MAT540 Week 11 Final Exam Answers
Question 1
5 out of 5 points
In a 0-1 integer programming problem involving a capital
budgeting application
... [Show More] (where xj = 1, if project j is selected, xj =
0, otherwise) the constraint x1 – x2 ≤ 0 implies that if project 2 is
selected, project 1 cannot be selected.
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Question 2
5 out of 5 points
Adjusted exponential smoothing is an exponential smoothing
forecast adjusted for seasonality.
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Question 3
5 out of 5 points
A cycle is an up and down movement in demand that repeats
itself in less than 1 year.
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If we are solving a 0-1 integer programming problem, the
constraint x1 = x2 is a conditional constraint.
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Question 5
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In a transshipment problem, items may be transported from
destination to destination and from source to source.
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Question 6
5 out of 5 points
Excel can be used to simulate systems that can be represented
by both discrete and continuous random variables.
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Question 75 out of 5 points
A business owner is trying to decide whether to buy, rent, or
lease office space and has constructed the following payoff table
based on whether business is brisk or slow.
The conservative (maximin) strategy is:
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Leas
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Leas
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Question 8
5 out of 5 points
Events that cannot occur at the same time in any trial of an
experiment are:
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mutually
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mutually
exclusive Question 9
5 out of 5 points
A business owner is trying to decide whether to buy, rent, or
lease office space and has constructed the following payoff table
based on whether business is brisk or slow.
If the probability of brisk business is .40 and for slow business is .
60, the expected value of perfect information is:
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12
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12
Question 10
5 out of 5 points
In linear programming problems, multiple optimal solutions occur
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when the objective function is parallel to a
constraint line
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when the objective function is parallel to aconstraint line
Question 11
5 out of 5 points
In a break-even model, if all of the costs are held constant, how
does an increase in price affect the model? [Show Less]