SAL Institute of Diploma Studies

Department of Computer Engineering

Fundamentals of Machine Learning (4341603)

Question Bank

Year: 2024-2025
 {M – Marks, Paper – S [Summer], W[Winter] | 23,24- Year, CO – Course Outcome}

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Unit 1 Question M Paper CO
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1 Define human learning. List out types of human learning. 3 S-23 COa
Define human learning and explain how machine learning is different from human
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learning?
3 Describe human learning in brief. 3 W-24 COa
4 Define Machine Learning using suitable example? 3 S-24 COa
5 Describe the use of machine learning in finance and banking. 4 W-23 COa
6 Explain the process of machine learning with the help of schematic representation. 4 S-24 COa
What are various issues with machine learning? List three problems that are not to
7 7 S-24 COa
be solved using machine learning.
Define machine learning. Explain any four applications of machine learning in
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brief.
9 Explain different types of machine learning with suitable application. 7 S-24 COa
10 Explain different tools and technology used in machine learning. 7 W-23 COa
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Unit 2 Question M Paper CO
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Relate the appropriate data type of following examples. i) Nationality of students
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ii) Education status of students
12 Define following terms: i) Mean, ii) Outliers, iii) Interquartile range 3 S-23 COb
13 Identify basic steps of feature subset selection. 3 W-23 COb
Give a summarized view of different types of data in a typical machine learning COb
14 3 S-24
problem
COb
15 Give different machine learning activities.. 3 S-24
16 Differentiate between qualitative data and quantitative data 4 S-23 COb
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17 Explain data pre-processing in brief. 4 S-23
Given Attribute 1 values:32,37,47,50,59 Attribute 2 values:48,40,41,47,49 COb
18 Calculate variance for both attributes. Determine which attribute is spread out 4 S-24
around mean.
19 Calculate mean and median of the following numbers 12,15,18,20,22,24,28,30 4 S-24 COb
Relate the appropriate data type of following examples. i) Gender of a person ii) COb
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Rank of a students iii) Price of a home iv) Color of a flower
21 Find Mean and Median for the following data. 4,6,7,8,9,12,14,15,20 4 W-23 COb
22 Find Standard Deviation for the following data. 4,15,20,28,35,45 4 W-23 COb
23 List out machine learning activities. Explain each in detail. 7 S-23 COb
Find mean, median, and mode for the following data: 1, 1, 1, 2, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, COb
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7, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
25 Prepare short note on feature subset selection. 7 S-23 COb
26 How to handle outliers and missing values. 7 S-24 COb
 Write a short note on dimensionality reduction and feature subset selection in
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context with data preprocessing.
28 Define data pre-processing. Explain various methods used in data pre-processing. 7 W-24 COb
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Unit 3 Question M Paper CO
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29 Write down steps to use hold out method for model training. 3 W-24 COb
30 Give the difference between predictive model and descriptive model. 3 S-23 COb
Does the choice of the k value influence the performance of the KNN algorithm? COb
31 3 S-24
Explain briefly.
32 Give the difference between predictive model and descriptive model. 3 W-24 COb
33 Give the difference between bagging and boosting. 3 S-23 COb
34 Give any three applications of multiple linear regression. 3 W-23 COb
35 Does bias affect the performance of the ML model? Explain briefly. 3 S-24 COb
36 Define in brief a) Target function b) Cost function c) Loss Function 3 S-24 COb
37 Explain balanced fit, underfit and overfit 4 S-24 COb
38 Compare cross-validation and bootstrap sampling 4 S-24 COb
39 Explain different types of logistic regression in brief 4 S-23 COb
40 Explain regression steps in detail. 4 W-23 COb
41 Discuss the difference between classification and regression. 4 S-23 COb
42 Explain structure of confusion matrix. 4 W-24 COb
43 Discuss the strength and weakness of the KNN algorithm. 4 W-23 COb
44 Explain structure of confusion matrix. 4 S-23 COb
45 Show K-fold cross validation in detail. 7 S-23 COb
46 Describe k-fold cross validation method in detail. 7 W-23 COb
47 Write and discuss K-NN algorithm. 7 W-24 COb
48 Write and explain K-means clustering approach in detail. 7 W-24 COb
49 Write and show the use of k-NN algorithms. 7 S-23 COb
50 Define classification. Illustrate classification learning steps in details 7 S-23 COb
51 Explain Bagging, Boosting in detail. 7 W-23 COb
A model predicts the sale of a sports shop. 83 times model predicts that customer
will buy cricket Bat and shop actually make a sale of cricket Bat. 7 times model
predicts for sale but customer don’t buy any bat. 5 times model predicts that
52 customer is keen to know the prices just and won’t buy bat but customer actually 7 S-24 COb
buys the bat after knowing prices. 5-time model predicts that customer is not a
buyer and customer don’t buy anything. Draw confusion matrix and Calculate a.
Error rate b. Precision c. Recall d. F-measure
A model predicts the sale of a sports shop. 83 times model predicts that customer
will buy cricket Bat and shop actually make a sale of cricket Bat. 7 times model
predicts for sale but customer don’t buy any bat. 5 times model predicts that
53 customer is keen to know the prices just and won’t buy bat but customer actually 7 S-24 COb
buys the bat after knowing prices. 5-time model predicts that customer is not a
buyer and customer don’t buy anything. Draw confusion matrix and Calculate a.
Accuracy b. Kappa Value
54 Describe K-fold cross validation in details. 7 W-24 COb
 Define Accuracy and for the following binary classifier’s confusion matrix, find
the various measurement parameters like 1. Accuracy 2. Precision.
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Predicted No Predicted Yes
Actual No 10 3
Actual Yes 2 15
Define Error-rate and for the following binary classifier’s confusion matrix, find
the various measurement parameters like 1. Error value 2. Recall.
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Predicted No Predicted Yes
Actual No 20 3
Actual Yes 2 15
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Unit 4 Question M Paper CO
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57 List out applications of regression. 3 W-24 COc
58 List out applications of support vector machine. 3 S-23 COc
59 List out applications of regression. 3 S-23 COc
60 Give classification learning steps. 3 S-24 COc
61 Give any three examples of Supervised Learning. 3 W-23 COc
62 Write a short note on bagging. 3 W-24 COc
63 Write a short note on single linear regression. 4 W-24 COc
64 Differentiate: Classification v/s Regression. 4 W-24 COc
65 Explain different types of logistic regression in brief. 4 S-23 COc
66 Illustrate any two applications of logistic regression. 4 W-23 COc
Given COc

