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8. A company produces three types of parts for automatic washing machines. It purchases castings of the parts from a local foundry and then finishes the parts on drilling, shaping, and polishing
9. Dr Shilpa Soni, the head administrator at XYZ hospital must determine a schedule for nurses to make sure there are enough nurses on duty throughout the day. During the day, the demand for nurses
10. Evening shift resident doctors in the B' Healthy Hospital work five consecutive days and have two consecutive days off. Their five days of work can start on any day of the week and the schedule
11. Four products have to be processed through the plant, the quantities required for the next production period being:There are three production lines on which the products could be processed. The
12. A certain firm has two plants. Orders from four customers have been received. The number of units ordered by each customer and the shipping cost from each plant are shown in the following
13. Formulate the following as a linear programming problem. Do not solve.A trucking company with Rs 40,00,000 to spend on new equipment is contemplating three types of vehicles. Vehicle A has a
14. A refinery makes three grades of petrol A, B, C from three crude oilsd, e andf Crude oil/ can be used in any grade but the others must satisfy the following specifications:It is desired to obtain
15. A company wants to plan production for the ensuing year so as to minimise the combined cost of production and inventory storage costs. In each quarter of the year, demand is anticipated to be 65,
16. Consider a company that must produce two products over a production period of three months of duration. The company can pay for the materials and labour from two sources: company funds and
17. A manufacturer currently produces four products. Recent recessionary trends cause a decline in demand and the company is laying off workers and discontinuing its third shift.The problem is that
18. A manufacturer receives an order from a state transport corporation for six buses, to be delivered two at a time over the next three months. Production data for the manufacturer are shown in the
19. WELLTYPE Manufacturing Company produces three types of typewriters: Manual typewriters, Electronic typewriters, and Deluxe Electronic typewriters. All the three models are required to be machined
20. Obtain graphically the solution to the following LPP: Maximise Subject to Z=x+3x2 x+2x29 x + 4x2 11
21. Find solution to the following LP problem: Maximise Z=10x+8x2 Subject to 2x+x 20 x+3x2 30 x1-2x22-15 20
22. A firm makes two products X and Y, and has a total production capacity of 9 tonnes per day, X and Y requiring the same production capacity. The firm has a permanent contract to supply as least 2
23. Cashewco has two grades of cashew nuts: Grade 1-750 kg and Grade 11-1,200 kg. These are to be mixed in two types of packages of one kilogram each-economy and special. The economy pack consists of
24. A company produces two types of pencils, say A and B. Pencil A is of superior quality and pencil Bis of lower quality. Profits on the pencils A and B are Rs 5 and 3 per pencil respectively. Raw
25. A company has two grades of inspectors 1 and 2, who are to be assigned for a quality control inspection.It is required that at least 2,000 pieces be inspected per 8- hour day. A grade 1 inspector
26. Attempt graphically the following problem Maximise Subject to and 3x1 + 2x2 2x1 + x2 12; x1 + x2 10; -x+3x226; XX
27. Minimiseand further that both the variables are non-negative. Subject to 15x + 4x2 60; 8x +8x2 40; 4x + 16x2 32
28. Solve graphically the following LPP: Minimise Subject to Z=4x+3x2 x1+3x29 2x + 3x2 12 x1 + x2 5
29. A company manufactures two kinds of machines, each requiring a different manufacturing technique.The deluxe machine requires 18 hours of labour, 9 hours of testing, and Yields a profit of Rs 400.
