Introduction

_____ programming language is a dialect of S.
A) B
B) C
C) R
D) K
ANSWER: C
Point out the WRONG statement :

A) Early versions of the S language contain functions for statistical modeling
B) The book Programming with Data by John Chambers documents S version of the
language
C) In 1993 Bell Labs gave StatSci (later Insightful Corp.) an exclusive license
to develop and sell the S language
D) All of the mentioned
ANSWER: A
In 2004, ________ purchased the S language from Lucent for $2 million.

A) Insightful
B) Amazon
C) IBM
ANSWER: A
In 1991, R was created by Ross Ihaka and Robert Gentleman in the Department
of Statistics at the University of _________.
A) John Hopkins
B) California
C) Harvard
D) Auckland
ANSWER: D
Point out the wrong statement :

A) R is a language for data analysis and graphics
B) K is language for statistical modelling and graphics
C) One key limitation of the S language was that it was only available in a
commercial package, S-PLUS
D) None of the mentioned
ANSWER: B
Finally, in _________ R version 1.0.0 was released to the public.

A) 2000
B) 2005
C) 2010
D) 2012
ANSWER: A
R is technically much closer to the Scheme language than it is to the

original _____ language.
A) B
B) C
C) C++
D) S
ANSWER: D
The R-help and _____ mailing lists have been highly active for over a decade
now
A) R-mail
B) R-devel
C) R-dev
ANSWER: B
Which of the following describes R language ?

A) Free
B) Paid
C) Available for free trial only
ANSWER: A
The copyright for the primary source code for R is held by the ______
Foundation.
A) A
B) S
C) C
D) R
ANSWER: D
They primary R system is available from the ______

A) CRAN
B) CRWO
C) GNU
ANSWER: A

A) Key feature of R was that its syntax is very similar to S
B) R runs only on Windows computing platform and operating system
C) R has been reported to be running on modern tablets, phones, PDAs, and game
consoles
ANSWER: B
R functionality is divided into a number of ________

A) Packages
B) Functions
C) Domains
ANSWER: A
The most convenient way to use R is at a graphics workstation running a

________ system.
A) windowing
B) running
C) interfacing
ANSWER: A

A) Setting up a workstation to take full advantage of the customizable features
of R is a straightforward thing
B) q() is used to quit the R program
C) R has an inbuilt help facility similar to the man facility of UNIX
ANSWER: B
Which of the following is default prompt for UNIX environment ?

A) >
B) >>
C) <
ANSWER: A
Which of the following will start the R program ?

A) $ R
B) > R
C) * R
ANSWER: A

A) Windows versions of R have other optional help system also
B) The help.search command (alternatively ??) allows searching for help in
various ways
C) R is case insensitive as are most UNIX based packages, so A and a are
different symbols and would refer to different variables
ANSWER: C
Which of the following statement is alternative to ?solve

A) help(solve)
B) man(solve)
C) hel(solve)
ANSWER: A
Elementary commands in R consist of either _______ or assignments.

A) utilstats
B) language
C) expressions
ANSWER: C
If a command is not complete at the end of a line, R will give a different

prompt, by default it is :
A) *
B) �
C) +
ANSWER: C
Command lines entered at the console are limited to about ________ bytes.
A) 3000
B) 4095
C) 5000
ANSWER: B
_____ text editor provides more general support mechanisms via ESS for
working interactively with R.
A) EAC
B) Emacs
C) Shell
ANSWER: B
What would be the result of following R code ?> x <- 1 > print(x)
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
ANSWER: A

A) The grammar of the language determines whether an expression is complete or
not
B) The <- symbol is the assignment operator in R
C) The ## character indicates a comment
D) None of the mentioned [expand title=""]
ANSWER: C
Files containing R scripts ends with extension :

A) .S
B) .R
C) .Rp
ANSWER: B

A) operator is used to create integer sequences
B) The numbers in the square brackets are part of the vector itself
C) There is a difference between the actual R object and the manner in which
that R object is printed to the console
D) None of the above
ANSWER: B
If commands are stored in an external file, say commands.R in the working

directory work, they may be executed at any time in an R session with the command :
A) source(�commands.R�)
B) exec(�commands.R�)
C) execute(�commands.R�)
ANSWER: A
_______ will divert all subsequent output from the console to an external
file.
A) sink
B) div
C) exp
ANSWER: A
The entities that R creates and manipulates are known as ________

A) objects
B) task
C) container
ANSWER: A
Which of the following can be used to display the names of (most of) the
objects which are currently stored within R ?
A) object()
B) objects()
C) list()
ANSWER: B
Collection of objects currently stored in R is called as :

A) package
B) workspace
C) list
ANSWER: B
R has how many atomic classes of objects ?

A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 5
ANSWER: D

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_____ programming language is a dialect of S.

Point out the WRONG statement :

In 2004, ________ purchased the S language from Lucent for $2 million.

Point out the wrong statement :

Finally, in _________ R version 1.0.0 was released to the public.

R is technically much closer to the Scheme language than it is to the

Which of the following describes R language ?

They primary R system is available from the ______

Point out the wrong statement :

R functionality is divided into a number of ________

The most convenient way to use R is at a graphics workstation running a

Point out the wrong statement :

Which of the following is default prompt for UNIX environment ?

Which of the following will start the R program ?

Point out the wrong statement :

Which of the following statement is alternative to ?solve

Elementary commands in R consist of either _______ or assignments.

If a command is not complete at the end of a line, R will give a different

Point out the wrong statement :

Files containing R scripts ends with extension :

Point out the wrong statement :

If commands are stored in an external file, say commands.R in the working

The entities that R creates and manipulates are known as ________

Collection of objects currently stored in R is called as :

R has how many atomic classes of objects ?

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