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Topic

Demand forecasting

Asked 2 times in ESE, peaking in 2024.
2
PYQs
1
Exams
1
Years active
2024–2024
Span
2024
Peak
2/2
Answers
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Key insights

  • Most tested in ESE — 2 of 2 PYQs
  • Most asked in 2024
  • Recurs across 1 years (2024–2024)

Across exams

ESE · 2

How the concept evolved

224
Rising — more than half its appearances (2 of 2) are since 2016.

Sample questions

You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
ESE2024
Which one of the following methods is an important qualitative method under demand forecasting?
  1. A Jury of Executive Method ✓
  2. B Trend Projection Method
  3. C Chain Ratio Method
  4. D Bass Diffusion Method
✓ Correct answer: (A)
Management & Industrial Relations › Marketing/Finance
ESE2024
Why Delphi method of demand forecasting appeals to many organizations?
  1. A The biases underlying are subjective, and it seems to be more accurate and less expensive than the traditional face-to-face group meetings
  2. B It is intelligible to users, it is a fancy name, and it seems to be more accurate and less expensive than the traditional face-to-face group meetings ✓
  3. C It has immense appeal, the biases underlying are subjective, and it seems to be more accurate and less expensive than the traditional face-to-face group meetings
  4. D It is an expedition's method, it has immense appeal, and it seems to be more accurate and less expensive than the traditional face-to-face group meetings
✓ Correct answer: (B)
Management & Industrial Relations › Marketing/Finance

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