Final Review
Final Review
Question No. 1
Read the following statements and choose the correct answer.
i. What are soft skills ?
a) A set of skills that are easy to acquire
b) A set of skills associated with personal and social factor
c) A set of skills which are nice to have but not fundamental in a working environment
ii. What are some of the main soft skills in demand ?
a) Change Management
b) Computer Technology
c) Multi-culturalism
d) Collaboration
e) Socialization
f) Coding
g) Creativity
iii. What are hard skills ?
a) Skills that can be acquired only through an academic degree
b) Skills that are difficult to acquire
c) Skills that are fundamental to acquire for a specific job or task
iv. What are some of the main hard skills in demand?
a) Materials
b) Personal Flexibility
c) Project Management
d) Production & processes
e) Data Science
f) Finance
g) Computer Technology
h) Mechatronics & Automation
V. All simulations involve:
a) The passage of time
b) A model on a computer
c) An imitation of a system
d) A visual display
Vi. The simulations described in the book are used for:
a) Understanding a system
b) Understanding and improving a system
c) Improving a system
d) None of the above
Vii. Which of the following systems can be simulated?
a) Transportation systems
b) Manufacturing systems
c) Health systems
d) All of the above
Viii. A simulation uses the logical relationships and mathematical expressions of the
a) Real system
b) Computer model
c) Performance measures
d) Inferences
ix. Select the valid reasons for using simulation
a) Relationship between the variables is nonlinear
b) Optimized solutions are obtained
c) Conduct experiments without disrupting the real system
d) Answers A and C
x. The first step in simulation is to
a) Set up possible courses of action for testing.
b) Construct a numerical model.
c) Validate the model.
d) Define the problem.
e) None of the above
xi. Which of the following are disadvantages of simulation?
a) Inability to analyze large and complex real-world situations
b) "Time compression" capability
c) Could be disruptive by interfering with the real-world system
d) Is not usually easily transferable to other problems
e) All of the above
xii. Which of the following are advantages of simulation?
a) Simulation allows "what-if?" type of questions
b) Simulation can usually be performed by hand or using a small calculator.
c) Simulation does not interfere with the real-world system.
d) All of the above
e) A and C only
xiii. Random numbers are used:
a) To give random outcomes
b) To describe the uncertainty of input values
c) To assign values to the parameters
d) To change the problem solution
Question No. 2