Questions:

1- Sum of dots when two dice are rolled is

A) a discrete variable
B) a continuous variable
C) a constant
D) a qualitative variable
2- In statistics, a population consists of:
a. all people living in the area under study.
b. all subjects or objects whose characteristics are being studied.
c. all people living in a country.
d. none of these.
3- The weights of students in a college/school is a___________?
A. Discrete Variable
B. Continuous Variable
C. Qualitative Variable
D. None of these
4- The population of second year at a faculty is called:
A. Sample
B. infinite population
C. finite population
D. None of these
5- Which branch of statistics deals with the techniques that are
used to organize, summarize, and present the data?
A. Advance Statistics
B. Descriptive Statistics
C. Inferential Statistics
D. Bayesian Statistics
6- Find the mean of the binomial distribution for which n = 80 and p
= 0.2.
A. 3.58
B. 80
C. 16
D. 40
7-Find the variance of the binomial distribution for which n =400
and p =0.94.
A) 4.75
B) 22.56

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C) 376
D) 32.54
8-A test consists of 290 true or false questions. If the student
guesses on each question, what is the standard deviation of the
number of correct answers?
A) 0
B) 2
C) 12.04
D) 8.51
9-A test consists of 110 true or false questions. If the student
guesses on each question, what is the mean number of correct
answers?
A) 55
B) 0
C) 22
D) 110
10- Find the Standard Deviation of The Binomial Distribution for
Which N = 400 And P = 0.86.
A) 48.16
B) 6.31
C) 6.94
D) 344

11- The mean and the variance for gamma distribution are
__________
1 ∝
a) 𝐸(𝑋) = , 𝑉𝑎𝑟(𝑋) =
𝜆 𝜆2
∝ 1
b) 𝐸(𝑋) = , 𝑉𝑎𝑟(𝑋) =
𝜆 𝜆2
∝ ∝
c) 𝐸(𝑋) = , 𝑉𝑎𝑟(𝑋) =
𝜆 𝜆2
d) 𝐸(𝑋) = ∝ 𝜆, 𝑉𝑎𝑟(𝑋) = ∝ 𝜆2

12- Putting α=1 in Gamma distribution results in _______

a) Exponential Distribution
b) Normal Distribution
c) Poisson Distribution
d) Binomial Distribution

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13- Find the value of Γ(5/2).
a) 5/4 π1/2
b) 7/4 π1/2
c) 1/4 π1/2
d) 3/4 π1/2
Properties of the gamma function:
𝛤(𝑛) = (𝑛 − 1)!
𝛤(𝛼 + 1) = 𝛼𝛤(𝛼)
1
𝛤 ( ) = √𝜋
2
5 3 3 3
𝛤 ( ) = 𝛤 ( + 1) = 𝛤 ( )
2 2 2 2
3 1 3 1 1
= 𝛤 ( + 1) = × 𝛤 ( )
2 2 2 2 2
3 1 3
= 𝛤 ( ) = √𝜋
4 2 4

14- The range of normal distribution is:

a) 0 𝑡𝑜 𝑛
b) 0 𝑡𝑜 ∞
c) −1 𝑡𝑜 + 1
d) −∞ 𝑡𝑜 + ∞

15- The shape of the normal curve depends upon the value of:
a) Standard deviation
b) Mean
c) Variance
d) N

16- The normal distribution is a proper probability distribution of a

continuous random variable, the total area under the curve 𝑓(𝑥) =
a) Equal to one
b) Less than one
c) More than one
d) Between -1 and +1

17- If 𝑥~𝑁(𝜇, 𝜎 2 ), 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑙 variate is distributed as:

a) 𝑁(0,1)
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 b) 𝑁(1,0)
c) 𝑁(𝜇, 0)
d) 𝑁(0, 𝜎 2 )

18- The normal probability density function curve is symmetrical

about the mean, 𝜇, i.e. the area to the right of the mean is the
same as the area to the left of the mean. This means that
𝑝(𝑥 < 𝜇) = 𝑝(𝑥 > 𝜇) is equal to:
a) 0
b) 1
c) 0.5
d) 0.25

19- If If 𝑥~𝑁(16,49), the mean is……….?

a) 49
b) 16
c) 7
d) 4

20- If If 𝑥~𝑁(16,49), the variance is……….?

a) 49
b) 16
c) 7
d) 4

21- If If 𝑥~𝑁(16,49), the standard deviation is……….?

a) 49
b) 16
c) 7
d) 4

22- The shape of the normal curve is ……….?

