Students Typically Need to See an Academic Advisor, Followed by a Departmental

question 74

Multiple Choice

Students typically need to see an academic advisor, followed by a departmental advisor, and then the registrar before being processed for graduation. The academic advisor and departmental advisor can each serve 10 students per hour while the registrar can serve only 5 students per hour. Which of the following statements regarding this system is true?

• A) If the academic advisor operates at full capacity, then there is a waiting line at the departmental advisor.
• B) The entire system is capable of processing 25 students per hour.
• C) The registrar is the bottleneck in this system.
• D) The advisors are the bottlenecks in the system.

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