Question 1

______ refer to the occupied cells in the initial solution of the transportation matrix,which are used in arriving at an improved solution.

Accepted Answer

A) Stepping stones 
B) Reference cells 
C) Variable cells 
D) Improvement matrix methods

Question 2

-Refer to the Shipping Costs for The Allied Motors Company.Solve the transportation problem using Excel Solver.(Remember that in balanced transportation problems all constraints-except the non-negativity constraints of the decision variables-should be set as an equal-to (=)sign in the Excel Solver dialogue.)At the optimum solution,the number of units shipped from Lowell to Mobile is ______.

Accepted Answer

A) 527 
B) 278 
C) 243 
D) 433

Question 3

A fictitious demand destination created to arrive at a balanced transportation problem (i.e.,total demand = total supply)is called ______.

Accepted Answer

A) dummy supply destination 
B) dummy demand destination 
C) dummy supply source 
D) fictitious demand destination

Question 4

-Refer to the data given for production and shipping costs for Auto Parts,Inc.Solve the transportation problem using Excel Solver.(Remember that in balanced transportation problems all constraints-except the non-negativity constraints of the decision variables-should be set as an equal-to (=)sign in the Excel Solver dialogue.)At the optimum solution,the costs for production and shipping from Tokyo to Naples is ______.

Accepted Answer

A) $42,120 
B) $26,080 
C) $123,743 
D) $160,132

Question 5

-Refer to the Shipping Costs for The Allied Motors Company.Solve the transportation problem using Excel Solver.(Remember that in balanced transportation problems all constraints-except the non-negativity constraints of the decision variables-should be set as an equal-to (=)sign in the Excel Solver dialogue.)At the optimum solution,the number of units shipped from Knoxville to Mobile is ______.

Accepted Answer

A) 592 
B) 617 
C) 243 
D) 433

Question 6

-Refer to the data given for production and shipping costs for Auto Parts,Inc.Solve the transportation problem using Excel Solver.(Remember that in balanced transportation problems all constraints-except the non-negativity constraints of the decision variables-should be set as an equal-to (=)sign in the Excel Solver dialogue.)At the optimum solution,which of the following statements is true?

Accepted Answer

A) The number of units shipped from Kolkata to Naples is one fourth of the total quantity produced by Tokyo. 
B) The Naples market requires more than can be produced by Tokyo alone. 
C) The quantity shipped from Tokyo to Naples is equal to the quantity shipped from Bangkok to Naples. 
D) The cost of producing/shipping from Tokyo to Naples is more than the cost of producing/shipping from Kolkata to Naples.

Question 7

-Refer to the shipping costs for The Terra Cotta Company.Solve the transportation problem using Excel Solver.(Remember that in balanced transportation problems all constraints-except the non-negativity constraints of the decision variables-should be set as an equal-to (=)sign in the Excel Solver dialogue.)At the optimum solution,which of the following statements is true?

Accepted Answer

A) The shipping cost from all plants to Kalamazoo is $25,966. 
B) The shipping cost from all plants to Lakeland is $17,000. 
C) The shipping cost from all plants to Madison is $23,225. 
D) The shipping cost from all plants to Winston is $21,123.

Question 8

-Refer to the shipping costs for The Terra Cotta Company.Solve the transportation problem using Excel Solver.(Remember that in balanced transportation problems all constraints-except the non-negativity constraints of the decision variables-should be set as an equal-to (=)sign in the Excel Solver dialogue.)At the optimum solution,which of the following statements is true?

Accepted Answer

A) The shipping costs from Aberdeen to Kalamazoo are $10,920. 
B) The shipping costs from Cairo to Kalamazoo are $6,946. 
C) The shipping costs from Escondido to Winston are $10,606. 
D) The shipping costs from Danbury to Navarre are $10,908.

Question 9

-Refer to the data given for production and shipping costs for Auto Parts,Inc.Solve the transportation problem using Excel Solver.(Remember that in balanced transportation problems all constraints-except the non-negativity constraints of the decision variables-should be set as an equal-to (=)sign in the Excel Solver dialogue.)At the optimum solution,demand in which market can be met only by producing in all three production areas?

Accepted Answer

A) Naples 
B) Paris 
C) Amsterdam 
D) both Naples and Paris

Question 10

-Refer to the shipping costs for The Terra Cotta Company.Solve the transportation problem using Excel Solver.(Remember that in balanced transportation problems all constraints-except the non-negativity constraints of the decision variables-should be set as an equal-to (=)sign in the Excel Solver dialogue.)At the optimum solution,which of the following statements is true?

Accepted Answer

A) The shipping costs from Brighton to Navarre are $12,462. 
B) The shipping costs from Cairo to Navarre are $5,580. 
C) The shipping costs from Cairo to Sacramento are $18,414. 
D) The shipping costs from Fairview to Madison are $18,414.

