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Data Science Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) and Answers

Master Data Science with Practice MCQs. Explore our curated collection of Multiple Choice Questions. Ideal for placement and interview preparation, our questions range from basic to advanced, ensuring comprehensive coverage of Data Science concepts. Begin your placement preparation journey now!

Q61

Q61 What is Data Science primarily focused on?

A

Data storage

B

Data visualization

C

Insight extraction

D

App development

Q62

Q62 Which of the following is a key aspect of data science?

A

Building dashboards

B

Cleaning and analyzing data

C

Developing web pages

D

Writing blogs

Q63

Q63 What type of data does Data Science primarily handle?

A

Only structured

B

Only unstructured

C

Both structured and unstructured

D

None of the above

Q64

Q64 Which of these domains does Data Science NOT directly involve?

A

Machine learning

B

Database optimization

C

Statistics

D

Data visualization

Q65

Q65 What is a key challenge faced in Data Science projects?

A

Lack of storage

B

Model overfitting

C

Manual calculations

D

System downtime

Q66

Q66 What role does domain expertise play in Data Science?

A

It is optional

B

It provides data storage solutions

C

It helps understand data context

D

It prevents coding errors

Q67

Q67 Which of the following is a critical component of a Data Science pipeline?

A

Web hosting

B

Feature selection

C

Presentation design

D

Software installation

Q68

Q68 In Python, which library is commonly used for numerical computations in Data Science?

A

NumPy

B

Matplotlib

C

Flask

D

Pandas

Q69

Q69 A Data Scientist receives a dataset with duplicate entries. What is the simplest way to handle this in Pandas?

A

drop_duplicates()

B

remove_duplicates()

C

dropna()

D

fillna()

Q70

Q70 What is the first step in the Data Science Life Cycle?

A

Model Building

B

Data Cleaning

C

Problem Definition

D

Evaluation

Q71

Q71 Which phase in the Data Science Life Cycle involves cleaning and preparing data for analysis?

A

Model Evaluation

B

Data Cleaning

C

Data Analysis

D

Visualization

Q72

Q72 Which step in the Data Science Life Cycle involves determining if the model meets project objectives?

A

Data Collection

B

Model Deployment

C

Evaluation

D

Visualization

Q73

Q73 What happens during the Data Collection phase of the Data Science Life Cycle?

A

Data is stored in a database

B

Data is gathered from multiple sources

C

Data is split into training and test sets

D

Data is discarded

Q74

Q74 Which step in the Data Science Life Cycle involves feature engineering and transformation?

A

Problem Definition

B

Data Cleaning

C

Data Preparation

D

Evaluation

Q75

Q75 Why is the deployment phase critical in the Data Science Life Cycle?

A

It ensures the model is trained

B

It makes the model accessible for users

C

It removes irrelevant data

D

It generates reports

Q76

Q76 What is a major challenge during the evaluation phase of the Data Science Life Cycle?

A

Selecting the right metric

B

Collecting data

C

Training models

D

Understanding business goals

Q77

Q77 In Python, which library is commonly used for splitting datasets during the Data Preparation phase?

A

scikit-learn

B

NumPy

C

Pandas

D

Matplotlib

Q78

Q78 A Data Scientist’s model performs poorly in production compared to testing. What could be the most likely cause?

A

Overfitting

B

Clean data

C

Balanced dataset

D

Simple model

Q79

Q79 What is the primary goal of data cleaning in Data Science?

A

To remove duplicates

B

To visualize data

C

To identify and fix data quality issues

D

To split data

Q80

Q80 Why is handling missing values important during data preprocessing?

A

It ensures model interpretability

B

It improves model accuracy

C

It increases data storage

D

It simplifies code

Q81

Q81 Which technique can be used to handle outliers in numerical data?

A

Removing them

B

Normalizing data

C

Imputation

D

All of the above

Q82

Q82 What is the effect of standardization in data preprocessing?

A

It removes duplicates

B

It ensures data values are centered around zero

C

It improves data cleaning

D

It removes missing values

Q83

Q83 Which preprocessing step ensures categorical variables are suitable for numerical models?

A

Scaling

B

One-hot encoding

C

Outlier detection

D

Normalization

Q84

Q84 When dealing with a dataset containing multiple irrelevant features, which method is most effective?

A

Data cleaning

B

Feature selection

C

One-hot encoding

D

Standardization

Q85

Q85 In Python, which Pandas method removes rows with missing values?

A

drop_duplicates()

B

dropna()

C

fillna()

D

replace()

Q86

Q86 How do you replace missing values in a Pandas DataFrame column with the mean of that column?

A

df.fillna(df.mean())

B

df.mean().replace()

C

df.replace_mean()

D

df.fill(df.mean())

Q87

Q87 Which Python library is best suited for outlier detection using clustering techniques?

A

scikit-learn

B

NumPy

C

Pandas

D

Matplotlib

Q88

Q88 A dataset has duplicate rows causing issues in analysis. Which Pandas method will you use to fix this?

A

drop_duplicates()

B

dropna()

C

fillna()

D

groupby()

Q89

Q89 A column contains both numerical and non-numerical values. How should you preprocess it for numerical analysis?

A

Drop the column

B

Impute missing values

C

Use encoding techniques

D

Normalize data

Q90

Q90 After standardizing a dataset, a model performs poorly. What could be a possible issue?

A

Data leakage

B

Overfitting

C

Outliers

D

Incorrect scaling