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250+ Management Science Solved MCQs

These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) , Master of Commerce (M.com) .

201.

The maximise criteria is ...........................

A. Optimistic
B. Pessimistic
C. Neutral
D. None of these
Answer» B. Pessimistic
202.

Decision making under certainty refers to .............................. situation.

A. Deterministic
B. Probabilistic
C. Competitive
D. None of these
Answer» A. Deterministic
203.

............................is known as father of game theory.

A. Von Neumann
B. A K Erlang
C. George b Dantzig
D. Arnoff
Answer» A. Von Neumann
204.

Which of the following is an assumption of game theory?

A. The players act rationally and intelligently
B. Each payer has a finite set of possible courses of action
C. The players attempt to maximise gains or minimises losses
D. All of the above
Answer» D. All of the above
205.

Each participant of the game is called...................

A. Strategist
B. Winner
C. Player
D. Loser
Answer» C. Player
206.

The outcome of a game is known as....................

A. Profit
B. Loss
C. Pay off
D. None of these
Answer» C. Pay off
207.

A matrix which shows the gains and losses resulting from moves and counter moves is called..................................

A. Cost matrix
B. Pay off matrix
C. Both a and b
D. None of these
Answer» B. Pay off matrix
208.

When all the players of the game follow their optimal strategies, then the expected pay off of the game is called.......................

A. Gain of the game
B. Loss of the game
C. Value of the game
D. None of these
Answer» C. Value of the game
209.

The position in the pay off matrix where the maximin coincides with the minimax.

A. Saddle point
B. Break even point
C. Pivot point
D. None of the above
Answer» A. Saddle point
210.

A game is said to be fair if the value of the game is.........................

A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Zero
Answer» D. Zero
211.

In a ........................game the amounts won by all winners together is equal to the sum of the amounts lost by all losers together.

A. Non-zero sum game
B. Zero sum game
C. Rectangular game
D. None of these
Answer» B. Zero sum game
212.

Which of the following method is used to solve mixed strategy problems:

A. Probability method
B. Graphic method
C. Linear Programming method
D. All of the above
Answer» D. All of the above
213.

A queue is formed when the demand for a service:

A. Exceeds the capacity to provide that service
B. Is less than the capacity to provide that service
C. a or b
D. None of these
Answer» A. Exceeds the capacity to provide that service
214.

Queuing theory is also termed as ............................

A. Game theory
B. Replacement theory
C. Waiting line theory
D. None of these
Answer» C. Waiting line theory
215.

In queuing theory, ...................... refers to those waiting in a queue or receiving service.

A. Service provider
B. Customer
C. Both a and b
D. None of these
Answer» B. Customer
216.

In queuing theory, ...................... is a person by whom service is rendered.

A. Customer
B. Server
C. a or b
D. none of these
Answer» B. Server
217.

In waiting line theory, number of customers waiting in the queue is referred to as ................

A. Traffic intensity
B. Queuing system
C. Service pattern
D. Queue length
Answer» D. Queue length
218.

Number of customers in the queue per unit of time is called ......................

A. Queuing system
B. Length of queue
C. Average length of queue
D. None of these
Answer» C. Average length of queue
219.

The ration between mean arrival rate and mean service rate is called ...................

A. Idle period
B. Average length of queue
C. Traffic intensity
D. None of these
Answer» C. Traffic intensity
220.

Commonly assumed probability distribution of arrival pattern is .......................

A. Poisson distribution
B. Binomial distribution
C. Normal distribution
D. None of these
Answer» A. Poisson distribution
221.

Commonly assumed probability distribution of service pattern are .......................

A. Poisson distribution
B. Exponential distribution
C. Erlang distribution
D. b and c
Answer» D. b and c
222.

a customer’s behaviour of leaving the queue when he does not like to wait in the queue due to lack of time or space is called .....................

A. Jockying
B. Reneging
C. Collusion
D. Balking
Answer» D. Balking
223.

A customer’s behaviour of leaving the queue due to impatience is called .......................

A. Jockying
B. Reneging
C. Collusion
D. Balking
Answer» B. Reneging
224.

A customer’s behaviour of jumping from one queue to another is called ............................

A. Jockying
B. Reneging
C. Collusion
D. Balking
Answer» A. Jockying
225.

In queuing theory, ............................ stands for mean arrival rate of customers.

A. μ
B. λ
C. t
D. none of these
Answer» B. λ
226.

In queuing theory, ............................ stands for mean service rate.

