CMA Foundation – Paper 4

Time 1 hr Marks: 100

1. The arithmetic mean of byx and bxy is ____________to Coefficient of Correlation

(a) Smaller
(b) Greater than or equal
(c) Smaller than or equal
(d) Greater
2. The number of accidents for seven days in a locality are given below:
C 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Frequency 15 19 22 31 9 3 2
What is the number of cases when 3 or less accident occurred?
(a) 56 (b) 6 (c) 68 (d) 87

3. X2 -4x-1= 0, find the roots of the equations

(a) 2+√5 and 2-√5 (b) -2+√5 and 2+√5 (c) 2-√5 and 2-√5 (d) 2+√5 and -2-√5

4. (log53)x (log3625) equal

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

5. If ax = by = cz and b2 = ac then xy+yz = _______

(a) None of the below (b) -xz (c) 2xz (d) xz
(2𝑥+1 ) 𝑦 . (22𝑥) 2𝑥
6. If (2𝑦+1 ) 𝑥 . 22𝑦
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2x (d) x

7. What will Rs.6250 amount to at C.I for 3years at 4% when C.I is reckoned yearly?
(a) 7020.20 (b) 7030.400 (c) 7100 (d) 6990.90

8. In a certain time Rs.1200 becomes Rs.1560 at 10% p.a simple interest. Find the principal that will
become Rs.2232 at 8% p.a in the same time.
(a) 1800 (b) 2200 (c) 2400 (d) 1900
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9. The product of 3 consecutive terms in G.P is 8
. Find the middle term.
(a) -1/2 (b) -3/2 (c) 2/3 (d) 3/2

10. From the sets given below, pair the equal sets
(i) A= {1, 2, 3, 4} (ii) B = {p, q, r, s} (iii) C = {1, 4, 9, 16} (iv) D = {x, y, z, w}
(v) E = {16, 1, 4, 9} (vi) F = {4, 2, 3, 1} (vii) G= {r, p, q, s}

(a) i,ii (b) i,v (c) i,vi (d) iii,vii

11. Find the sum of : 0.9+0.81+0.729+ ………….

(a) 8 (b) 9 (c) 10 (d) 11

12. Solve x4 –10x2 + 9 = 0

(a) -3,-1 (b) ±3 (c) ±1 (d) ±3,±1

13. Which of the following statements is false?

(a) Statistics is derived from Latin word ‘status’
(b) Statistics is derived from Italian word “Statista”
(c) Statistics is derived from French word “Statistik”
(d) None of these
14. The following data relate to the marks of a group of students:
Marks Below 10 Below 20 Below 30 Below 40 Below 50
No.of Students 15 38 65 84 100
How many students got marks more than 30?
(a) 65 (b) 50 (c) 35 (d) 43
15. byx is called regression coefficient of
(a) X on Y (b) Y on X (c) Both (d) None

16. If the equations x2+7x+12 = 0 and x2+mx+5 = 0 have common roots the value of m is equal to ___
(a) -21/4, -14/3 (b) 4/21 (c) -14/3 (d) 21/4, 14/3

17. If b2 – 4ac < 0 then the roots are

(a) Real and equal
(b) Real and unequal
(c) Imaginary or conjugate complex numbers
(d) Imaginary or conjugate compound numbers

18. Solve log3√3√3√3……..α

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 0
3 4 5 19
19. Which term of the AP √7 , √7 , √7,……… is √7?

(a) 19 (b) 15 (c) 17 (d) 18

20. r, bxy, byx all have ___ sign.

(a) Different (b) Same (c) Both (d) None

21. At ____ rate percent will be Simple interest be equal to principal amount in 10 yrs.
(a) 10% (b) 12% (c) 8% (d) 7.5%

22. The powers of two equal numbers are equal then basis are also equal when they are of
(a) Different Sign (b) Same sign (c) None (d) Both

23. The C.I on Rs.5000 for 3 years if the rate of interest is 5%, 6% and 7% for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd years
respectively is ____
(a) 1005 (b) 759.63 (c) 954.55 (d) 970.56

24. If (3-√3) is one of the roots of an equations then the equation is ___
(a) x2 -2x-3 = 0 (b) x2 -3x-1 = 0 (c) x2 -4x+2 = 0 (d) x2 -6x+6 = 0

25. The mode of presentation of data are

(a) Textual, tabulation and diagrammatic
(b) Tabular, internal and external
(c) Textual, tabular and internal
(d) Tabular, textual and external

26. When r > + 0.5 but < + 0.75

(a) High degree of positive correlation
(b) Moderate degree of positive correlation
(c) Perfect positive correlation
(d) Low degree of positive correlation
27. From the following data compute the co-efficient of correlation between X and Y:
X Series Y Series
No. of items 15 15
Arithmetic Mean 25 18
Square of deviations from mean 136 138
Summation of product of deviations of X and Y series from their respective Arithmetic Mean is 122.

