ISYE 6644 final | Questions and Answers | Study
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‣ TRUE or FALSE? If you have Create module generating one-at-a-time customer
arrivals, then it is not possible to use a different Create module with 4-at-a-time
customer arrivals. -✓✓False
‣ TRUE or FALSE? Fake customers can be used to schedule machine breakdowns,
keep track of which time period the simulation is currently in, and carry out other duties
not associated with actual customers. -✓✓True
‣ Which module/spreadsheet is NOT in the Advanced Process panel? -✓✓Process
Module. This is in the Basic Process panel.
‣ Why are things like Seize, Delay, Release in multiple templates? -✓✓The Process
module does not allow us to use Seize, Delay, Release with sufficient generality.
‣ TRUE or FALSE? You can schedule failures to occur after a random number of
customers have used a resource or after a random amount of time has passed. -
✓✓True
‣ TRUE or FALSE? You are only allowed to schedule one type of failure for a particular
resource. -✓✓False
‣ Which block is NOT in the Blocks template? -✓✓Process block. There is no such
thing. However, the Process module is in the Basic Process panel.
‣ TRUE or FALSE? The Queue block can connect up to the Seize module from the
Advanced Process template. -✓✓False
‣ Which kinds of sets are allowed? -✓✓Resources set, counter set, entity type set, entity
picture set
‣ TRUE or FALSE? It is possible for the resource Joey to be a member of three different
resource sets. -✓✓True
‣ TRUE or FALSE? For easy display and organizational purposes, our Call Center
simulation is divided into several submodels. -✓✓True
‣ TRUE or FALSE? The customer arrival pattern for our Call Center changes over the
day and is therefore modeled as a nonhomogeneous Poisson proces. -✓✓True
, ‣ TRUE or FALSE? All of the Tech Support servers for our Call Center are equally
skilled and have the same concurrent work schedules. -✓✓False
‣ TRUE or FALSE. In our Call Center demo, fake customers are used to update a
variable that keeps track of the period of the day. -✓✓True
‣ Consider our Call Center demo. What is the following Seize request asking for? Set,
Product 1, 1, Preferred Order, Agent -✓✓Grab one server from the set Product 1 in the
order listed when the set was defined, and store that guy's identity int he attribute Agent.
‣ TRUE or FALSE. In our inventory demo, fake customers are used to initiate a periodic
inventory review. -✓✓True
‣ Consider the Arena expression DISC(0.3,1,0.5,3,1.0,6) which is a discrete random
variable. What is the random variable's expected value? -✓✓(0.3)(1) + (0.5-0.3)(3) +
(1.0-0.5)(6) = 3.9
‣ Consider a vanilla (s,S) = (5,12) inventory policy. If my inventory slips to 3, how many
items do I order? -✓✓9.
Since 3<s, we order S-3 = 9
‣ TRUE or FALSE? It's perfectly OK for a customer to go from server 1 to server 2 and
then back to server 1. -✓✓True
‣ TRUE or FALSE? Crazy stuff can happen if you start fooling around with multiple
server visits, service priorities, and server times. -✓✓True
‣ TRUE or FALSE? There are 100s of SMARTs files for you to play around with. -
✓✓True
‣ Modules and spreadsheets from which panels are used in the demo? -✓✓Basic
Process, Advanced Process, Advanced Transfer
‣ ((1==1)*10) + ((1==0)*5) = ? -✓✓10
‣ TRUE or FALSE? You can find individual Seize, Delay, and Release modules in this
template (Advanced Process Template). -✓✓True
‣ Where can you find some sort of Seize? -✓✓Within a Process module in the Basic
Process template, A seize module in the Advanced Process template, A Seize block in
the Blocks template
‣ Where can you set the buffer size of a certain queue? -✓✓In a Queue block in the
Blocks template
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‣ TRUE or FALSE? If you have Create module generating one-at-a-time customer
arrivals, then it is not possible to use a different Create module with 4-at-a-time
customer arrivals. -✓✓False
‣ TRUE or FALSE? Fake customers can be used to schedule machine breakdowns,
keep track of which time period the simulation is currently in, and carry out other duties
not associated with actual customers. -✓✓True
‣ Which module/spreadsheet is NOT in the Advanced Process panel? -✓✓Process
Module. This is in the Basic Process panel.
‣ Why are things like Seize, Delay, Release in multiple templates? -✓✓The Process
module does not allow us to use Seize, Delay, Release with sufficient generality.
‣ TRUE or FALSE? You can schedule failures to occur after a random number of
customers have used a resource or after a random amount of time has passed. -
✓✓True
‣ TRUE or FALSE? You are only allowed to schedule one type of failure for a particular
resource. -✓✓False
‣ Which block is NOT in the Blocks template? -✓✓Process block. There is no such
thing. However, the Process module is in the Basic Process panel.
‣ TRUE or FALSE? The Queue block can connect up to the Seize module from the
Advanced Process template. -✓✓False
‣ Which kinds of sets are allowed? -✓✓Resources set, counter set, entity type set, entity
picture set
‣ TRUE or FALSE? It is possible for the resource Joey to be a member of three different
resource sets. -✓✓True
‣ TRUE or FALSE? For easy display and organizational purposes, our Call Center
simulation is divided into several submodels. -✓✓True
‣ TRUE or FALSE? The customer arrival pattern for our Call Center changes over the
day and is therefore modeled as a nonhomogeneous Poisson proces. -✓✓True
, ‣ TRUE or FALSE? All of the Tech Support servers for our Call Center are equally
skilled and have the same concurrent work schedules. -✓✓False
‣ TRUE or FALSE. In our Call Center demo, fake customers are used to update a
variable that keeps track of the period of the day. -✓✓True
‣ Consider our Call Center demo. What is the following Seize request asking for? Set,
Product 1, 1, Preferred Order, Agent -✓✓Grab one server from the set Product 1 in the
order listed when the set was defined, and store that guy's identity int he attribute Agent.
‣ TRUE or FALSE. In our inventory demo, fake customers are used to initiate a periodic
inventory review. -✓✓True
‣ Consider the Arena expression DISC(0.3,1,0.5,3,1.0,6) which is a discrete random
variable. What is the random variable's expected value? -✓✓(0.3)(1) + (0.5-0.3)(3) +
(1.0-0.5)(6) = 3.9
‣ Consider a vanilla (s,S) = (5,12) inventory policy. If my inventory slips to 3, how many
items do I order? -✓✓9.
Since 3<s, we order S-3 = 9
‣ TRUE or FALSE? It's perfectly OK for a customer to go from server 1 to server 2 and
then back to server 1. -✓✓True
‣ TRUE or FALSE? Crazy stuff can happen if you start fooling around with multiple
server visits, service priorities, and server times. -✓✓True
‣ TRUE or FALSE? There are 100s of SMARTs files for you to play around with. -
✓✓True
‣ Modules and spreadsheets from which panels are used in the demo? -✓✓Basic
Process, Advanced Process, Advanced Transfer
‣ ((1==1)*10) + ((1==0)*5) = ? -✓✓10
‣ TRUE or FALSE? You can find individual Seize, Delay, and Release modules in this
template (Advanced Process Template). -✓✓True
‣ Where can you find some sort of Seize? -✓✓Within a Process module in the Basic
Process template, A seize module in the Advanced Process template, A Seize block in
the Blocks template
‣ Where can you set the buffer size of a certain queue? -✓✓In a Queue block in the
Blocks template
