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Question 11 Mark
The purpose of a dummy row or column in an assignment problem is to obtain a balance between a total number of activities and a total number of resources.
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Question 21 Mark
In an assignment problem, if a number of columns are greater than the number of rows, then a dummy column is added.
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false
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Question 31 Mark
Using the Hungarian method, the optimal solution to an assignment problem is fund when the minimum number of lines required to cover the zero cells in the reduced matrix equals the number of people.
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Question 41 Mark
The optimal assignment is made in the Hungarian method to cells in the reduced matrix that contain a Zero.
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true
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Question 51 Mark
In a sequencing problem, the processing times are dependent on the order of processing the jobs on machines.
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false
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Question 61 Mark
The Hungarian method operates on the principle of matrix reduction, whereby the cost table is reduced to a set of opportunity costs.
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true
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Question 71 Mark
To convert the assignment problem into a maximization problem, the smallest element in the matrix is deducted from all other elements.
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false
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Question 81 Mark
If there are two least processing times for machine A and machine B, priority is given for the processing time which has the lowest time of the adjacent machine.
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true
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Question 91 Mark
One of the assumptions made while sequencing n jobs on 2 machines is: two jobs must be loaded at a time on any machine.
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false
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