Quantitative Analysis for Management, 13/e

Self-Test

• Before taking the self-test, refer to the learning objectives at the beginning of the chapter, the notes in the margins, and the glossary at the end of the chapter.

• Use the key at the back of the book to correct your answers.

• Restudy pages that correspond to any questions that you answered incorrectly or material you feel uncertain about.

1. If a transportation problem has 4 sources and 5 destinations, the linear program for this will have

   1. 4 variables and 5 constraints.

   2. 5 variables and 4 constraints.

   3. 9 variables and 20 constraints.

   4. 20 variables and 9 constraints.

2. An assignment problem may be viewed as a transportation problem with

   1. a cost of $1 for all shipping routes.

   2. all supplies and demands equal to 1.

   3. only demand constraints. ...