Research Exams
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Operations Research Multiple Choice Questions:
1. Operations research is the application of ____________ methods to arrive
at the optimal solutions to problems. * A. Economical * B. Scientific * C. A and
B both * D. Artistic Answer: B. Scientific
2. In operations research, the ____________ are prepared for situations. * A.
Mathematical Models * B. Physical Models * C. Diagrammatic Models * D. None
of the above Answer: A. Mathematical Models
3. Operations research can be defined as the application of ____________ to a
problem within a system to yield the optimal solution. * A. Suitable manpower
* B. Mathematical techniques, models, and tools * C. Financial Operations * D.
None of the above Answer: B. Mathematical techniques, models, and tools
4. Operations research is based upon collected information, knowledge, and
advanced study of various factors impacting a particular operation. This leads
, to more informed ____________. * A. Management processes * B. Decision
making * C. Procedures * D. None of the above Answer: B. Decision making
5. Operations research can evaluate only the effects of ____________. * A.
Personnel factors * B. Financial factors * C. Numeric and quantifiable factors * D.
All of the above Answer: C. Numeric and quantifiable factors.
6. The father of operations research is Charles Babbage. * A. True * B. False
Answer: A. True
7. Operations Research started just before World War II in Britain with the
establishment of teams of scientists to study the strategic and tactical
problems involved in military operations. * A. True * B. False Answer: A.
True
8. Operations research can be applied only to those aspects of libraries where
mathematical models can be prepared. * A. True * B. False Answer: A. True
9. The main limitation of operations research is that it often ignores the
human element in the production process. * A. True * B. False Answer: A.
True
10. Which of the following is NOT the phase of operations research
methodology? * A. Formulating a problem * B. Constructing a model * C.
Establishing controls * D. Controlling the environment Answer: D. Controlling
the environment
11. The objective function and constraints are functions of two types of
variables, ____________ variables, and ____________ variables. * A. Positive
and negative * B. Controllable and uncontrollable * C. Strong and weak * D. None
of the above Answer: B. Controllable and uncontrollable
12. Operations research has characteristics that it is done by a team of
____________. * A. Scientists * B. Mathematicians * C. Academics * D. All of
the above Answer: D. All of the above
13. VAM Method is used to solve ____________. * A. a transportation problem *
B. a network problem * C. an LP problem * D. N/A Answer: A. a transportation
problem