Indian Institute of Technology Madras
BS Degree Programme · Examination & Study Paper
Machine Learning Foundations
Intro to ML, models & loss
Official Paper
Examination Instructions & Guidelines
- Solve on notebook/paper first before checking solutions.
- MCQ: Exactly 1 option is correct. Negative marking applies.
- NAT: Numerical response. No negative marking.
- Scientific calculator allowed for all calculations.
- Official answer key is sealed at the end of this sheet.
- Q1MCQ1 Mark·Choose one option
A bank wants to decide whether a loan applicant should be given a loan or not, based on features like income, credit score and past records. Which of the following machine learning techniques is applicable for this scenario?
- ARegression
- BClassification
- CClustering
- DDimensionality Reduction
- Q2MCQ3 Marks·Choose one option
- A
- B
- C
- D
- A
- Q3NAT3 Marks·Write the number
Your answer: Read the passage below, then answer Q4–Q5
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Q4MCQ3 Marks·Choose one optionWhich of these models has the smallest squared loss on this training dataset?
- A
- B
- C
- D
- A
- Q5MCQ2 Marks·Choose one option
- ANo
- BYes
- CInsufficient information to answer the question