BHARATHIYAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

OPERATION RESEARCH
TWO MARK QUESTIONS
YEAR: III-MECH A

SEMESTER: VI

FACULTY NAME: Mr.M.THIRUNAVUKKARASU Assistant professor

Unit-I
Answer all questions

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1. List out the applications of operations research.

2. What is the role of O.R in Engineering?
3. What is analytic procedure?
4. What is Iterative procedure?
5. What is monte-carlo technique?
6. What are the limitations for operation research?
7. What is linear programming?
8. What are the characteristics of linear programming problem?
9. List any four classifications of models in operation research
10.What is the analogue or schematic models?
11.What is Mathematical Model or Symbolic Model?
12.What is static model?
13.List any four principles of modeling?
14.List any four requirement of employing linear programming problem techniques.
15.What is the Procedure for forming a Linear Programming Problems Model?
16.Define O.R.
17.What is an assignment problem?
18.What is an unbalanced assignment problem?
19. What are the basic assumptions?
20.What are the advantages of linear programming?

BHARATHIYAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
OPERATION RESEARCH
TWO MARK QUESTIONS
YEAR: III-MECH A

SEMESTER: VI

FACULTY NAME: Mr.M.THIRUNAVUKKARASU Assistant professor

Unit-II
Answer all questions
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What is transportation model?

When does degeneracy happen in transportation problem?
What is an unbalanced transportation problem?
What is an assignment problem?
What is an unbalanced assignment problem?
What is a travelling salesman problem?
What is revised simplex method?
Define dynamic programming?
What is need of dynamic programming?
What is bellmans principle of optimality?
List of the characteristics of dynamic programming problems.
What are the Applications of Dynamic Programming?
Define Decision Tree.
What are the need for Decision Tree Diagram?
List out the Advantages of Decision Trees.
List out the Limitations of Decision Trees.
Define Replacement model.
18. . Define money value
19. Define Present worth factor
20. Define Discount rate.

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BHARATHIYAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
OPERATION RESEARCH
TWO MARK QUESTIONS
YEAR: III-MECH A

SEMESTER: VI

FACULTY NAME: Mr.M.THIRUNAVUKKARASU Assistant professor

Unit-III
Answer all questions
1. Define inventory?
2. What are the types of inventory?
3. Define fluctuation inventories.
4. Define anticipated inventories.
5. Define Let-size inventories.
6. List out the reasons for maintaining inventory?
7. What is the cost involved in inventory problems?
8. Define shortage cost (C2).
9. Define set-up costs (C3).
10.What are the variables in inventory problems?
11.What do mean by lead time?
12.What do mean by reorder level?
13.Define Economic order quality (E.O.Q)?
14.Deterministic Inventory models.
15.Define selective control techniques?
16.What is mean by FNSD Analysis based on usage rate of items?
17.What are the limitations of ABC Analysis?
18.State game theory.
19.What are the properties for game theory?
20.Define Uncertainty situation.

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BHARATHIYAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
OPERATION RESEARCH
TWO MARK QUESTIONS
YEAR: III-MECH A

SEMESTER: VI

FACULTY NAME: Mr.M.THIRUNAVUKKARASU Assistant professor

Unit-IV
Answer all questions
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What is network?
Define event float in CPM.
What is meant by network construction?
What is meant by critical path?
Define planning?
6. Define scheduling?
7. Define control?
8. List out the rules for network construction?
9. What are the general guidelines for network crashing?
10. Define resource allocation technique?
11. Define players?
12. Define strategy?
13. Define pure strategy?
14. Define mixed strategy?
15. Define maximin principle?
16. Define minimax principle?
17. What is saddle point?
18. What is mean by value of the game?
19. What is mean by two-person zero-sum game?
20. What is the crashing of project network?

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BHARATHIYAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
OPERATION RESEARCH
TWO MARK QUESTIONS
YEAR: III-MECH A

SEMESTER: VI

FACULTY NAME: Mr.M.THIRUNAVUKKARASU Assistant professor

Unit-V
Answer all questions
1. Define Queuing Models.

2. What are different types of Queuing system?

3. Define Bulk arrival.
4. Define Jockeying.
5. Define Balking.
6. Define Reneging.
7. what is the Terminologies of Queuing system.
8. Define Poisson Arrival Process?
9. Define dual simplex method?
10. What is the formulation of dual problems?
11. List out any two important result in duality?
12. Define proportionality?
13. Define divisibility?
14. Define Certainty or deterministic?
15. Define finiteness?
16. Define Optimality?
17. Define descriptive model?
18. Define Predictive model?
19. Define Prescriptive model?
20. Define Analytic model?

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