Exam 10: Waiting Line Analysis and Simulation

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The Poisson probability distribution is used in waiting line management when one is interested in the number of arrivals to a queue during some fixed time period.

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In a department, 25 machines are kept running by three operators who respond to randomly occurring equipment problems.

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Question 62

Being user-friendly and easy to understand typically means that the simulation produces less accurate results.

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Question 63

The demand on a hospital's emergency medical services is considered a controllable arrival pattern of the calling population.

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Question 64

While spreadsheets can be somewhat useful for a variety of simulation problems, they can be confusing and are vulnerable to several drawbacks, including weak routines for random-number selection.

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Question 65

For an infinite queuing situation, if the arrival rate for loading trucks is 5 trucks per hour, what is the mean time between arrivals?

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Question 66

Standing in line to buy a ticket for a movie where there are multiple windows at which to buy tickets is which type of queuing system line structure?

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Question 67

In a waiting line situation, multiple lines occur only when there are multiple servers.

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Question 68

General-purpose simulation software (GPSS) is really a computer language that allows programmers to build their own simulation models.

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Question 69

Which of the following is not a suggestion for managing queues presented in the textbook?

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The Poisson probability distribution is used in waiting line management when one is interested in the number of arrivals to a queue during some fixed time period.

In a department, 25 machines are kept running by three operators who respond to randomly occurring equipment problems.

Being user-friendly and easy to understand typically means that the simulation produces less accurate results.

The demand on a hospital's emergency medical services is considered a controllable arrival pattern of the calling population.

While spreadsheets can be somewhat useful for a variety of simulation problems, they can be confusing and are vulnerable to several drawbacks, including weak routines for random-number selection.

For an infinite queuing situation, if the arrival rate for loading trucks is 5 trucks per hour, what is the mean time between arrivals?

Standing in line to buy a ticket for a movie where there are multiple windows at which to buy tickets is which type of queuing system line structure?

In a waiting line situation, multiple lines occur only when there are multiple servers.

General-purpose simulation software (GPSS) is really a computer language that allows programmers to build their own simulation models.

Which of the following is not a suggestion for managing queues presented in the textbook?

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