30. A farm is engaged in breeding pigs. The pigs are fed on various products grown on the farm. Because of the need to ensure certain nutrient constituents, it is necessary to buy one or two
31. Two kinds of food for children, F 1 and F2, are being considered to be purchased. Food F 1 costs Rs 20 a unit while food F2 is available at Rs 40 per unit. The nutrient contents of these foods
32. (a) Is it necessary that the feasible region for a maximisation type oflinear programming problem must always be a bounded one?Solve graphically. (b) Maximise Z=6x-2x2, Subject to 8x-4x2 8 0 x 3
33. A medicine manufacturing company plans to market two syrups: Tonus-2,000, and Health-Wealth. There are sufficient ingredients available to make 20,000 bottles of Tonus-2,000 and 40,000 bottles of
34. A cold drinks company has two bottling plants, located at different places. Each plant produces three different drinks A, Band C. The capacities of the two plants in number of bottles per day are
A firm is engaged in producing two products: PI and P2•The relevant data are given here:Fixed overhead= Rs 2,85,000 per annum.No. of employees in the three departments: DepttA = 20; DepttB = 15;
36. Solve graphically the following LPP:Minimise Z=-4x1 +3x2Subject to x- 2x22-4; 2x1 +3x2 13; x-x24; and x1, x2 0
37. Subject to(a) Minimise 10x1 - 4x2 (b) Maximise 10x1 - 4x2 (c) Maximise 4x1 + 10x2, (d) Minimise 4x1 + 10x2 2x-6x20 -x+2x-2 -3x-3x22-24 x2
38. Solve graphically: Minimise Subject to Z = 12x + 3x2 4x+6x2224,000 x1+x2 5,000 8x+2x2 16,000
39. Maximise 3x1 + 4x2 subject to the following constraints:2x1 + x2 ~ 10; x1 + 4x2 ~ 36; x1 + 2x2 ~ 10; x1 ;;:;:: 5; and x2 ;;:;:: 7
40. Find the maximum and the minimum values of the function Z = 8x1 + 5x2, subject to the following: 3x1-2x226 -2x+7x27 2x-3x2 6
41. A local business firm is planning to advertise a special sale on radio and television during a particular week. A maximum budget of Rs 16,000 is approved for this purpose. It is found that radio
42. A firm employs man hours (M1),a, machine hours (M2), and raw materials (R1 and R2) manufacture two products. The maximum of M1 and M2 available are 120 and 270 hours respectively but raw
43. G Limited, manufacturer of superior garden ornaments, is preparing its production budget for the coming period. The company makes four types of ornaments, the data for which are as follows:Fixed
44. The Hell Laboratories has a long history of production troubles. It produces two items, A and B, which are equally profitable. Recently, the company has entered into contract to supply 40 units
1. Decision-making is purely an art even in the modern age. Mark the statements as T (True) or F (False)
2. Decisions taken only on the basis of quantitative analysis can be sound and correct. Mark the statements as T (True) or F (False)
3. For a real decision-making situation, definition and identification of alternatives, the states and consequences are the most difficult aspects. Mark the statements as T (True) or F (False)
4. An orderly and organised way of thinking is needed in order to formulate a problem in to a well- structured framework for solution. Mark the statements as T (True) or F (False)
5. Quantification of a problem situation represents sound business judgement and it enables the solution to be implemented without second thoughts. Mark the statements as T (True) or F (False)
6. Operations research is inter-disciplinary in nature and requires a team approach to the solution to a problem. Mark the statements as T (True) or F (False)
7. As real-life decision situations tend to be rather complex, the decision-maker has to abstract from a given empirical situation those factors which are most relevant to the problem and combine
8. Non-programmed decision-making problems are ill structured. Mark the statements as T (True) or F (False)
9. Analogue models are essentially the scaled up/down versions of the particular thing they seek to represent. Mark the statements as T (True) or F (False)
10. A feasible solution is one which satisfies all the constraints of the given problem, while an infeasible solution is one which satisfies none of them. Mark the statements as T (True) or F (False)
11. Validation of a model implies determining if the model does adequately and reliably predict the behaviour of the real system that it seeks to represent. Mark the statements as T (True) or F
12. Sensitivity analysis is what if analysis, and deals with determining how the output changes in response to changes in the inputs. Mark the statements as T (True) or F (False)
13. Implementation of solution determined from quantitative analysis is trivial because such a solution is the outcome of rigorous mathematical analysis. Mark the statements as T (True) or F (False)
14. A management information system (MIS) comprises a body of organised procedures for identification, collection, processing, retrieval and dissemination of information, aiming at providing right
15. Decision support systems (DSS) are a good substitute for managerial judgement.Mark the statements as T (True) or F (False)
1. It is said that management is equivalent to decision-making. Do you agree? Explain.
2. What are the essential characteristics of operations research? Mention different phases in an operations research study. Point out some limitations of operations research. Explain the role of
3. Discuss the role and scope of quantitative methods for scientific decision-making in business management.
4. "Executives at all levels in business and industry come across the problems of making decisions at every stage in their daY-to-day activities. Operations Research provides them with various
5. Write an essay on the scope and methodology of operations research, explaining briefly the main phases of an OR study and techniques used in solving OR problems
6. What is Operations Research? Account for the growing importance of Operations Research in business decisions. (M Com, Delhi, 1997)
7. Most operations research applications possess certain distinguishing characteristics. These could be identified as follows:(a) primary focus on decision-making;(b) an investigation based on some
8. (a) Define an OR model and give four examples. State their properties, advantages and limitations.(b) State the phases of an OR study and their importance in solving problems. (CA Nov., 1986)
9. Model building is a central element in operations research method. Give a description of the following basic types of models: (a) iconic, (b) analogue, and (c) mathematical (symbolic), with
10. What is a 'model'? Distinguish between(a) analogue and iconic models, and(b) deterministic and stochastic models.
11. (a) "Statistics is the nerve centre for Operations Research." Discuss.(b) State any four areas for the application of OR techniques in Financial Management, and how it improves the performance of
12. "All quantitative techniques have hardly any real-life applications." Do you agree with the statement?Discuss.