(a) 0.79 (b) 0.56 (c) 0.89 (d) 0.94

28. A Quantitative characteristic is known as

(a) An attribute (b) A discrete variable (c) A continuous variable (d) None

29. Solve (x2 +3x)2 + 2(x2 + 3x) = 24

(a) -4,1 (b) 4,-1 (c) 4,1 (d) -4,-1

30. What sum of money will amount to Rs.5200 in 6 yrs at the same rate of interest at which Rs.1706
amount to Rs.3412 in 20 yrs.
(a) 3900 (b) 4200 (c) 4000 (d) 4100

31. If P = log10 20 and q = log10 25, find x and such that 2 log10 (x+1) = 2p-q
(a) -5,3 (b) -3,-5 (c) 3,5 (d) -3,5

32. Write the set containing all days of the week beginning with T.
(a) {Tuesday, Thursday} (b) {Saturday, Sunday}
(c) (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday} (d) None

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33. 4x + 𝑥 =17

(a) -4, ¼ (b) ½,2 (c) ¼, 4 (d) ±1/4

34. Pie-diagram is used for

(a) Comparing different components and their relation to the table
(b) Representing qualitative data in a circle
(c) Representing quantitative data in circle
(d) b or c

35. A set of data has a median that is much larger than the mean. Which of the following statements is
most consistent with this information?
(a) A histogram of the data is symmetric
(b) A histogram of the data is skewed left
(c) A histogram of the data is skewed right
(d) Data is not sufficient to comment.

36. Compute Rank correlation from the following table

X 415 434 420 430 424 428

Y 330 332 328 331 327 325
(a) 0.55 (b) 0.43 (c) 0.51 (d) 0.45

37. The difference between simple and compound interest on a sum put out for 5 years at 3% was
Rs.46.80. Find the sum.
(a) 5100 (b) 5220 (c) 5200 (d) 5900

38. If the sum of four integers in A.P is 48 and their product is 15120, then find the numbers.
(a) 6,10,14,18 (b) 6,9,12,15 (c) 4,10,16,22 (d) None
39. (logba x logcb x logac) equal to
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) abc (d) a+b+c

40. The goal of ___________ is to focus on summarizing and explaining a specific set of data.
(a) Inferential statistics (b) Descriptive statistics
(c) Regression Analysis (d) (a) and (b) both

41. For the variables x and y, the regression equations are given as 7x – 3y – 18 = 0 and 4x – y – 11= 0.
After finding the arithmetic means of x and y, compute correlation coefficient between x and y.
(a) 0.5642 (b) 0.7638 (c) 0.2135 (d) 0.9841

42. Which is a better investment 3% per year compounded monthly or 3.2% per year simple interest?
Given that (1+ 0.0025)12= 1.0304.
(a) Simple Interest (b) Compound Interest (c) Both (d) None

43. If 2x+4 – 2x+2 = 3, find x7

(a) -128 (b) 128 (c) -256 (d) -64

44. Which of the following does not indicate the skewness of a distribution?
(a) Histogram (b) Ogive (c) Frequency polygon (d) Pie diagrams.

45. Which of the variables below is categorical?

(a) County of residence
(b) Number of people, both adults and children, living in the household
(c) Total household income, before taxes
(d) Age of respondent

46. If for two variable X and Y, the covariance, variance of X and variance of Y are 40, 16 and 256
respectively, what is the value of the correlation coefficient?
(a) 0.01 (b) 0.625 (c) 0.4 (d) 0.5

47. The regression analysis can be classified on the following bases:

(a) Changes in proportion and Number of variables
(b) Linear and Non-linear regression
(c) Simple, Partial, Multiple Regression
(d) None of the above

48. The value of correlation coefficient lies between

(a) -1 and +1 (b) -1 and 0 (c) 0 and 1 (d) None

49. An area diagram is

(a) Histogram (b) Frequency polygon (c) Ogive (d) None

50. A Sum of money amount to Rs.2600 in 3 years and to Rs.2900 in 4 1/2 years at simple interest. Find
the sum and rate of interest.
(a) 20000,10% (b) 3000, 8% (c) 2000, 10% (d) 2000, 8%