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Table of Content
- Find the false statement about Forecasting.
- From the below find the technique which is used for Forecasting.
- In which technique, personalized inputs obtained from many sources are analyzed?
- In which technique, data obtained from old events is analysed?
- Delphi is used for
- Small differences according to time of the day are known as
- Foremost thing to be done in Time Series is _________
- Which is a Qualitative Forecasting technique?
- A Qualitative Forecast is used to
- Smoothing approach is appropriate when
- ______ is used for Trend projection.
- Econometric Forecast method requires_________.
- RMSE is a measure of ___________.
- Which variation is used for estimating the ratio to trend method.
- The cyclical part of time-series data is usually estimated using.
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Find the false statement about Forecasting.
- a) Forecasts are rarely perfect.
- b) The underlying casual system will remain the same in future.
- c) Forecast for a group of items is accurate than individual item.
- d) Short-range Forecasts are less accurate than long-range Forecasts.
Answer - d)Short range forecasts are less accurate than long range forecasts
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From the below find the technique which is used for Forecasting.
- a) Judgemental
- b) Time series
- c) Associative
- d) All the above
Answer - d) All the above
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In which technique, personalized inputs obtained from many sources are analyzed?
- a) Judgemental forecast
- b) Time series forecast
- c) Associative model
- d) All of the above
Answer - a) Judgemental forecast
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In which technique, data obtained from old events is analysed?
- a) Judgemental forecast
- b) Time series forecast
- c) Associative model
- d) All of the above
Answer - b) Time series forecast
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Delphi is used for
- a) Judgemental forecast
- b) Time series forecast
- c) Associative model
- d) All of the above
Answer - a) Judgemental forecast
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Small differences according to time of the day are known as
- a) Cycles
- b) Trend
- c) Seasonality
- d) Random variations
Answer - c) Seasonality
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Foremost thing to be done in Time Series is _________
- a) Perform preliminary regression calculations.
- b) Calculate a moving average.
- c) Identify relevant correlated variables.
- d) Plot the data on a graph.
Answer - d) Plot the data on a graph
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Which is a Qualitative Forecasting technique?
- a) Time-series analysis
- b) Surveys of consumer expenditure plans
- c) Perspectives of foreign advisory councils
- d) Both b and c
Answer - d) both b and c
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A Qualitative Forecast is used to
- a) Predict the quality of a new product.
- b) Predict the direction, but not the magnitude, of change in a variable.
- c) Predict the direction and the magnitude.
- d) A forecast that is based on econometric methods.
Answer - b) Predict the direction, but not the magnitude, of change in a variable
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Smoothing approach is appropriate when
- a) Random behavior is the primary source of variation.
- b) Seasonality is present.
- c) Data exhibit a strong trend.
- D) Both b and c.
Answer - a) Random behavior is the primary source of variation
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______ is used for Trend projection.
- a) Trend Projector machine
- b) Time-series
- c) Barometric
- d) Econometric
Answer - b) Time-series
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Econometric Forecast method requires_________
- a) Accurate estimates of the coefficients of structural equations.
- b) Forecasts of future values of exogenous variables.
- c) Appropriate theoretical models.
- d) All of the above.
Answer - d) All of the above
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RMSE is a measure of ___________
- a) Sample size.
- b) Moving average periods.
- c) Exponential smoothing.
- d) Forecast accuracy.
Answer - d) Forecast accuracy
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Which variation is used for estimating the ratio to trend method.
- a) Cyclical
- b) Trend
- c) Seasonal
- d) Irregular
Answer - c) Seasonal
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The cyclical part of time-series data is usually estimated using
- a) Linear regression analysis
- b) Moving averages
- c) Exponential smoothing
- d) Qualitative methods
Answer - a) Linear regression analysis
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