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SEPTEMBER 2021 MBChB

EPIDEMILOGY AND BIOSTATISTICS

TEST 1 - BIOSTATISTICS

Multiple Choice Questions:

1) What is the approximate shape of the distribution in the diagram?

(a) Nearly symmetric

(b) Skewed to the left
(c) Skewed to the right
(d) Bimodal

2) The mean is
(a) The statistical or arithmetic average
(b) The middlemost score
(c) The most frequently occurring score
(d) The best representation for every set of data

3) If any of the value in data set is zero then it is not possible (i.e. impossible)
to compute.
(a) Mode
(b) Geometric Mean
(c) Mean
(d) Harmonic Mean
(e) Median

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4) The mean of a distribution is 23, the median is 24, and the mode is 25.5. It
is most likely that this distribution is:
(a) Positively Skewed
(b) Symmetrical
(c) Asymptotic
(d) Negatively Skewed

5) The mean of a distribution is 14 and the standard deviation is 5. What is

the value of the coefficient of variation?
(a) 60.4%
(b) 48.3%
(c) 35.7%
(d) 27.8%

6) Which of the following describe the middle part of a group of numbers?

(a) Measure of Variability
(b) Measure of Central Tendency
(c) Measure of Association
(d) Measure of Shape

7) According to the empirical rule, approximately what percent of the data

should lie within μ±2σμ±2σ?
(a) 75%
(b) 68%
(c) 99.7%
(d) 90%
(e) 95%

8) The sum of the deviations about the mean is always:

(a) Range
(b) Zero
(c) Total Standard Deviation
(d) Positive
(e) Negative
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9) Which of the following is not a measure of central tendency?

(a) Percentile
(b) Quartile
(c) Standard deviation
(d) Mode

10) Which of the following divides a group of data into four subgroups?
(a) Percentiles
(b) Deciles
(c) Median
(d) Quartiles
(e) Standard Deviation

11) If the standard deviation of a population is 9, the population variance is:

(a) 9
(b) 3
(c) 21
(d) 81

12) If a distribution is abnormally tall and peaked, then is can be said that
the distribution is:
(a) Leptokurtic
(b) Pyrokurtic
(c) Platykurtic
(d) Mesokurtic

13) The weights of students in a college/school is a

(a) Discrete Variable
(b) Continuous Variable
(c) Qualitative Variable
(d) None of these

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14) The number of accidents in a city during 2010 is

(a) Discrete variable
(b) Continuous variable
(c) Qualitative variable
(d) Constant

15) Which of these represent qualitative data

(a) Height of a student
(b) Liking or disliking of (500) persons of a product

(c) Income of a government servant in a city

(d) Yield from a wheat plot

16) Life of a T.V picture tube is a

(a) Discrete variable
(b) Continuous variable
(c) Qualitative variable
(d) Constant

17) The first hand and unorganized form of data is called

(a) Secondary data
(b) Organized data
(c) Primary data
(d) None of these

18) The data which have already been collected by someone are called
(a) Raw data
(b) Array data
(c) Secondary data
(d) Fictitious data

19) Census reports used as a source of data is

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(a) Primary source

(b) Secondary source
(c) Organized data
(d) None

20) Questionnaire survey method is used to collect

(a) Secondary data
(b) Qualitative variable
(c) Primary data
(d) None of these
21) Primary data and data are same
(a) Grouped
(b) Secondary data

(c) Ungrouped
(d) None of these

22) Data collected by NADRA to issue computerized identity cards (CICs) are
(a) Unofficial data
(b) Qualitative data
(c) Secondary data
(d) Primary data
(e) None of these

23) Population census is conducted through

(a) Sample survey
(b) Accounting
(c) Investigation
(d) Complete enumeration

24) A parameter is a measure which is computed from

(a) Population data

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(b) Sample data

(c) Test statistics
(d) None of these

25) A chance variation in an observational process is

(a) Dispersion/ Variability
(b) Measurement error
(c) Random error
(d) Instrument error

26) The measure of Dispersion can never be

(a) Positive
(b) Negative
(c) 0
(d) 1
27) The standard deviation is always than mean deviation
(a) Greater

(b) Less
(c) Equal
(d) None

28) Standard deviation is calculated from the Harmonic Mean (HM)

(a) Always
(b) Sometimes
(c) Never
(d) None of these

29) Variance remains unchanged by change of

(a) Origin
(b) Scale
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(c) Both
(d) None of these

30) Mean Deviation, Variance and Standard Deviation of the values 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 is

(a) 4
(b) 8
(c) 2
(d) 12
(e) 0

31) The sum of squares of deviation is least if measured from

(a) Mean
(b) Mode
(c) Median
(d) Variance

32) Lowest value of variance can be

(a) 1
(b) -1
(c) 3
(d) -3
(e) 0
33) If all values are same then the measure of dispersion will be
(a) 1
(b) 0
(c) Mean
(d) Mode
(e) Median