Hours
Exam
smartphones
Scores
used
2 85
3 80
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4 75
5 70
6 60

find a linear relationship between the hours smartphone used (input feature) and
the exam score(output target)
68 Define Support Vectors in the SVM model. 4 S-24 COc
69 Explain classification learning steps in details. 7 W-24 COc
70 Explain classification steps in detail. 7 S-24 COc
71 Explain logistic regression in detail. 7 S-24 COc
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Unit 5 Question M Paper CO
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72 Define: Support, Confidence. 3 W-23 COd
73 List out applications of apriori algorithm. 3 W-24 COd
74 Differentiate: Clustering v/s Classification. 3 W-24 COd
75 Write any three examples of supervised learning in the field of healthcare. 3 W-24 COd
76 Give any three examples of unsupervised learning. 3 W-24 COd
77 Define following terms: i) Support ii) Confidence 4 S-23 COd
78 Explain any two applications of the apriori algorithm. 4 W-23 COd
79 List out advantages and disadvantages of apriori algorithm. 4 W-24 COd
80 Define: Support and Confidence. 4 W-24 COd
81 Differentiate: Supervised Learning v/s Unsupervised Learning 4 W-24 COd
Give difference between Supervised Learning, Unsupervised Learning and COd
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Reinforcement Learning.
83 Compare the different types of machine learning. 7 S-23 COd
84 Describe the concept of clustering using appropriate real-world examples. 7 W-23 COd
85 Compare and Contrast Supervised Learning and Unsupervised Learning. 7 W-23 COd
86 Write and explain applications of unsupervised learning. 7 W-24 COd
87 Explain apriori algorithm in detail. 7 S-23 COd
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Unit 6 Question M Paper CO
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88 List out the major features of matplotlib. 3 S-23 COe
89 List out the applications of matplotlib. 3 S-23 COe
90 List out the major features of Numpy. 3 W-23 COe
91 List out the applications of Pandas. 3 W-23 COe
92 Write a short note on Matplotlib python library. 3 S-24 COe
93 List out the major features of Numpy. 3 S-24 COe
94 Explain histogram with suitable example. 3 W-24 COe
95 How to load iris dataset in Numpy program? Explain. 4 S-23 COe
96 Develop and explain the steps to import csv file in Pandas. 4 S-23 COe
How to load an iris dataset csv file in a Pandas Dataframe program? Explain with COe
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example.
How to plot a vertical line and horizontal line in matplotlib? Explain with COe
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examples.
Suppose you have a dataset containing the following points in a two dimensional COe
99 space:{(2,3),(3,3),(4,3),(5,3),(6,3),(7,3),(8,3),(25,20),(26,20),(27,20),(28,20),(29,2 4 S-24
0),(30,20)} Perform k-means clustering to partition these points into two clusters.
Suppose we have the following one-dimensional dataset: COe
100 {1,2,4,5,7,8,10,11,12,14,15,17} Perform k-means clustering to partition these 4 S-24
points into three clusters.
101 List out application of scikit-learn. 4 W-24 COe
102 List out features of Pandas. 4 W-24 COe
103 Explain features and applications of Pandas. 7 S-23 COe
104 Explain features and applications of Scikit-Learn. 7 S-23 COe
Give functions and its use of Scikit-learn for a. Data Preprocessing b. Model COe
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Selection c. Model Evaluation and Metrics
Give function and its use of Pandas library for a. Data Preprocessing b. Data COe
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Inspection c. Data Cleaning and Transformation
107 Explain features and applications of Numpy. 7 W-24 COe
108 Explain features and applications of Matplotlib. 7 W-24 COe
109 Explain the features and applications of Matplotlib. 7 W-23 COe
110 Discuss the main purpose of Numpy and Pandas in machine learning. 7 W-23 COe