THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING, Mysore

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(Estd:1946) Autonomous Examination Center

Model Question Paper

Note: Answer any TWO full questions from Part A & Part B.
Part C is compulsory.
PART A
1. a. Explain the different steps involved in a simulation study and also define simulation
model ,entites,measures-of-performance and activities. 7 Marks
b. Describe a queuing system with respect to arrival and service mechanisms, system
capacity, queue discipline, flow diagrams of arrival and service events. 5 Marks
c. A small shop has one check out counter. Customers arrive at this counter at random
from 1 to 10 minutes apart. Each possible value of inter arrival time has the same
probability of occurrence equal to 0.10. The service times vary from 1 to 6 minutes
with probability shown below.
Service time 1 2 3 4 5 6
Probability 0.05 0.10 0.20 0.30 0.25 0.10
Develop simulation table for 15 customers. Find i) average waiting time ii) average
service time iii) average time customer spend in the system. Take random digits for
arrival as 91,72,15,94,30,92,75,23,30 and for service times are
84,10,74,53,17,79,91,67,89,38 sequentially. 8 Marks
2. a. Consider a single-server queuing system with arrival and service details as:
Interarrival times 3,2,6,2,4,5
Service times 2,5,5,8,4,5
Prepare a simulation table with clock, system state, Checkout Line, FEL and cumulative
statistics for the given data. Stop simulation when the clock reaches 20. 10 Marks
b. Give the detailed flow chart for the simulation of a single-server queuing system and
give overall structure of an event-scheduling simulation program. 6 Marks
c. Explain the relative merits of manual versus computerized simulations. 4 Marks
3. Describe a procedure to physically generate random numbers on the interval [0, 1] with
2-digit accuracy. 5 Marks
b. The sequence of numbers 0.54, 0.73, 0.98, 0.11, and 0.68 has been generated. Use the

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 Kolmogorov-smirnov test with ά =0.05 to learn whether the hypothesis that the numbers
are uniformly distributed on the interval [0, 1] can be rejected . 9 Marks
c. Develop the triangular random-variate generator with range (0, 12) and mode 5. 6 Marks
PART B
4. a. Explain with example parameter estimation with preliminary statistics, sample mean
and sample variance. 7 Marks
b. The duration of calls in minutes over a telephone line is
2.058 6.407 0.565 0.641 5.989 0.435 0.278 3.447 11.461 1.658 2.913 2.689 4.747 2.587
Develop an input model for the call duration data. 6 Marks
c. Explain kolmogorov-smirnov goodness-of-fit test. 7 Marks

5. a. Compare validation in simulation to the validation of theories in the physical sciences. 8 Marks
b. A simulation model of a job shop was developed to investigate different scheduling rules.
System data for the job shop revealed that the average time spent by a job in the shop was
nearly 4 working days. The model made the following predictions, on seven independent
replications, for average time spent in the shop: 3.70 4.21 4.35 4.13 3.83 4.32 4.05
i) Is model output consistent with system behavior? Conduct a statistical test, using the
level of significance ά =0.01. ii) If it is important to detect a difference of 0.5 day, what
sample size is needed to have a power of 0.90? Interpret your results in terms of model
validity or invalidity. (use ά =0.01) 12 Marks
6. a. Discuss modeling downtimes and failures of the issues in manufacturing and
material-handling simulations with examples. 8 Marks
b. Explain presimulation analysis by giving suitable examples. 8 Marks
c. Mention the characteristics of model of manufacturing systems 4 Marks

PART C
State whether the following are True or False 1 X 10 = 10 Marks
7. a. The modern system is so complex that its internal interactions can be treated only through simulation
b. Simulation can be used as a pedagogical device to reinforce analytic solution methodologies
c. Areas of application for simulation are military, transportation modes and traffic, health care
construction engineering, semiconductor manufacturing
d. An instantaneous occurrence that changes the state of a system is event
8. a. Random-variate generators are methods to generate samples from desired probability distributions
b. The key elements of a queuing system are the customers and servers
c. In generation of pseudo-random numbers, the generated numbers might not be uniformly distributed

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 d. Frequency test uses the kolmogorov-smirov or the chi-square test to compare the distribution of the set
of numbers generated to a uniform distribution
9. a. The inverse-transform technique can be used to sample from the exponential, the uniform, the
Weibull, the triangular distributions and from empirical distributions
b. A frequency distribution or histogram is useful in identifying the shape of a distribution
Write the correct answer for the following questions from the options given 1 X 10 = 10 Marks
10. a. The first step in model building consists of observing the ……..system and the interactions among
their various components and of collection data on their behavior
i. Real ii. Virtual iii. Proper iv. Imaginary
b. …….. assumptions should be based on the collection of reliable data and correct statistical analysis to
the data
i. Data ii. Information iii. Model iv. Simulation
c. ……… analysis is the examination of data generated by a simulation
i. Output ii. Input iii. data iv. Real
d. The most confusing aspect of ………output analysis is distinguishing within–replication data
from across-replication data ,and understanding the properties and uses of each
i. Simulation ii. Information iii. Data iv. Model
11. a. Work-in-progress (WIP) represents a vast investment, and reductions in WIP and associated delays
can result in large …………
i. Cost savings ii. Material iii. Models iv. Savings
b. The part in the machine may complete processing before the repair begins, time to repair can be
modeled as a pure ………… or no resources required
i. Time delay ii. Delay event iii. Time event iv. Simulation
c. The accurate treatment of ………. is essential for achieving valid models of manufacturing systems
i. Downtimes ii. Uptimes iii. Times iv. Intervals
d. At a high level of abstraction one might view computational activity in terms of tasks circulation
among servers, queuing for service when a ……….. is busy
i. Server ii. Client iii. Machine iv. Component
12. a. Models that interact with the ………. interface cannot tell how the semantics of the interface are
implemented
i. ALU ii. CPU iii. Hardware iv. Computer
b. …..........is a fundamental concept in programming ,and a discussion of its capabilities and
implementation serves to highlight important issues in simulation modeling
i. Threading ii. Multiplying ii. Processing iv. Maintaining
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