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Created by: A SolutionTest Bank for Quantitative Analysis for Management, 14th
Edition by Barry Render A+
Chapter 1 Introduction to Quantitative Analysis
1.1 True/False
1) Interviews, statistical sampling, and company reports provide input data for quantitative
analysis models.
Answer: TRUE Diff: Moderate
Topic: THE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS APPROACH
LO: 1.3: Describe the use of modeling in quantitative analysis. AACSB: Analytical thinking
Classification: Concept
2) In the early 1900s, Frederick Winslow Taylor pioneered the principles of the scientific
approach to management.
Answer: TRUE Diff: Moderate
Topic: WHAT IS QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS?
LO: 1.1: Describe the quantitative analysis approach and understand how to apply it to a real
situation.
AACSB: Analytical thinking Classification: Concept
3) Managers do not need to be familiar with the limitations, assumptions, and/or specific
applicability of the quantitative analysis technique to use it for accurate decision making.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: Moderate
Topic: INTRODUCTION
LO: 1.6: Recognize possible problems in using quantitative analysis. AACSB: Analytical
thinking
Classification: Concept
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4) During World War II, many new scientific and quantitative techniques were developed to
assist the military, and these developments were so successful that many companies started using
similar techniques in managerial decision making and planning after the war.
Answer: TRUE Diff: Moderate
Topic: WHAT IS QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS?
LO: 1.1: Describe the quantitative analysis approach and understand how to apply it to a real
situation.
AACSB: Analytical thinking Classification: Concept
5) The study of Business Analytics involves the use of large datasets known as big data.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: Moderate
Topic: BUSINESS ANALYTICS
LO: 1.2: Describe the three categories of business analytics. AACSB: Analytical thinking
Classification: Concept
6) Predictive Analytics is aimed at forecasting future outcomes based on patterns in the past
data. Answer: TRUE
Diff: Moderate
Topic: BUSINESS ANALYTICS
LO: 1.2: Describe the three categories of business analytics. AACSB: Analytical thinking
Classification: Concept
7) When a problem is difficult to quantify, it may be necessary to develop unspecific
objectives. Answer: FALSE
Diff: Moderate
Topic: THE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS APPROACH
LO: 1.3: Describe the use of modeling in quantitative analysis. AACSB: Analytical thinking
Classification: Concept
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8) The Quantitative Analysis Approach consists of six steps. Answer: FALSE
Diff: Moderate
Topic: THE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS APPROACH
LO: 1.3: Describe the use of modeling in quantitative analysis. AACSB: Analytical thinking
Classification: Concept
9) A schematic model is a picture, drawing, or chart of reality. Answer: TRUE
Diff: Moderate
Topic: THE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS APPROACH
LO: 1.3: Describe the use of modeling in quantitative analysis. AACSB: Analytical thinking
Classification: Concept
10) Decision variables may also be called parameters. Answer: FALSE
Diff: Moderate
Topic: THE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS APPROACH
LO: 1.3: Describe the use of modeling in quantitative analysis. AACSB: Analytical thinking
Classification: Concept
11) Model variables can be controllable or uncontrollable. Answer: TRUE
Diff: Moderate
Topic: THE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS APPROACH
LO: 1.3: Describe the use of modeling in quantitative analysis. AACSB: Analytical thinking
Classification: Concept
12) A series of steps or procedures that are repeated is known as an algorithm. Answer:
TRUE
Diff: Moderate
Topic: THE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS APPROACH
LO: 1.3: Describe the use of modeling in quantitative analysis. AACSB: Analytical thinking
Classification: Concept
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13) A model is a representation of a situation. Answer: TRUE
Diff: Moderate
Topic: THE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS APPROACH
LO: 1.3: Describe the use of modeling in quantitative analysis. AACSB: Analytical thinking
Classification: Concept
14) A parameter is a measurable quantity that may vary or is subject to change. Answer:
FALSE
Diff: Moderate
Topic: THE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS APPROACH
LO: 1.3: Describe the use of modeling in quantitative analysis. AACSB: Analytical thinking
Classification: Concept
15) Trying various approaches and picking the one resulting in the best decision is called
incomplete enumeration.
Answer: FALSE Diff: Moderate
Topic: THE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS APPROACH
LO: 1.3: Describe the use of modeling in quantitative analysis. AACSB: Analytical thinking
Classification: Concept
16) All problems can be solved by considering only the quantitative issues. Answer: FALSE
Diff: Easy
Topic: WHAT IS QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS?
LO: 1.1: Describe the quantitative analysis approach and understand how to apply it to a real
situation.
AACSB: Analytical thinking Classification: Concept
17) A profit equation is an example of a schematic model. Answer: FALSE
Diff: Moderate
Topic: THE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS APPROACH
LO: 1.3: Describe the use of modeling in quantitative analysis. AACSB: Analytical thinking
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