Q1: It is better to utilize the nearest neighbor method…

 (A) with large-sized datasets

 (B) when irrelevant attributes have been removed from the data
 (C) when a generalized model of the data is desirable
 (D) when an explanation of what has been found is of primary importance
Q2: Assume we computed the gradient of our cost function
and saved it in a vector g. Given the gradient, what is the cost
of one gradient descent update?
 (A) O(D)
 (B) O(N)
 (C) O(ND)
 (D) O(ND )
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Q3: The process of forming general concept definitions from

examples of concepts to be learned
 (A) Deduction
 (B) abduction
 (C) induction
 (D) conjunction
Q4: While fitting a linear regression to the data, you see the
following: As the amount of training data grows, the test error
reduces but the training error increases. The training error is
pretty low (nearly as low as you would anticipate), while the
test error is significantly greater than the training error. What
do you believe is the primary cause for this behavior? Select
the most likely option.
 (A) High variance
 (B) High model bias
 (C) High estimation bias
 (D) None of the above
Q5: What would you do in PCA to get the same projection as
SVD?
 (A) Transform data to zero mean
 (B) Transform data to zero median
 (C) Not possible
 (D) None of these
Q6: When doing least-squares regression with regularization
(assuming that the optimization can be done exactly),
increasing the value of the regularization parameter λ
 (A) will never decrease the training error.
 (B) will never decrease the training error.
 (C) will never decrease the testing error.
 (D) may either increase or decrease the testing error.
Q7: In neural networks, nonlinear activation functions such as
sigmoid, tanh, and ReLU
 (A) speed up the gradient calculation in backpropagation, as compared to
linear units
 (B) help to learn nonlinear decision boundaries
 (C) is applied only to the output units
 (D) always outputs values between 0 and 1
Q8: In univariate linear least squares regression, the
relationship between the correlation coefficient and coefficient
of determination is ______?
 (A) Both are unrelated False
 (B) The coefficient of determination is the coefficient of correlation squared
True
 (C) The coefficient of determination is the square root of the coefficient of
correlation False
 (D) Both are the same
Q9: Tony draws four cards at random from a 52-card deck and
replaces them in the deck (Any set of 4 cards is equally likely ).
Then, Alex draws 8 cards at random from the same deck (Any
set of 8 cards is equally likely). Assume that Tony’s selection
of four cards and Alex’s selection of eight cards are
independent. What is the likelihood that all four cards chosen
by Tony are included in the set of eight cards picked by Alex?
 (A)  C  x  C
48
4
52
4

 (B)  C  x  C
48
4
52
8

 (C)  C  x  C
48
8
52
8

 (D) None of the above

Q10: Assume you were interviewed for a technical position.
Half of those who attended the initial interview were called
back for a second interview. 95 percent of those who received
a call for a second interview were pleased with their initial
interview. Seventy-five percent of those who did not receive a
second call were satisfied with their first interview. What is the
likelihood that you will be called for a second interview if you
feel well after your first?
 (A) 66%
 (B) 56%
 (C) 75%
 (D) 85%