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　　12. A smoothing spline is to be fit to the points (0, 3), (1, 2), and (3, 6).
　　The candidate function is:
　　( )
　　( ) ( )
　　( )( ) ( ) ( )( )
　　3
　　2 3
　　2.6 4/15 4/15 , 0 1
　　2.6 8/15 1 0.8 1 2/15 1 1 3
　　x x x
　　f x
　　x x x x
　　= + ≤ ≤
　　+ + ≤ ≤
　　Determine the value of S, the squared norm smoothness criterion.
　　(A) Less than 2.35
　　(B) At least 2.35, but less than 2.50
　　(C) At least 2.50, but less than 2.65
　　(D) At least 2.65, but less than 2.80
　　(E) At least 2.80
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　　13. You are given the following about a Cox proportional hazards model for mortality:
　　(i) There are two covariates: : z1 = 1 for smoker and 0 for non-smoker, and z2 =1 for
　　male and 0 for female.
　　(ii) The parameter estimates are 1
　　β = 0.05 and 2
　　β = 0.15 .
　　(iii) The covariance matrix of the parameter estimates, 1
　　β
　　and 2
　　β
　　, is:
　　0.0001 0.0003
　　0.0002 0.0001
　　Determine the upper limit of the 95% confidence interval for the relative risk of a female
　　non-smoker compared to a male smoker.
　　(A) Less than 0.6
　　(B) At least 0.6, but less than 0.8
　　(C) At least 0.8, but less than 1.0
　　(D) At least 1.0, but less than 1.2
　　(E) At least 1.2
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　　14. You are given:
　　(i) Fifty claims have been observed from a lognormal distribution with unknown
　　parameters μ and σ .
　　(ii) The maximum likelihood estimates are μ = 6.84 and σ = 1.49 .
　　(iii) The covariance matrix ofμ and σ is:
　　0 0444 0
　　0 0 0222
　　.
　　.
　　LN M
　　OQ P
　　(iv) The partial derivatives of the lognormal cumulative distribution function are:
　　F φ (z)
　　μ σ
　　=
　　and
　　=
　　F z× z
　　σ
　　φ
　　σ
　　b g
　　(v) An approximate 95% confidence interval for the probability that the next claim
　　will be less than or equal to 5000 is:
　　[PL, PH]
　　Determine PL.
　　(A) 0.73
　　(B) 0.76
　　(C) 0.79
　　(D) 0.82
　　(E) 0.85
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　　15. For a particular policy, the conditional probability of the annual number of claims given
　　Θ = θ , and the probability distribution of Θ are as follows:
　　Number of Claims 0 1 2
　　Probability 2θ θ 13θ
　　θ 0.10 0.30
　　Probability 0.80 0.20
　　One claim was observed in Year 1.
　　Calculate the Bayesian estimate of the expected number of claims for Year 2.
　　(A) Less than 1.1
　　(B) At least 1.1, but less than 1.2
　　(C) At least 1.2, but less than 1.3
　　(D) At least 1.3, but less than 1.4
　　(E) At least 1.4
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　　16. You simulate observations from a specific distribution F(x), such that the number of
　　simulations N is sufficiently large to be at least 95 percent confident of estimating
　　F(1500) correctly within 1 percent.
　　Let P represent the number of simulated values less than 1500.
　　Determine which of the following could be values of N and P.
　　(A) N = 2000 P = 1890
　　(B) N = 3000 P = 2500
　　(C) N = 3500 P = 3100
　　(D) N = 4000 P = 3630
　　(E) N = 4500 P = 4020
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　　17. For a survival study, you are given:
　　(i) Deaths occurred at times s 1 2 9 yy…y .
　　(ii) The Nelson-Aalen estimates of the cumulative hazard function at 3 y and 4 y are:
　　^ ^
　　H(y3)=0.4128 and H(y4)=0.5691
　　(iii) The estimated variances of the estimates in (ii) are:
　　^
　　Var[H(y3)] = 0.009565
　　∧
　　and ^
　　Var[H(y4 )] = 0.014448
　　∧
　　Determine the number of deaths at y4 .
　　(A) 2
　　(B) 3
　　(C) 4
　　(D) 5
　　(E) 6
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　　18. A random sample of size n is drawn from a distribution with probability density function:
　　2 ( ) , 0 , 0
　　( )
　　f x x
　　x
　　θ
　　θ
　　θ
　　= ∞
　　+
　　Determine the asymptotic variance of the maximum likelihood estimator of θ .
　　(A) n
　　3θ 2
　　(B) 3 2
　　1
　　nθ
　　(C) 2
　　3
　　nθ
　　(D) 3 2
　　n
　　θ
　　(E) 3 2
　　1
　　θ
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