McqMate
These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Business Administration in Computer Applications (BBA [CA]) , Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) .
Chapters
| 1. |
What is the arithmetic mean of the data set: 4, 5, 0, 10, 8, and 3?____________ |
| A. | 5 |
| B. | 6 |
| C. | 7 |
| D. | 5 |
| Answer» A. 5 | |
| 2. |
What is the geometric mean of: 1, 2, 8, and 16?___________ |
| A. | 4 |
| B. | 5 |
| C. | 6 |
| D. | 7 |
| Answer» A. 4 | |
| 3. |
The arithmetic mean of all possible outcomes is known as___________ |
| A. | expected value |
| B. | critical value |
| C. | variance |
| D. | standard deviation |
| Answer» A. expected value | |
| 4. |
What is the average of 3%, 7%, 10%, and 16% ?____________ |
| A. | 8% |
| B. | 9% |
| C. | 10% |
| D. | 11% |
| Answer» B. 9% | |
| 5. |
The mean, mode, and median of the data set: 5, 4, 10, 12, 1, 5, 3, 7, 15, and 8 is respectively___________ |
| A. | 5, 6, 7 |
| B. | 7, 6, 5 |
| C. | 6, 5, 7 |
| D. | 7, 5, 6 |
| Answer» D. 7, 5, 6 | |
| 6. |
Harmonic men gives more weigntage to____________ |
| A. | Small Values |
| B. | Large Values |
| C. | Positive Values |
| D. | Negative Values |
| Answer» A. Small Values | |
| 7. |
If the distribution is symmetric about mean then the skewness is_____________. |
| A. | 1 |
| B. | Positive |
| C. | negative |
| D. | none |
| Answer» A. 1 | |
| 8. |
Standard deviation is calculated from the Harmonic Mean (HM)____________ |
| A. | Always |
| B. | Sometimes |
| C. | Never |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Sometimes | |
| 9. |
In statistics, a sample means______________ |
| A. | A portion of the sample |
| B. | A portion of the population |
| C. | All the items under investigation |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. A portion of the population | |
| 10. |
The algebraic sum of deviations from mean is__________ |
| A. | Maximum |
| B. | Zero |
| C. | Minimum |
| D. | Undefined |
| Answer» B. Zero | |
| 11. |
Sum of deviations will be zero if it is taken from___________ |
| A. | Mean |
| B. | Mode |
| C. | Median |
| D. | Standard Deviation |
| Answer» A. Mean | |
| 12. |
Arithmetic Mean is __________ affected by extreme values |
| A. | Not |
| B. | Highly |
| C. | Less |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Highly | |
| 13. |
The sum of squared deviation is least from____________ |
| A. | Median |
| B. | Mean |
| C. | Mode |
| D. | Standard Deviation |
| Answer» B. Mean | |
| 14. |
__________ is based on all observations of data |
| A. | Median |
| B. | Mode |
| C. | Mean |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Mean | |
| 15. |
The mean of 10 numbers is 9, then the sum (total) of these numbers will be________ |
| A. | 9 |
| B. | 0.9 |
| C. | 70 |
| D. | 90 |
| Answer» D. 90 | |
| 16. |
The sum of values divided by their number is called__________ |
| A. | Median |
| B. | Harmonic Mean |
| C. | Mean |
| D. | Mode |
| Answer» C. Mean | |
| 17. |
The calculation of mean and variance is based on_____________ |
| A. | Small values only |
| B. | Large values only |
| C. | Extreme values only |
| D. | All values |
| Answer» D. All values | |
| 18. |
The Geometric Mean of -2, 4, 03, 6, 0 will be______________ |
| A. | -3 |
| B. | 0 |
| C. | Cannot be Computed |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Cannot be Computed | |
| 19. |
The most repeated (popular) value in a data set is called____________ |
| A. | Median |
| B. | Mean |
| C. | Mode |
| D. | Geometric Mean |
| Answer» C. Mode | |
| 20. |
Which of the following Measure of Averages is not based on all the values given in the data set___________ |
| A. | Arithmetic Mean |
| B. | Geometric Mean |
| C. | Median |
| D. | Mode |
| Answer» C. Median | |
| 21. |
Which of the following Measure of averages is affected by extreme (very small or very large) values in the data set?____________ |
| A. | Geometric Mean |
| B. | Median |
| C. | Arithmetic Mean |
| D. | Harmonic Mean |
| Answer» C. Arithmetic Mean | |
| 22. |
Data must be arranged either in ascending or descending order if some want to compute________________ |
| A. | Mode |
| B. | Median |
| C. | Harmonic Mean |
| D. | Median |
| Answer» D. Median | |
| 23. |
If any of the value in data set is negative then it is impossible to compute___________ |
| A. | Arithmetic Mean |
| B. | Harmonic Mean |
| C. | Geometric Mean |
| D. | Mode |
| Answer» C. Geometric Mean | |
| 24. |
If any of the value in the data set is zero then it is not possible (i.e. impossible) to compute_____________ |
| A. | Mode |
| B. | Median |
| C. | Mean |
| D. | Harmonic Mean |
| Answer» D. Harmonic Mean | |
| 25. |
To find the average speed of a journey which is the appropriate measure of central tendency____________ |
| A. | Mean |
| B. | Geometric Mean |
| C. | Harmonic Mean |
| D. | Weighted Mean |
| Answer» C. Harmonic Mean | |
| 26. |
Which of the following cannot be less than zero (negative)?_____________ |
| A. | Median |
| B. | Geometric Mean |
