PGP 20 (Sees F & F) Quiz2 Full Marks—10 ‘Time: 15 mins
‘Topics: Probability and Random variable (QM)
1. Alison has all her money invested in two mutual funds, A and B. She knows that there is a 40%
chance that fund A will rise in price, and a 60% chance that fund B will rise in price given that
fund A rises in price. What is the probability that both fund A and fund B will rise in price? (1)
PCANB) = P(A) P(B/A) = 04x06.
Ans. QO» 24
2. A company is bidding on two projects, A and B. The pro vability that the company wins
project A is 0.40 and the probability that the company wins project B is 0.25. Winning project A
and winning project B are independent events. What is the probability that the company wins
project A or project B? (1) PCAUB) = PCA) + PCB) — PCA) PCB?
Ans. (S55 = 0-4 + 025 (Om * 0125)
= 0.4, The
3. Ah experiment consists of four outcomes with P(A:) = 0.1, P(Aa) = 0.3, and P(As
probability of outcome Ayis__O*2 _. Explain your answer. (1)
Explanation: “Thay ong Exhoustive events
4. If'a discrete random variable takes values 0,1,2 and 3, thea what is the value of F(6)? (1)
a, cannot be determined
bo
«0
d._any value between 0 and 1 both exclusive
ans. b
5. If correlation coefficient between two random variables X and Y is zero, then what conclusion
will you draw regarding their relationship? (1)
an. y Zy enon howe ~womlensor Aslahionslp /cordlation
/ assouation6. Consider the following bivariate probability distribution of the random variables X and Y. (+1)
x 7 Yt 2 3
1 0.05 0.18 0.26
2 0.12 0.06 0.04
3 0,05, 0.20 0,04
O18 -40!2G4 0-04 O'S +0106 + 0-04
‘The value of P(X