a) Bell shaped
b) Flat
c) Circular
d) Spiked

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23- Normal Distribution is applied for ___________
a) Continuous Random Distribution
b) Discrete Random Variable
c) Irregular Random Variable
d) Uncertain Random Variable

24- Normal Distribution is symmetric is about ___________

a) Variance
b) Mean
c) Standard deviation
d) Covariance

25- For a standard normal variate, the value of mean is?

a) ∞
b) 1
c) 0
d) not defined
26- The standard normal curve is symmetric about the value
___________
a) 0.5
b) 1
c) ∞
d) 0
27- For a standard normal variate, the value of Standard Deviation
is ___________
a) 0
b) 1
c) ∞
d) not defined

28- Increasing the sample size has the following effect upon the
sampling error?
a) It increases the sampling error
b) It reduces the sampling error
c) It has no effect on the sampling error
d) All of the above

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29- Sample is regarded as a subset of?
(a) Data
(b) Set
(c) Distribution
(d) Population

30- The difference between a statistic and the parameter is called:

(a) Non-random
(b) Probability
(c) Sampling error
(d) Random

31- The distribution that is formed by all possible values of a

statistics is known as:
(a) Hypergeometric distribution
(b) Normal distribution
(c) Sampling distribution
(d) Binomial distribution

32- The difference between the expected value of a statistic and

the value of the parameter being estimated is called a:
(a) Standard error
(b) Bias
(c) Sampling error
(d) Non-sampling error

33- Which of the following statements best describes the

relationship between a parameter and a statistic?
A. A parameter has a sampling distribution with the statistic as its
mean.
B. A parameter has a sampling distribution that can be used to
determine what values the statistic is likely to have in repeated
samples.
C. A parameter is used to estimate a statistic.
D. A statistic is used to estimate a parameter.

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34- A sampling distribution is the probability distribution for which
one of the following:
A. A sample
B. A sample statistic
C. A population
D. A population parameter

35- Which of the following is the most common example of a

situation for which the main parameter of interest is a population
proportion?
A. A binomial experiment
B. A normal experiment
C. A randomized experiment
D. An observational study

36- Which one of these variables is a continuous random variable?

A. The time it takes a randomly selected student to complete an
exam.
B. The number of tattoos a randomly selected person has.
C. The number of women taller than 68 inches in a random
sample of 5 women.
D. The number of correct guesses on a multiple choice test.

37- Suppose that a quiz consists of 20 True-False questions. A

student hasn't studied for the exam and will just randomly guesses
at all answers (with True and False equally likely). How would you
find the probability that the student will get 8 or fewer answers
correct?
A. Find the probability that X=8 in a binomial distribution with n =
20 and p=0.5.
B. Find the area between 0 and 8 in a uniform distribution that
goes from 0 to 20.
C. Find the probability that X=8 for a normal distribution with mean
of 10 and standard deviation of √5 .
D. Find the cumulative probability for 8 in a binomial distribution
with n = 20 and p = 0.5.

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38- Researchers should define the ______ of interest for each
study.
a. population
b. person
c. paradigm
39- Sampling is about ______ a sample from a population.
a. adding
b. including
c. selecting

40- The most basic distinction between types of data is that some
data are quantitative while other data are
qualitative. Quantitative data generally consists of:

A. Numbers
B. Equations
C. Open-ended responses
D. Survey and questionnaire data
41- In a Poisson Distribution, if ‘n’ is the number of trials and ‘p’ is
the probability of success, then the mean value is given by?
a) m = np
b) m = (np)2
c) m = np(1-p)
d) m = p

42- If ‘m’ is the mean of a Poisson Distribution, then variance is

given by ___________
a) 𝑚2
1
b) 𝑚 2

c) 𝑚
d) 𝑚/2

43- The pdf of Poisson Distribution is given by ___________

𝑒 −𝜆 𝜆𝑥
a)
𝑥!
𝑒 𝜆 𝜆𝑥
b)
𝑥!

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 𝑒 𝜆 𝜆−𝑥
c)
𝑥!
𝑒 −𝜆 𝜆−𝑥
d)
𝑥!

