Operations Management Quiz 7

Course Operations Management-16SP
Test Quiz 7
Started 4/7/16 6:49 PM
Submitted 4/7/16 7:05 PM
Status Completed
   
Time Elapsed 16 minutes.
Instructions
  • Question 1

5 out of 5 points

The difference between the left-hand side and right-hand side of a greater-than-or-equal-to constraint is referred to as

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Selected Answer:  

surplus.

Correct Answer:  

surplus.

  • Question 2

5 out of 5 points

Consider the following linear programming problem:

Which of the following points (X,Y) is not a feasible corner point?

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Selected Answer:  

(120,0)

Correct Answer:  

(120,0)

  • Question 3

5 out of 5 points

Consider the following linear programming problem:

The maximum possible value for the objective function is

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Selected Answer:  

None of these

Correct Answer:  

None of these

  • Question 4

5 out of 5 points

Which of the following is not a property of all linear programming problems?

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Selected Answer:  

a computer program

Correct Answer:  

a computer program

  • Question 5

5 out of 5 points

Typical resources of an organization include

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Selected Answer:  

All of these

Correct Answer:  

All of these

  • Question 6

5 out of 5 points

A widely used mathematical programming technique designed to help managers and decision making relative to resource allocation is called

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Selected Answer:  

linear programming.

Correct Answer:  

linear programming.

  • Question 7

5 out of 5 points

Consider the following linear programming problem:

Which of the following points (X,Y) is feasible?

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Selected Answer:  

(30,100)

Correct Answer:  

(30,100)

  • Question 8

0 out of 5 points

Consider the following constraints from a linear programming problem:

2X + Y  200
X + 2Y  200
X, Y  0

If these are the only constraints, which of the following points (X,Y) cannot be the optimal solution?

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Selected Answer:  

(100, 0)

Correct Answer:  

(0, 200)

  • Question 9

0 out of 5 points

Consider the following linear programming problem:

This is a special case of a linear programming problem in which

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Selected Answer:  

there are multiple optimal solutions.

Correct Answer:  

None of these

  • Question 10

0 out of 5 points

Consider the sensitivity report below for the problems which follow.

The optimal solution to this linear program is

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Selected Answer:  

x1 = 0, x2 = 0.

Correct Answer:  

x1 = 3, x2 = 6.

  • Question 11

5 out of 5 points

Which of the following is true regarding the concept of flexibility?

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Selected Answer:  

All of these are true.

Correct Answer:  

All of these are true.

  • Question 12

0 out of 5 points

The difference between the left-hand side and right-hand side of a less-than-or-equal-to constraint is referred to as

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Selected Answer:  

surplus.

Correct Answer:  

slack.

  • Question 13

5 out of 5 points

In order for a linear programming problem to have multiple solutions, the solution must exist

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Selected Answer:  

on a non-redundant constraint parallel to the objective function.

Correct Answer:  

on a non-redundant constraint parallel to the objective function.

  • Question 14

5 out of 5 points

A product-focused process is commonly used to produce:

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Selected Answer:  

high-volume, low-variety products.

Correct Answer:  

high-volume, low-variety products.

  • Question 15

0 out of 5 points

What type of problems use LP to decide how much of each product to make, given a series of resource restrictions?

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Selected Answer:  

resource allocation

Correct Answer:  

product mix

  • Question 16

5 out of 5 points

When appropriate, the optimal solution to a maximization linear programming problem can be found by graphing the feasible region and

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Selected Answer:  

finding the profit at every corner point of the feasible region to see which one gives the highest value.

Correct Answer:  

finding the profit at every corner point of the feasible region to see which one gives the highest value.

  • Question 17

5 out of 5 points

A system using an automated work cell controlled by electronic signals from a common centralized computer facility is called:

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Selected Answer:  

a flexible manufacturing system.

Correct Answer:  

a flexible manufacturing system.

  • Question 18

0 out of 5 points

Which of the following functions is not linear?

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Selected Answer:  

Z

Correct Answer:  

2X + 5YZ

  • Question 19

5 out of 5 points

Process A has fixed costs of $1000 and variable costs of $5 per unit. Process B has fixed costs of $500 and variable costs of $15 per unit. What is the crossover point between process A and process B?

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Selected Answer:  

50 units

Correct Answer:  

50 units

  • Question 20

5 out of 5 points

Which of the following is TRUE regarding vision systems?

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Selected Answer:  

All of these are true.

Correct Answer:  

All of these are true.