13. Comment on the following statements:(a) Operational Research is an art of winning war without actually fighting it.(b) Operational Research is no more than a quantitative analysis of the
14. It is common in business to insure against the occurrence of events, which are subject to varying degrees ofuncertaintY, for example, ill health of senior executives. At the same time, the use of
1. Which of the four misconceptions has influenced your beliefs about classroom management?
2. In your experience, which of the four misconceptions most frequently influences the way that school principals or other administrators view effective classroom management?
3. If you accepted a teaching position and later discovered that the school administration had different beliefs from yours about what constitutes effective classroom management, how might that
4. Do you believe that academic and social-emotional learning are equally important in the classroom? Does your opinion vary depending on the age of the students involved?
5. How does the model of classroom management presented in the chapter challenge or confirm your prior beliefs and experiences about classroom management?
1. Think about the many different classrooms settings in which you have been a student. Which classrooms evoke positive memories with respect to the physical environment? Why do you think this is the
2. Describe an environment where you have conducted observations or practice teaching. Which part of the environment did you like the most? Which part of the environment would you like to change? Was
3. What are three essential items that you must have in your classroom? Why?
4. In what ways can you relate to any of the students’ beliefs or experiences about the physical design of a classroom?
5. What do you like and dislike about the three teachers’classroom layouts described above?
1. Jarod teaches 6th-grade language arts. He has to make do with a small classroom. Figure 3.6 shows the layout of his classroom. On table 1, he keeps the handouts for the day. Students turn in
1. Envision your ideal teaching position. Will you include students in the rule development process in this particular context? Why or why not?
2. Given that students sometimes like to question authority and act a bit rebellious, what are the advantages and disadvantages of Tim’s decision to use teacher-generated rules?
3. What particular rules and routines do you think are the most important in your particular teaching context?
4. In what ways can you relate to the students’ beliefs or experiences about classroom rules and routines?
1. Two teachers have developed the following routines to collect and hand back students’ work. Compare and contrast their routines. Be sure to consider factors such as efficiency and student
2. Ms. Casey, a 1st-year high school music teacher, carefully plans for the new school year’s orchestra. She chooses the music that the orchestra will start practicing at the beginning of the year.
1. Thinking back on your own school experience, what teacher stands out in your mind as caring? What did this teacher do that made you think he or she cared about you?
2. Which of the recommended strategies will be most important for you to incorporate into your practice and why?
3. What types of strategies have you found effective with respect to learning students’ names?
4. In your experience as a student, have you witnessed a teacher who you believed had trouble maintaining a professional distance with his or her students? If so, what was the impact of this problem
5. Think about the different social media sites in which you participate. If you were a prospective employer and were charged with “vetting” you for a possible teaching opening, what type of
1. Several teachers recently attended a professional development workshop on how to approach a parent–teacher conference effectively. The workshop presenter suggested three potential strategies.
1. Think back to when you were a student similar in grade level to the students you want to teach or are teaching. What were your favorite learning activities? Why do you think these learning
2. Is engaging students the same thing as making learning“fun”?
3. Describe a lesson that you observed or taught where you believe the students were very highly engaged. In what ways might the content of the lesson have contributed to the level of student
1. You are an expert in classroom management. Your next-door neighbor, a 1st-year teacher in an urban high school, has asked you to give her advice on a problem she is facing 1 month into her 1st
1. Think about the four behaviors of effective classroom managers identified by Kounin (1970). Which of these behaviors do you feel that you already exhibit? Which behavior do you need to improve on?
2. Do you tend to use certain nonverbal and verbal interventions more frequently than others? If so, why do you think this is the case? Are there some new interventions that you can try?
3. In your observations or practice teaching, have you witnessed teachers who use different speech patterns(politeness formulas vs. explicit directives)? If so, how have the different styles been
4. Do you think that you have a particular style for expressing requests (politeness formulas vs. explicit directives)? If so, how do you think your students would react if you experimented with a
5. How do you plan to deal with serious misbehavior in your classroom? Will you develop a hierarchy of consequences?Will you use logical consequences?
1. James Montgomery, a 9th-grade science teacher, uses the following management system: Whenever a student commits a minor infraction of any kind (chewing gum, daydreaming, doodling, whispering or
2. Lawrence is a 5th-grade teacher with some major problems. Six students in his class have completely opted out of learning and are causing absolute misery for the teachers and the other 17

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