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BusinessDecisionAnalysis
ReviewSections-Choice
Chapter01
Whichofthefollowingtermsisinterchangeablewithquantitativeanalysis?
A)managementscience
B)economics
C)financialanalysis
D)statistics
E)Noneoftheabove
Whoiscred让edwithpioneeringtheprinciplesofthescientificapproachtomanagement?
A)AdamSmith
B)HenriFayol
C)JohnR.Locke
D)FrederickW.Taylor
E)CharlesBabbage
A(n)isarepresentationofrealityorareal-lifesituation.
A)objective
B)model
C)analysis
D)algorithm
E)Noneoftheabove
Asetoflogicalandmathematicaloperationsperformedinaspecificsequenceiscalleda(n)
A)completeenumeration.
B)diagnosticanalysis・
C)algorithm・
D)objective・
E)Noneoftheabove
Theabilitytoexaminethevariabilityofasolutionduetochangesintheformulationofaproblemisanimportantpartoftheanalysisoftheresults.Thistypeofanalysisiscalledanalysis.
A)sensitivity
B)implicit
C)normal
D)scale
E)objective
Whichofthefollowingisnotoneofthestepsinthequantitativeanalysisapproach?
A)DefiningtheProblem
B)DevelopingaSolution
C)Observingahypothesis
D)TestingaSolution
E)ImplementingtheResults
Theconditionofimproperdatayieldingmisleadingresultsisreferredtoas
A)garbagein,garbageout.
B)break-evenpoint.
C)uncontrollablevariable・
D)postoptimality.
E)Noneoftheabove
Expressingprofitsthroughtherelationshipamongunitprice,fixedcosts,andvariablecostsisanexampleof
A)asensitivityanalysismodel.
B)aquantitativeanalysismodel・
C)apostoptimal让yrelationship・
D)aparameterspecificationmodel.
E)Noneoftheabove
Chapter02
Theclassicalmethodofdeterminingprobabilityis
A)subjectiveprobabil让y.
B)marginalprobability.
C)objectiveprobability.
D)jointprobability.
E)cond让ionalprobabil让y.
Subjectiveprobabilityassessmentsdependon
A)thetotalnumberoftrials.
B)therelativefrequencyofoccurrence・
C)thenumberofoccurrencesoftheevent.
D)experienceandjudgment.
E)Noneoftheabove
Iftwoeventsaremutuallyexclusive,then
A)theirprobabilitiescanbeadded・
B)theymayalsobecollectivelyexhaustive.
C)thejointprobabilityisequalto0.
D)ifoneoccurs,theothercannotoccur.
E)Alloftheabove
Aisanumericalstatementaboutthelikelihoodthataneventwilloccur.
A)mutuallyexclusiveconstruct
B)collectivelyexhaustiveconstruct
C)variance
D)probabil让y
E)standarddeviation
AconditionalprobabilityP(BIA)isequaltoitsmarginalprobabilityP(B)if
A)itisajointprobability.
B)statisticaldependenceexists.
C)statisticalindependenceexists・
D)theeventsarcmutuallyexclusive.
E)P(A)=P(B).
TheequationP(AIB)=P(AB)/P(B)is
A)themarginalprobability.
B)theformulaforacond让ionalprobabil让y.
C)theformulaforajointprobabil让y.
D)onlyrelevantwheneventsAandBarecollectivelyexhaustive.
E)Noneoftheabove
Bayes'theoremisusedtocalculate
A)revisedprobabilities.
B)jointprobabilities.
C)priorprobabilities.
D)subjectiveprobabil让ies・
E)marginalprobabilities.
IfP(A)=0.3,P(B)=0.2zP(AandB)=0.0,whatcanbesaidabouteventsAandB?
A)Theyareindependent
B)Theyaremutuallyexclusive.
C)Theyareposteriorprobabilities.
D)Noneoftheabove
E)Alloftheabove
"TheprobabilityofeventB,giventhateventAhasoccurred11isknownasa
probability.
A)continuous
B)marginal
C)simple
D)joint
E)conditional
WhendoesP(AIB)=P(A)?
A)whenAandBaremutuallyexclusive
B)whenAandBarestatisticallyindependent
C)whenAandBarestatisticallydependent
D)whenAandBarecollectivelyexhaustive
E)whenP(B)=0
Chapter03
Ananalyticandsystematicapproachtothestudyofdecisionmakingisreferredtoas
A)decisionmakingunderrisk.
B)decisionmakingunderuncertainty.
C)decisiontheory.
D)decisionanalysis・
E)decisionmakingundercertainty・
Expectedmonetaryvalue(EMV)is
A)theaverageorexpectedmonetaryoutcomeofadecisionif让canberepeatedalargenumberoftimes.
B)theaverageorexpectedvalueofthedecision,ifyouknowwhatwouldhappenaheadoftime.
C)theaverageorexpectedvalueofinformationif让werecompletelyaccurate・
D)theamountyouwouldlosebynotpickingthebestalternative.
E)adecisioncriterionthatplacesanequalweightonallstatesofnature・
Whichofthefollowingisnotconsideredacriteriafordecisionmakingunderuncertainty?
A)optimistic
B)pessimistic
C)equallylikely
D)randomselection
E)minimaxregret
Apessimisticdecisionmakingcriterionis
A)maximax・
B)equallylikely.
C)maximin.
D)decisionmakingundercertainty.
E)minimaxregret.
Whichofthefollowingistrueabouttheexpectedvalueofperfectinformation?
A)Itistheamountyouwouldpayforanysamplestudy.
