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This set of Machine Learning (ML) Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Machine Learning Set 1

Q1 | Application of machine learning methods to large databases is called
  • data mining.
  • artificial intelligence
  • big data computing
  • internet of things
Q2 | If machine learning model output involves target variable then that model is called as
  • descriptive model
  • predictive model
  • reinforcement learning
  • all of the above
Q3 | In what type of learning labelled training data is used
  • unsupervised learning
  • supervised learning
  • reinforcement learning
  • active learning
Q4 | In following type of feature selection method we start with empty feature set
  • forward feature selection
  • backword feature selection
  • both a and b??
  • none of the above
Q5 | In PCA the number of input dimensiona are equal to principal components
  • true
  • false
Q6 | PCA can be used for projecting and visualizing data in lower dimensions.
  • true
  • false
Q7 | Which of the following is the best machine learning method?
  • scalable
  • accuracy
  • fast
  • all of the above
Q8 | What characterize unlabeled examples in machine learning
  • there is no prior knowledge
  • there is no confusing knowledge
  • there is prior knowledge
  • there is plenty of confusing knowledge
Q9 | What does dimensionality reduction reduce?
  • stochastics
  • collinerity
  • performance
  • entropy
Q10 | Data used to build a data mining model.
  • training data
  • validation data
  • test data
  • hidden data
Q11 | Of the Following Examples, Which would you address using an supervised learning Algorithm?
  • given email labeled as spam or not spam, learn a spam filter
  • given a set of news articles found on the web, group them into set of articles about the same story.
  • given a database of customer data, automatically discover market segments and group customers into different market segments.
  • find the patterns in market basket analysis
Q12 | Dimensionality Reduction Algorithms are one of the possible ways to reduce the computation time required to build a model
  • true
  • false
Q13 | You are given reviews of few netflix series marked as positive, negative and neutral. Classifying reviews of a new netflix series is an example of
  • supervised learning
  • unsupervised learning
  • semisupervised learning
  • reinforcement learning
Q14 | Which of the following is a good test dataset characteristic?
  • large enough to yield meaningful results
  • is representative of the dataset as a whole
  • both a and b
  • none of the above
Q15 | Following are the types of supervised learning
  • classification
  • regression
  • subgroup discovery
  • all of the above
Q16 | Type of matrix decomposition model is
  • descriptive model
  • predictive model
  • logical model
  • none of the above
Q17 | Following is powerful distance metrics used by Geometric model
  • euclidean distance
  • manhattan distance
  • both a and b??
  • square distance
Q18 | The output of training process in machine learning is
  • machine learning model
  • machine learning algorithm
  • null.
  • accuracy
Q19 | A feature F1 can take certain value: A, B, C, D, E, & F and represents grade of students from a college. Here feature type is
  • nominal
  • ordinal
  • categorical
  • boolean
Q20 | PCA is
  • forward feature selection
  • backword feature selection
  • feature extraction
  • all of the above
Q21 | Dimensionality reduction algorithms are one of the possible ways to reduce the computation time required to build a model.
  • true
  • false
Q22 | Which of the following techniques would perform better for reducing dimensions of a data set?
  • removing columns which have too many missing values
  • removing columns which have high variance in data
  • removing columns with dissimilar data trends
  • none of these
Q23 | What characterize is hyperplance in geometrical model of machine learning?
  • a plane with 1 dimensional fewer than number of input attributes
  • a plane with 2 dimensional fewer than number of input attributes
  • a plane with 1 dimensional more than number of input attributes
  • a plane with 2 dimensional more than number of input attributes