CHAPTER 2 LINEAR PROGRAMMING: BASIC CONCEPTS

2-36 A manager should know the following things about linear programming.
a. What it is.
b. When it should be used.
c. When it should not be used.
d. How to interpret the results of a study.
e. All of the above.

2-37 Which of the following is not a component of a linear programming model?
a. Constraints.
b. Decision variables.
c. Parameters.
d. An objective.
e. A spreadsheet.

2-38 In linear programming, solutions that satisfy all of the constraints simultaneously are referred to as:
a. optimal.
b. feasible.
c. nonnegative.
d. targeted.
e. All of the above.

2-39 When formulating a linear programming problem on a spreadsheet, which of the following is true?
a. Parameters are called data cells.
b. Decision variables are called changing cells.
c. Nonnegativity constraints must be included.
d. The objective function is called the objective cell.
e. All of the above.

Questions 2-40 through 2-43 refer to the following spreadsheet.

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2-40 Where are the data cells located?
a. B2:C2.
b. B2:C2, B5:C7, and F5:F7.
c. B10:C10.
d. F10.
e. None of the above.

2-41 Where are the changing cells located?
a. B2:C2.
b. B2:C2, B5:C7, and F5:F7.
c. B10:C10.
d. F10.
e. None of the above.

2-42 Where is the objective cell located?
a. B2:C2.
b. B2:C2, B5:C7, and F5:F7.
c. B10:C10.
d. F10.
e. None of the above.

2-43 Where are the output cells located?
a. B2:C2.
b. B2:C2, B5:C7, and F5:F7.
c. B10:C10.
d. F10.
e. None of the above.

2-44 Which of the following could not be a constraint for a linear programming problem?
a. 1A + 2B ? 3.
b. 1A + 2B ? 3.
c. 1A + 2B = 3.
d. 1A + 2B.
e. 1A + 2B + 3C ? 3.