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Experiments, sample space, events
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Week 0 - Assignment 0: Prerequisites

Experiments,
1) Let A and B be two sets. Then A C
∪ B = A ∪ (B ∩ A ) . 1 point
sample space,
events
True
Quiz : False
Assignment 0
No, the answer is incorrect.
Experiments,
Score: 0
Outcomes and
Events Accepted Answers:
True
Examples:
Experiments 2) A box contains 3 green balls, 4 red balls and 5 blue balls. The balls are numbered from 1 to 1 point
and sample
12 and are distinguishable. In how many ways can 3 balls of different colour be drawn from the box one
spaces
after another? Assume that ordering does not matter, i.e. 1, 4, 8 is the same as 8, 4, 1 etc.
Week 1 -
Probability space 120
360
Week 2 - 60
Conditional
240
probability
Week 3 - Score: 0
Independence
Accepted Answers:
Week 4 - Discrete 60
random variables
3) The average of the first 100 positive integers is _______________
Week 5 -
Conditional and
joint No, the answer is incorrect.
distributions, Score: 0
independence
and Accepted Answers:
manipulations of (Type: Numeric) 50.5
random variables
1 point
Week 6-
4) If A, B, C, D are consecutive terms in an arithmetic progression, what is the value of 1 point
Continuous
2 2
Random D − A
? Assume C 2 2
− B .
≠ 0
Variables C
2 2
− B
Week 7- Joint 3
distributions and 9
transformations
https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_ee01/unit?unit=13&assessment=9 1/3
of random 1
variables
It depends on the common difference of the arithmetic progression.
Week 8 - No, the answer is incorrect.
Expectations and
Score: 0
Averages
Accepted Answers:
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VIDEOS
5) Sn = p + p
2 3 n
+ p +. . . . . +p , ∣ p ∣< 1 . Then Sn = 1 point
Interaction
Session
np − 1
1 − p
n
1 − p
1 − p
n+1
p − p
1 − p
n
p − p
1 − p

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
n+1
p − p
1 − p
6) Find the coefficient of x 4 in the expansion of (x + 1)

9
.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(Type: Numeric) 126
1 point
7) e
x −x
+ e 5 7 1 point
Let f (x) = . If f (a) = and f (b) = , what is the value of f (a + b) ?
x −x
e − e 3 5
29
20
27
23
29
25
25
23

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
25
23
8) 3
Consider the following equation: 2 log2 (x) − 1 = log
2
Convert the above into a
x − 1 .
( 2 )
quadratic equation and find its roots. What is the smallest of the two roots?

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(Type: Numeric) 1
1 point
9) logx (a) logx (b) = log (a + b)

x
1 point
True
False

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
False
10)Alice has a bunch of tennis balls in her drawer. She recalls that 3 of them are yellow, 4 of 1 point
them are white and 5 of them are green. She reaches in and grabs several without looking. How many
does she have to grab, in order to ensure that 3 of them are the same color?
4
5
6
7

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
7
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18/05/2018 Probability Foundations for Electrical engineers - - Unit 3 - Week 1 - Probability space
Unit 3 - Week 1 -
Probability space
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Week 0 - 1) If A and B are two disjoint sets, then Ac and Bc are disjoint. 1 point
Experiments,
sample space, True
events False
Not always
Week 1 -
Probability space No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Operations on
events Accepted Answers:
Not always
Examples:
Sample spaces 2) Let A, B, and C be three events. Choose the correct expression for the statement "exactly 1 point
and events one of the events A, B, and C occur".
Sigma fields
and probability
A ∪ B ∪ C
Discrete sample
spaces
(AB) ∪ (BC) ∪ (CA)
Union and
Partition c c c c c
(A ∪ B )(B ∩ C) (C ∪ A )
Examples:
Probability c c c
(A(B ∪ C) ) ∪ (B(C ∪ A) ) ∪ (C(A ∪ B) )
calculation for
equally likely No, the answer is incorrect.
outcomes
Score: 0
Quiz : Accepted Answers:
Assignment 1 c c c
(A(B ∪ C) ) ∪ (B(C ∪ A) ) ∪ (C(A ∪ B) )
Week
1:Feedback 3) An urn contains 3 green balls, 4 red balls and 5 brown balls. 7 balls are drawn at random from the
urn one after the other without replacement. Let the outcome be denoted (a, b, c), where a is the
Week 1 number of green balls, b is the number of red balls and c is the number of brown balls. The total number
Assignment
of outcomes in the sample space is __________.
solution
Week 2 -
Conditional No, the answer is incorrect.
probability
Score: 0
Week 3 - Accepted Answers:

