POL212 List of eExam Questions in the Bank

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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__