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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) , Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS) .
| 51. |
The participants in a game are called . |
| A. | invitees |
| B. | players |
| C. | contestants |
| D. | clients |
| Answer» B. players | |
| 52. |
The outcome of the interaction of selected strategies of opponents in a game is called . |
| A. | income |
| B. | profit |
| C. | payoff |
| D. | gains |
| Answer» C. payoff | |
| 53. |
In a game, the alternatives or courses of action available to each player are called . |
| A. | choices |
| B. | strategies |
| C. | options |
| D. | actions |
| Answer» B. strategies | |
| 54. |
A situation in a game where, in the payoff matrix, maximin of row is equal to minimax of column is called . |
| A. | centre point |
| B. | saddle point |
| C. | main point |
| D. | equal point |
| Answer» B. saddle point | |
| 55. |
If there are or more decision variables in a LPP, SIMPLEX method is used. |
| A. | 2 |
| B. | 3 |
| C. | 1 |
| D. | 4 |
| Answer» B. 3 | |
| 56. |
If 5y = 30, then the line is |
| A. | parallel to x axis |
| B. | parallel to y axis |
| C. | passes through the origin |
| D. | intersects both the axis |
| Answer» A. parallel to x axis | |
| 57. |
Operations Research techniques are in nature. |
| A. | qualitative |
| B. | quantitative |
| C. | judgmental |
| D. | subjective |
| Answer» B. quantitative | |
| 58. |
Forward pass calculations are done to find occurrence times of events. |
| A. | exact |
| B. | earliest |
| C. | latest |
| D. | approximate |
| Answer» B. earliest | |
| 59. |
The second longest path in the network diagram is called Path. |
| A. | alternate |
| B. | feasible solution |
| C. | critical |
| D. | sub-critical |
| Answer» D. sub-critical | |
| 60. |
When a particular assignment in the given problem is not possible or restricted as a condition, it is called a problem. |
| A. | degenerate |
| B. | prohibited |
| C. | infeasible |
| D. | unbalanced |
| Answer» B. prohibited | |
| 61. |
Operations Research (OR) , which is a very powerful tool for ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ |
| A. | Research |
| B. | Decision – Making |
| C. | Operations |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Decision – Making | |
| 62. |
Who coined the term Operations Research? |
| A. | J.F. McCloskey |
| B. | F.N. Trefethen |
| C. | P.F. Adams |
| D. | Both A and B |
| Answer» D. Both A and B | |
| 63. |
The term Operations Research was coined in the year ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ |
| A. | 1950 |
| B. | 1940 |
| C. | 1978 |
| D. | 1960 |
| Answer» B. 1940 | |
| 64. |
This innovative science of Operations Research was discovered during ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ |
| A. | Civil War |
| B. | World War I |
| C. | World War II |
| D. | Industrial Revolution |
| Answer» C. World War II | |
| 65. |
Operations Research was known as an ability to win a war without really going in to a ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ |
| A. | Battle field |
| B. | Fighting |
| C. | War |
| D. | Both A and B |
| Answer» D. Both A and B | |
| 66. |
Who defined Operations Research as scientific method of providing executive departments with a quantitative basis for decisions regarding the operations under their control? |
| A. | Morse and Kimball (1946) |
| B. | P.M.S. Blackett (1948) |
| C. | E.L. Arnoff and M.J. Netzorg |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Morse and Kimball (1946) | |
| 67. |
Who defined Operations Research as scientific approach to problem solving for executive management ? |
| A. | E.L. Arnoff |
| B. | P.M.S. Blackett |
| C. | H.M. Wagner |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. H.M. Wagner | |
| 68. |
Who defined Operations Research as an aid for the executive in marketing his decisions by providing him with the quantitative information based on the scientific method of analysis ? |
| A. | C. Kitte |
| B. | H.M. Wagner |
| C. | E.L. Arnoff |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. C. Kitte | |
| 69. |
Operations Research has the characteristics the it is done by a team of ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ |
| A. | Scientists |
| B. | Mathematicians |
| C. | Academics |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» A. Scientists | |
| 70. |
There is a great scope for ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ working as a team to solve problems of defence by using the Operations Research approach |
| A. | Economists |
| B. | Administrators |
| C. | Statisticians and Technicians |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 71. |
Operations Research emphasizes on the overall approach to the system. This charecteristics of Operations Research is often referred as |
| A. | System Orientation |
| B. | System Approach |
| C. | Interdisciplinary Team Approach |
| D. | none |
| Answer» D. none | |
| 72. |
Operations Research cannot give perfect ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ to problems |
| A. | Answers |
| B. | Solutions |
| C. | Both A and B |
| D. | Decisions |
| Answer» C. Both A and B | |
| 73. |
Operations Research simply helps in improving the ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ of the solution but does not result in a perfect solution. |
| A. | Quality |
| B. | Clarity |
| C. | Look |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Quality | |
| 74. |
Operations Research involves ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ attack of complex problems to arrive at the optimum solution |
| A. | Scientific |
| B. | Systematic |
| C. | Both A and B |
| D. | Statistical |
| Answer» C. Both A and B | |
| 75. |
Operations Research uses models built by quantitative measurement of the variables c a given problem and also derives a solution from the model using ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ of the diversified solution techniques oncerning |
| A. | Two or more |
| B. | One or more |
| C. | Three or more |
| D. | Only One |
| Answer» B. One or more | |
| 76. |
A solution may be extracted from a model either by |
| A. | Conducting experiments on it |
| B. | Mathematical analysis |
| C. | Both A and B |
| D. | Diversified Techniques |
| Answer» C. Both A and B | |
| 77. |