Independence (Type: Numeric) 17
1 point
Week 4 - Discrete
random variables 4) 1 point
Consider the random experiment of throwing 9 indistinguishable balls into 3 bins. Let the outcome be
Week 5 -
Conditional and denoted (n1 , n2 , n3 ), where ni is the number of balls that have fallen into bin i . What is the total number
joint of outcomes in the sample space?
distributions,
independence 45
and 84
manipulations of
random variables 55
81
Week 6-
Continuous No, the answer is incorrect.
Random Score: 0
Variables Accepted Answers:
55
Week 7- Joint
distributions and 5) Consider the random experiment of throwing a die twice. Let E be the event of the sum of the1 point
transformations two numbers being odd and F be the event of the sum of the two numbers being divisible by 3. What is
of random
the size of the set E ∩ F ?
variables
18
Week 8 -
Expectations and 6
Averages 12
9
DOWNLOAD
VIDEOS No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Interaction Accepted Answers:
Session
6
6) Say five cards are drawn at random one after the other without replacement from a pack of 1 point
52 cards. Let H be the event that atleast two hearts occur and D be the event that atleast two diamonds
occur. Then H ∖D is the event that
atleast two hearts occur.

atleast two hearts and two diamonds occur.
atleast two hearts and more than two diamonds occur.
atleast two hearts and no more than one diamond occur.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
atleast two hearts and no more than one diamond occur.
7) Let A and B be two events. If the probability of A is 0.5, and the probability of AB is 0.2, 1 point
which of the following is true for probability of B?
P(B) = 1
P(B) > 0.7
P(B) ≤ 0.7
P(B) ≥ 0.8

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
P(B) ≤ 0.7
8) If P(A) = P(B) = P(C) = 0.5, P(A ∪ B) = 0.55, P(BC) = 0.3 and P(ABC) = 2P(ABC ),
c
then
P(ABC) is _____________
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(Type: Numeric) 0.3
1 point
9) Consider the random experiment of tossing a fair coin 5 times. Let E be the event that the number of
heads is even. Then probability of E is a/32, where a is ____________

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(Type: Numeric) 16
1 point
10)Say 8 balls are thrown into 5 bins at random. Let A be the event that the bins 1, 2 and 3 are 1 point
empty. What is the probability of the event A?
8
5
8
2
8
5
8
3
8
5
8
4
8
5

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
8
2
8
5
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18/05/2018 Probability Foundations for Electrical engineers - - Unit 4 - Week 2 - Conditional probability
Unit 4 - Week 2 -
Conditional probability
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Week 0 - 1) A fair 12-sided die is rolled. What is the probability that the roll is a 3 given that the roll is 1 point
Experiments, odd?
sample space,
events 1/6
5/6
Week 1 - 2/3
Probability space
1/4
Conditional
Score: 0
probability
Accepted Answers:
Definition and 1/6
basic properties
2) A deck of 10 cards numbered 1 through 10 is shuffled, and a card is drawn from the deck. 1 point
Bayes' rule for
partitions
Let A be the event that an odd number is drawn and B be the event that a prime number is drawn. What
is ℙ(B|A)?
Examples:
Conditional 1/6
probability
2/5
Example of 1/2
detection
3/5
Example:
coloured cards No, the answer is incorrect.
from a box Score: 0
Quiz : Accepted Answers:

Assignment 2 3/5
Week 2 - 3) Consider two urns, the first containing two white and seven black balls, and the second 1 point
Feedback containing four white and eight black balls. We flip a fair coin and then draw a ball from the first urn or
Week 2 the second urn depending upon whether the outcome was head or tail, respectively. What is the
Assignment conditional probability that the outcome of the toss was head given that a white ball was selected?
Solution
1/2
Week 3 - 2/5
Independence
3/5
Week 4 - Discrete 2/3
random variables
Score: 0
Week 5 -
Conditional and Accepted Answers:
joint 2/5
distributions,
independence Questions 4, 5 and 6 are to be answered using the following. A factory production line is
and manufacturing bolts using three machines A, B and C. Of the total output, machine A is responsible
manipulations of
for 25%, machine B for 35% and machine C for the rest. It is known from previous experience with
random variables
the machines that 5% of the output from machine A is defective, 4% from machine B and 2% from
Week 6- machine C. A bolt is chosen at random from the production line and found to be defective. What is
Continuous the probability that it came from
Random
Variables 4) (a) machine A?
Week 7- Joint Write your answer up to 3 decimal places.

distributions and
transformations
of random
variables No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Expectations and (Type: Range) 0.360,0.364
Averages
1 point
DOWNLOAD
VIDEOS 5) (b) machine B?
Interaction Write your answer up to 3 decimal places.

Session

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(Type: Range) 0.404,0.408
1 point
6) (c) machine C?
Write your answer up to 3 decimal places.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(Type: Range) 0.230,0.234
1 point
7) We roll a fair four-sided die. If the result is 1 or 2, we roll once more but otherwise, we stop. 1 point
What is the probability that the sum total of our rolls is at least 4?
9/16
5/16
1/4
1/2

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
9/16
8) A box contains three cards. One card is red on both sides, one card is green on both sides, 1 point
and one card is red on one side and green on the other. One card is selected from the box at random,
and the color on one side is observed. If this side is green, what is the probability that the other side of
the card is also green?
1/2
2/3
1/3
1/4
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
2/3
9) A binary symmetric channel (BSC) has a transition probability of 1/8 . If the binary transmit symbol X
is such that ℙ(X = 0) = 9/10 and ℙ(X = 1) = 1/10, then the probability ℙ(X = 0|Y = 0) is
____________
Binary Symmetric Channel with ℙ(Y = 0|X = 1) = ℙ(Y = 1|X = 0) = 1/8.
Express your answer correct to 3 decimal places.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(Type: Range) 0.982,0.986
1 point
10)There are four identical-looking batteries of which two are defective. First, one battery is selected
uniformly at random. From the remaining 3 batteries, a second battery is selected uniformly at random.
The probability that both the selected batteries are not defective, given that atleast one of them is not
defective is ________________
Express your answer correct to 3 decimal places.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(Type: Range) 0.198,0.202
1 point
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18/05/2018 Probability Foundations for Electrical engineers - - Unit 5 - Week 3 - Independence
Unit 5 - Week 3 -
Independence
Course
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Week 0 - 1) If A and B are two independent events, P(A) = 0.5 and P(AB) = 0.3, then P(Ac Bc ) =? 1 point
Experiments,
sample space, 0.6
events 0.8
0.2
Week 1 -
Probability space 0.3

Week 2 - Score: 0
Conditional
probability Accepted Answers:
0.2
Week 3 -
Independence 2) Let A, B and C be three independent events. If 1 point
c
P(ABC) = 0.09, P(A) = 0.3, P(AC ) = 0.12, then P(B), P(C), are respectively
Independence
of events 0.5, 0.3
0.4, 0.5
Examples:
Independence 0.5, 0.4
Combining
0.5, 0.6
independent
experiments
Score: 0
Conditional
Accepted Answers:
independence
0.5, 0.6
Examples and
computations 3) A coin with probability p of coming heads is tossed repeatedly. The head-count and tail-count 1 point
with conditional are set to zero before tossing. The probability that three heads show up before three tails is
independence
Binomial and 3 3
p (1 − p)
geometric
models
3 2
p (10 − 15p + 6p )
Examples:
Binomial and
geometric 3 2
p (1 − p)
model
Quiz : 3
2p (3p − 5)(p − 1)
Assignment 3
Week 3
Feedback Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
3 2
p (10 − 15p + 6p )
Week 3 4) Consider an experiment that consists of drawing a card from

