Q1 The major challenge against accurate head count apart from funding and logistics is
Q2 A pair of dice is tossed. Find the probability of getting a total of 10
Q3 The recommend that census should seek Age, Nationality, Sex and Weight is made by
Q4 De facto is the approach whereby each individual is counted at the place he is found at the time of __exercise
Q5 Coefficient of variation is equal to
Q6 The scores of 5 students in an examination are 6, 5, 8, 7 and 4. Find the standard deviation
Q7 The scores of 5 students in an examination are: 6, 5, 8, 7 and 4. Find the variance
Q8 The difference between the largest and smallest scores of ungrouped data is the
Q9 All qualitative variables are measured on _scale
Q10 The two types of statistics are
Q11 The scientific method for collection, summarisation, presentation, analysis and interpretation of data is called
Q12 The biggest financial in scientific research funding is
Q13 The primary purpose for is to discover, interpret develop methods and systems for the growth of knowledge
Q14 Hybrid sampling is a method that combines procedure
Q15 One of the attributes of statistical inquires and sampling is that it enable researcher get __easily
Q16 In a Political group of 12 members the probability of picking a
number from any one of the six geo-political zones in Nigeria is 2/3. If
some members are to represent the group in a National meeting, find the
probability that 8 members are chosen
Q17 A ballot box containing 12 male voter's cards and another box
containing 100 female voter's cards. Find the number of ways of
selecting 5 male voter's cards
Q18 Evaluate n! + 0! / 2
Q19 In how many ways can the acronyms NOUN be written
Q20 Find the value of 2! + 5!
Q21 A branch of __that deals with analysis and interpretation of numerical data in terms of sample and population is called statistics
Q22 Calculate the standard deviation of the following set of numbers: 148,146,150,154,156,158,160,162,164,166,168,170
Q23 In how many ways can a family of 9 divide itself into 3 groups so that each group contains 3 persons
Q24 A box contains 10 green, 8 yellow and 5 red marbles. If two
marbles are picked at random, what is the probability that one is green
and one is red
Q25 There are basically two methods for assigning probabilities to events. One of these methods is
Q26 An Experiment in which the results are always subject to chances
and may change even if the experiment is repeated under the same
condition is known as
Q27 A
statistical experiemnt in which the results of the experiment are not
subject to chance if repeatedly severally under the same condition is
called
Q28 The
probability of an event that can be obtained from an already existing
result, from what is likely to happen or from already known information
is termed
Q29 When an
experiments are actually carried out under the same condition through
which an outcome is obtained. The probability of such an event is called
Q30 The two types into which probability can be classified are
Q31 Write down the sample space for the experiments. Toss a coin 3 times and observe the total number of heads
Q32 Calculate the standard deviation of the following set of numbers: 148,146,150,154,156,158,160,162,164,166,168,170
Q33 If A=46, B=34 and C=40; What angle would represent B on a pie chart
Q34 The symbol ∑ƒ means
Q35 If sets A={2,5,7,8,9} and B={1,3,5,7}. Then AnB is
Q36 Two sets X and Y are said to be _if they have no elements in common
Q37 If A= {a,b,c,d,e,f, g, h}, the cardinality of the elements is
Q38 A set without any element is called
Q39 If A= {a,b,c,d,e,f} and B={c,d,e}, then, it is correct to conclude that B is A
Q40 In a social research, the act of reading through books by scholars on the subject matter is called _review
Q41 Lack of _may be one of the limitations of statistics
Q42 Some of the functions of statistics in the society may be
Q43 The values of __may be discrete or continuous
Q44 Any piece(s) of information that represents the qualitative attributes of a variable(s) is called
Q45 A branch of _that deals with analysis and interpretations of numerical data in terms of sample and population is called statistics
