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MCQs

1. The stages of a malignant disease (cancer) is recorded using the symbols 0, I, II,
III, IV. We say that the
scale used is:
A. Alphanumeric
B. Numerical
C. Ordinal
D. Nominal
2. If the average of a series of values is 10 and their variance is 4, then the
coefficient of variation (= the ratio standard deviation / average) is:
A.40%
B.20%
C.80%
D.10%
3. If, after performing a Student test for comparison of means, we obtain p =
0.0256, then:
A. We reject H0 and accept H1
B. We accept H0
C. We reject H1
D. We cannot decide
4)Class Boundaries of 2.5---3.55 is
(A)2.453.55 (B)2.43.6 (c)2040
5) Class Width of 2.455.45 is
(A)4

(B)5 (C)3

6)For construction of an ogive, we need __________Frequencies.


(A)Relative

(B) Cumulative

(C) Percentage

7) For Relative Frequency, we divided the Class Frequency by_______


(A) 100 (B)Summation of Frequency (C) Cumulative Frequency
8) If x=-2,-1,20,40 then _______can be calculated.
(A)A.M

(B)G.M (C)H.M (c)

9)If x=22,21,0,20 then________cannot be calculated

(A)A.M

(B)G.M (C)H.M (d) Both b & c

10)Permutation of Statistics is_______


(A) 10!/3!7! (B)10C 1(C)10!/3!3!2!

11) If A and B are two events with P(A)=0.5, P(B)=0.3 and P(AUB)=0.7, then
P(Ab) will be equal to
A)0.15

(B)0.1 (C)Zero

12)
If n=1 then Bionomial Distribution known as Bernaulis distribution
(A) True (B)False

13) A constant variable can take values


(A) Zero (B) Fixed (C) Not Fixed (D) Nothing
14) A parameter is measure which computed from
A)Population Data
B)Sample Data
C)Test statistic
D)None of these
15) The weights of the College/ School
A) Discrete Variable
B) Continuous Variable
C) Qualitative Variable
D)Constant
16)If the standard deviation of the population is 9 the Population variance is
A)9
B)3
C)21
D)81
17. Which of the following tests are parametric tests:

A. ANOVA
B. Student
C. Wilcoxon
D. Kruskal-Wallis
E) Both A and B
18. The result of a statistical test, denoted p, shall be interpreted as follows:
A. the null hypothesis H0 is rejected if p 0.05
C. the alternate hypothesis H1 is rejected if p> 0.05
D. the null hypothesis H0 is accepted if p <0.05
19)If a series of values consists of 21 numbers, then, for finding the median, we
ordered the series ascending and we use:
A. The 11th value in the ordered series
B. The mean between the 10th and 11th values
C. The mean between the 11th and 12th values
D. The 10th value in the ordered series
20)
Which of the following is not a measure of central tendency
A)
B)
C)
D)

Percentile
Qurtile
Standard Deviation
Mode

21) The branch of biostatistics that deals with methods of collection, organization
and presentation of data is called as
a) Inferential biostatistics
b) Descriptive biostatistics
C) both a and b
d) Comparative Biostatistics
22) Flower colour is
a) Quantitative Variable
b) Qualitative Variable
c) Absolute Variable

d) Continuous Variable
23) The Events A and B are mutually exclusive, so?
a) Prob ( AorB)= Prob (A) + Prob (B)
b)Prob ( A and B)= Prob (A). Prob (B)
c) Prob (A) =Prob (B)
d) Prob (A) + Prob (B)=1
24) For negatively skewed data mean will be?
a) Less than median
b)More than median
c) Equal to median
d) One
25) The standard normal distribution?
A) Is skewed to the left
B) Has mean=1.0
C) Has standard deviation =0.0
D) Has variance=1.0

26)Sample statistics are denoted by the


A. upper case Greek letter
B. associated roman alphabets
C. roman letters
D. lower case Greek letter
27)
The fundamental statistical indicators are:
A. Mean
B. Median
C. Standard deviation

D. both A and C
28) Range is the ________
A) Mid Point
B) RL-RS
C) I2-I1
29) If mean is less than the variance, the data is binomially distributed
A) False B) True
30) If n=10, P=0.4 then skewness is
A) 0.01

B)0.013

31) When the possible outcomes of an experiment are equally likely to occur, this we apply: (a)

Relative probability (b) Subjective probability (c) Conditional probability (d) Classical
probability
32) A number between 0 and 1 that is use to measure uncertainty is called:
(a) Random variable (b) Trial (c) Simple event (d) Probability
33) Probability lies between:
(a) -1 and +1 (b) 0 and 1 (c) 0 and n (d) 0 and
34) Probability can be expressed as:
(a) Ration (b) Fraction (c) Percentage (d) All of the above
35) The probability of an event cannot be: (a) Equal to zero (b) Greater than zero (c) Equal to
one (d) Less than zero
36) The outcome of tossing a coin is a:
(a) Mutually exclusive event (b) Compound event (c) Certain event (d) Simple event
37) A set of all possible outcomes of an experiment is called:
(a) Combination (b) Sample point (c) Sample space (d) Compound event
38) The events having no experimental outcomes in common is called:
(a) Equally likely events (b) Exhaustive events (c) Mutually exclusive events (d) Independent
events
39) The probability associated with the reduced sample space is called:

