Câu hỏi: 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 1: 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 2:  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 3: If there are three variables that are being tested for cointegration, what is the maximum number of linearly independent cointegrating relationships that there could be?

A. 0

B. 1

C. 2

D. 3

Câu 4: 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 5: 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 6: Which of the following conditions must hold for the autoregressive part of an ARMA model to be stationary?

A. All roots of the characteristic equation must lie outside the unit circle

B. All roots of the characteristic equation must lie inside the unit circle

C. All roots must be smaller than unity

D. At least one of the roots must be bigger than one in absolute value