Operations Research or Qualitative Approach MCQ Questions and Solutions with Explanations

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If there were 'n' workers and 'n' jobs, there would be

A) n! solutions B) (n -1)! solutions C) (n!)ⁿ solutions D) (n - 1) solutions

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Answer: Option A

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The merits of a well designed layouts includes

A) minimum investment in work in progress B) better production control C) early detection of mistakes or badly produced items D) all of the above

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Answer: Option D

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Priority queue discipline may be qualified as

A) finite or infinite B) limited or unlimited C) pre-emptive or non-premptive D) None of the above

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Answer: Option C

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Which of the following factors affects the process design decisions?

A) Nature of product/service demand B) Degree of vertical integration C) Product volume flexibility D) All of the above

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Answer: Option D

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Which of the cost estimates and performance measures are not used for economic analysis of a queueing system?

A) Cost per server per unit of time B) Cost per unit of time for a customer waiting in the system C) Average number of customers in the system D) Average waiting time of customers in the system

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Answer: Option D

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Match the items of List I with the items of List II regarding operations research models and their bases of categorisation and indicate the code of their correct matching.

List-I (Type of Model)	List-II (Basis of Categorisation)
a. Analogue model	1. Nature of environment
b. Descriptive model	2. Method of getting the solution
c. Deterministic model	3. Structure
d. Simulation model	4. Utility

A) a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4 B) a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2 C) a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3 D) a-4, b-2, c-3, d-1

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Answer: Option B

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The correct sequence of operations in production planning and control is

A) Routing - Scheduling - Dispatching - Follow-up B) Scheduling - Routing - Dispatching - Follow-up C) Dispatching - Routing - Scheduling - Follow-up D) Routing - Scheduling - Follow-up - dispatching

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Answer: Option A

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An activity that consumes no time but shows precedence among activities is known as

A) slack activity B) successor activity C) dummy activity D) critical activity

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Answer: Option C

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Match the items of List I with those of List II.

List-I	List-II
a. $$\overline X $$ Chart	1. Sampling risks measurement
b. C Chart	2. Potential capability measurement
c. OC Curve	3. Variable measurement
d. 6σ Chart	4. Attribute measurement

A) a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2 B) a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2 C) a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2 D) a-4, b-2, c-3, d-1

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Answer: Option B

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Quality in manufacturing means that at a . . . . . . . ., all production must be within specification limits and the . . . . . . . . Variation from the nominal, the better the quality.

A) minimum, less B) minimum, more C) maximum, less D) maximum, more

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Answer: Option A

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