| C. | Arithmetic Mean |
| D. | Harmonic Mean |
| Answer» B. Geometric Mean | |
| 27. |
________ is the measure of average which can have more than one value____________ |
| A. | Mean |
| B. | Median |
| C. | Harmonic Mean |
| D. | Mode |
| Answer» D. Mode | |
| 28. |
Find the median of the following data: 160, 180, 200, 280, 300, 320, 400______________ |
| A. | 140 |
| B. | 300 |
| C. | 180 |
| D. | 280 |
| Answer» D. 280 | |
| 29. |
Which of the following describe the middle part of a group of numbers?_____________ |
| A. | The Measure of Variability |
| B. | The Measure of Central Tendency |
| C. | The Measure of Association |
| D. | The Measure of Shape |
| Answer» B. The Measure of Central Tendency | |
| 30. |
The middle value of an ordered array of numbers is the_____________ |
| A. | Mode |
| B. | Mean |
| C. | Median |
| D. | Mid-Point |
| Answer» C. Median | |
| 31. |
If mean, median, and mode are all equal then distribution will be_______________ |
| A. | Positive Skewed |
| B. | Negative Skewed |
| C. | Symmetrical |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Symmetrical | |
| 32. |
The values of mean, median and mode can be____________ |
| A. | Some time equal |
| B. | Never equal |
| C. | Always equal |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Some time equal | |
| 33. |
In symmetrical distribution, mean, median, and mode are__________ |
| A. | Equal |
| B. | Different |
| C. | Zero |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Equal | |
| 34. |
The empirical relation between mean, median, and mode is____________ |
| A. | $ 3 mean – 2 median $ |
| B. | $ 3 median – 2 mean $ |
| C. | $ 2 mean – 3 median $ |
| D. | $ mean = median = mode $ |
| Answer» B. $ 3 median – 2 mean $ | |
| 35. |
In a symmetrical distribution, mean is ____________ mode |
| A. | Equal to |
| B. | Less than |
| C. | Greater than |
| D. | Not equal to |
| Answer» A. Equal to | |
| 36. |
If in a distribution left tail is longer than right tail, then the distribution will be____________ |
| A. | Symmetrical |
| B. | Positive skewed |
| C. | Negative skewed |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Negative skewed | |
| 37. |
In Uni-model distribution, if mode is less than mean, then the distribution will be__________ |
| A. | Symmetrical |
| B. | Normal |
| C. | Positively skewed |
| D. | Negatively skewed |
| Answer» C. Positively skewed | |
| 38. |
The shape of symmetrical distribution is _______ |
| A. | U shaped |
| B. | Bell Shaped |
| C. | J Shaped |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Bell Shaped | |
| 39. |
The distribution in which mean = 60 and mode = 50, will be ____________ |
| A. | Symmetrical |
| B. | Positive skewed |
| C. | Negative skewed |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Positive skewed | |
| 40. |
If mean is less than mode, the distribution will be____________ |
| A. | Positively skewed |
| B. | Negatively skewed |
| C. | Symmetrical |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Negatively skewed | |
| 41. |
A symmetrical distribution has mean equal to 4. Its mode will be____________ |
| A. | Equal to 4 |
| B. | Less than 4 |
| C. | Greater than 4 |
| D. | Not equal to 4 |
| Answer» A. Equal to 4 | |
| 42. |
A set of values is said to be relatively uniform if it has___________ |
| A. | High Dispersion |
| B. | Zero Dispersion |
| C. | Littel Dispersion |
| D. | Negative Dispersion |
| Answer» C. Littel Dispersion | |
| 43. |
The measures of dispersion are changed by the change of_______________ |
| A. | Scale |
| B. | Origin |
| C. | Unit |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Scale | |
| 44. |
Statistics are aggregates of______________ |
| A. | Methods |
| B. | Calculations |
| C. | Facts |
| D. | Data |
| Answer» D. Data | |
| 45. |
The appropriate average for calculating average percentage increase in population is____________ |
| A. | Arithmetic Mean |
| B. | Harmonic Mean |
| C. | Mode |
| D. | Geometric Mean |
| Answer» D. Geometric Mean | |
| 46. |
Which mean is most affected by extreme values?____________ |
| A. | Geometric Mean |
| B. | Harmonic Mean |
| C. | Arithmetic mean |
| D. | Trimmed Mean |
| Answer» C. Arithmetic mean | |
| 47. |
When mean, median, and mode are identical, the distribution is___________ |
| A. | Positively Skewed |
| B. | Negatively Skewed |
| C. | Symmetrical Bivariate |
| D. | Uniform |
| Answer» C. Symmetrical Bivariate | |
| 48. |
Sum of absolute deviations about median is_________ |
| A. | Zero |
| B. | Maximum |
| C. | Minimum |
| D. | One |
| Answer» C. Minimum | |
| 49. |
Sum of square of the deviations about mean is___________ |
| A. | Maximum |
| B. | Minimum |
| C. | Zero |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Minimum | |
| 50. |
The extreme values in negatively skewed distribution lie in the_____________ |
| A. | Middle |
| B. | Right Tail |
| C. | Left Tail |
| D. | Whole Curve |
| Answer» C. Left Tail | |
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