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34) The variance of 5 numbers is 10. If each number is divided by 2, then

the variance of new numbers is
(a) 20
(b) 5
(c) 2.5
(d) 5.5
(e) 0

35) The mean deviation of the values, 18, 12, 15 is

(a) 6
(b) zero
(c) 3
(d) 2

36) Which of these is a relative measure of dispersion

(a) Standard Deviation
(b) Variance
(c) Coefficient of Variation
(d) None of these

37) A measure of dispersion is always

(a) Zero
(b) Positive
(c) Negative
(d) Infinity

38) Suppose for 40 observations, the variance is 50. If all the observations
are increased by 20, the variance of these increased observation will be

(a) 50
(b) 70
(c) 50/20

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(c) 50-20=30

39) What test statistic is used for a global test of significance?

(a) Z test
(b) t test
(c) Chi-square test
(d) F test

40) Non-parametric tests include

(a) ANOVA
(b) Student's t-test
(c) Chi-squared test
(d) Wilcoxon signed rank test
(e) Paired sample t test

41) In statistics out of 100, marks of 21 students in final exams are as 90, 95, 95, 94,
90, 85, 84, 83, 85, 81, 92, 93, 82, 78, 79, 81, 80, 82, 85, 76, 85 then mode of data is
(a) 85
(b) 95
(c) 90
(d) 81

42) Procedures of descriptive statistics and control charts which are used to
improve process are classified as
(a) Statistical tools
(b) Parallel tools
(c) Serial tools
(d) Behavioral tools

43) Scale used in statistics which provides difference of proportions as well

as magnitude of differences is considered as
(a) Satisfactory scale

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(b) Ratio scale

(c) Goodness scale
(d) Exponential scale

44) If a bag contains three fruits, 16 percent are apples, 30 percent are oranges and
20 percent some other fruit that is neither oranges nor apples then probability
of selecting an orange randomly is
(a) 0.3
(b) 0.45
(c) 0.65
(d) 0.034

45) Probability without any conditions of occurrence of an event is considered as

(a) Conditional probability
(b) Marginal probability
(c) Non conditional probability
(d) Occurrence probability

46) In two units of company, employees in unit one are 650 and monthly salary is
$2750, employees in unit two are 700 and monthly salary is $2500 then combined
arithmetic mean is
(a) $2,620
(b) $2,520
(c) $2,420
(d) $2,320

47) Sum of values of data is divided by total number of values is used to calculate
(a) Arithmetic mean
(b) Weighted average mean
(c) Geometric mean
(d) Harmonic mean

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48) Number of observations are 11 and value of arithmetic mean is 19 then sum
of all values is
(a) 209
(b) 30
(c) 8

(d) 173

49) In a set of observations, unusual lower and higher values are called
(a) Outliers
(b) Free liners
(c) Central liners
(d) Median liners

50) At a grocery store, number of per day sold processed fruits cans in 15 days are
50, 70, 60, 40, 30, 20, 5, 150, 55, 75, 65, 45, 35, 25, 52 then outliers in observations
are
(a) 50, 150
(b) 5, 150
(c) 25, 70
(d) 150

51) In descriptive statistics, we study

(a) The description of decision making process
(b) The methods for organizing, displaying, and describing data
(c) How to describe the probability distribution
(d) None of the above

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52) In statistics, conducting a survey means

(a) Collecting information from targeted population
(b) Making mathematical calculations
(c) Drawing graphs and pictures
(d) None of the above

53) When data are collected in a statistical study for only a portion or subset of
all elements of interest we are using:
(a) A sample
(b) A Parameter
(c) A Population
(d) Both b and c

54) Which one is the not measure of dispersion.

(a) The Range

(b) 50th Percentile

(c) Inter-Quartile Range
(d) Variance

55) In inferential statistics, we study

(a) The methods to make decisions about population based on sample results
(b) How to make decisions about mean, median, or mode
(c) How a sample is obtained from a population
(d) None of the above

56) Which one of the following measurement does not divide a set of
observations into equal parts?
(a) Quartiles
(b) Standard Deviations
(c) Percentiles

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(d) Deciles
(e) Median

57) Which branch of statistics deals with the techniques that are used to
organize, summarize, and present the data:
(a) Advanced Statistics
(b) Probability Statistics
(c) Inferential Statistics
(d) Descriptive Statistics
(e) Bayesian Statistics

58) In Biostatistics, a population consists of:

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

59) Which of the following is not based on all the observations?

(a) Arithmetic Mean
(b) Geometric Mean

(c) Harmonic Mean

(d) Weighted Mean
(e) Mode
60) Statistic is a numerical quantity, which is calculated from:
(a) Population
(b) Sample
(c) Data
(d) Observations
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