Q46 Politics is a Social Science because it uses _tools for analysis
Q47 In a broad sense, _is a diagram that shows relationships between numbers
Q48 Another name for Cummulative Frequency Curve is
Q49 An advantage of frequency polygon over histogram is that it is easy to compare
Q50 Find the class mark of a population whose class intervals are x1 to x2
Q51 Find the third quartile in the following data set; 22,31,20,24,27,55
Q52 Five delegates out of 6 women and 7 men are to represent an
electoral body at a National election. In how many ways can the
delegates be selected if it must consist of 2 women and 3 men
Q53 A folder contains 7 blue biros, 6 red biros and 3 black biros
without replacement, find the probability that the three biros are of
different colour
Q54 In a single toss of three fair coins. What is the probability of having exactly 2 tails
Q55 If the probability of a pregnant woman giving birth to a male
child is 0.25, what is the probability that the child will be a girl
Q56 What is the third quatile of the following set of data 16, 25, 14, 18, 21, 23, 19, 18, 21, 49
Q57 In an objective test marked out of 40, the marks scored by 40
student are given in this table Marks % 1 - 5 6 - 10 11 - 20 21 - 30 31 -
35 36 - 40. Calculate the mean, using an assumed mean of 21
No. of Students 2 7 12 8 5 6
Q58 Find the class mark in a grouped frequency table with the class interval 40 - 49
Q59 One of the class interval for a grouped frequency table is 60 - 66, what is the class boundary for this class
Q60 Given a set of raw data 2, 3, 2, 1, 4, 4, 1, 1, 1, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 5, 0, 0, 0, 1. The date with the highest frequency is
Q61 In a particular week, the number of student that enrols at various
school at the National Open University of Nigeria is as follow; School
of education 150; School of Arts and Social Sciences 360; School of Law
220; School of Science and Technology 250; School of management 600;
School of Post-graduate Studies 420. If the information is represented
on a pie chart, what angle will the School of Arts & Social Sciences
be represented with
Q62 p
<=> q is a statemnent obtaind by using 'if and only if'
connective to one simple statements p and q. When is the resulting
statement p <=> q True
Q63 When a disfunction (OR) connective is used between two statements p, q, the statement p OR q is only false when
Q64 p AND q is a compound statement formed from two simple statements p and q respectively. What is the statement p ^ q
Q65 Mode is the most __in a sample population
Q66 In a class of 181 student, 102 offers POL 212, 64 offer BHM 206,
58 offer POL 202 and all the students take at least one of the subjects.
20 offer POL 212 and BHM 206, 15 offer POL 212 and POL 202, 18 offer
BHM 206 and POL 212. Find how many students offer POL 202 only
Q67 In a class of 181 student, 102 offers POL 212, 64 offer BHM 206,
58 offer POL 202 and all the students take at least one of the subjects.
20 offer POL 212 and BHM 206, 15 offer POL 212 and POL 202, 18 offer
BHM 206 and POL 212. Find how many students offer BHM 206 only
Q68 In a class of 181 student, 102 offers POL 212, 64 offer BHM 206,
58 offer POL 202 and all the students take at least one of the subjects.
20 offer POL 212 and BHM 206, 15 offer POL 212 and POL 202, 18 offer
BHM 206 and POL 212. Find how many students offer POL 212 only
Q69 In a class of 181 student, 102 offers POL 212, 64 offer BHM 206,
58 offer POL 202 and all the students take at least one of the subjects.
20 offer POL 212 and BHM 206, 15 offer POL 212 and POL 202, 18 offer
BHM 206 and POL 212. Find how many students offer BHM 206 and POL 202
only
Q70 In a class of 181
student, 102 offers POL 212, 64 offer BHM 206, 58 offer POL 202 and all
the students take at least one of the subjects. 20 offer POL 212 and
BHM 206, 15 offer POL 212 and POL 202, 18 offer BHM 206 and POL 212.
Find how many students offer BHM and POL 212 only
Q71 In a class of 181 student, 102 offers POL 212, 64 offer BHM 206,
58 offer POL 202 and all the students take at least one of the subjects.
