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MBA & MBA (Finance) II Semester Regular Examinations June/July 2018
OPERATIONS RESEARCH
(For students admitted in 2017 only)
Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 60
SECTION ? A
(Answer the following: (05 X 10 = 50 Marks)
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1 Explain the procedure to solve LPP in detail.
OR
2 Solve the following LPP:
Max z = 3x
1
+5x
2
Subject to constraints: 3x
1
+2x
2
? 12
x
1
+x
2
? 5
x
1
,x
2
? 0
3 Solve the following transportation problem:
Origin
Destination
Availability
A B C D
O
1
6 4 1 5 14
O
2
8 9 2 7 16
O
3
4 3 6 2 5
Requirement 6 10 15 4 35
OR
4 A company has five jobs to be done. The following matrix shows the profit in rupees on assigning the
machines A, B, C, D and E to the jobs P, Q, R, S and T. Assign the jobs to the machines so as to
maximize the expected profit.
Machines
Jobs
P Q R S T
A 5 11 10 12 4
B 2 4 6 3 5
C 3 12 5 14 6
D 6 14 4 11 7
E 7 9 8 12 5
5 Describe Jonson?s procedure for determination an optimal sequence for processing n items on two
machines. Give justification of the rule used in the procedure.
OR
6 There are six jobs each of which must go through the machines A and B in the order AB.
P Q R S T U
A 8 4 1 9 11 14
B 1 5 2 7 10 6
Determine the sequence for the jobs that will minimize the total elapsed time and idle time for each
machine.
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MBA & MBA (Finance) II Semester Regular Examinations June/July 2018
OPERATIONS RESEARCH
(For students admitted in 2017 only)
Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 60
SECTION ? A
(Answer the following: (05 X 10 = 50 Marks)
*****
1 Explain the procedure to solve LPP in detail.
OR
2 Solve the following LPP:
Max z = 3x
1
+5x
2
Subject to constraints: 3x
1
+2x
2
? 12
x
1
+x
2
? 5
x
1
,x
2
? 0
3 Solve the following transportation problem:
Origin
Destination
Availability
A B C D
O
1
6 4 1 5 14
O
2
8 9 2 7 16
O
3
4 3 6 2 5
Requirement 6 10 15 4 35
OR
4 A company has five jobs to be done. The following matrix shows the profit in rupees on assigning the
machines A, B, C, D and E to the jobs P, Q, R, S and T. Assign the jobs to the machines so as to
maximize the expected profit.
Machines
Jobs
P Q R S T
A 5 11 10 12 4
B 2 4 6 3 5
C 3 12 5 14 6
D 6 14 4 11 7
E 7 9 8 12 5
5 Describe Jonson?s procedure for determination an optimal sequence for processing n items on two
machines. Give justification of the rule used in the procedure.
OR
6 There are six jobs each of which must go through the machines A and B in the order AB.
P Q R S T U
A 8 4 1 9 11 14
B 1 5 2 7 10 6
Determine the sequence for the jobs that will minimize the total elapsed time and idle time for each
machine.
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7 Two firms A and B are competing for an increased market share. To improve the market share, both
the firms decide to employ the following promotional strategies.
B
1
B
2
B
3
A
1
5 20 -10
A
2
10 6 2
A
3
20 15 18
Determine the optimal strategies for each firm and also the value of the game.
OR
8 A soft drink company calculated the market share of two products against its major competitor having
three products and found out the impact of additional advertisement in any one of the product against
the other. The pay-off matrix is given as follows:
Company / Competitor 1 2 3
1 6 7 15
2 20 12 10
Find value of the game and also strategies.
9 Distinguish between CPM and PERT. Explain various applications of CPM and PERT.
OR
10 Draw the network and determine the critical path for the following data.
Activity 1-2 1-3 2-3 2-4 3-4 3-5 4-5 4-6 5-6
Time (days) 12 11 5 21 18 8 14 23 17
SECTION ? B
(Compulsory question, 01 X 10 = 10 Marks)
11 Case Study:
The Regal China Company produces two products daily i.e. plates and mugs. The company has
limited amounts of two resources clay and labor used in the production. Given these limited
resources, the company desires to know how many plates and mugs are to be produced each day, in
order to maximize profit. The two products have the following resource requirements for production
and profit per item produced.
Product Labour (hours per unit) Clay (kgs per unit) Profit (Rs. per unit)
Plate 1 4 4
Mug 2 3 5
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