Probability Theory MCQ’s

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Prof ALI RAZA MUSHTAQ

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1. In a week the prices of a bag of rice were 457,380,189,409,320,
450,198. The range is ______________________?

a. 233
b. 260
c. 268
d. 288

2. The mean of a distribution is 18 and the standard deviation is 7.

What is the value of the coefficient of variation?
a. 60.8%
b. 50.8%
c. 37.8%
d. 38.8%

3. Statistics does not study the ________________?

a. A Constant
b. A Family
c. A Parameter
d. An Individual

4. Students divided into different groups according to their intelligence

and gender will generate:
a. Quantitative Data
b. Qualitative Data
c. Mode of ungroup data
d. None of these

5. Census returns are known as the: ______________________?

a. Group Data
b. Qualitative Data
c. Primary Data
d. Secondary Data
6. A variable that provides the basis for estimation is called:
____________________________?
a. Discrete Variable
b. Independent Variable
c. Dependent Variable
d. Both A & B

7. Issuing a national identity card is an example of:

a. Secondary Data
b. Primary Data
c. Continuous Data
d. Qualitative Data

8. In Statistics, a population consists of: _____________?

a. All People living in a country
b. All People living in the are under study
c. All subjects or objects whose characteristics are being
studied
d. None of the above

9. Which of the following provides the best definition of a frequency

when the term is applied to a data set?
a. The number of occurrences for a range of values that a
variable takes in a data set
b. The number of occurrences for zero values that a variable takes
in a data set
c. The number of occurrences for one, or a range of values that a
variable takes in a data set
d. The number of occurrences for the mean value that a variable
takes in a data set
10. Sigma squared represents____________________?
a. Population variance
b. Sample standard deviation
c. Population standard deviation
d. All of these

11. A national random sample of Cricket League scores from 2010 is

listed below. Calculate the sample mean and standard deviation.
29, 26, 13, 23, 23, 25, 17, 22, 17, 19, 12, 26, 30, 30, 18, 14, 12, 26,
17, 18
a. 20.50, 5.24
b. 20.85, 5.14
c. 20.80, 5.54
d. 20.85, 5.94

12. When the correlation coefficient, r, is close to one:

a. There is no relationship between the two variables
b. There is a strong linear relationship between the two
variables
c. It is impossible to tell if there is a relationship between the two
variables
d. The slope of the regression line will be close to one

13. From the give data of two variables (x, y), Find the regression
model by using Ordinary least Square method. (1, 1.24), (2, 5.23),
(3, 7.24), (4, 7.60), (5, 9.97), (6, 14.31), (7, 13.99), (8, 14.88), (9,
18.04), (10, 20.70)
a. Y = 0.490 x - 0.053
b. Y = 2.04 x
c. Y = 1.98 x + 0.436
d. Y = 0.436 + 0.49 x
14. The intercept in linear regression represents: _____________?
a. The strength of the relationship between x and y
b. The expected x value when y is zero
c. The expected y value when x is zero
d. A population parameter

15. A measure of central location which splits the data set into two
equal groups is called the_________________?
a. Mean
b. Median
c. Standard Deviation
d. Variance

16. In a distribution of different samples 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, while the
Average mean of x is 40, ∑(X-MEAN) the sum of deviations from x
will be: ________?
a. Equal to zero
b. Equal to one
c. 40
d. 200

17. The interquartile range___________________?

a. Known as a measure of location
b. Called a measure of variability
c. Always equal to the median
d. Always equal to the mode

18. Major area of statistics today is concerned with drawing of

conclusions from__________?
a. Samples
b. Primary Data
c. Population Mean
d. Group Data
19. Find the median of the following data. 260, 180, 400, 325, 100,
560, 206?
a. 325
b. 560
c. 260
d. 206

20. The Geometric Mean of -4, 4, 02, 1, 0 will be______________?

a. Zero
b. -3
c. 3
d. Not Possible

21. The value of [(n+1)/2]th term the formula of ______?

a. 1st Quartile
b. 2nd Quartile
c. Median
d. Both B& C

22. If we add all numbers in the set together and then total is divided
by the number of scores in that set, in result we will
obtain___________________________?
a. Quartile
b. Cumulative Frequency
c. Mean
d. Variance

23. Calculate the median in the set 1, 2, 2, 3, 5, 6, 5, 3 would

be________________________?
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6
24. Liking and Disliking of a product is the example of
__________________________?
a. Relative Measure
b. Primary Data
c. Qualitative Data
d. Absolute Measure

25. Which of these is a relative measure of

dispersion_____________?
a. Standard Deviation
b. Mean Deviation
c. Variance
d. Coefficient of Variation

26. From give below, which one method is not based on all the given
distributions or observations_____________?
a. Median
b. Mode
c. Coefficient Variation
d. Variance

27. In a special case, what will be the answer of measure of

dispersion, if all the observations will be same?
a. Equal to -1
b. Equal to 1
c. Equal to 0
d. Infinity

28. If the mean of 30 observations is 20, then the sum of these

observations will be _________________?
a. 200
b. 300
 c. 500
d. 600

29. In a conclusion, which one measure of average provide more

than one value_________________?
a. Median
b. Mode
c. Quartile
d. Decile

30. What this equation explains according to statistical tools. 2nd

Quartile = 5th Decile = 50th Percentile =
a. Explain the Mode concept
b. Divide the data into 2 equal parts
c. All inference the equal result
d. All of these

31. If Y = - 0.3X+0.75, then the value of Y intercept is equal to:

_______?

a. -0.75
b. 0.75
c. 0.3
d. -0.3X

32. The purpose of OLS analysis is to ______________?

a. Predict one variable from another variable
b. Replace points on a scatter diagram by a straight-line
c. Measure the degree to which two variables are linearly associated
d. Obtain the expected value of the independent random variable for
a given value of the dependent
33. what will be the coefficient of correlation, if the both variables X
and Y increase or decrease simultaneously?
a. Zero
b. Negative
c. Positive
d. None of these

34. What will be the unit of Coefficient of Correlation, If the variable

X is measured in hours and Variable Y is measured in minutes?
a. Minutes
b. Hours
c. Both A& B
d. No Unit

35. In OLS technique, the regression equation Y = α + βX, where α

and β are called________________?
a. Variables
b. Parameters
c. Estimators
d. None of These

36. In Measure of Location, the Model class is known as

________________?
a. Class Mark
b. Highest Frequency Class
c. Cumulative Frequency Class
d. Upper and lower class

37. Last year 2019 edition of Economic survey of Pakistan is an

example of ____________________?
a. Secondary Data
b. Frequency Distribution
 c. Population Census
d. Survey Method

38. Which statement is true in regression analysis?

a. The coefficient of determination and the R-squared (r^2) are
the same
b. The coefficient of determination and the R-squared (r^2) have
negative relation
c. The coefficient of determination and the R-squared (r^2) have
positive relation
d. All Statements are true.

39. Semi-Inter Quartile Range is also called_____________?

a. Quartile Deviation
b. Absolute Measure of Quartile
c. Co-efficient of Quartile Deviation
d. All of these

40. The slope of the regression line in a regression analysis for both
variables for X on Y is known as?
a. Correlation coefficient of X on Y
b. Correlation coefficient of Y on X
c. Regression coefficient of X on Y
d. Regression coefficient of Y on X

41. According to two general variables age along with health, the
association between them for an individual is founded as -1.05. On
the basis of this analysis, what you will inform the physician that:
________________________?
a. The age is good predictor of health
b. The age is poor predictor of health
c. Age and Health are associated with each other
d. No association