20 offer POL 212 and BHM 206, 15 offer POL 212 and POL 202, 18 offer
BHM 206 and POL 212. Find how many students offer all the three subjects
Q72 If the Universal Set U
is given by U = {a, b, c, d, e, f, h, h} and the sets A = {a, b, c}, B =
{b, c, d, f, h}, C = {b, c, d, e}; find (AnB)
Q73 Which of the following Set is a infinite Set A = {x : 2 ≤ x ≤ 12, x
is an integer} B = {x: x is real}, C = {x: 3 < x < 6, x is
rational number}, D = {x: x is complex number}
Q74 How many subsets has a set consisting 4 elements
Q75 The cardinality of the union of Sets A, B, C, if A = {2, 3, 5, 7,
11, 13}, B = {0, 1, 9,} and C = {2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14} is
Q76 When data consisting of n members are arranged in order of magnitude, the middle values or member is called__
Q77 The mean of the following set of number; 20,24,20,35,43,27,40,35,36 and 20 is__
Q78 Given a set of raw data:
2,3,2,1,4,4,1,1,3,2,5,3,5,1,5,1,4,2,3,0,4,1,0,3,5,2,5,0,4,1,4,0,5,2,3,0,4,4,1,2;
what is the frequency of data 3__
Q79 A Student with N600 pocket money was spent on the
following; Book N50, Pen N80, Maths Set N270, Bag N150, Food N50; the
angles that pen and food represent on a pie chart are__
Q80 During the 1st semester in the Department of
Political Science, National Open University of Nigeria, 18 Students took
Pols 101, 25 took Pols 102, 23 took Pol103, 9 took Pol 101 and Pol 102,
10 took Pol 102 and Pol 103 and 6 took Pol 101 and Pol 103. If there
were 50 Students and 5 students did not take any three courses. How many
Students took POL 102 and POL 103 only__
Q81 During the 1st semester in the Department of
Political Science, National Open University of Nigeria, 18 Students took
Pols 101, 25 took Pols 102, 23 took Pol103, 9 took Pol 101and Pol 102,
10 took Pol 102 and Pol 103 and 6 took Pol 101 and Pol 103. If there
were 50 Students and 5 students did not take any three courses. How many
Students took all the three courses__
Q82 If the universal set U is given by U=(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h) and the sets A=(a,d,c), B=(b,c,d,f,h), find (AnB)__
Q83 Find the third quartile in the following data set; 22,31,20,24,27,55__
Q84 Examples of primary sources of data collection are__
Q85 Which of the following is/are example of secondary source of data collection__
Q86 The part of statistics that deals with calculation of mean, median, standard devaition, range proportions is called___
Q87 The totality of observations of a particular group is called__
Q88 Which of the following is not a categorised data__
Q89 The pieces of information that represent the
qualitative or quantitative attributes of a varible or set of variables
is called____
Q90 Find the median of 18,15,24,12,58,42,37,8,15,21,16__
Q91 One of the followings is not an advantage of interview__
Q92 In a set of data, the value which occur most frequently is called the__
Q93 One of the attitudinal problems encountered during census exercise is__
Q94 Calculate the median score of the 20 Political
Science students that obtained the following marks in an examination:
60, 69, 56, 75, 57, 65, 54, 51, 47, 65, 45, 38, 61, 44, 36, 48, 54, 25,
33, 37__
Q95 Advantages of questionnaire include all but one of the followings__
Q96 In a study of a voting pattern in an election,
find the mean of the following votes casted for different political
parties: 19, 24, 12, 8, 20, 23, 22, 16, 15, 24, 27, 25, 24, 18, 3, 21,
10, 9, 26, and 25__
Q97 Range, inter-quartile range, variance, standard
deviation and co-efficient of relative variation are examples of measure
of__
Q98 Calculate the range of the following set of numbers: -5,-4,0,18,22,17,30__
Q99 A single member of a population is known as__
Q100 Some challenges against accurate head count are the followings but one__
Q101 A pair of dice is tossed. Find the probability of getting a total of 10__
Q102 The UN recommends that census should seek the following information but one__
Q103 In a census, the approach whereby each
individual is counted at the place he is found at the time of the
exercise is called__
Q104 Coefficient of variation is equal to__
Q105 The scores of 5 students in an examination are 6, 5, 8, 7 and 4. Find the standard deviation__
Q106 The scores of 5 students in an examination are: 6, 5, 8, 7 and 4. Find the variance__
Q107 The difference between the largest and smallest scores of ungrouped data is the__
Q108 All qualitative variables are measured on__ scale
Q109 The two types of statistics are__
Q110 The scientific method for collection, summarisation, presentation, analysis and interpretation of data is called__
Q111 Which of the following is a source of funding for scientific research__
Q112 The primary purpose for ____is to discover, interpret develop methods and systems for the growth of knowledge.