(a) Conditional probability (b) Statistical probability (c) Mathematical probability (d) Subjective
probability
40) If an event contains more than one sample points, it is called a:
(a) Simple event (b) Compound event (c) Impossible event (d) Certain event
41) The term 'sample space' is used for:
(a) All possible outcomes (b) All possible coins (c) Probability (d) Sample
42) If P(B/A) = 0.50 and P(AB) = 0.40, then p(A) will be equal to:
(a) 0.40 (b) 0.50 (c) 0.80 (d) 1

43) If A and B are independent events, then:


(a) P(AB) = P(A).P(B)
(b) P(AB) = P(A).P(B)
(c) P(AB) = P(A)+P(B)
(d) P(A) = P(B)
44) A die and a coin are tossed together. Probability of getting head on the coin is:
(a) 6/12 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) Zero
45) The shape of the normal curve depends upon the value of:
(a) Standard deviation
(b) Q1
(c) Mean deviation
(d) Quartile deviation
46) The normal curve is symmetrical and for symmetrical distribution, the values of all odd order
moments about mean will always be:
(a) 1
(b) 0.5
(c) 0.25
(d) 0
47) The normal distribution is a proper probability distribution of a continuous random variable,
the total area under the curve f(x) is:

(a) Equal to one


(b) Less than one
(c) More than one
(d) Between -1 and +1
48) In normal distribution:
(a) Mean = Median = Mode
(b) Mean < Median < Mode
(c) Mean> Median > Mode
(d) Mean Median Mode
49) In a normal curve, the highest point on the curve occurs at the mean, , which is also the:
(a) Median and mode
(b) Geometric mean and harmonic mean
(c) Lower and upper quartiles
(d) Variance and standard deviation
50) The measure of location which is the most likely to be influenced by extreme values in the
data set is the
a. range
b. median
c. mode
d. mean
51) If two events are independent, then
a. they must be mutually exclusive
b. the sum of their probabilities must be equal to one
c. their intersection must be zero
d. None of these alternatives is correct
52) Two events, A and B, are mutually exclusive and each have a nonzero probability. If
event A is known to occur, the probability of the occurrence of event B is
a. one
b. any positive value
c. zero
d. any value between 0 to 1
53) A numerical description of the outcome of an experiment is called a
a. descriptive statistic
b. probability function
c. variance
d. random variable
54) In the textile industry, a manufacturer is interested in the number of blemishes or flaws
occurring in each 100 feet of material. The probability distribution that has the greatest
chance of applying to this situation is the
a. normal distribution
b. binomial distribution

c. Poisson distribution
d. uniform distribution
55) Which of the following is not a property of a binomial experiment?
a. the experiment consists of a sequence of n identical trials
b. each outcome can be referred to as a success or a failure
c. the probabilities of the two outcomes can change from one trial to the next
d. the trials are independent
56)-Convenience sampling is an example of
a. probabilistic sampling
b. stratified sampling
c. nonprobabilistic sampling
d. cluster sampling
57). A statement about a population developed for the purpose of testing is called:
(a) Hypothesis (b) Hypothesis testing (c) Level of significance (d) Test-statistic
58)
Any hypothesis which is tested for the purpose of rejection under the assumption that it is true is
called: (a) Null hypothesis (b) Alternative hypothesis (c) Statistical hypothesis (d) Composite
hypothesis
59)
A statement that is accepted if the sample data provide sufficient evidence that the null
hypothesis is false is called:
(a) Simple hypothesis (b) Composite hypothesis (c) Statistical hypothesis (d) Alternative
hypothesis
60) The dividing point between the region where the null hypothesis is rejected and the region
where it is not rejected is said to be:
(a) Critical region (b) Critical value (c) Acceptance region (d) Significant region
61) If mean is 25 and standard deviation is 5 then C.V
(Coe_cient of variation) is
A) 100%
B) 25%
C) 20%
D) None of these
62): ___ is used to compare the variation or dispersion
in two or more sets of data even though they are
measured in di_erent units.
A) Range
B) Standard Deviation
C) Coefficient of Variation
D) Mean Deviation
63: ___ is used to criterion of consistency i.e for consistence performance

A) Range
B) Standard Deviation
C) Coe_cient of Variation
D) Mean Deviation
64: The Coefficient of Skewness is always zero for ___distribution
A) Symmetrical
B) Skewed
C) None of these
65) Lack of symmetry is called
A) Absolute Dispersion
B) Relative Dispersion
C) Skewness
66) Quartile Coefficient of skewness lies between
A) 0 and 1
B) -1 and +1
C) -1 and 0
D) None of these
67) If right tail is longer than left tail then distribution
is called
A) Negatively Skewed
B) Positively Skewed
C) None of these
68)
The total of all the observations divided by the number of observations is called:
(a) Arithmetic mean (b) Geometric mean (c) Median (d) Harmonic mean
69) The arithmetic mean is highly affected by:
(a) Moderate values (b) Extremely small values (c) Odd values (d) Extremely large values
70) The midpoint of the values after they have been ordered from the smallest to the largest or
the largest to the smallest is called:
(a) Mean (b) Median (c) Lower quartile (d) Upper quartile

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