MTH601 Midterm Past Papers Mega File

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_______________ employs a different modeling and solution logic than linear programming

1. Transportation Model
2. Inventory Control Model
3. Dynamic Programming
4. None of the above

Correct answer: Dynamic Programming

To identify and maintain the proper precedence relationship between activities those are not connected by event, we introduce

1. Parallel Activity
2. Dummy Activity
3. Sequential Activity
4. None of the above
5. Forward pass
6. Backward pass

Critical path is obtained by connecting the jobs having

1. Activities having same EST and LST
2. Activities having same EFT and LFT
3. Activities having zero slack
4. All of the above

Correct answer: All of the above

In LP problems Additivity means that

1. The effect of two different programs of production is the same as that of

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a joint program

1. The doubling (or tripling) the product will exactly double (or triple) the profit and the required resource
2. Both (a)& (b)
3. None of the above

Two of the first steps of OR process encompass the actual use of OR techniques. These steps are

1. Model Construction and Model Solution
2. Observation and Implementation
3. Definition of the problem and Model Solution
4. Model Solution and Implementation of results

Correct answer: Model Construction and Model Solution

Let FS = Free Slack, TS = Total Slack, INDS = Independent Slack, then which relation is true

1. TS ≤ FS
2. INDS ≤ FS
3. FS ≤ TS
4. Both (b) & (c)

Correct answer: Both (b) & (c)

Best possible time estimate that a given activity would take under normal conditions which often exist, is called

1. Most Likely time estimate
2. Pessimistic time estimate
3. Smallest time estimate

Correct answer: Most Likely time estimate

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1. None of the above

Standard Deviation S.D is

1. One sixth of the difference between pessimistic time estimates and optimistic time estimates
2. One sixth of the difference between pessimistic time estimates and most likely time estimates
3. One sixth of the difference between optimistic time estimates and most likely time estimates
4. One sixth of the difference between most likely time estimates and optimistic time estimates
5. Forward pass
6. Backward pass
7. Path does not effected
8. Pessimistic time estimate
9. Smallest time estimate
10. Optimistic Time estimate
11. No time, no resources
12. No time but some resources
13. Some resources in minimum time