OPERATIONS RESEARCH - MCQs

SESSION 8

1. Pick the wrong option:

1. Transportation tables can be square
2. Assignment tables must be square
3. Transportation tables must be rectangular
4. Assignment tables cannot be rectangular

b. Consider the table below:

Pick the wrong statement:

1. This can be considered as a transportation table
2. This can be considered as an assignment table
3. If a worker is assigned to row numbered 2 then assignment
numbered 2 gets alloted
4. The total number of cost data points provided in the table is
n! 

b. Consider the table supplied for question 2 above and pick the
incorrect option: 
1. The total number of possible allotments in the table will be n!
2. The total number of actual allotments in the table will be n
3. The maximum possible number of allotments in any row will
be n
4. The total number of possible allotments in any column will be
1
 b. The key factor that Game Theory based decision making is
designed to address is :
1. Random factors affecting the problem situation for oneself
and for the competition
2. Uncertainties affecting the constraint inequalities for oneself
and for the competition
3. Uncertainties affecting the objective function for oneself and
for the competition
4. The default interlinkage of one’s strategy with the
competitors’ strategy and vice-versa

b. Consider the table below. The cell values are time required to
achieve the respective tasks. The WORST allocation decision
would take the MAXIMUM possible total time. This time would be: 

a. 370 minutes
b. 380 minutes
c. 350 minutes
None of these