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    This document contains instructions for a supplementary examination for a Business Statistics and Operations Research course. It includes three sections with multiple choice and long answer questions. Section A contains 10 short answer questions worth 2 marks each. Section B contains 5 long answer questions worth 8 marks each. Section C contains 2 long answer questions worth 20 marks each, asking students to construct network diagrams, calculate project durations, and determine rank correlations between judges.

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    This document contains instructions for a supplementary examination for a Business Statistics and Operations Research course. It includes three sections with multiple choice and long answer questions. Section A contains 10 short answer questions worth 2 marks each. Section B contains 5 long answer questions worth 8 marks each. Section C contains 2 long answer questions worth 20 marks each, asking students to construct network diagrams, calculate project durations, and determine rank correlations between judges.

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    GURU NANAK COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 42.

    SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATION – APRIL 2018


    BUSINESS STATISTICS AND OPERATIONS RESEARCH -I
    16UMATA18 / 18A454
    MAX. MARKS: 100
    TIME: 3 HRS.
    SECTION - A (10 X 2 = 20 MARKS)
    (Answer Any TEN Questions)

    1. Write a note on misuses of statistics.


    2. What do you mean positive correlation?
    3. Calculate arithmetic mean of the weight of ten students in a class
    Weight (in kg): 42,56,49,50,49,53,52,48,47,54.
    4. What do mean constraints?
    5. Define CPM.
    6. What do you mean a dummy activity?
    7. Find upper quartile for the data given: 24, 65, 35, 25, 48, 74.
    8. Find the S.d of first ten natural numbers.
    9. Write any two properties of regression.
    10. Define Mode.
    11. What do you mean feasible solution?
    12. Write any two applications of operations research in business.
    SECTION - B (5 X 8 = 40 MARKS)
    (Answer Any FIVE Questions)

    13. The following table gives the activities of a construction project and duration
    (in days)
    Activity 1-2 1-3 2-3 2-4 3-4 4-5
    Duration 20 25 10 12 6 10
    Draw the network diagram and find the critical path.
    14. Write down limitations of linear programming.
    15. Calculate mean deviation from the mean for the following data:

    X 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
    F 21 30 28 40 26 34 40 9 15 57

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    16. A Project has the following characteristic
    Activity Duration Preceding
    activities
    A 3 --
    B 8 --
    C 4 A,B
    D 2 B
    E 1 A
    F 7 C
    G 5 E,F
    H 6 D,E
    I 8 G,H
    J 9 I
    Construct the network diagram; find the critical path and the project duration.
    17. Explain the limitation of Statistics.
    18. The weekly salaries of a group of employees are given in the following table.
    Find the mean and standard deviation of the salaries.
    Salary (in 75 80 85 90 95 100
    Rs.)
    No. of 3 7 18 12 6 4
    persons
    19. Calculate the correlation Coefficient between the age of husband and the age of
    wife from the following data.
    Age of husband 35 34 40 43 56 20 38
    Age of wife 32 30 31 32 53 20 33
    20. Explain the Characteristics of a good Table.
    SECTION - C (2 X 20 = 40 MARKS)
    (Answer Any TWO Questions)
    21. A project has the following time schedule
    Activity Time in Activity Time in months
    months
    1-2 2 3-7 5
    1-3 2 4-6 3
    1-4 1 5-8 1
    2-5 4 6-9 5
    3-6 8 7-8 4
    8-9 3
    (i) Construct the network
    (ii) Find the total float for each activity
    (iii) Find the Critical Path and the project duration.

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    22. Ten competitors in a beauty contest are ranked by three judges in the following
    order.

    First Judge 1 4 6 3 2 9 7 8 10 5
    Second Judge 2 6 5 4 7 10 9 3 8 1
    Third Judge 3 7 4 5 10 8 9 2 6 1

    Use the method of rank correlation coefficient to determine which pair of


    judges have the nearest approach to common taste in beauty?

    23. Find the Mean, Median and Mode for the following data and verify the empirical
    relation.

    Class Frequency
    1-10 3
    11-20 7
    21-30 13
    31-40 17
    41-50 12
    51-60 10
    61-70 8
    71-80 8
    81-90 6
    91-100 6

    24. Find the skewness for the following data:


    X 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50
    F 12 18 20 25 23

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