Top 250+ Solved Management Science MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Who defined Operations Research as “the art of giving bad answers to problems which otherwisehave worse answers”?
a. H M Wagner
b. H A Taha
c. T L Saaty
d. Arthur Clark
Q. .................... defined Operations Research as “the art of winning wars without actually fighting.”
a. H M Wagner
b. H A Taha
c. T L Saaty
d. Arthur Clark
Q. Operations Research is a very powerful tool for ........................
a. Operations
b. Research
c. Decision making
d. None of these
Q. Who defined Operations Research as scientific approach to problem solving for executivemanagement.
a. E L Arnoff
b. H M Wagner
c. Churchman
d. None of these
Q. The term “Operations Research” was coined in the year ...................
a. 1930
b. 1940
c. 1950
d. 1960
Q. The innovative science of Operations Research was discovered during ......................
a. Civil war
b. World war I
c. World war II
d. Industrial Revolution
Q. Operations Research has the characteristic that it is done by a team of .....................
a. Scientists
b. Mathematicians
c. Academicians
d. Politicians
Q. Operations Research emphasises on the overall approach to the system. This characteristic ofOperations Research is often referred to as .................................
a. System orientation
b. System approach
c. Inter-disciplinary
d. Team approach
Q. Operations Research cannot give perfect .................. to the problem.
a. Answers
b. Solutions
c. Both a and b
d. Decisions
Q. ............................ models involve the allocation of resources to activities in such a way that somemeasure of effectiveness is optimised.
a. Sequencing
b. Allocation
c. Queuing theory
d. Decision theory
Q. In .................. models, everything is defined and the results are certain.
a. Probabilistic
b. Deterministic
c. Both a and b
d. None of these
Q. ......................... models involve more risks and uncertainties.
a. Probabilistic
b. Deterministic
c. Both a and b
d. None of these
Q. .......................... models are obtained by enlarging or reducing the size of the items.
a. Iconic models
b. Analogue models
c. Symbolic models
d. None of these
Q. The word .................. may be defined as some actions that we apply to some problems orhypothesis.
a. Research
b. Operations
c. Both a and b
d. None of these
Q. ......................are representations of reality.
a. Phases
b. Models
c. Both a and b
d. None of these