Câu hỏi: 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 1: Which of the following would probably NOT be a potential “cure” for non-normal residuals?

A. Transforming two explanatory variables into a ratio

B. Removing large positive residuals

C. Using a procedure for estimation and inference which did not assume normality

D. Removing large negative residuals

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: 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: 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: What would be the consequences for the OLS estimator if autocorrelation is present in a regression model but ignored?

A. It will be biased

B. It will be inconsistent

C. It will be inefficient

D. All of a, b and c will be true

Câu 6: 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