Quantitative Analysis for Management, 13/e

Self-Test

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

• 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. A basic feasible solution is a solution to an LP problem that corresponds to a corner point of the feasible region.

   1. True

   2. False

2. In preparing $\text{≥}$ constraint for an initial simplex tableau, you would

   1. add a slack variable.

   2. add a surplus variable.

   3. subtract an artificial variable.

   4. subtract a surplus variable and add an artificial variable.

3. In the initial simplex tableau, the solution mix variables can ...