STATISTICS I EXAM

NEWBOLD CHAPTERS 1-5 AND 11

PART 1 - THEORY
1. Mark the true statement.
a) A parameter is a specific characteristic of a sample.
b) The specific characteristic of a population is called a parameter.
c) The specific characteristic of a population is called a statistic.
d) A statictic is the result of randomly sampling a population.

2. Concerning the index numbers topic, mark the correct answer.

a) The Paasche index compares the cost of a basket of goods at the base year with
the current year.
b) The Fischer index is the arithmetic mean of Laspeyres and Paasche indexes.
c) Deflating the value consists in obtaining the values expressed in a monetary
unit of fixed value.
d) Deflated values are also called current values.

3. Suppose you are told that over the past four years, sales have increase at rates of
10%, 8%, 6%, and 4%. What has been the average annal increase in sales over the
past four years?
a) 6,55%
b) 6,98%
c) 7,00%
d) 7,08%

4. Concerning the bidimensional analysis, mark the wrong answer

a) Cov(x,y) = a11 – a²10 ⋅ a201
b) The closer r is to -1, the stronger the negative relationship.
c) 0 ≤ R2 ≤ 1
d) -1 ≤ Sxy ≤ 1

5. We can convert any normal distribution to a distribution with a mean 0 and a

variance 1. What is the distribution called?
a) Marginal distribution.
b) Hypergeometric distribution.
c) Poisson distribution.
d) Standard normal distribution.

6. Which of the following statements is not true?

a) The set probability of event A and evento B ocurring must be equal to 1.

b) A set of events is said to be collectively exhaustive if it includes all the
possible outcomes of an experiment.
 c) An event A and its complement Ā are always mutually exclusive.
d) When the events within a set are both mutually exclusive and exhaustive,
the sum of their probabilities is 1.0.

7. Concerning the convergency topic, mark the correct answer

a) If a sequence of random variables converges almost surely to a random
variable, it will also converge in mean, in probability and distribution.
b) If a sequence of random variables converges in mean or almost surely to a
random variable, it will also converge in probability and distribution.
c) If a sequence of random variables converges in mean or almost surely to a
random variable it will also converge in probability and distribution.
d) There is no relation between the different types of convergence.

8. The distribution that has been found to be particularly useful for waiting-line
queuing problems is referred to as the:
a) Hypergeometric distribution.
b) Marginal distribution.
c) Exponential distribution.
d) Standard normal distribution.
Answers: 1B, 2C, 3B, 4D, 5C, 6A, 7C, 8D.

PART 2 - EXERCISES