Management Science Quiz Chapter 9

Introduction to Management Science, 10e (Taylor)
Chapter 9 Multicriteria Decision Making

1) The different objectives in a goal programming problem are referred to as goals.
Answer: TRUE
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Key words: goal programming

2) All goal constraints are inequalities that include deviational variables.
Answer: FALSE
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3) A negative deviational variable is the amount by which a goal level is exceeded.
Answer: FALSE
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Key words: goal constraints, deviational variable

4) At least one or both deviational variables in a goal constraint must equal 0.
Answer: TRUE
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Key words: deviational variable, goal constraints

5) The objective function in a goal programming model seeks to minimize the deviation from goals in the order of the goal priorities.
Answer: TRUE
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Key words: goal prog problem formulation, objective function for goal prog

6) In goal programming, terms are summed in the objective function in order to make consistent decisions.
Answer: FALSE
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Key words: goal prog problem formulation, objective function for goal prog

7) Goal constraints can include all deviational variables.
Answer: TRUE
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Key words: deviational variable, goal constraints

8) In goal programming, problems cannot have two or more goals at the same priority level.
Answer: FALSE
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Key words: goal prog problem formulation, objective function for goal prog
9) Goal programming provides a method for simultaneously striving to achieve several objectives.
Answer: TRUE
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Key words: goal prog