Q113 Hybrid sampling is a method that combines__
Q114 One of the attributes of statistical inquires and sampling is that it__
Q115 In a Political group of 12 members the
probability of picking a number from any one of the six geo-political
zones in Nigeria is 2/3. If some members are to represent the group in a
National meeting, find the probability that 8 members are chosen__
Q116 A ballot box containing 12 male voter's cards
and another box containing 100 female voter's cards. Find the number of
ways of selecting 5 male voter's cards__
Q117 Evaluate n! + 0! / 2__
Q118 In how many ways can the acronyms NOUN be written__
Q119 Find the value of 2! + 5!__
Q120 A branch of ___that deals with analysis and
interpretation of numerical data in terms of sample and population is
called statistics
Q121 Calculate the standard deviation of the following set of numbers: 148,146,150,154,156,158,160,162,164,166,168,170__
Q122 In how many ways can a family of 9 divide itself into 3 groups so that each group contains 3 persons__
Q123 A box contains 10 green, 8 yellow and 5 red
marbles. If two marbles are picked at random, what is the probability
that one is green and one is red__
Q124 There are basically two methods for assigning probabilities to events. One of these methods is__
Q125 An Experiment in which the results are always
subject to chances and may change even if the experiment is repeated
under the same condition is known as__
Q126 A statistical experiemnt in which the results of
the experiment are not subject to chance if repeatedly severally under
the same condition is called ___
Q127 The probability of an event that can be obtained
from an already existing result, from what is likely to happen or from
already known information is termed__
Q128 When an experiments are actually carried out
under the same condition through which an outcome is obtained. The
probability of such an event is called__
Q129 The two types that probability cab be classified are__
Q130 Write down the sample space for the experiments. Toss a coin 3 times and observe the total number of heads__
Q131 Calculate the standard deviation of the following set of numbers: 148,146,150,154,156,158,160,162,164,166,168,170__
Q132 If A=46, B=34 and C=40; What angle would represent B on a pie chart__
Q133 The symbol ∑ƒ means__
Q134 Which of the following options is correct if sets A={2,5,7,8,9} and B={1,3,5,7}__
Q135 Two sets X and Y are said to be__if they have no elements in common
Q136 If A= {a,b,c,d,e,f, g, h}, the cardinality of the elements is__
Q137 A set without any element is called__
Q138 If A= {a,b,c,d,e,f} and B={c,d,e}, then, it is correct to conclude that B is__ A
Q139 In a social research, the act of reading through books by scholars on the subject matter is called__
Q140 Lack of__may be one of the limitations of statistics
Q141 Some of the functions of statistics in the society may be one of the followings__
Q142 The values of__may be discrete or continuous
Q143 Any piece(s) of information that represents the qualitative attributes of a variable(s) is called__
Q144 A branch of __that deals with analysis and
interpretations of numerical data in terms of sample and population is
called statistics
Q145 Politics is a Social Science because it uses__for analysis
Q146 In a broad sense,__is a diagram that shows relationships between numbers
Q147 Another name for Cummulative Frequency Curve is__
Q148 An advantage of frequency polygon over histogram is that__
Q149 Find the class mark of a population whose class intervals are x1 to x2__
Q150 Find the third quartile in the following data set; 22,31,20,24,27,55__