operations research technique to analyze the queuing behavior.
a) Waiting line

b) Net work

c) Decision

d) Simulation

33) What queue discipline is assumed by the waiting line models presented in the textbook?
a) first come first served
c) shorting processing time first

b) last in first out

d) no discipline is assumed

34) The above discussed queuing models work effectively only when:
a) If service rate is greater than arrival rate
c) shorting processing time first

b) If service rate is less than arrival rate

d) no discipline is assumed

35) A sequence of transitions beginning in state i and ending in state j is called as

a) transition from i to j

b) transition from j to i

c) transition from 0 to j

d) transition from 0 to i

36) Markov analysis assumes that conditions are both

a) complementary and collectively exhaustive

b) collectively dependent and complementary

c) collectively dependent and mutually exclusive

d) collectively exhaustive and mutually exclusive

37) In a transition probability matrix

a) The sum of each column is 1

b) The sum of each row is 1

c) The sum of each column is 0

d) The sum of each row is 0

38) In a market with three brands with equal shares the initial condition can be shown by
a) [1/3 1/3 1/3]

b) [0.25 0.25 0.25]

c) [a b c]

39) In Markov analysis, we are concerned with the probability that the

d) [0.5 0.25 0.25]

a) state is part of a system

b) system is in a particular state at a given time

c) time has reached a steady state

d) transition will occur

40) Analysis of a Markov process

a) describes future behavior of the system

b) optimizes the system

c) leads to higher order decision making

d) All of the alternatives are true

41) The inputs required for Markov process include

a) transition probabilities

b) Initial condition of the market

c) both a) and b)

d) none of these

42) A simulation model uses the mathematical expressions and logical relationships of the
a) real system

b) computer model

c) performance measures

d) estimated inferences

43) A random number generator provides numbers those are

a) In orderly fashion

b) In a decreasing sequence

c) In a increasing sequence

d) Selected by giving equal chance to all the available range of numbers

44) Simulation is a
a) Descriptive technique

b) Optimizing technique

c) both a) and b)

d) none of these

45) As simulation is not an analytical model therefore result of simulation must be viewed as
a) Unrealistic

b) Exact

c) Approximation

d) Simplified

46) Cumulative probabilities are found by

a) summing all the probabilities associated with a variable
b) simulating the initial probability distribution

c) any method one chooses

d) summing all the previous probabilities up to the current value of the variable
47) Which of the following statements is INCORRECT regarding the advantages of simulation?
a) Simulation is relatively easy to explain and understand
b) Simulation guarantees an optimal solution

c) Simulation models are flexible

d) A simulation model provides a convenient experimental laboratory for the real system
48) Values for the probabilistic inputs to a simulation
a) are calculated by fixed mathematical formulas

b) are controlled by the decision maker

c) are randomly generated based on historical information d) are selected by the decision maker
49) In Markov analysis, the likelihood that any system will change from one period to the next is revealed
by the
a) identity matrix

b) transition-elasticity

c) matrix of state probabilities

d) matrix of transition probabilities

50) Markov analysis is a technique that deals with the probabilities of future occurrences by
a) using Bayes' theorem

b) analyzing presently known probabilities

c) time series forecasting

d) the maximal flow technique

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Answers :-

b
d
c
a
c
d
b
d
c
d

2
7
12
17
22
27
32
37
42
47

c
a
c
c
a
b
a
b
a
b

3
8
13
18
23
28
33
38
43
48

b
a
b
d
b
d
a
a
d
c

4
9
14
19
24
29
34
39
44
49

c
b
c
a
a
a
a
b
a
d

5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50

d
d
b
a
a
c
a
a
c
b