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Financial Forensics · End Term · 21 Dec 2025 · September 2025 term

Question 20: If a model predicts the negative class for all observati…

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If a model predicts the negative class for all observations in a binary classification problem with both positive and negative cases present with class balance 1:99 (positive : negative), which of the following statements is true?

  1. A

    Recall is 100%, but Precision is not necessarily 100%.

  2. B

    Precision is 100%, but Recall is not necessarily 100%.

  3. C

    Both Recall and Precision are 0%.

  4. D

    Neither Recall nor Precision are 100%.

  5. E

    None of these

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  • C

    Both Recall and Precision are 0%.

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Question 20 of 40 in the IIT Madras BS Financial Forensics (Financial Forensics) End Term paper sat on 21 Dec 2025, in the September 2025 term (Financial Forensics 18 Dec 25). It carries 1 mark.

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