M07 – Estimation and Inference: CFAI Practice Problems

Source: CFAI CFA1 Quant Practice 2026, pp.212–213 Back to module: M07 Glossary: M07 Terms


Question 1

Which of the following statements is true about non-probability sampling?

  • A. There is a significant risk that the sample is not representative of the population
  • B. Every member of the population has an equal chance of being selected
  • C. Using judgment when selecting sample members guarantees representativeness

Question 2

The best approach for constructing a stratified random sample is:

  • A. drawing an equal number of simple random samples from each subpopulation
  • B. selecting every th member of the population
  • C. drawing simple random samples from each subpopulation proportional to the relative size of each subpopulation

Question 3

A population has a non-normal distribution with mean and variance . The sampling distribution of the sample mean based on large samples is:

  • A. the same distribution as the population distribution
  • B. approximately normally distributed with mean approximately equal to the population mean
  • C. approximately normally distributed with variance approximately equal to the population variance

Question 4

The sample mean is computed from a population with variance of 2.45 and a sample size of 40. The standard error of the sample mean is closest to:

  • A. 0.039
  • B. 0.247
  • C. 0.387

Question 5

Compared with bootstrap resampling, jackknife resampling:

  • A. is done with replacement
  • B. usually requires the number of repetitions equal to the sample size
  • C. produces dissimilar results every time it is run