Operations Research

101. All the basis for a transportation problem is ______________.

  1. square
  2. rectangle
  3. diagonal
  4. triangle
Correct answer: (D)
triangle

102. In the transportation table, empty cells will be called ______________.

  1. occupied
  2. unoccupied
  3. no
  4. finite
Correct answer: (B)
unoccupied

103. ______________ is a completely degenerate form of a transportation problem

  1. Transportation Problem
  2. Assignment Problem
  3. Travelling salesman problem
  4. Replacement Problem
Correct answer: (B)
Assignment Problem

104. The linear function to be maximized or minimized is called ______________ function.

  1. injective
  2. surjective
  3. bijective
  4. optimal
Correct answer: (D)
optimal

105. The coefficient of an artificial variable in the objective function of penalty method are always assumed to be ______________.

  1. 0
  2. 1
  3. M
  4. -M
Correct answer: (D)
-M

106. The process that performs the services to the customer is known as ______________.

  1. queue
  2. service channel
  3. customers
  4. server
Correct answer: (B)
service channel

107. A queuing system is said to be a ______________ when its operating characteristic are dependent upon time

  1. pure birth model
  2. pure death model
  3. transient state
  4. steady state
Correct answer: (C)
transient state

108. Slack is also known as ______________.

  1. float
  2. event
  3. activity
  4. path
Correct answer: (A)
float

109. What type of distribution does a time follow in program evaluation review technique model?

  1. Poisson
  2. Exponential
  3. Normal
  4. Chi Square
Correct answer: (C)
Normal

110. A activity in a network diagram is said to be ______________ if the delay in its start will further delay the project completion time.

  1. critical
  2. critical path
  3. crash
  4. non critical
Correct answer: (A)
critical
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