MTH601 Quiz 3 Solution and Discussion

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For an unbalanced Transportation problem, if the total demand is LESS than total supply then which of the following is true in order to balance the problem? MTH601

A dummy sink would have to include with demand equal to the surplus

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If a balanced Transportation problem with ‘m’ sources and ‘n’ sinks then degeneracy will arise only if there are less than ---------- independent allocations in the solution. MTH601
m+n–1

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If a balanced Transportation problem with ‘7’ sources and ‘6’sinks then its non-degenerate basic feasible solution will have---------- independent allocations. MTH601

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The assignment problem is unbalanced if the cost matrix is not a ------------matrix. MTH601
square
rectangle
not square

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The North – West Corner Rule MTH601

Is based on the concept of minimizing opportunity cost.

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The objective of a transportation problem is to develop an ----------- transportation schedule that meets all demand from given stock at a ------- total shipping cost. MTH601
(integral, maximum)

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For the project of a firm, if ‘5’ sales persons are assigned ‘5’ different sales territories, then in how many ways a single territory can be assigned to a single sale person? MTH601

120

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For North West Corner method, in the first row and first column, resource and sink contain ‘5’ and ‘7’ units respectively; then after allocating the appropriate amount ‘x11’ in the cell (1,1), we will move towards which of the following cell? MTH601
(2,2)

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If a balanced Transportation problem with ‘7’ sources and ‘6’sinks then its non-degenerate basic feasible solution will have---------- independent allocations. MTH601
10

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The assignment problem is unbalanced if the cost matrix is not a ------------matrix. MTH601
square
rectangle
not square

[zareen]

The North – West Corner Rule MTH601

Is based on the concept of minimizing opportunity cost.

[zareen]

The objective of a transportation problem is to develop an ----------- transportation schedule that meets all demand from given stock at a ------- total shipping cost. MTH601
(integral, maximum)