No.

Question Options Ans

1. A

Which of the following matrices is not a correct pairwise

comparison matrix?
2. B

1. 3. C 4

4. D

all are correct

5. pairwise comparison
matrices

1. 6

Shown below is an incomplete pairwise comparison matrix for

three alternatives. What comparison factor should A3 receive when 2. 1/3
compared to A2?
Factor A1 A2 A3

2. A1 1 3 5 4
3. 3
A2 1 6

A3 ? 1 4. 1/6

5. none of the above

1.0000
1. 0.2000
0.1250

Shown below is a pairwise comparison matrix for shampoo 0.7547

makers. What are the values of column one's normalized matrix? 2. 0.1509
Brand 1 Brand 2 Brand 3 0.0943

Brand 1 1 3 7 0.6774
3. 5
3. 0.2258
Brand 2 1 5 0.3251
5.1982
Brand 3 1
4. 3.8764
4.9721

5. none of the above

For a game with an optimal pure strategy, which of the following The maximin
4. 1. 2
statements is false? equals the minimax.
 Dominated
2. strategies cannot
exist.

A saddle point
3.
exists.

The value of the

game cannot be
4. improved by either
player changing
strategies.

5. -

the goals to be
1.
satisfied.

the expected value

2.
of the criteria.

the relative
5. A required step in the analytic hierarchy process is to determine importance of a set 3
3.
of features based
on a criterion.

how many
4.
hierarchies to use.

5. -

1. .281

2. .231
If Normalized pairwise comparison matrix of A, B and C is as
follows:
A .1111 .0625 .1379
6. 3
B .3333 .1875 .1724 3. .1038
C .5556 .75 .6897
Then what is priority for A
4. .301

5. -

compare criteria in
7. Pairwise comparisons are used to 1. terms of the overall 3
goal.
 compare choices on
2.
each criterion.

both a and b are

3.
true.

neither a nor b is
4.
true.

5. -

are the sum of the

products of the
criterion priority
times the priority of
1.
the decision
alternative with
respect to that
criterion.

2. sum to 1.

8. The overall priorities for decision alternatives 4

indicate what
choice is preferred,
3. but do not force
that choice to be
made.

each of the above

4.
is true.

5. -

Not enough
1. information is given
to compute ë

2. 2.7985
Shown below is a consistency vector from an Analytic Hierarchy
Process analysis.
Compute ë.
9. 3
2.6895 3. 2.6812
2.5555
2.7985
4. 10.6540

5. 2.6635
 the average value
1. of the consistency
vector.

2. CR/CI.

10. The consistency index is 4

3. RI/CR.

(λ max -n)/(n-1
4.
).

5. none of the above

1. 0.92

2. 1.5862

From an Analytic Hierarchy Process analysis, ë is computed to be

11. 4
5.120, n = 3, RI = 0.58. Compute the consistency index. 3. 1.092

4. 1.06

5. none of the above

1. 4.5811

2. 1.0308

From an Analytic Hierarchy Process analysis, λ is computed to be

12. 4
4.123, n = 4, RI = 0.9.Compute the consistency index. 3. 0.0456

4. 0.0410

5. none of the above

it is important to
use a normal
13. In assigning random numbers in a Monte Carlo simulation, 1. 2
distribution for all
variables simulated.
 it is important to
develop a
2. cumulative
probability
distribution.
it is not important
to assign
probabilities to an
3.
exact range of
random number
intervals.

4. all of the above

5. none of the above

1. 7.6
Consider the interval of random numbers presented below. The
following random numbers have been generated: 18, 66, 87, 12,
85. Simulate 10 hours of arrivals at this gas station. What is the
average number of arrivals during this period? 2. 7.7
# of Cars Interval of Random Numbers

6 01-20
14. 1
3. 7.8
7 21-48

8 49-84
4. none of the above
9 85-00

5. -

good models can

1.
be very expensive

managers must
generate all of the
conditions and
2.
constraints for
solutions that they
want to examine
15. Which of the following is an advantage of simulation: 4
each simulation
3.
model is unique

sometimes
simulation is the
4.
only method
available

5. -
 simulation can be
1.
expensive

it can be used to
2. analyze complex
real-world situations

simulation allows
16. Which of the following is a disadvantage of simulation: 3. what-if types of 1
questions
simulation does not
4. interfere with the
real-world system
it is relatively
5. straightforward and
flexible

1. 3/10
The number of machine breakdowns in a day is 0, 1, or 2, with
probabilities 0.6, 0.3, and 0.1, respectively. The following random
numbers have been generated: 15, 22, 03, 18, 71, 19, 32, 85, 31,
94. Use these numbers to generate the number of breakdowns for 2. 2/10
10 consecutive days. What proportion of these days had at least
one breakdown?
17. Breakdowns Interval of Random Numbers 1
3. 1/10
0 01-60

1 61-90
4. 5/10
2 91-00

5. none of these

inventory
1.
problems.

transportation
2.
problems.

