1) CPM
A) assumes we do not know ahead of time what activities must be completed.
B) assumes that activity time estimates follow the normal probability distribution.
C) is a deterministic network technique that allows for project crashing.
D) is a network technique that allows three time estimates for each activity in a project.
E) None of the above
2) SE Appliances manufacturers refrigerators in Richmond, Charlotte, and Atlanta.
Refrigerators then must be shipped to meet demand in Washington, New York, and
Miami. The table below lists the shipping costs, supply, and demand information.
How many units should be shipped from each plant to each retail store in order to
minimize shipping costs?
3) Table M2-2
According to Table M2-2, which gives a solution to a shortest route problem solved
with dynamic programming, the total distance from City 1 to City 7 is 14. What is the
shortest distance from City 3 to City 7?
A) 7
B) 10
C) 13
D) 25
E) None of these
4) Table M2-1
The data below is a dynamic programming solution for a shortest route problem.
Using the data in Table M2-1, determine the optimal arc of stage 1.
A) 5
B) 6
C) 7
D) 6 – 7
E) 5 – 7
5) Arrivals at a fast-food restaurant follow a Poisson distribution with a mean arrival
rate of 16 customers per hour. What is the probability that in the next hour there will be
exactly 12 arrivals?
A) 0.0000
B) 0.0661
C) 0.7500
D) 0.1322
E) None of the above
6) Table 15-1
Refer to Table 15-1. Bags of tea are sampled to ensure proper weight. The overall
average for the samples is 8 ounces. Each sample contains 10 bags. The average range
is 0.1 ounces. What is the lower limit of the sample averages chart?
A) 7.9692
B) 8.0308
C) 7.9076
D) 8.0924
E) None of the above
7) Table 14-4
Cuthbert Wylinghauser is a scheduler of transportation for the state of Delirium. This
state contains three cities: Chaos (C1), Frenzy (C2), and Tremor (C3). A transition
matrix, indicating the probability that a resident in one city will travel to another, is
given below. Cuthbert’s job is to schedule the required number of seats, one to each
person making the trip (transition), on a daily basis.
Using the data given in Table 14-4, what is the equilibrium travel population of Chaos
(rounded to the nearest whole person)?
A) 79
B) 95
C) 126
D) 100
E) None of the above
8) Table M2-1
The data below is a dynamic programming solution for a shortest route problem.
Using the data in Table M2-1, what is the optimal arc of stage 3?
A) 1
B) 1 – 4
C) 1 – 3
D) 1 – 2
E) None of the above
9) When using a general LP model for transportation problems, if there are 4 sources
and 3 destinations, which of the following statements is true?
A) There are typically 4 decision variables and 3 constraints.
B) There are typically 12 decision variables and 7 constraints.
C) There are typically 7 decision variables and 7 constraints.
D) There are typically 12 decision variables and 12 constraints.
E) There are typically 12 decision variables and 3 constraints.
10) Consider the following linear programming problem:
How many slack, surplus, and artificial variables would be necessary if the simplex
algorithm were used to solve this problem?
A) 3 slack, 6 surplus, and 6 artificial
B) 2 slack, 1 surplus, and 2 artificial
C) 1 slack, 2 surplus, and 2 artificial
D) 1 slack, 2 surplus, and 1 artificial
E) None of the above
11) Given a network with the following distances:
(a)Determine which nodes should be connected to get the minimum distance flowing
from Node 1 through Node 7.
(b)Determine the minimum distance.
12) A coffee dispenser is supposed to dispense coffee into an 8 o.z. cup. The average
amount of coffee filled into the cup must be below 7.9. This is best monitored by which
of the following control charts?
A) x-bar chart
B) R-chart
C) p-chart
D) c-chart
E) None of the above
13) A decision-making technique in which individuals subjectively and intuitively
consider the various factors in making their selection is known as
A) multifactor decision making.
B) the multifactor evaluation process.
C) the analytic hierarchy process.
D) pairwise comparison analysis.
E) consistency ratio analysis.