Group Members:

M. Ahmed Talha
Ali Usama
M Usman
Mcqs

1. **What does SVM stand for?**

- A. Support Vector Model
- B. Support Vector Machine
- C. Sequential Vector Machine
- D. Supervised Variable Model
- **Answer: B. Support Vector Machine**

2. **In SVM, what is a support vector?**

- A. Data points used for training
- B. The central point of the dataset
- C. The decision boundary
- D. Outliers in the dataset
- **Answer: A. Data points used for training**

3. **What is the main objective of SVM?**

- A. Minimize the margin
- B. Maximize the margin
- C. Minimize the number of support vectors
- D. Maximize the number of support vectors
- **Answer: B. Maximize the margin**

4. **Which kernel function is commonly used in SVM for non-linear data?**

- A. Linear kernel
- B. Polynomial kernel
- C. Radial basis function (RBF) kernel
- D. Sigmoid kernel
- **Answer: C. Radial basis function (RBF) kernel**

5. **What is the purpose of the hyperplane in SVM?**

- A. To separate classes with maximum margin
- B. To connect all data points
- C. To reduce overfitting
- D. To minimize the margin
- **Answer: A. To separate classes with maximum margin**
6. **What is the role of the regularization parameter (C) in SVM?**
- A. Controls the smoothness of the decision boundary
- B. Controls the trade-off between classification accuracy and simplicity
- C. Defines the kernel function
- D. Sets the threshold for support vectors
- **Answer: B. Controls the trade-off between classification accuracy and simplicity**

7. **How does SVM handle outliers in the dataset?**

- A. Ignores outliers
- B. Gives more weight to outliers
- C. Removes outliers before training
- D. Adjusts the decision boundary to accommodate outliers
- **Answer: B. Gives more weight to outliers**

8. **In a linearly separable dataset, what is the optimal margin in SVM?**

- A. Smaller margin
- B. Larger margin
- C. No margin needed
- D. Margin depends on the number of features
- **Answer: B. Larger margin**

9. **What does the term "kernel trick" refer to in SVM?**

- A. A technique for cooking the dataset
- B. Transforming data to a higher-dimensional space
- C. Removing outliers from the dataset
- D. Adjusting the decision boundary manually
- **Answer: B. Transforming data to a higher-dimensional space**

10. **Which of the following statements about SVM is true?**

- A. SVM is only applicable to linearly separable data
- B. SVM is a clustering algorithm
- C. SVM can be used for both classification and regression
- D. SVM does not use a decision boundary
- **Answer: C. SVM can be used for both classification and regression**
11. **What does the term "soft margin" imply in SVM?**
- A. A margin with fewer support vectors
- B. Allowing some misclassification in the training data
- C. A margin with larger values
- D. A margin that does not include outliers
- **Answer: B. Allowing some misclassification in the training data**

12. **What is the kernel trick used for in SVM?**

- A. To make the dataset smaller
- B. To simplify the decision boundary
- C. To transform data into a higher-dimensional space
- D. To reduce the number of support vectors
- **Answer: C. To transform data into a higher-dimensional space**

13. **Which SVM parameter is crucial for handling overfitting?**

- A. Kernel function
- B. Regularization parameter (C)
- C. Margin size
- D. Support vectors weight
- **Answer: B. Regularization parameter (C)**

14. **What is the role of the decision boundary in SVM?**

- A. To connect support vectors
- B. To define the margin between classes
- C. To separate training and testing data
- D. To eliminate outliers
- **Answer: B. To define the margin between classes**

15. **In SVM, what is the significance of the bias term?**

- A. Controls the trade-off between precision and recall
- B. Shifts the decision boundary away from the origin
- C. Sets the threshold for support vectors
- D. Determines the number of support vectors
- **Answer: B. Shifts the decision boundary away from the origin**