Operations Research uses models to help the management to determine its ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ scientifically |
| A. | Policies |
| B. | Actions |
| C. | Both A and B |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Both A and B | |
| 78. |
Operations Research is a ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ |
| A. | Science |
| B. | Art |
| C. | Mathematics |
| D. | Both A and B |
| Answer» D. Both A and B | |
| 79. |
What have been constructed for Operations Research problems and methods for solving the models that are available in many cases? |
| A. | Scientific Models |
| B. | Algorithms |
| C. | Mathematical Models |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Mathematical Models | |
| 80. |
Which technique is used in finding a solution for optimizing a given objective, such as profit maximization or cost minimization under certain constraints? |
| A. | Quailing Theory |
| B. | Waiting Line |
| C. | Both A and B |
| D. | Linear Programming |
| Answer» D. Linear Programming | |
| 81. |
What aims at optimizing inventory levels? |
| A. | Inventory Control |
| B. | Inventory Capacity |
| C. | Inventory Planning |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Inventory Planning | |
| 82. |
What can be defined as a useful idle resource which has economic value eg; raw materials, spare parts, finished items, etc? |
| A. | Inventory Control |
| B. | Inventory |
| C. | Inventory Planning |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Inventory | |
| 83. |
Which theory concerns making sound decisions under conditions of certainity, risk and uncertainty |
| A. | Game Theory |
| B. | Network Analysis |
| C. | Decision Theory |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Decision Theory | |
| 84. |
Key concept under which technique are network of events and activities , resource allocation, time and cost considerations, network paths and critical paths ? |
| A. | Game Theory |
| B. | Network Analysis |
| C. | Decision Theory |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Network Analysis | |
| 85. |
Which technique is used to imitate an operation prior to actual performance ? |
| A. | Simulation |
| B. | Integrated Production Models |
| C. | Inventory Control |
| D. | Game Theory |
| Answer» A. Simulation | |
| 86. |
What is concerned with the prediction of replacement costs and determination of the most economic replacement policy ? |
| A. | Search Theory |
| B. | Theory of replacement |
| C. | Probabilistic Programming |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Theory of replacement | |
| 87. |
What refers to Linear Programming that includes an evaluation of relative risks and uncertainties in various alternatives of choice for management decisions ? |
| A. | Probabilistic Programming |
| B. | Stochastic Programming |
| C. | Both A and B |
| D. | Linear Programming |
| Answer» C. Both A and B | |
| 88. |
What enables us to determine the earliest and the latest times for each of the events and activities and thereby helps in the identification of the critical path? |
| A. | Programme Evaluation |
| B. | Review Technique (PERT) |
| C. | Both A and B |
| D. | Deployment of resources |
| Answer» C. Both A and B | |
| 89. |
Linear Programming technique is used to allocate scarce resources in an optimum manner in problems of ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ ? |
| A. | Schedule |
| B. | Product Mix |
| C. | Both A and B |
| D. | Servicing Cost |
| Answer» C. Both A and B | |
| 90. |
Operations Research techniques helps the directing authority in optimum allocation of various limited resources, such as ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ |
| A. | Men and Machine |
| B. | Money |
| C. | Material and Time |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 91. |
Operations Research study generally involves how many phases ? |
| A. | Three |
| B. | Four |
| C. | Five |
| D. | Two |
| Answer» A. Three | |
| 92. |
‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ models involves the allocation of resources to activities in such a manner that some measure of effectiveness is optimized. |
| A. | Sequencing |
| B. | Allocation Models |
| C. | Queuing Theory |
| D. | Decision Theory |
| Answer» B. Allocation Models | |
| 93. |
Allocation problems can be solved by |
| A. | Linear Programming Technique |
| B. | Non – Linear Programming Technique |
| C. | Both A and B |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Both A and B | |
| 94. |
In ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ models, everything is defined and the results are certain, |
| A. | Deterministic Models |
| B. | Probabilistic Models |
| C. | Both A and B |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Deterministic Models | |
| 95. |
In ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ models there is risk and uncertainty |
| A. | Deterministic Models |
| B. | Probabilistic Models |
| C. | Both A and B |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Probabilistic Models | |
| 96. |
‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ models are obtained by enlarging or reducing the size of the item |
| A. | Iconic Models |
| B. | Analogue Models |
| C. | Symbolic Models |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Iconic Models | |
| 97. |
Operations Research attempts to find the best and ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ solution to a problem |
| A. | Optimum |
| B. | Perfect |
| C. | Degenerate |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Optimum | |
| 98. |
The word ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ may be defined as some action that we apply to some problems or hypothesis. |
| A. | Research |
| B. | Operation |
| C. | Both A and B |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Operation | |
| 99. |
The operations Research technique, specially used to determine the optimum strategy is |
| A. | Decision Theory |
| B. | Simulation |
| C. | Game Theory |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Simulation | |
| 100. |
The operations Research technique which helps in minimizing total waiting and service costs is |
| A. | Queuing Theory |
| B. | Decision Theory |
| C. | Both A and B |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Queuing Theory | |
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