Assignment booklet for BBA 6th of Operations Research

MCQ
Q1. (a) Explain the scope, methodology and the main phases of operation research.

(b) What is meant by a mathematical model of a real situation? Discuss the importance of models
in the solution of OR problems.

Q2. What do you understand by a linear programming problem? What are the four major types
of allocation problems that can be solved using the linear programming technique? Briefly
explain each with an example.

Q3. A dairy firm has three plants located in a state. The daily milk production at each plant is as
follows:

Plant 1 : 6 million litres, Plant 2 : 1 million litres and Plant 3 : 10 million litres

Each day, the firm must fulfill the needs of its four distribution centres. The minimum
requirement of each centre is as follows:

Distribution centre 1 : 7 million litres, Distribution centre 2 : 5 million litres,

Distribution centre 3 : 3 million litres, Distribution centre 4: 2 million litres,

Cost (in hundreds of rupees) of shipping one million litre from each plant to each distribution
centre is given in the following table:

Distribution Centre

Plant D1 D2 D3 D4
P1 2 3 11 7
P2 1 0 6 1
P3 5 8 15 9

Find the initial feasible solution for given problem by using

(A) Least Cost method
(B) Vogel’s approximation method

Q4. A pig breeder can either produce 20 or 30 pigs. The total production of his competitors can
be either 5,000 or 10,000 pigs. If they produce 5,000 pigs, his profit per pig is Rs. 60, if they
produce 10,000 pigs, his profit per pig is only Rs. 45. Construct a payoff table and also state
what should the pig breeder decide?
 Case Evaluation -1
Make a hand written file of at least 8-9 pages on the topics given below as:

(1) Applications of operations research techniques

(2) Basics of statistical quality control

Case Evaluation -2
Make a hand written file of at least 8-9 pages on the topics given below as:

(1) Application areas of linear programming

(2) Objectives and Benefits of statistical quality control

Assignment against Workshop

Q1. (a) What are the advantages and disadvantages of operations research models? Why is it
necessary to test models and how would you go about testing a models?

(b) State any four areas for the application of OR techniques in financial management. How do
they improve the performance of an organization?

Q2. A diet for a sick person must contain at least 4,000 units of vitamins, 50 units of minerals
and 1,400 calories. Two foods A and B are available at a cost of Rs. 4 and Rs. 3 per unit,
respectively. If one of A contains 200 units of vitamins, 1 unit of mineral and 40 calories and one
unit of food B contains 100 units of vitamins, 2 units of minerals and 40 calories, find by
graphical method what combination of foods be used to have least cost?

Q3. (a) What is meant by unbalanced transportation problem? Explain the method for solving
such a problem.

(b) What is degeneracy in transportation problems? How is a transportation problem solved

when the demand and supply are not equal?

Q4. (a) Discuss the need and utility of statistical quality control in industry.

(b) What are control charts? Explain the construction of a P-chart and C-chart.
 Assignment against Class Presentation
Q1. (a) What are the essential characteristics of OR? Explain the role of computers in this field.

(b) Show that all bases for transportation problem are triangular.

Q2. Explain the following terms:

(a) control charts for variables

(b) control charts for attributes

Q3. Describe a business situation where a decision-maker faces a decision under uncertainty and
where a decision based on maximizing the expected monetary value cannot be made. How do
you think the decision-maker should make the required decision?