Question 11

-Refer to the Shipping Costs for The Allied Motors Company.Solve the transportation problem using Excel Solver.(Remember that in balanced transportation problems all constraints-except the non-negativity constraints of the decision variables-should be set as an equal-to (=)sign in the Excel Solver dialogue.)At the optimum solution,the total cost of shipping from Chattanooga to all markets is ______.

Accepted Answer

A) $893 
B) $851 
C) $672 
D) $576

Question 12

-Refer to the data given for production and shipping costs for Auto Parts,Inc.Solve the transportation problem using Excel Solver.(Remember that in balanced transportation problems all constraints-except the non-negativity constraints of the decision variables-should be set as an equal-to (=)sign in the Excel Solver dialogue.)At the optimum solution,which of the production area is shipping to all three markets?

Accepted Answer

A) Bangkok 
B) Kolkata 
C) Tokyo 
D) none of these

Question 13

Once an initial solution is established in a transportation model problem,we will use the ______ method to progress from the initial feasible solution to an optimal solution.

Accepted Answer

A) matrix least cost 
B) matrix maximum profit 
C) northwest corner 
D) stepping stone

Question 14

-Refer to the data given for production and shipping costs for Auto Parts,Inc.Solve the transportation problem using Excel Solver.(Remember that in balanced transportation problems all constraints-except the non-negativity constraints of the decision variables-should be set as an equal-to (=)sign in the Excel Solver dialogue.)At the optimum solution,the number of units shipped from Tokyo to all three markets is ______.

Accepted Answer

A) 7,200 
B) 4,850 
C) 3,500 
D) 2,475

Question 15

-Refer to the shipping costs for The Terra Cotta Company.Solve the transportation problem using Excel Solver.(Remember that in balanced transportation problems all constraints-except the non-negativity constraints of the decision variables-should be set as an equal-to (=)sign in the Excel Solver dialogue.)At the optimum solution,which of the following statements is true?

Accepted Answer

A) The shipping costs from Aberdeen to Kalamazoo are $10,920. 
B) The shipping costs from Aberdeen to Kalamazoo are $1,695. 
C) The shipping costs from Escondido to Winston are $10,506. 
D) The shipping costs from Danbury to Navarre are $10,908.

Question 16

Which of the following is a special case of linear programming problems in which the objective is to minimize the total cost of transporting goods from the various supply origins to the different demand destinations?

Accepted Answer

A) transportation model 
B) Simplex LP 
C) iso-profit line method 
D) corner point solution method

Question 17

Which of the following is one of the conditions that a nondegenerate optimum solution obtained in the stepping stone method should satisfy?

Accepted Answer

A) The number of cells with positive allocations should be less than the number of rows plus the number of columns in the transportation matrix. 
B) The number of cells with positive allocations should be greater than the number of rows minus the number of columns in the transportation matrix. 
C) The number of cells with positive allocations should be equal to the number of rows plus the number of columns in the transportation matrix minus one. 
D) The number of cells with positive allocations should be equal to the number of rows plus the number of columns in the transportation matrix.

Question 18

-Refer to the data given in the table for Acme Widgets,Inc.Solve the transportation problem using Excel Solver.(Remember that in balanced transportation problems all constraints-except the non-negativity constraints of the decision variables-should be set as an equal to (=)sign in the Excel Solver dialogue.)At the optimum solution,the lowest non-zero transportation costs are from ______.

Accepted Answer

A) Montgomery to Visalia 
B) Riverside to Visalia 
C) Montgomery to Dayton 
D) Bryan to Huntsville

Question 19

To solve a transportation model,we should first set up the problem as a ______.

Accepted Answer

A) transportation objective 
B) transportation matrix 
C) transportation product mix 
D) northwest corner rule

Question 20

A fictitious supply source created to arrive at a balanced transportation problem (i.e.,total demand = total supply)is called ______.

Accepted Answer

A) dummy supply destination 
B) dummy demand destination 
C) dummy supply source 
D) fictitious supply source

Exam 25: The Transportation Models

______ refer to the occupied cells in the initial solution of the transportation matrix,which are used in arriving at an improved solution.

A fictitious demand destination created to arrive at a balanced transportation problem (i.e.,total demand = total supply) is called ______.

Once an initial solution is established in a transportation model problem,we will use the ______ method to progress from the initial feasible solution to an optimal solution.

Which of the following is a special case of linear programming problems in which the objective is to minimize the total cost of transporting goods from the various supply origins to the different demand destinations?

Which of the following is one of the conditions that a nondegenerate optimum solution obtained in the stepping stone method should satisfy?

To solve a transportation model,we should first set up the problem as a ______.

A fictitious supply source created to arrive at a balanced transportation problem (i.e.,total demand = total supply) is called ______.