Câu hỏi: 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 1: 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 2: 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 3: A normal distribution has coefficients of skewness and excess kurtosis which are respectively:

A. 0 and 0

B. 0 and 3

C. 3 and 0

D. Will vary from one normal distribution to another

Câu 4:  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 5: 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 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