44- If ‘m’ is the mean of a Poisson Distribution, the standard

deviation is given by ___________
a) √𝑚
b) 𝑚2
c) 𝑚
d) 𝑚 ⁄ 2
45- In a Poisson Distribution, the mean and variance are equal.
a) True
b) False

46- Poisson distribution is applied for ___________

a) Continuous Random Variable
b) Discrete Random Variable
c) Irregular Random Variable
d) Uncertain Random Variable

47- If ‘m’ is the mean of Poisson Distribution, the P(0) is given by

___________
a) 𝑒 −𝑚
b) 𝑒 𝑚
c) 𝑒
d) 𝑚−𝑒

48- In a Poisson distribution, the mean and standard deviation are

equal.
a) True
b) False

49- For a Poisson Distribution, if mean(m) = 1, then P(1) is?

a) 1/e
b) e
c) e/2
d) Indeterminate

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50- the discrete probability distribution in which the outcome is
very small with a very small period is classified as:
A. Posterior distribution
B. Cumulative distribution
C. Normal distribution
D. Poisson distribution

51- Normal Distribution is also known as ___________

a) Cauchy’s Distribution
b) Laplacian Distribution
c) Gaussian Distribution
d) Lagrangian Distribution

52- Skewness of Normal distribution is ___________

a) Negative
b) Positive
c) 0
d) Undefined

53- For a normal distribution its mean, median, mode are equal.
a) True
b) False

54- In Normal distribution, the highest value of ordinate occurs at

___________
a) Mean
b) Variance
c) Extremes
d) Same value occurs at all points

55- The value of constant ‘e’ appearing in normal distribution is

___________
a) 2.5185
b) 2.7836

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c) 2.1783
d) 2.7183
56- In Standard normal distribution, the value of mode is
___________
a) 2
b) 1
c) 0
d) Not fixed

57- In Standard normal distribution, the value of median is

___________
a) 1
b) 0
c) 2
d) Not fixed

58- in normal distribution:

A. 𝑀𝑒𝑎𝑛 = 𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 = 𝑀𝑜𝑑𝑒
B. 𝑀𝑒𝑎𝑛 < 𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 < 𝑀𝑜𝑑𝑒
C. 𝑀𝑒𝑎𝑛 > 𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 > 𝑀𝑜𝑑𝑒
D. 𝑀𝑒𝑎𝑛 ≠ 𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 ≠ 𝑀𝑜𝑑𝑒
59- which of the following is true for the normal curve:
A. Symmetrical
B. Unimodal
C. Bell-shaped
D. All of the above
60- In normal curve, the ordinate is highest at:
A. Mean
B. Variance
C. Standard deviation
D. 𝑄1

61- the parameters of normal distribution are:

A. 𝜇 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝜎 2
B. 𝜇 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝜎
C. 𝑛𝑝 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑞
D. 𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝

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62- The coefficient of skewness of a normal distribution is:
A. Positive
B. Negative
C. Zero
D. Three
63- In the standard normal distribution , the value of the mode is:
A. Equal to zero
B. Less than zero
C. Greater than zero
D. Exactly one

64- A normal distribution has the mean 𝜇 = 200. If 70 percent of

the area under the curve lies to the left of 220 . the area to the right
of 220 is:
A. 0.3
B. 0.5
C. 0.2
D. 0.7

65- Sum of n independent Exponential random variables (λ) results

in __________
a) Uniform random variable
b) Binomial random variable
c) Gamma random variable
d) Normal random variable

66- Find the value of Γ(5/2).

a) 5/4 . 𝜋 1/2
b) 7/4 . 𝜋 1/2
c) 1/4 . 𝜋 1/2
d) 3/4 . 𝜋 1/2

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67- Gamma function is defined as 𝛤(𝛼) = ∫0 𝑥 𝛼−1 𝑒 −𝑥 𝑑𝑥.
a) True
b) False

68- Gamma distribution is Multi-variate distribution.

a) True
b) False
69- Suppose you have been given a fair coin and you want to find
out the odds of getting heads. Which of the following option is true
for such a case?
A) odds will be 0
B) odds will be 0.5
C) odds will be 1
D) None of these

Note:Odds are defined as the ratio of the probability of success

and the probability of failure. So in case of fair coin probability of
success is 1/2 and the probability of failure is 1/2 so odd would be
1

70- Logistic regression is used to predict _________ valued

output?
• Continuous
• Categorical

71- _________ the target variable can have three or more

possible values without any order.

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 A. Multinomial Logistic Regression
B. Binary Logistic Regression
C. Ordinal Logistic Regression
D. All of the above

72- _______ are defined as the ratio of the probability of an event

occurring to the probability of the event not occurring.

A. Simple
B. Even
C. Regex
D. Odds
73- 0 and 1, or pass and fail or true and false is an example of?

A. Multinomial Logistic Regression

B. Binary Logistic Regression
C. Ordinal Logistic Regression
D. None of the above

74- In binary logistic regression:

A. The dependent variable is continuous.
B. The dependent variable is divided into two equal
subcategories.
C. The dependent variable consists of two categories.
D. There is no dependent variable.

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