FABIZ I A, B

January 26, 2011

Amfiteatrul 2, 10:30 am
EXAM B
I. (3p) Answer the following multiple choice questions and fill the correct answer in the table below:
Question
Answer
1. The sum of the series

n=1

3n
is:
7n

a) 4 ;

b) 3 ;
X

2. The radius of convergence of the power series

c) 6 ;
(1)n

n1

a) 1

b) 2

c) 1

d)

d) 2 ;

10

e) 8 .

n2
xn
2n2 1

is:

e) x.

3. Consider f : R2 R, f (x, y) = ln(1 + x2 + 2y 2 ). Then fx0 (1, 1) + fy0 (1, 1) is equal to:
1
3
a) 2 ; b)
; c) 1 ; d)
; e) 0.
2
2
Z

15
3
4. The value of the integral x 2 ex dx is: a) 1 ; b) 2 ; c)
; d)
; e)
.
8
4
2
0

5. If A and B are independent events with P (A) = 0.4 and P (A

1
1
2
1
3
a) ; b) ; c) ; d) ; e) .
2
3
3
4
4

B) = 0.7 then P (B) is:

6. Only 20% of novels written are accepted for publication. 10% of those accepted have a happy ending, while 60% of those
not accepted have a happy ending. Find the probability that a randomly chosen novel has a happy ending.
3
2
1
1
1
a) ; b) ; c) ; d) ; e) .
5
3
4
2
3

a a+1 a+2
.
7. Consider the r.v. X
p
3p
2p
Then E (6X) = 13 for:

a) a = 1;

b) a = 0;

c) a = 1;

d) a = 2;

e) a = 3.

1
3
, p2 = and p3 =
2
5
9
2
What is the probability that at least 1 student passes? a)
; b) ;
10
5

!
2 1 1 2
1
1
1 1 .
9. Consider the discrete random variable X
4
4
4 4
Then P (|X| > 1) equals: a) 0.25 ; b) 0.50 ; c) 0.40 ; d) 0.75 ; e)

8. Three students pass an exam with probabilities p1 =

3
respectively.
4
19
13
c)
; d)
;
20
15

e)

59
.
60

0.80 .

10. Suppose X and Y are random variables with V ar(X) = 5, V ar(Y ) = 3 and cov(X, Y ) = 1. Find V ar(3X 2Y ).
a) 29 ;

b) 45 ;

c) 59 ;

d) 51 ;

e) 37.

II. (2p) Find the local extremes of the following function: f : R2 R, f (x, y) = x3 + 3xy 2 15x 12y + 20.

xe6x if x > 0;
III. (2p) Let X be a continuous random variable with pdf f (x) =
.
0
otherwise
Calculate , the expectation and the variance of X.
IV. (2p) Consider the discrete random vector Z = (X, Y ) with the following distribution table:
XY
-1
-2

-2
0.2
0.1

0
0.1
0.2

1
0.3
0.1

a) Find the marginal distributions;

b) Find the conditional distribution of Y given X = 1;
b) Calculate V ar(X + Y ) and (X, Y );
d) Are the random variables X and Y independent? Justify your answer.