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: 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 2: If the number of non-zero eigenvalues of the pi matrix under a Johansen test is 2, this implies that

A. There are 2 linearly independent cointegrating vectors

B. There are at most 2 linearly independent cointegrating vectors

C. There are 3 variables in the system

D. There are at least 2 linearly independent cointegrating vectors

Câu 3: If a residual series is negatively autocorrelated, which one of the following is the most likely value of the Durbin Watson statistic?

A. Close to zero

B. Close to two

C. Close to four

D. Close to one

Câu 4: Consider a series that follows an MA(1) with zero mean and a moving average coefficient of 0.4. What is the value of the autocorrelation function at lag 1?

A. 0.4

B. 0.34

C. 1

D. It is not possible to determine the value of the autocovariances without knowing the disturbance variance

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 Johansen “max” test for a null hypothesis of 1 cointegrating vectors is applied to a system containing 4 variables is conducted, which eigenvalues would be used in the test?

A. The largest 1

B. The Second largest

C. The Second smallest

D. The smallest