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This document contains a quiz on concepts related to linear programming modeling. It asks multiple choice questions about key elements of linear programming problems, including: 1) Actions that would expand the feasible region of an LP model. 2) The definition of an optimal solution. 3) Common elements that define an optimization problem. 4) What level curves relate to in an LP model solved using the graphical method. 5) The effect of adding additional constraints to an LP model's feasible solution space.

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Week 4: Linear Programming Modeling Quiz: Your Email Will Be Recorded When You Submit This Form

This document contains a quiz on concepts related to linear programming modeling. It asks multiple choice questions about key elements of linear programming problems, including: 1) Actions that would expand the feasible region of an LP model. 2) The definition of an optimal solution. 3) Common elements that define an optimization problem. 4) What level curves relate to in an LP model solved using the graphical method. 5) The effect of adding additional constraints to an LP model's feasible solution space.

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Week 4 : Linear Programming Modeling

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Which of the following actions would expand the feasible region of an LP model? *
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Loosening the constraints.


Tightening the constraints.
Multiplying each constraint by 2.
Adding an additional constraint.

A set of values for the decision variables that satisfy all the constraints and yields the
best objective function value is *
1 point

a feasible solution.
an optimal solution.
a corner point solution.
both (a) and (c).

A manager has only 200 tons of plastic for his company. This is an example of a(n) *
1 point

decision.
constraint.
objective.
parameter.

Student ID *

Your answer

A mathematical programming application employed by a shipping company is most


likely *
1 point

a product mix problem.


a manufacturing problem.
a routing and logistics problem.
a financial planning problem.

Why do we study the graphical method of solving LP problems? *


1 point

Lines are easy to draw on paper.


To develop an understanding of the linear programming strategy.
It is faster than computerized methods.
It provides better solutions than computerized methods.

The constraints of an LP model define the *


1 point

feasible region
practical region
maximal region
opportunity region

A redundant constraint is one which *


1 point

plays no role in determining the feasible region of the problem.


is parallel to the level curve.
is added after the problem is already formulated.
can only increase the objective function value.

What are the three common elements of an optimization problem? *


1 point

objectives, resources, goals.


decisions, constraints, an objective.
decision variables, profit levels, costs.
decisions, resource requirements, a profit function.

Name *

Your answer

A linear formulation means that: *


1 point

the objective function and all constraints must be linear


only the objective function must be linear
at least one constraint must be linear
no more than 50% of the constraints must be linear

When do alternate optimal solutions occur in LP models? *


1 point

When a binding constraint is parallel to a level curve.


When a non-binding constraint is perpendicular to a level curve.
When a constraint is parallel to another constraint.
Alternate optimal solutions indicate an infeasible condition.

Level curves are used when solving LP models using the graphical method. To what
part of the model do level curves relate? *
1 point

constraints
boundaries
right hand sides
objective function

When the objective function can increase without ever contacting a constraint the LP
model is said to be *
1 point

infeasible.
open ended.
multi-optimal.
unbounded.

If constraints are added to an LP model the feasible solution space will generally *
1 point

decrease.
increase.
remain the same.
become more feasible.

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