Operations Research (Actual) Exam Graded A+
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 - ANS-B. Scientific
2. In operations research, the ____________ are prepared for situations.
A. Mathematical Models
B. Physical Models Diagrammatic
C. Diagrammatic Models - ANS-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 - ANS-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 - ANS-B. Decision making
5. Operations research can evaluate only the effects of ____________.
A. Personnel factors.
B. Financial factors
C. Numeric and quantifiable factors. - ANS-C. Numeric and quantifiable factors.
6. The father of operations research is Charles Babbage.
A. True
B. False - ANS-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 - ANS-A. True
8. Operations research can be applied only to those aspects of libraries where
mathematical models can be prepared.
A. True
B. False - ANS-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 - ANS-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 - ANS-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 - ANS-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 - ANS-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 - ANS-A. a transportation problem
14. Operations research uses models to help the management to determine its
_____________
A. Policies
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 - ANS-B. Scientific
2. In operations research, the ____________ are prepared for situations.
A. Mathematical Models
B. Physical Models Diagrammatic
C. Diagrammatic Models - ANS-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 - ANS-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 - ANS-B. Decision making
5. Operations research can evaluate only the effects of ____________.
A. Personnel factors.
B. Financial factors
C. Numeric and quantifiable factors. - ANS-C. Numeric and quantifiable factors.
6. The father of operations research is Charles Babbage.
A. True
B. False - ANS-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 - ANS-A. True
8. Operations research can be applied only to those aspects of libraries where
mathematical models can be prepared.
A. True
B. False - ANS-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 - ANS-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 - ANS-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 - ANS-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 - ANS-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 - ANS-A. a transportation problem
14. Operations research uses models to help the management to determine its
_____________
A. Policies
