A Multiple-Channel Queuing System with a Poisson Arrival Rate and Exponential

question 68

Multiple Choice

A multiple-channel queuing system with a Poisson arrival rate and exponential service time has an average arrival rate of four customers per hour and an average service time of 18 minutes per customer. The minimum number of servers required to avoid an overloaded system is

• A)1.
• B)2.
• C)3.
• D)4.
• E)5.

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Definitions:

Activity-Based Costing

A costing method that assigns costs to products or services based on the activities they require, aiming to provide more accurate cost information.

Unused Capacity

Refers to the part of a company's production capability that is not currently being used for production. It indicates resources that are currently idle and not generating revenue.

Activity-Based Costing

An accounting method that assigns overhead and indirect costs to related products and services based on the activities that generate costs.

Activity Cost Pools

Accumulations of costs categorized by activity (such as ordering materials or setting up machines), used in activity-based costing to allocate costs more accurately.