Advanced level 2025 South West mock business mathematics 1
Advanced level 2025 South West mock business mathematics 1
1. In how many years will it take for an asset to
depreciate to 1/8* of its original value, if its
depreciation rate is 15%.
A 4years 7
B 12.8 years
C 13 years
D 10.4 years
2. Below is the list of answers given by students
as their favorite pet. Which is the frequency of
dog?.
Dog, Cat, Fish, Turtle, Cat, Rabbit, Turtle, Dog,
Cat, Dog, Cat, Dog, Dog, Turtle, Dog, Cat, Cow,
Fish, Rabbit, Dog, Cat, Dog, Cat, Cat, Dog,
Turtle, Rabbit
, Cat, Fish, Dog, Turtle
A 5
B 7
C 8
D 10
3. When is the moving average method used for
measurement of a trend
A Trend is linear
Trend is non linear
C Trend is curvilinear
D Trend is irregular
4. Which of the following methods is used to
calculate the Consumer Price Index?
A Laspeyres’s formula
Fisher’s formula
C Palgrave’s formula
D Paache’s formula
Which is the meaning of the statement
“price index of the base year concerning 125”?
A 25% of the price has increased in the
current year in comparison to the base
year
B 125% of the price has increased in the
current year in comparison to the base
year
C 100% of the price has increased in the
current year in comparison to the base
year
D 25 of the price has increased in the
current year in comparison to the base
year
A sum grows from X to 3X in N years. Given that
the rate of interest is 7% per annum. The value of
N to the nearest whole number is?
A 18 years
B 17 years
C 12 years
D 8.5 years
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D 73.96km”
8) When a die is thrown, the
probability of getting a number
greater than 5? is?
A 1/8
B 1/3
C 1/6
D 3/2
9) If the probability that an object dropped from a
certain height will strike the ground is 80 percent
and if 12 objects are dropped from the same place,
which is the mean and variance.
A 9.6; 1.92
B 8.6; 1.92
C 9.6; 1.82
D 8.61.82
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B
10. Which distribution is used for E(X) X ?
A Binomial distribution
B Poisson‘s distribution
C Bernoulli‘s distribution
D Laplace distribution
11. If P(x) = 0.8 and x = 3, the value of E(x) is?
A 2.6
B 2.8
C 2.2
– D 2.4
12. Which is the value of X. in Poisson‘s
| tossed . A 2 |
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distribution in a biased coin if the toss probability is!ofgetting a tail
B 3
C 1
D 4
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A 2.2
B 4.4
C 6.6
D 8.8
