ISYE 6644 - Final prep (Simulation Week 9 -
Week 14) questions and answers 2026\2027
A+ Grade
What is a possible goal of an indifference-zone normal means selection technique?
- correct answer Find the normal population having the largest mean, especially if the largest mean is ≫
the second-largest.
TRUE or FALSE? The Bechhofer procedure for selecting the normal population with the largest mean
specifies the appropriate number of observations to take from each competing population, and simply
selects the competitor having the largest sample mean.
- correct answer True
TRUE or FALSE? Sometimes a single-stage procedure like Bechhofer's is inefficient. In fact, it's possible to
use certain sequential procedures that take observations one-at-a-time (instead of all at once in a single
stage) to make good selection decisions using fewer observations.
- correct answer True
For which scenarios(s) below might it be appropriate to use a Bernoulli selection procedure?
a) Find the inventory policy having the largest profit.
b) Find the drug giving the best chance of a cure.
c) Find the maintenance policy having the lowest failure probability.
d) Find the scheduling rule that that has the best chance of making an on-time delivery.
- correct answer All three of (b), (c), and (d).
Suppose that a Bernoulli selection procedure tells you to take 100 observations from each of two
populations, A and B. It turns out that A gets 85 successes and B gets 46 successes. What do you think?
- correct answer 1) A almost certainly has a higher success probability than B.
2) We could've probably stopped sampling a bit earlier (i.e., with fewer than 100 observations) because
A was so far ahead of B.
,For which scenarios(s) below might it be appropriate to use a multinomial selection procedure?
- correct answer Find the most-popular political candidate.
Suppose that we want to know which of Coke, Pepsi and Dr.pepper is the most popular. We would like
to make the correct selection with probability of at least P*=0.90 in the event that the ration of the
highest-to-second-highest preference probabilities happens to be at least 0*=1.4. How many people
does the single-stage procedure Mbem require us to interview?
- correct answer 126
Go to the table in the notes and pick off the entry for k=3, P^⋆=0.90, and θ^⋆=1.4.
Which of the following parameters can you get confidence intervals for?
Means
Variances
Quantiles
Differences between the means of two systems
- correct answer All of the above
If we have an iid normal sample of observations, X1, X2,...Xn, what probability distribution is most-
commonly used to obtain cofidence intervals for the mean?
- correct answer t
TRUE or FALSE? The paired CI for the differences in two means is designed to work especially well if all
of the observations from the first population are completely independent of all of the observations from
the second population.
- correct answer FALSE. {In fact, it's easier to distinguish between the two means if Xi is positively
correlated with Yi. Think about my parallel parking example in the class notes.}
TRUE or FALSE? You can use a version of independent replications to obtain confidence intervals for the
difference in the means from two simulation models.
- correct answer TRUE
, TRUE or FALSE? The common random numbers technique intentionally induces positive correlation
between two systems - much like a paired-𝑡confidence interval.
- correct answer TRUE
CRN depends on someone's ability to manipulate the underlying pseudo-random numbers - e.g., use the
same arrival times when simulating two competing simulated systems. So who ultimately controls those
PRNs??
- correct answer You do - you are powerful!
TRUE or FALSE? The antithetic random numbers technique intentionally induces negative correlation
between two runs of the same system - this allows us to better estimate the mean of the system.
- correct answer TRUE
TRUE or FALSE? The control variates technique provides unbiased, low-variance estimates using a
method reminiscent of regression.
- correct answer TRUE
Statistical ranking and selection techniques have been designed to address a variety of comparison
problems. Which ones from the following list?
Find the population having the largest mean.
Find the system with the smallest variance.
Find the alternative with the highest success probability.
Find the most-popular candidate.
All of the above.
- correct answer All of the above.
Suppose we are dealing with i.i.d. normal observations with unknown variance. Which of the following is
true about a 95% confidence interval for the mean μ?
- correct answer We are 95% sure that our CI will actually contain the unknown value of μ.
