QUESTION 1

Roy Ceramics sells ceramic pots at Pasar Tani every week all over the state of Selangor. Each
pot costs RM 20 to manufacture, and he sells each pot for RM 50. The cost to rent a sale lot is
RM 150.

(i) Using the information given above, fill in the details in the Problem Data section, in
the spreadsheet below.

(ii) Refer to the spreadsheet above, what is the Excel formula for the Excel cell
i. D10
ii. D11
iii. D12
(iii)What should be the value in the Goal Seek box above, in order to find the No of
Units, where Profit is equal to 1000, for
i. Set cell:
ii. To value:
iii. By changing cell:
QUESTION 2

Kamelia has developed the following forecasting model

Y = 13 + 37.6X
Where
Y = demand for Hello juice bottles
X = number of times Running Man is shown weekly on TV
How many Hello juice bottles are sold when the frequency of Running Man tv show
shown weekly is
(a) 5
(b) 6
(c) 7

QUESTION 3

The program manager for the IT Skills College must plan the courses the college is offering
for next quarter. Corporate demands make it necessary to offer at least 30 basic and 20
advanced courses next quarter. The number of trainers available make it necessary to offer at
least 60 courses in total. Each basic course costs RM 2500 and each advanced courses RM
3000.
Formulate the problem as the linear programming model. (4 marks)

QUESTION 4
Given the table below, using MAD and MSE, which forecast method gives the least errors?
QUESTION 5

KJ Corp wants to build a factory manufacturing electronic components in Penang. After

doing market analysis of profit/loss, their analysis is listed below.
MARKET DEMAND (thousands)
LOW MEDIUM HIGH
CHOICES SMALL 500 500 500
MEDIUM 200 700 800
LARGE - 200 400 1000
PROBABILITY 0.15 0.40 0.45

(a) What is the size of the factory that would maximize the expected payoff?
(b) What is the EMV number?
(c) Construct an EOL table. What is the EOL value?

QUESTION 6

ASSIGNMENT

HP SERVICE wants to assign their service personnel to company projects with the main
objective to maximize the profit.
Given the profit table below (in RM 100s), what is the optimal assignment to maximize
profit?
PROJECT
1 2 3
PERSONNEL ADAM 11 14 6
BOBBY 8 10 11
CHOONG 9 12 7
DELILA 10 13 8
QUESTION 7

TRANSPORTATION
Johnson wants to transport building materials from his factories to his customers’ warehouse
locations with the lowest cost possible
Given the transportation table below (transport cost per unit)
CUSTOMER 1 CUSTOMER 2 CUSTOMER
3
FACTORY A X 10 100 4 X 11 100
FACTORY B 200 12 100 5 X 8 300
FACTORY C 100 9 X 7 200 6 300
300 200 200

What is the initial solution using

(a) Northwest Method
(b) Least Cost Method

QUESTION 8

Johnson wants to transport building materials from his factories to his customers’ warehouse
locations to maximize the profit that can be obtained.
Given the transportation table below (profit per unit)
CUSTOMER 1 CUSTOMER 2 CUSTOMER 3
FACTORY A x 5 100 8 x 6 100
FACTORY B 100 10 x 9 200 11 300
FACTORY C 200 7 100 6 x 8 300
300 200 200

What is the initial solution using

(a) Northwest Method
(b) Max Profit Method
QUESTION 9

A project needs three activities A, B and C that must be performed sequentially in order to
complete each cycle of the project.
The activity time (days) probability table for each activity is given below
ACTIVITY A
TIME PROBABILITY
3 0.20
5 0.55
7 0.25

ACTIVITY B
TIME PROBABILITY
3 0.25
5 0.35
7 0.25
9 0.15

ACTIVITY C
TIME PROBABILITY
3 0.75
5 0.25

The random numbers for each activity is given below

ACTIVITY A 5 33 74 51 69
ACTIVITY B 11 42 49 54 38
ACTIVITY C 90 50 97 31 81

Given the template below, simulate FIVE cycles of the project.

CYCLE ACTIVITY A ACTIVITY B ACTIVITY C TOTAL

(a) Which cycle takes the longest time to complete?

(b) Which cycle takes the shortest time to complete?