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Mid term exams

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Published: January 12, 2022
Updated: January 12, 2022
Language: English
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He has a limited amount of the 3 ingredients used to produce these chips available for his next production run: 4800 ounces of salt, 9600 ounces of flour, and 2000 ounces of herbs. A bag of Lime chips requires 2 ounces of salt, 6 ounces of flour, and 1 ounce of herbs to produce; while a bag of Vinegar chips requires 3 ounces of salt, 8 ounces of flour, and 2 ounces of herbs. Profits for a bag of Lime chips are $0. 40, and for a bag of Vinegar chips $0. 50. Which of the following is not a feasible production combination? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:| 0L and 1000V| Correct Answer:| 0L and 1200V| | | | | Question 4 out of 2 points | | | A constraint for a linear programming problem can never have a zero as its right-hand-side value. Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:| True| Correct Answer:| False| | | | | Question 5 0 out of 2 points | | | The production manager for the Softy soft drink company is considering the production of 2 kinds of soft drinks: regular and diet. Two of her resources are constraint production time (8 hours = 480 minutes per day) and syrup (1 of her ingredient) limited to 675 gallons per day. To produce a regular case requires 2 minutes and 5 gallons of syrup, while a diet case needs 4 minutes and 3 gallons of syrup.

Profits for regular soft drink are $3. 00 per case and profits for diet soft drink are $2. 00 per case. What is the optimal daily profit? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:| $270| Correct Answer:| $420| | | | | Question 6 0 out of 2 points | | | In a media selection problem, the estimated number of customers reached by a given media would generally be specified in the _________________. Even if these media exposure estimates are correct, using media exposure as a surrogate does not lead to maximization of ______________. Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:| problem constraints, sales| Correct Answer:| objective function, profits| | | | |

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Question 7 2 out of 2 points | | | In an unbalanced transportation model, supply does not equal demand and supply constraints have signs. Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:| True| Correct Answer:| True| | | | | Question 8 0 out of 2 points | | | A croissant shop produces 2 products: bear claws (B) and almond filled croissants (C). Each bear claw requires 6 ounces of flour, 1 ounce of yeast, and 2 TS of almond paste. An almond filled croissant requires 3 ounces of flour, 1 ounce of yeast, and 4 TS of almond paste. The company has 6600 ounces of flour, 1400 ounces of yeast, and 4800 TS of almond paste available for today’s production run.

Bear claw profits are 20 cents each, and almond filled croissant profits are 30 cents each. What is the optimal daily profit? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:| $400| Correct Answer:| $380| | | | | Question 9 2 out of 2 points | | | In a media selection problem, instead of having an objective of maximizing profit or minimizing cost, generally the objective is to maximize the audience exposure. Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:| True| Correct Answer:| True| | | | | Question 10 2 out of 2 points | | | In a balanced transportation model, supply equals demand such that all constraints can be treated as equalities.

Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:| True| Correct Answer:| True| | | | | Question 11 0 out of 2 points | | | Profit is maximized in the objective function byAnswer| | | | | Selected Answer:| subtracting revenue from cost| Correct Answer:| subtracting cost from revenue| | | | | Question 12 0 out of 2 points | | | In a multi-period scheduling problem the production constraint usually takes the form of : Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:| beginning inventory + demand + production = ending inventory| Correct Answer:| beginning inventory – demand + production = ending inventory| | | | Question 13 2 out of 2 points | | | When formulating a linear programming model on a spreadsheet, the measure of performance is located in the target cell. Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:| True| Correct Answer:| True| | | | | Question 14 0 out of 2 points | | | Media selection is an important decision that advertisers have to make. In most media selection decisions, the objective of the decision maker is to minimize cost. Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:| False| Correct Answer:| True| | | | | Question 15 2 out of 2 points | | | The production manager for Liquor etc. roduces 2 kinds of beer: light and dark. Two of his resources are constrained: malt, of which he can get at most 4800 oz per week; and wheat, of which he can get at most 3200 oz per week. Each bottle of light beer requires 12 oz of malt and 4 oz of wheat, while a bottle of dark beer uses 8 oz of malt and 8 oz of wheat. Profits for light beer are $2 per bottle, and profits for dark beer are $1 per bottle. What is the objective function? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:| Z = $2L + $1D| Correct Answer:| Z = $2L + $1D| | | | | Question 16 2 out of 2 points | | The dietician for the local hospital is trying to control the calorie intake of the heart surgery patients. Tonight’s dinner menu could consist of the following food items: chicken, lasagna, pudding, salad, mashed potatoes and jello. The calories per serving for each of these items are as follows: chicken (600), lasagna (700), pudding (300), salad (200), mashed potatoes with gravy (400) and jello (200). If the maximum calorie intake has to be limited to 1200 calories. What is the dinner menu that would result in the highest calorie in take without going over the total calorie limit of 1200.