B)ItiscalculatedasEMVminusEOL.
C)Itiscalculatedasexpectedvaluew让hperfectinformationminusmaximumEMV.
D)Itistheamountchargedformarketingresearch・
E)Noneoftheabove
Whichofthefollowingisnotacharacteristicofagooddecision?
A)basedonlogic
B)considersallavailabledata
C)considersallpossiblealternatives
D)employsappropriatequantitativetechniques
E)alwaysresultsinafavorableoutcome
Thefollowingisapayofftablegivingprofitsforvarioussituations.
StatesofNature
Alternatives
A
B
C
Alternative1
120
140
120
Alternative2
200
100
50
Alternative3
100
120
180
DoNothing
0
0
0
Whatdecisionwouldanoptimistmake?
A)Alternative1
B)Alternative2
C)Alternative3
D)DoNothing
E)StateofNatureA
Thefollowingisapayofftablegivingprofitsforvarioussituations.
StatesofNature
Alternatives
A
B
c
Alternative1
120
140
120
Alternative2
200
100
50
Alternative3
100
120
180
DoNothing
0
0
0
Whatdecisionwouldapessimistmake?
A)Alternative1
B)Alternative2
C)Alternative3
D)DoNothing
E)StateofNatureA
Thefollowingisanopportunitylosstable.
StatesofNature
Alternatives
A
B
C
Alternative1
0
90
85
Alternative2
50
0
110
Alternative3
75
80
0
Whatdecisionshouldbemadebasedontheminimaxregretcriterion?
A)Alternative1
B)Alternative2
C)Alternative3
D)StateofNatureA
E)Doesnotmatter
Thefollowingisanopportunitylosstable.
StatesofNature
Alternatives
A
B
C
Alternative1
30
0
10
Alternative2
5
20
0
Alternative3
0
20
25
Whatdecisionshouldbemadebasedontheminimaxregretcriterion?
A)Alternative1
B)Alternative2
C)Alternative3
D)StateofNatureC
E)Doesnotmatter
Thefollowingisapayofftable.
StatesofNature
Alternatives
A
B
C
Alternative1
30
0
10
Alternative2
5
20
0
Alternative3
0
20
25
Whatdecisionshouldbemadebasedontheminimaxregretcriterion?
A)Alternative1
B)Alternative2
C)Alternative3
D)StateofNatureC
E)Doesnotmatter
Thefollowingisapayofftable.
StatesofNature
Alternatives
A
B
C
Alternative1
0
90
85
Alternative2
50
0
110
Alternative3
75
80
0
Whatdecisionshouldbemadebasedontheminimaxregretcriterion?
A)Alternative1
B)Alternative2
C)Alternative3
D)StateofNatureC
E)Doesnotmatter
Chapter04
Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueregardingascatterdiagram?
A)Itprovidesveryl让tieinformationabouttherelationshipbetweentheregressionvariables.
B)Itisaplotoftheindependentanddependentvariables・
C)Itisalinechartoftheindependentanddependentvariables・
D)Ithasavaluebetween-1and+1.
E)Itgivesthepercentofvariationinthedependentvariablethatisexplainedbytheindependentvariable・
Therandomerrorinaregressionequation
A)isthepredictederror.
B)includesbothpositiveandnegativeterms.
C)willsumtoalargepositivenumber・
D)isusedtheestimatetheaccuracyoftheslope.
E)ismaximizedinaleastsquaresregressionmodel.
Whichofthefollowingequalitiesiscorrect?
A)SST=SSR+SSE
B)SSR=SST+SSE
C)SSE=SSR+SST
D)SST=SSC+SSR
E)SSE=ActualValue・PredictedValue
Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaboutr2?
A)Itisalsocalledthecoefficientofcorrelation.
B)Itisalsocalledthecoefficientofdetermination.
C)ItrepresentsthepercentofvariationinXthatisexplainedbyY.
D)ItrepresentsthepercentofvariationintheerrorthatisexplainedbyY・
E)Itrangesinvaluefrom-1to+1・
Thecoefficientofdeterminationresultingfromaparticularregressionanalysiswas0.85.Whatwastheslopeoftheregressionline?
A)0.85
B)-0.85
C)0.922
D)Thereisinsufficientinformationtoanswerthequestioru
E)Noneoftheabove
Thediagrambelowillustratesdatawitha
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A)negativecorrelationcoefficient.
B)zerocorrelationcoefficient.
C)positivecorrelationcoefficient.
D)correlationcoefficientequalto+1・
E)Noneoftheabove
Thecorrelationcoefficientresultingfromaparticularregressionanalysiswas0・25・Whatwasthecoefficientofdetermination?
A)0.5
B)-0.5
C)0.0625
D)Thereisinsufficientinformationtoanswerthequestion.
E)Noneoftheabove
Inagoodregressionmodeltheresidualplotshows
A)aconepattern.
B)anarchedpattern.
C)arandompattern.
D)anincreasingpattern.
E)adecreasingpattern.
Chapter05
Whichofthefollowingisnotclassifiedasaqualitativeforecastingmodel?
A)exponentialsmoothing
B)Delphimethod
C)juryofexecutiveopinion
D)salesforcecomposite
E)consumermarketsurvey
Ajudgmentalforecastingtechniquethatusesdecisionmakers,staffpersonnel,andrespondenttodetermineaforecastiscalled
A)exponentialsmoothing・
B)theDelphimethod.
C)juryofexecutiveopinion.
D)salesforcecomposite・
E)consumermarketsurvey.
Whichofthefollowi