INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT SCIENCE MODELS TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS 1. Other than for the military, the application of management science is inappropriate for non-profit organizations. (False, easy) 2. Management science replaces common sense with scientific analysis. (False, easy) 3. Constrained mathematical models contain variable constraints as well as functional constraints. (True, easy) 4. Heuristic solution procedures always yield an optimal solution if one exists. (False, medium) 5. Constrained mathematical models are sometimes used to find merely “good” or “better” solutions, not always “optimal” ones. (True, medium) 6. In defining decision variables, it is important to specify the time frame involved as well as the units of measure. (True, easy) 7. In management science problems, algorithms are rarely used since they tend to be very complex and costly. (False, easy) 8. Both management and operating personnel should be involved throughout the management science process, even before the implementation phase. (True, medium) 9. The linear constraints in a management science model need not be in the same units of measure. (True, medium) 10. Frederick Taylor applied the scientific approach to improving operations in a production setting more than 100 years ago. (True, easy) 11. Mathematical modeling is a process that translates observed or desired phenomena into mathematical expression. (True, easy) 12. Once a mathematical model is complete, you cannot change the problem definition. (False, easy) 13. The management science team should mak