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QUESTION BANK FOR CYCLE TEST 2010

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES

CODE: MBN 516

PART -A

1. What do you mean by Operations Research?

2. How you use OR in day-to-day decision making process.

3. Explain the characteristics of Operations Research

4. Discuss the importance of OR in decision making process

5. Discuss the historical background of Operations Research

6. Explain the significance and scope of Operations Research in Modern Management

7. To have an optimum solution in any Transportation Problem all opportunity costs must be

a. Positive

b. Positive or zero

c. Negative or zero

d. Negative

e. All zeros

.

8. What is the difference between Transportation Model and Assignment Model.

9 To have an optimum solution in any Assignment Problem number of assignments must be equal to

a. No of rows + No of columns

b. No of rows

c. No of columns

d. No of columns or No of rows

10 In a 6 x 6 transportation problem degeneracy would arise if the number of

allocations is

A) greater than 6.          (B) greater than 8.

(C) greater than 12.        (D) less than 11

11. “Operations Research helps in better decision making ”Comment on it as a decision maker

12 What do you mean by Traveling Salesman Problem?

PART B

Q1.

Write down the applications of Operations Research in various fields of management in detail. Support your answer with suitable real life examples.

Q 2

Solve the following transportation problem by VOGEL’s method only. The unit costs of shipment in Rs.are given in the cells below :

|To |D |E |F |Supply |

|From | | | | |

|A...