TMA Quiz Questions
TMA: TMA1/CIT756
CIT756 - Operations Research
Dr Alhassan Muhtar H. (malhassan@noun.edu.ng )
1 Which of the following best describes Operations Research.
- A scientific solution of management problem
- A scientific approach to the analysis of problems
- A scientific approach to the analysis and solution of management problem
- None of the options
2 Problems in OR may have a --- nature as in linear programming or have a logical structure as in simulation and algorithms
- functional
- linear
- bilinear
- none of the options
3 The process of data collection involve
- Obtaining quantitative data either from existing records or a new survey
- Obtaining qualitative data either from existing records or a new survey
- Obtaining quantitative data either from old survey or a new survey
- none of the options
4 Testing the model and its solution involves:
- determining the accuracy only of the data used in the model
- determining only the completeness of the data used in the model
- determining the accuracy or the uniqueness of the data used in the model
- determining the accuracy or the completeness of the data used in the model
5 Operations Research helps in determining the --- requirements that enable the best decisions to be made, subject to cost constraints and to formulation of rules or procedures for making these operating decisions
- OR
- information
- system
- none of the options
6 Which is one of the roles of Operations Research in business?
- Improving the day-to-day efficiency of a company’s operation
- Improving the day-to-day of a company’s operation
- Improving the day-to-day profit of a company’s operation
- Improving the day-to-day efficiency of a company
7 One of the business areas where Operations Research is applicable:
- payroll
- salary
- product mix
- none of the options
8 In OR, it is often difficult to balance the requirement of reality and those of ---
- practicability
- experimentation
- simplicity
- none of the options
9 One of the limitations of Operations Research:
- The quality of data collection may be poor and/or inaccurate
- The quality of data collection may be somehow
- The quality of collection may be poor and/or inaccurate
- None of the options
10 Operations research uses the computer for ---
- thinking
- problem solving
- problem identification
- problem definition
11 Interpretation of the Results/Establishment of Controls of OR involves:
- determining the implication to the system
- determining the solutions to the system
- identifying the implication of the solutions to the system
- determining the implication of the solutions to the system
12 Developing a solution in OR involves:
- manipulation of the model to arrive at the best (optimal) solution to the problem
- manipulation of the model to arrive at a solution to the problem
- manipulation of the model to arrive at the real solution to the problem
- none of the options
13 It was the first --- Revolution which contributed mainly towards the development of OR
- Scientific
- Mechanized
- Industrial
- None of the options
14 OR helps to --- new problems as one problem is being solved
- execute
- design
- discover
- none of the options
15 The distinctive approach of OR is facts-finding and ---
- designing
- modelling
- grafting
- graphing
16 Operations Research is most fundamentally
- processing-based
- engineering-based
- science-based
- none of the options
17 OR utilizes interdisciplinary mixed-team approach to solving --- problems
- scientific
- historical
- management
- real
18 OR is science-based by --- and adapting the scientific approach in analyzing operational decision problems
- deed
- guess
- way
- adoption
19 What does problem definition in Operations Research involve?
- The development of the problem at hand
- The development of a clear and concise statement of the problem at hand
- The development of a rough statement of the problem at hand
- None of the options
20 … is one of the stages of Operations Research
- Writing
- Model construction
- Previewing
- None of the options
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