DESCREPTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS

Subject (COSM) CSE (II-I)2018-19

1. Find the mean and variance for the discrete distribution

X=x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
P(x) K 0.1 k 0.2 2k .4 2k

2. A Continuous random variable has the probability density function

determine f(x)= k x e-𝝺x for x≥0, ƛ>0
Determine i) k value ii) Mean iii) variance
3. The probability that the students A,B,C,D solve a problem are
1/3,2/5/1/5 and 1/4 respectively. If all of them try to solve the problem
what is the probability that the problem is solved
4 A bag A contains 2 white and 3 red balls and bag B contains 4 white
and 5 red balls. One ball is drawn at random from one of the bags and it
is found to be red. Find the probability that the red ball drawn is from
bag B.
5.The mean and variance of a binomial variable X with parameter n and
p are 16 and 8. Find the values P(X≥1) and P(X>2).
6. Fit a binomial distribution in the following data
X 0 1 2 3 4 5
F(x) 2 14 20 34 22 8

7. 30 % of items from a factory are defective. Find the probability that a

sample of 8 i) none ii) At least two
iii) P(0<x<6) are defective
8.The average number of phone calls/ minute coming into a switch
board between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. is 2.5. Determine the probability that
during one particular minute, there will be
i) 4 or fewer ii) more than 6 calls
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9.IF a poisson distribution is such that P(X=1)2 = P(X= 3). Find i) P(x≥1)
ii) P(x≤3) iii) P(2≤x≤5)
10. Suppose 2 % of the people on the average are left handed. Find i)
the of probability of finding 3 or more left handed
ii) the probability of finding ≤1 left handed.
11) Two marbles are drawn in succession from a box containing 10 red
30 white , 20 blue and 15 orange marbles with replacement being made
after each draw. Find the probability that I ) Both are white
ii) First is red and second is white.
12.There are 12 cards numbers 1 1o 12 in a box, if two cards are
selected what is the probability that sum is odd i) with replacement.
ii) without replacement
13) In a factory, machine A produces 40 % of the output and machine B
produces 60 % , On the average , 9 items in 1000 produced by A are
defecitive and 1 item in 250 produced by B is defective. An item drawn
at random from a days output is defective . What is the probability that
it was produced by A or B.
14. 1) (a) Define conditional event, conditional probability, independent
and dependent events .
(b) Derive Baye’s theorem.
15.A sample of 4 items is selected at random from a box containing 12
items of which 5 are
Defective. Find the excepted number E of defective items.
16. (1) Derive mean of binomial distribution
(2) Derive variance of binomial distribution
17. Of the three men, the chances that a politician, a businessman or a
academician will be appointed as a V.C. of a university or 0.5, 0.3, 0.2
respectively. Probability that research is Promoted by these persons if
they are appointed as V.C. is 0.3, 0.7, and 0.8 respectively.
(1) Determine the probability that research is promoted.
 (2) If research is promoted, what is the Probability that VC is an
academician?
18. 20% of items produced from a factory are defective. Find the
probability that in a sample of 5 choosen at random. Find (1) none is
defective (2) one is defective
(3) P (1<X<4)
19. The Probability density function of a variate x is
X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6K
P(X) K 3K 5K 7K 9K 11K 13K

i) Find k value Ii) p(X<4 ) , P(X≥5) , P(3<X<6)

iii) What will be the minimum value of k so that P(x<2)>0.3

20. Suppose 2 % of the people on the average are left handed. Find i) the of
probability of finding 3 or more left handed ii) the probability of finding ≤1 left
handed.

21. (1) Define types of random variables

(2) Axioms of probability.

(3) Define probability density function

21. . Find i) P(B/A) II) P(A/ BC) IF A and B are events with p (A) =1/3 ,
p(B)=1/4 and P(AUB) =1/2

22. A coin is biased in a way that a head is twice as likely to occur as a tail. If the
coin is tossed 3 times find the probability of getting 2 tail and 1 head.
23. For the continuous random variable X whose probability density function is
𝑐𝑥 (2 − 𝑥 )𝑖𝑓 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2
given by f(x)={
0 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒
Where c is constant find c, mean and variance

24. A business man goes to hotels X ,Y, Z, 20%, 50%, 30% of the time
respectively. It is known that business man’s room having faulty plumbing is
assigned to hotel Z ?

25. Calculate the correlation coefficient for the following heights (in inches) of
fathers (x) and their son’s(Y)

x 65 66 67 67 68 69 70 72
y 67 68 65 68 72 72 69 71