FPSC STATISTICS LECTURER TEST SAMPLE QUESTIONS:

1. The Geometric Mean of 1, 2, 8, 16 is?

A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
2. Find the value of b, if f(x) be the pdf, where

A. 2
B. 2/3
C. 3/2
D. 3
3. If "r" represents correlation, then which from the following CANNOT be the value of r ?
A. -0.78 B. 0 C. 0.78 D. 1.2
4. Which from the following CANNOT be the value of probability?
A. 0 B. 0.37 C. 1 D. 1.4
5. Let the random variable X have the probability density function

The expected value of the random variable x2 is ?

A. 15/2 B. 19/4 C. 35/2 D. 45/4
6. Find Arithmetic Mean of: 0, 0, 2, 4, 8, 10 ?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
7. In a college students were given choices to choose subjects:
 4 students chose Mathematics
 3 students chose Biology
 5 students chose Physics
 3 students chose Statistics
Which Measures of Central Tendency is appropriate here ?
A. Mean
B. Mode
C. Median
D. Range
n
8. Cr = ?
A. nCn-r
B. n-rCr
C. nCr-n
D. n! r!
9. 7C4 + 7C5 = ?
A. 14C5
B. 49C9
C. 8C5
D. 7C4
10. How many arrangements of the word STATS can be made taken all letters together ?
A. 30
B. 35
C. 40
D. 45

ANSWERS: FPSC STATISTICS LECTURER TEST SAMPLE PAPER

1. C
2. B
3. D
4. D
5. D
6. B
7. B
8. A
9. C
10. A
 FPSC STATISTICS LECTURER TEST SAMPLE QUESTIONS:
1. Find the number of arrangements of the numbers greater than 2200 by using each one of the digits 1, 2, 3, 4 only
once.
A. 412 B. 466 C. 524 D. 576
2. Find the number of 4-digit numbers that can be formed from the digits 1, 2, 3, 4 when the digits 1 and 2 are next to
each other.
A. 10 B. 12 C. 14 D. 16
3. A coin is tossed 4 times. Find the probability of getting 2 heads.
A. 1/2 B. 1/3 C. 3/5 D. 3/8
4. The probability of appearing an even numbers is double that the probability of appearing an odd number. What is
the probability of appearing 6 in rolling the dice?
A. 1/3 B. 2/3 C. 1/8 D. 2/9
5. The correct relation is ?

6. In constructing a triangle, a person has _____ degree(s) of freedom in selecting angles.

A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
7. The range of Chi-square distribution is ?
A. from negative infinity to positive infinity
B. from negative infinity to 0
C. from 0 to positive infinity
D. from 0 to 1
8. 0! = ?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 10
D. infinity
9. For what value of A the function

A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
10. If k denotes the degree of freedom, then the variance of Chi-square distribution is ?
A. k/2
B. k - 1
C. k - 2
D. 2k

ANSWERS: FPSC STATISTICS LECTURER TEST

1. D
2. B
3. D
4. D
5. A
6. C
7. C
8. B
9. A
10. D