CMPE 107 Spring 2019 CLOSED BOOK, CLOSED NOTES Sample Exam 2

1. (20 points) Consider the binary communication channel modeled as shown in the figure below, which shows the
probabilities that the sender transmits a 0 or a 1, and that the channel makes an error for a 0 or a 1.
(a) Compute the probability that the receiver receives a 0.
(b) Compute the probability that the sender transmitted a 1 given that the receiver obtains a 0.

2. (20 points) A random variable X has the following pdf:

⎧ ⎛ ⎞
⎪ cx 3 ⎜1+ 3 ⎟ 1 ≤ x ≤ 10
f X (x) = ⎨ ⎝ x ⎠
2

⎪
⎩ 0 otherwise

(a) Find the value of c. (b) Find the CDF of X. (c) Find P[ X > 2]
CMPE 107 Spring 2019 CLOSED BOOK, CLOSED NOTES Sample Exam 2

3. (20 points) . Prove that the variance of the Geometric random variable equals (1 – p)/p2, where p is the
probability of success in each trial.
CMPE 107 Spring 2019 CLOSED BOOK, CLOSED NOTES Sample Exam 2

4. (20 points) Consider the random variable X with the following probability mass function:

⎧ 1
⎪ (x +1) 2 x = 0, 2, 3
p X (x) = ⎨ k
⎪
⎩ 0 otherwise

(a) What is the value of the constant k? (c) What is E(X)? (d) What is Var(X)?
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5. (20 points) Prove that, for any discrete random variable, Var(X) = E(X ) − E (X)
CMPE 107 Spring 2019 CLOSED BOOK, CLOSED NOTES Sample Exam 2

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