9/12/25, 8:24 PM Data Science for Engineers - - Unit 6 - Week 1

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1) Which of the following variable names are INVALID in R? 1 point

About 1_variable
NPTEL () variable_1
_variable
How does an
NPTEL variable@
online Partially Correct.
course Score: 0.67
work? () Accepted Answers:
1_variable
Week 1 () _variable
variable@
Data science
for engineers 2) The function ls() in R will 1 point
Course
philosophy set a new working directory path
and
list all objects in our working environment
expectation
(unit? display the path to our working directory
unit=21&lesso None of the above
n=22)
Yes, the answer is correct.
Introduction Score: 1
to R (unit? Accepted Answers:
unit=21&lesso list all objects in our working environment
n=23)

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Introduction Consider the following code snippet. Based on this, answer questions 3 and 4.
to R
(Continued)
(unit?
unit=21&lesso
n=24)

Variables and
datatypes in R
(unit?
unit=21&lesso
n=25) 3) Which of the following command is used to access the value “Shyam”? 1 point

Data frames print(patient_list[3][2])

(unit?
print(patient_list[[3]][1])
unit=21&lesso
n=26) print(patient_list[[3]][2])
print(patient_list[[2]][2])
Recasting and
joining of Yes, the answer is correct.
dataframes Score: 1
(unit? Accepted Answers:
unit=21&lesso print(patient_list[[3]][2])
n=27)

Arithmetic,Lo
4) What does the following R code produce? 1 point
gical and
Matrix
operations in
R (unit?
unit=21&lesso
n=28) “apple”
“banana”
Advanced
programming “cherry”
in R : Error
Functions
(unit?
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
unit=21&lesso
Accepted Answers:
n=29)
“banana”
Advanced
Programming 5) What is the output of following code? 1 point
in R :
Functions
(Continued)
(unit?
unit=21&lesso
n=30)
double
Control integer
structures
list
(unit?
unit=21&lesso None of the above
n=31) Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Data
Accepted Answers:
visualization
double
in R Basic

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graphics 6) State whether the given statement is True or False. 1 point

(unit? The library reshape2 is based around two key functions named melt and cast.
unit=21&lesso
n=32) True

Common False
doubts asked Yes, the answer is correct.
on R Score: 1
Language Accepted Answers:
(Week-1) True
(unit?
unit=21&lesso
7) What does the following R code return? 1 point
n=33)

Week 1
Feedback
Form : Data
Science for
Engineers!!
5, 10, 15, 20
(unit?
unit=21&lesso 15, 20
n=153) 10, 15, 20
Quiz: Week 1 Error
: Assignment
Yes, the answer is correct.
1 Score: 1
(assessment?
Accepted Answers:
name=236)
15, 20

Week 2 ()
8) What is the output of the following R code? 1 point
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Week 4 ()

Week 5 ()

Week 6 ()
1, 2, 3
Week 7 () 0, 1, 2
1, 2, 3, 4
Week 8 ()
Error

Text Yes, the answer is correct.

Score: 1
Transcripts
Accepted Answers:
()
1, 2, 3

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Videos () Create the data frame using the code given below and answer questions 9 and 10.

Books () student_data =
data.frame(student_id=c(1:4),student_name=c(‘Ram’,‘Harish’,‘Pradeep’,‘Rajesh’))
Problem
Solving 9) Choose the correct command to add a column named student_dept to the 1 point
dataframe student_data.

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Session - student_datastudent_dept=c(“Commerce”, “Biology”, “English”, “Tamil”)

July 2025 ()
student_data[“student_dept”]= c(“Commerce”,“Biology”, “English”,“Tamil”)
student_dept= student_data[c(“Commerce”,“Biology”,“English”,“Tamil”)]
None of the above

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
student_data[“student_dept”]= c(“Commerce”,“Biology”, “English”,“Tamil”)

10) Choose the correct command to access the element Tamil in the dataframe 1 point
student_data.

student_data[[4]]
student_data[[4]][3]
student_data[[3]][4]
None of the above

Yes, the answer is correct.

Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
student_data[[3]][4]

11) The command to check if a value is of numeric data type is ______. 1 point

typeof()
is.numeric()
as.numeric()
None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
is.numeric()

12) What will the following R code return? 1 point

6
5
9
Error
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
6

13) What is the result of the following R code? 1 point

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[2] 14 16 18
[1] [2] [3]
[1] 8 12 16
[2] 10 14 18
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Error

Yes, the answer is correct.

Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
[1] [2] [3]
[1] 8 12 16
[2] 10 14 18

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