QTM: Transportation (059037)

What is the primary objective of transportation problems in Quantitative Techniques?

• To minimize transportation costs
• To maximize transportation distances
• To minimize the number of transportation routes
• To maximize transportation efficiency

Which method is commonly used to solve transportation problems?

• Simplex method
• Hungarian method
• Brute-force method
• Monte Carlo method

In a transportation problem, what does each row represent in the cost matrix?

• Origins
• Destinations
• Costs associated with origins
• Costs associated with destinations

What is the role of constraints in transportation problems?

• To limit the number of transportation routes
• To limit the total transportation cost
• To limit the number of origins and destinations
• To limit the availability of transportation vehicles

Which of the following is NOT a variation of transportation problems?

• Transshipment problem
• Assignment problem
• Balanced transportation problem
• Unbalanced transportation problem

What does the term "balanced transportation problem" refer to?

• When the total supply equals the total demand
• When the total supply exceeds the total demand
• When the total supply is less than the total demand
• When the total supply is greater than the total demand

Which step follows the initialization step in solving transportation problems using the transportation method?

• Finding the minimum-cost cell
• Checking for optimality
• Allocating supplies to demands
• Calculating total transportation cost

What is the purpose of the northwest corner method in solving transportation problems?

• To find the initial feasible solution
• To find the optimal solution
• To calculate transportation costs
• To check for optimality

What does the concept of "unbalanced transportation problem" indicate?

• When the total supply exceeds the total demand
• When the total supply is less than the total demand
• When the total demand exceeds the total supply
• When the total demand is less than the total supply

What is the significance of degeneracy in transportation problems?

• It indicates a lack of feasible solutions
• It indicates an excess of feasible solutions
• It indicates an unbalanced problem
• It indicates an infinite number of optimal solutions