Business Mathematics MCQs and Notes

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Vinay • 28.75K Points
Instructor II

Q 1. The qualitative approach to decision analysis relies on

  • (A) experience
  • (B) judgement
  • (C) intuition
  • (D) all of the above

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Vinay • 28.75K Points
Instructor II

Q 2. The quantitative approach to decision analysis is a

  • (A) logical approach
  • (B) rational approach
  • (C) scientific approach
  • (D) all of the above

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Vinay • 28.75K Points
Instructor II

Q 3. The smallest quantity is chosen at the corners of the closed path with negative sign to be assigned at unused cell because

  • (A) it improve the total cost
  • (B) it does not disturb rim conditions
  • (C) it ensure feasible solution
  • (D) all of the above

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Shiva Ram • 30.44K Points
Instructor I

Q 4. The large negative opportunity cost value in an unused cell in a transportation table is chosen to improve the current solution because

  • (A) it represents per unit cost reduction
  • (B) it represents per unit cost improvement
  • (C) it ensure no rim requirement violation
  • (D) none of the above

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Vinay • 28.75K Points
Instructor II

Q 5. If an opportunity cost value is used for an unused cell to test optimality, it should be

  • (A) equal to zero
  • (B) most negative number
  • (C) most positive number
  • (D) any value

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Rakesh Kumar • 28.44K Points
Instructor II

Q 6. The solution to a transportation problem with ‘m’ rows (supplies) & ‘n’ columns (destination) is feasible if number of positive allocations are

  • (A) m+n
  • (B) m*n
  • (C) m+n-1
  • (D) m+n+1

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Praveen Singh • 36.81K Points
Coach

Q 7. One disadvantage of using North-West Corner rule to find initial solution to the transportation problem is that

  • (A) it is complicated to use
  • (B) it does not take into account cost of transportation
  • (C) it leads to a degenerate initial solution
  • (D) all of the above

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Ranjeet • 34.60K Points
Instructor I

Q 8. An alternative optimal solution to a minimization transportation problem exists whenever opportunity cost corresponding to unused route of transportation is:

  • (A) positive & greater than zero
  • (B) positive with at least one equal to zero
  • (C) negative with at least one equal to zero
  • (D) none of the above

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Ranjeet • 34.60K Points
Instructor I

Q 9. The occurrence of degeneracy while solving a transportation problem means that

  • (A) total supply equals total demand
  • (B) the solution so obtained is not feasible
  • (C) the few allocations become negative
  • (D) none of the above

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Priyanka Tomar • 35.28K Points
Coach

Q 10. The dummy source or destination in a transportation problem is added to

  • (A) satisfy rim conditions
  • (B) prevent solution from becoming degenerate
  • (C) ensure that total cost does not exceed a limit
  • (D) none of the above

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