Statistical Officer recruitment (Pakistan Bureau of Statistics)

Pakistan · Federal Public Service Commission · civil-service · unverified source

27practice questions written to this syllabus
2subjects

Format

Written test in statistics and general subjects, then interview (reported).

Sections

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Subjects this exam draws on

Demography & Vital Statistics18 questionsIndex Numbers, National Accounts & Agricultural Economic Statistics9 questions

Five practice questions, worked

Original questions written to this exam's published syllabus and pattern. Not past papers.

1. Which feature is NOT one of the essential features of a population census in the UN recommendations?

  1. Enumeration of a random sample of households only
  2. Individual enumeration of each person
  3. Universality within a defined territory
  4. Simultaneity, with reference to a single census moment
Answer and working

A. Enumeration of a random sample of households only

A census enumerates everyone individually and simultaneously at defined intervals; a sample of households is a survey, not a census.

Demography & Vital Statistics · Sources of demographic data: census, civil registration and sample registration

2. Which price index answers the question 'how much would the current-period basket have cost in the base period, relative to what it costs now'?

  1. Paasche
  2. Laspeyres
  3. Carli
  4. Dutot
Answer and working

A. Paasche

Paasche = sum p1 q1 / sum p0 q1 x 100 values the current basket at both sets of prices. Laspeyres values the base basket; Carli and Dutot are unweighted formulas.

Index Numbers, National Accounts & Agricultural Economic Statistics · Index numbers: Laspeyres, Paasche, Fisher and Marshall-Edgeworth

3. In a population with high infant mortality, life expectancy at age 1 is greater than at birth. How is this possible?

  1. It is impossible, since e₁ must always be exactly one year less than e₀
  2. Life expectancy is computed with different radices at the two ages
  3. Infants who die are excluded from the calculation of e₁ but survivors aged 1 are counted twice
  4. Surviving the high-risk first year removes the many early deaths that pull e₀ down
Answer and working

D. Surviving the high-risk first year removes the many early deaths that pull e₀ down

e₀ averages over everyone born, including many who die in infancy; those who survive to age 1 have escaped that risk, so e₁ can exceed e₀.

Demography & Vital Statistics · Life tables: construction and uses; abridged life tables

4. Net domestic product equals gross domestic product minus

  1. Consumption of fixed capital
  2. Net primary income from the rest of the world
  3. Net indirect taxes on products
  4. Gross fixed capital formation
Answer and working

A. Consumption of fixed capital

'Net' means after deducting consumption of fixed capital (depreciation). Net primary income from the rest of the world turns domestic into national aggregates; net product taxes separate market prices from basic prices.

Index Numbers, National Accounts & Agricultural Economic Statistics · National accounts: GDP, GVA and the System of National Accounts

5. Which conditions define a stationary population?

  1. Constant fertility and mortality rates with a constant positive growth rate
  2. Zero births and zero deaths in a closed population
  3. Equal numbers of males and females at every age
  4. Constant and equal births and deaths, no migration, constant death rates
Answer and working

D. Constant and equal births and deaths, no migration, constant death rates

A stationary population is a stable population with zero growth; its age structure is the life-table Lₓ column.

Demography & Vital Statistics · Stable and stationary populations

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