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: 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: 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 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: 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 5: If the residuals of a model containing lags of the dependent variable are autocorrelated, which one of the following could this lead to?

A. Biased but consistent coefficient estimates

B. Biased and inconsistent coefficient estimates

C. Unbiased but inconsistent coefficient estimates

D. Unbiased and consistent but inefficient coefficient estimates

Câu 6: 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