Bioprocess Optimization and Plant Design Mid - I, September - 2014

1.An important factor in the choice of constructional material and design of equipment is
  • Cost
  • Structural strength
  • Ease of fabrication
  • All the above
Answer: D
2.A method in which a pattern search that compares function values at the three vertices of a triangle is
  • Method of ridge analysis
  • ANOVA
  • Nelder-Mead Method
  • Newton Raphson method
Answer: C
3.The first step in technical feasibility is that to check whether
  • what are the realisation alternatives present
  • There is a recommended realisation alternative
  • investments is to right things or not
  • Is the development project technically feasible
Answer: D
4._______________ is a common second order design
  • 2K factorial
  • 3K factorial
  • Plackett bur man design
  • Simplex design
Answer: B
5.Modified Simplex method is introduced by ______________
  • Placket & Burman
  • Hoerl
  • Nelder –mead method
  • Box & Wilson method
Answer: C
6.Placket Burman design is used when N is a multiple of ________, Where N is size of orthogonal matrix
  • 5
  • 4
  • 3
  • None
Answer: B
7.Lagrange multipliers method is used by the following technique
  • Ridge analysis
  • Canonical analysis
  • Nelder –mead method
  • Placket burman design
Answer: A
8.In biochemical studies, measurements obtained by experimental repetitions have to be comparable on
  • a quantitative and qualitative level
  • a quantitative level only
  • a qualitative level only
  • not of the any qualitative or quantitative levels
Answer: A
9.The way of stimulation as well as the times of measurement can usually be controlled by the experimenter, they are called
  • Dependant variables
  • dynamical variables
  • independent variables
  • state variables
Answer: C
10.The system dynamics, i.e. the function f, is often derived from the underlying biochemical mechanisms. These models are called
  • Biochemical models
  • mechanistic models
  • biomechanistic models
  • Non mechanistic models
Answer: B
11.Choosing the best element from some set of available alternatives is defined as ____________ .
Answer: Optimization
12.In ____________ optimization problems, there are no restrictions.
Answer: Unconstrained
13.Experimental variables are usually called as ____________ .
Answer: Factors
14.The combination of factors used in a particular experimental run is called ____________ .
Answer: Treatment
15.____________ design is useful in making a preliminary survey of system variables.
Answer: Factorial
16.____________________ is raised due to the number of unknown parameters which are often large compared to the available amount of measurements.
Answer: Non-identifiability
17.In response surface methodology the performance measure or quality characteristic is called __________________.
Answer: Response
18.____________ is done by using the calculus to basic problem to find the maximum and the minimum of function.
Answer: Classical optimization
19.Models for which the variable evolve over time are called__________________
Answer: Dynamic
20.Method of ridge analysis is widely used in _____________________industry.
Answer: Pharmaceticals