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What is the purpose of the activation function in a neural network?

  • To determine the learning rate of the network.
  • To transform the input data into a different representation.
  • To control the number of layers in the network.
  • To introduce non-linearity to the model.
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What is the primary purpose of a hash function in data processing?

  • To sort data in ascending order.
  • To transform data into a unique fixed-size value.
  • To remove duplicates from a dataset.
  • To compute the mean value of a set of numbers.
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In a confusion matrix, which term represents the number of true positive predictions?

  • True Positive (TP)
  • False Positive (FP)
  • True Negative (TN)
  • False Negative (FN)
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Which algorithm is used for predicting a discrete class label for a given input data point?

  • Linear Regression
  • K-Means Clustering
  • Decision Tree
  • Principal Component Analysis (PCA)
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What is the primary goal of feature scaling in machine learning?

  • To convert categorical features into numerical features.
  • To remove outliers from the dataset.
  • To standardize the range of feature values.
  • To select the most relevant features for the model.
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In a confusion matrix, which term represents the number of true positive predictions?

  • True Positive (TP)
  • False Positive (FP)
  • True Negative (TN)
  • False Negative (FN)
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What is the main purpose of the "test set" in machine learning?

  • To fine-tune hyperparameters.
  • To evaluate the model's performance on unseen data.
  • To perform feature engineering.
  • To select the best algorithm for the task.
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Which statistical test is used to determine whether there is a significant difference between the means of two or more groups?

  • T-Test
  • ANOVA (Analysis of Variance)
  • Chi-Square Test
  • Pearson Correlation
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Which algorithm is used for predicting a discrete class label for a given input data point?

  • Linear Regression
  • K-Means Clustering
  • Decision Tree
  • Principal Component Analysis (PCA)
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What is the primary advantage of using ensemble methods in machine learning?

  • They require less computational resources.
  • They reduce the risk of underfitting.
  • They are less prone to overfitting.
  • They improve the interpretability of models.
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What is the primary goal of time series forecasting?

  • To classify data into different categories.
  • To transform continuous variables into categorical variables.
  • To predict future values based on historical data.
  • To perform dimensionality reduction on a dataset.
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Which algorithm is often used for natural language processing tasks such as language translation?

  • Random Forest
  • Support Vector Machine (SVM)
  • Recurrent Neural Network (RNN)
  • K-Means Clustering
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Which technique is used to reduce the impact of outliers in a dataset?

  • Normalization
  • Feature Scaling
  • Outlier Detection
  • Data Imputation
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What is the goal of hyperparameter tuning in machine learning?

  • To increase the complexity of the model.
  • To reduce the number of features in the dataset.
  • To optimize the model's performance by selecting the best hyperparameters.
  • To eliminate noise from the data.
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What is the main drawback of the K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) algorithm?

  • It is computationally expensive during training.
  • It cannot handle categorical data.
  • It requires a labeled dataset for training.
  • It is sensitive to the choice of the number of neighbors (k).
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What is the purpose of cross-validation in machine learning?

  • To split the dataset into training and testing sets.
  • To assess the performance of a model on unseen data.
  • To reduce overfitting by penalizing complex models.
  • To calculate the gradient descent in optimization algorithms.
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Which type of data preprocessing technique is used to convert textual data into a format suitable for machine learning algorithms?

  • Normalization
  • Feature Scaling
  • Tokenization
  • Standardization
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What is the purpose of the activation function in a neural network?

  • To determine the learning rate of the network.
  • To transform the input data into a different representation.
  • To control the number of layers in the network.
  • To introduce non-linearity to the model.
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What is the main purpose of the "test set" in machine learning?

  • To fine-tune hyperparameters.
  • To evaluate the model's performance on unseen data.
  • To perform feature engineering.
  • To select the best algorithm for the task.
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Which data visualization technique is used to display the relationship between two continuous variables?

  • Bar Chart
  • Scatter Plot
  • Histogram
  • Box Plot
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What is the primary purpose of a hash function in data processing?

  • To sort data in ascending order.
  • To transform data into a unique fixed-size value.
  • To remove duplicates from a dataset.
  • To compute the mean value of a set of numbers.
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What is the purpose of regularization in machine learning algorithms?

  • To make the model more complex.
  • To make the model less interpretable.
  • To penalize large coefficient values and prevent overfitting.
  • To increase the training accuracy of the model.
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Which algorithm is used for solving optimization and search problems through a process of mimicking the process of natural selection?

  • Genetic Algorithm
  • Decision Tree
  • K-Means Clustering
  • Support Vector Machine (SVM)
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What is the main goal of exploratory data analysis (EDA)?

  • Building predictive models.
  • Cleaning and preprocessing data.
  • Making inferences about a population.
  • Summarizing and visualizing data to uncover insights.
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Which technique is used to prevent overfitting in decision trees?

  • Pruning
  • Bagging
  • Boosting
  • Clustering
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