Question #3

	W	X	Y	Supply
A	$3 70	$5	$9	70
B	$5	$4 60	$7	60
C	$6 30	$8 20	$3 70	120
Demand	100	80	70	250

18) What is the total cost of the transportation solution shown in the table?

A. $975 B. $1000 C. $1425 D. $1090

19) A solution of the following problem is obtained by

A. North West Method B. Hungarian C. Least Cost Method D. Stepping Stone Method

20) The northwest corner rule requires that we start allocating units to shipping routes in the..

A. Lower right corner of the table. B. Upper right corner of the table. C. Highest costly cell of the table. D. Upper left-hand corner of the table

21) If the total supply is less than the total demand, a dummy source (raw) is included in the cost matrix with .

A. Dummy Demand B. Dummy Supply C. Zero Cost D. Both B and C

22) The solution to a transportation problem with 4-rows and 5-columns is feasible if number of positive allocations is..

A. 9 B. 20 C. 8 D. 1

23) When the total supply is equal to total demand in a transportation problem then it is called.

A. Balanced B. Unbalanced C. Degenerate D. None of these

24) In a transportation problem Least cost method would yield.

A. An optimum solution B. An initial feasible solution C. A Vogel's approximate solution (VAM) D. A minimum cost solution

25) The number of decision variables in a transportation problem with m-rows and n-columns is ..

A. m + n B. m *n C. m+n-l D. m+n+l

26) Which of the following methods is used only with the assignment problem?

A. The simplex method B. Vogels approximation method C. MODI method D. Hungarian Method

27) In an assignment problem..

A. The number of rows and columns must be equal. B. The number of rows must equal or exceed the number of columns. C. The number of rows must exceed the number of columns. D. None of the above