A. μ
B. λ
C. t
D. none of these
Answer» A. μ
227.

...................... is a method of analysing the current movement of the some variable in an effort to predict the future movement of the same variable.

A. Goal programming
B. Queuing theory
C. Markov Analysis
D. Replacement theory
Answer» C. Markov Analysis
228.

Initial feasible solution to a transportation problem arrived through which of the following method is very near to the optimal solution:

A. NWCM
B. LCM
C. VAM
D. None of these
Answer» C. VAM
229.

In Transportation Problem, NWCM stands for .............................

A. North West Cost Method
B. Net Worth Corner Method
C. North West Corner Method
D. None of these
Answer» C. North West Corner Method
230.

In Transportation Problem, LCM stands for .............................

A. Lowest Common Multiplier
B. Least Cost Method
C. Lowest Cell Method
D. None of these
Answer» B. Least Cost Method
231.

Matrix Minima Method to find initial feasible solution to a TP is also called .......................

A. NWCM
B. LCM
C. VAM
D. None of these
Answer» C. VAM
232.

MODI Method to test the optimality of a feasible solution to TP is also called...............

A. Stepping Stone Method
B. u. v. Method
C. both a and b
D. none of these
Answer» B. u. v. Method
233.

............................refers to the manner in which the customers behave while being in the queue.

A. Service pattern
B. Service pattern
C. Queue discipline
D. None of these
Answer» C. Queue discipline
234.

Excess of service facilities over and above the number of customers results:

A. Idleness of service capacity
B. Queues
C. Both a and b
D. None of these
Answer» A. Idleness of service capacity
235.

................................was the first person who developed a viable queueing theory

A. Von Neumann
B. Morgenstern
C. H M Wagner
D. Simeon Dennis Poisson
Answer» D. Simeon Dennis Poisson
236.

Traffic intensity in Queuing Theory is also called...........................

A. Service factor
B. Arrival factor
C. Utilisation factor
D. None of these
Answer» C. Utilisation factor
237.

Traffic intensity is computed by using the formula:

A. λ/μ
B. μ/λ
C. 1- λ/μ
D. 1- μ/λ
Answer» A. λ/μ
238.

Game theory became popular when the book “Theory of Games and Economic Behaviour” was published in 1944 by ..............................

A. Von Neumann
B. Mc Closky
C. Von-Neumann and Mc Closky
D. Von-neumann and Morgenstern
Answer» D. Von-neumann and Morgenstern
239.

Which of the following is a characteristic of a dual problem:

A. Dual of a dual is primal
B. If dual has a finite optimal solution, then the primal also has finite optimal solution
C. If dual has no feasible solution, then the primal also has no feasible solution
D. All of the above
Answer» D. All of the above
240.

Shadow price is also called ......................

A. Dual price
B. Unit price
C. Total cost
D. None of these
Answer» A. Dual price
241.

................................is that element of the simplex table which lis both in the key row and key column.

A. Key element
B. Pivot element
C. Both a and b
D. None of these
Answer» C. Both a and b
242.

Transportation model was first introduced by ........................ in the year 1941.

A. T C Koopman
B. George B Dantzig
C. Von-neumann
D. F L Hitchcock
Answer» D. F L Hitchcock
243.

VAM is also called........................

A. Matrix Minima Method
B. Penalty Method
C. MODI Method
D. None of these
Answer» B. Penalty Method
244.

Which of the following methods is used to solve an assignment problem:

A. Enumeration Method
B. Hungarian Method
C. Simplex Method
D. All of the above
Answer» D. All of the above
245.

Hungarian method was developed by ........................

A. T C Koopman
B. F L Hitchcock
C. D Konig
D. George B Dantzig
Answer» C. D Konig
246.

.................... is the popular method for solving an assignment problem.

A. Hungarian Method
B. Enumeration Method
C. Simplex Method
D. None of the above
Answer» A. Hungarian Method
247.

The outlet where the services are being provided to the customers is called.................

A. Waiting line
B. Service facility
C. Idle facility
D. Traffic intensity
Answer» B. Service facility
248.

The variables which can be manipulated by the decision maker are called....................

A. Controllable variables
B. Uncontrollable variables
C. Both a and b
D. None of these
Answer» A. Controllable variables
249.

The variables which cannot be manipulated by the decision maker are called....................

A. Controllable variables
B. Uncontrollable variables
C. Both a and b
D. None of these
Answer» B. Uncontrollable variables
250.

Controllable variables are also called..................................

A. Slack variables
B. Surplus variables
C. Artificial variable
D. Decision variables
Answer» D. Decision variables

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