18. Simulation can be effectively used in many maintenance policy 5

3.
problems.

project
4. management
problems.

5. all of the above

are randomly
generated based on
19. Values for the probabilistic inputs to a simulation 1. 1
historical
information.
 are controlled by
2.
the decision maker.

are selected by the

3.
decision maker.

are calculated by
4. fixed mathematical
formulas.

5. -

is the value given

1. by the RAND()
function.
is given by
matching the
2. probabilistic input
with an interval of
random numbers.
A value for probabilistic input from a discrete probability
20. 2
distribution
3. is between 0 and 1.

must be non-
4.
negative.

5. -

1. 100(r)

2. 100 + r(80)

The number of units expected to be sold is uniformly distributed

21. between 20 and 100. If r is a random number between 0 and 1, 3
3. 20 + 80(r)
then the proper expression for sales is

4. 100r + 80

5. -

be sure that the

procedures for
1.
calculations are
22. In order to verify a simulation model logically correct. 1
compare results
2.
from several
 simulation
languages.

confirm that the

model accurately
3.
represents the real
system.
run the model long
enough to
4.
overcome initial
start-up results.

5. -

1. J.D. Monte Carlo

2. Eric von Brock

23. Monte Carlo simulation was developed by: 4

3. A.K. Erlang

4. John von Neumann

5. -

1. -2

In the following game

2. 4

24. 4
3. 5

What is the saddle point? 4. 3

5. -

are randomly
generated based on
1.
historical
25. Values for the probabilistic inputs to a simulation information. 1
are calculated by
2. fixed mathematical
formulas.
 are selected by the
3.
decision maker.

are controlled by
4.
the decision maker.

5. -

A(.429, .571) and)

1.
B (.429, .571)

In the following game A(.714, .286)and

2.
B(.429, .571)

26. A(.429, .571) and B 2

3.
(.714, .286)

What are the optimal strategies?

4. A(0, 1) and B(1, 0)

5. -

the decision maker

must evaluate each
1. alternative with
respect to each
criterion.
it is impossible to
2. select a single
decision alternative.
27. In a multicriteria decision problem successive 1
3. decisions must be
made over time.

each of these
4.
choices are true.

5. -

1. 0.25
A suburban specialty restaurant has developed a single drive-thru
window. Customers order, pay, and pick up their food at the same
window. Arrivals follow a Poisson distribution while service times
28. 2. 0.50 3
follow an exponential distribution. If the average number of
arrivals is 6 per hour and the service rate is 2 every 15 minutes,
what proportion of the time is the server busy?
3. 0.75
 4. 2.25

5. 3.00

1. M/D/1

2. M/M/1

A single automatic car wash with one bay and constant washing
29. time per car is 10 minutes can be represented by the following 1
3. M/M/2
model:

4. M/D/2

5. -

1. 2.21

An urban specialty restaurant in a new mall has developed a 2. 5.21

single drive-thru window. Customers can order, pay, and pick up
their food at the same window. Assuming that arrivals follow a
Poisson distribution and service times follow an exponential
30. 4
distribution, if the average number of arrivals is 8 per hour and the 3. 3.22
service rate is 6 every 30 minutes, what is the average number of
customers waiting in line behind the person being served? [Given
Lq=(Lambda2/(mu(mu-Lambda)), symbols have usual meaning]
4. 1.33

5. -

the inputs, the

1. queue, and the
service facility.
the calling
population, the
2.
queue, and the
service facility.
31. Three parts of a queuing system are 4
the calling
population, the
3.
waiting line, and the
service facility.
All of the above are
4. appropriate labels
for the three parts
 of a queuing
system.

5. -

1. 1.66

2. 0.6

At a local fast-food joint, cars arrive randomly at a rate of 6 every

32. 30 minutes. The fast food joint takes an average of 3 minutes to 2
3. 0.800
serve each arrival. The utilization factor for this system is

4. 0.5

5. none of the above

Random arrivals
1. are independent of
each other.

Random arrivals
2. cannot be predicted
exactly.
The Poisson
distribution is often
3.
33. Which of the following is not true about arrivals? used to represent 4
the arrival pattern.
The exponential
distribution is often
4.
used to represent
the arrival pattern.
Service times often
follow the negative
5.
exponential
distribution.

minimize queue
1.
length.

minimize the
34. In queuing theory, the objective is to 2.
percent of idle time. 4

minimize customer
dissatisfaction as
3.
measured in balking
and reneging.
 minimize the sum
of the costs of
4.
waiting time and
providing service.
maximize
5.
productivity.