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1

The transportation model of linear programming assumes homogeneous commodities, deterministic supply, deterministic demand, that every source is capable of shipping to every destination, and that there is a known per-unit shipping cost from every source to every destination
A)True
B)False
2

The total transportation cost of a set of shipments for the transportation model is the sum of the products of the per-unit shipping costs multiplied by the shipment amounts.
A)True
B)False
3

A transportation model has 6 rows and 5 columns. What is the required number of occupied cells?
A)9
B)10
C)11
D)12
E)30
4

In a transportation model, an alternate optimal solution exists if:
A)The values of all of the unoccupied cells are positive.
B)The values of some cells are positive and the rest are negative.
C)The value of at least one unoccupied cell is zero.
D)The values of all of the unoccupied cells are negative.
E)An alternative optimal solution never exists.
5

In transportation model analysis the "intuitive method" is used to obtain:
A)an initial feasible solution
B)an initial optimal solution
C)an improvement to the initial solution
D)an improvement to the previous solution
E)none of the above
6

What is the interpretation of a quantity assigned to a dummy warehouse?
A)It should not be produced or should be held at the factory for future delivery to an existing warehouse.
B)It should be shipped at a cost of $0 per unit.
C)It should be transferred to another warehouse.
D)It should be returned to the factory that shipped it.
E)none of the above





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