Câu hỏi: Consider the following picture and suggest the model from the following list that best characterises the process:

A. An AR(1)

B. An AR(2)

C. An ARMA(1,1)

D. An MA(3)

Câu 1:  Which one of the following best describes most series of asset prices?

A. An independently and identically distributed (iid, i.e. “completely random”) process

B. A random walk with drift

C. An explosive process

D. A deterministic trend process

Câu 2: If a regression equation contains an irrelevant variable, the parameter estimates will be

A. Consistent and unbiased but inefficient

B. Consistent and asymptotically efficient but biased

C. Inconsistent

D. Consistent, unbiased and efficient

Câu 3: A process, xt, which has a constant mean and variance, and zero autocovariance for all non-zero lags is best described as:

A. A white noise process

B. A covariance stationary process

C. An autocorrelated process

D. A moving average process

Câu 4: What is the optimal three-step ahead forecast from the AR(2) model given in question 14?

A. -0.1

B. 0.27

C. -0.34

D. -0.31

Câu 5: If a series, yt, follows a random walk (with no drift), what is the optimal 1-step ahead forecast for y?

A. The current value of y

B. Zero

C. The historical unweighted average of y

D. An exponentially weighted average of previous values of y

Câu 6: If a series, yt, follows a random walk (with no drift), what is the optimal 1-step ahead forecast for y?

A. The current value of y

B. Zero

C. The historical unweighted average of y

D. An exponentially weighted average of previous values of y