We are studying the waiting times arising from two queueing systems. Suppose we make 4 independent
replications of both systems, where the systems are simulated independently of each other.
replication system 1 system2
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Week 14) questions and answers 2026\2027
A+ Grade
What is a possible goal of an indifference-zone normal means selection technique?
- correct answer Find the normal population having the largest mean, especially if the largest mean is ≫
the second-largest.
TRUE or FALSE? The Bechhofer procedure for selecting the normal population with the largest mean
specifies the appropriate number of observations to take from each competing population, and simply
selects the competitor having the largest sample mean.
- correct answer True
TRUE or FALSE? Sometimes a single-stage procedure like Bechhofer's is inefficient. In fact, it's possible to
use certain sequential procedures that take observations one-at-a-time (instead of all at once in a single
stage) to make good selection decisions using fewer observations.
- correct answer True
For which scenarios(s) below might it be appropriate to use a Bernoulli selection procedure?
a) Find the inventory policy having the largest profit.
b) Find the drug giving the best chance of a cure.
c) Find the maintenance policy having the lowest failure probability.
d) Find the scheduling rule that that has the best chance of making an on-time delivery.
- correct answer All three of (b), (c), and (d).
Suppose that a Bernoulli selection procedure tells you to take 100 observations from each of two
populations, A and B. It turns out that A gets 85 successes and B gets 46 successes. What do you think?
- correct answer 1) A almost certainly has a higher success probability than B.
2) We could've probably stopped sampling a bit earlier (i.e., with fewer than 100 observations) because
A was so far ahead of B.
,For which scenarios(s) below might it be appropriate to use a multinomial selection procedure?
- correct answer Find the most-popular political candidate.
Suppose that we want to know which of Coke, Pepsi and Dr.pepper is the most popular. We would like
to make the correct selection with probability of at least P*=0.90 in the event that the ration of the
highest-to-second-highest preference probabilities happens to be at least 0*=1.4. How many people
does the single-stage procedure Mbem require us to interview?
- correct answer 126
Go to the table in the notes and pick off the entry for k=3, P^⋆=0.90, and θ^⋆=1.4.
Which of the following parameters can you get confidence intervals for?
Means
Variances
Quantiles
Differences between the means of two systems
- correct answer All of the above
If we have an iid normal sample of observations, X1, X2,...Xn, what probability distribution is most-
commonly used to obtain cofidence intervals for the mean?
- correct answer t
TRUE or FALSE? The paired CI for the differences in two means is designed to work especially well if all
of the observations from the first population are completely independent of all of the observations from
the second population.
- correct answer FALSE. {In fact, it's easier to distinguish between the two means if Xi is positively
correlated with Yi. Think about my parallel parking example in the class notes.}
TRUE or FALSE? You can use a version of independent replications to obtain confidence intervals for the
difference in the means from two simulation models.
- correct answer TRUE
, TRUE or FALSE? The common random numbers technique intentionally induces positive correlation
between two systems - much like a paired-𝑡confidence interval.
- correct answer TRUE
CRN depends on someone's ability to manipulate the underlying pseudo-random numbers - e.g., use the
same arrival times when simulating two competing simulated systems. So who ultimately controls those
PRNs??
- correct answer You do - you are powerful!
TRUE or FALSE? The antithetic random numbers technique intentionally induces negative correlation
between two runs of the same system - this allows us to better estimate the mean of the system.
- correct answer TRUE
TRUE or FALSE? The control variates technique provides unbiased, low-variance estimates using a
method reminiscent of regression.
- correct answer TRUE
Statistical ranking and selection techniques have been designed to address a variety of comparison
problems. Which ones from the following list?
Find the population having the largest mean.
Find the system with the smallest variance.
Find the alternative with the highest success probability.
Find the most-popular candidate.
All of the above.
- correct answer All of the above.
Suppose we are dealing with i.i.d. normal observations with unknown variance. Which of the following is
true about a 95% confidence interval for the mean μ?
- correct answer We are 95% sure that our CI will actually contain the unknown value of μ.
We are studying the waiting times arising from two queueing systems. Suppose we make 4 independent
replications of both systems, where the systems are simulated independently of each other.
replication system 1 system2
1 10 25