Assignment the pack of 52 cards and throwing a fair six-sided die
Solution simultaneously. Then the probability that we see a 4 on the card but
not on the die is ________________. Write your answer correct to 3
Week 4 - Discrete
decimal places.
random variables
Week 5 -
Conditional and No, the answer is incorrect.
joint Score: 0
distributions,
independence Accepted Answers:
and (Type: Range) 0.062,0.066
manipulations of
random variables 1 point
5) Let A, B, C be three events such that A, B are conditionally independent given C. If 1 point
Week 6-
Continuous P(ABC) = 0.06, P(A|C) = 0.5, then P(BC) is
Random
Variables 0.15
0.03
Week 7- Joint 0.12
distributions and
transformations 0.04
of random
variables
Score: 0
Expectations and 0.12
Averages
6) Let A, B, and C be three towns in a district. Say there are two roads between A, B and two 1 point
DOWNLOAD roads between B, C. Each of these roads is blocked by snow with a probability p, independently of
VIDEOS others. Given that A and C are disconnected, what is the probability that A and B are connected?
Interaction
2
Session 1−p
2
2−p
2
2−p
2
1−p
2
1−2p
2
1−2p
2
1−p

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
2
1−p
2−p2
7) Say an experiment E has a success probability of 0.3. If the experiment is repeated independently
10 times, the probability that it succeeds atleast 3 times is _____________. Write your answer correct to
3 decimal places.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(Type: Range) 0.615,0.619
1 point
8) An archer hits a target with a success probability p. Given that the archer has missed the 1 point
target in all of the past m trials, what is the probability that the archer gets the first success only in the
fourth trial from now? Assume independence between trials.
m+3
(1 − p) p
m
(1 − p) p
m−3
(1 − p) p
3
(1 − p) p

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
3
(1 − p) p
9) Let A and B be two independent events defined on some experiment E with probabilities 1 point
p ,p ,
A B
respectively. Say the experiment E is repeated independently until either A or B occurs. What is
the probability that A occurs before B, i.e. these repeated trials end with the occurrence of A?
p
A
.
(1 − p )(1 − p )
A B
p
A
.
1 − (1 − p )(1 − p )
A B
p
B
.
1 − (1 − p )(1 − p )
A B
p
B
.
(1 − p )(1 − p )
A B

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
p
A
.
1 − (1 − p )(1 − p )
A B
10)There are five persons in a room. The probability that at least two of them were born on the same
day of the week (example: Friday) is __________________. Write your answer correct to 3 decimal
places.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(Type: Range) 0.848,0.852
1 point
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18/05/2018 Probability Foundations for Electrical engineers - - Unit 6 - Week 4 - Discrete random variables
Unit 6 - Week 4 -
Discrete random variables
Course
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Week 0 - 1) Let pX(x) = cx for x = 1, 2, 3. Determine the constant c so that the function pX(x)
2
1 point
Experiments, satisfies the conditions of being a probability mass function.
sample space,
events
1
Week 1 - 6
Probability space
1
Week 2 -
14
Conditional
probability
1
Week 3 - 12
Independence
1
Week 4 - Discrete 3
random variables
Definition and Score: 0
discrete setting
Accepted Answers:
Random 1
variables and 14
events
2) A fair coin is tossed twice, and let X be the number of heads . Find the probability mass 1 point
Examples: function pX .
Discrete
random
variables
X
, X
,
p (0) = 1/3 p (1) = 1/3 p (2) = 1/3
X
Important
distributions
X
, X
,
p (0) = 1/4 p (1) = 1/2 p (2) = 1/4
X
Examples:
Discrete PMFs , ,
p (0) = 1/4 p (1) = 1/4 p (2) = 1/4
X X X
Real-life
modeling , ,
p (0) = 1/2 p (1) = 1/4 p (2) = 1/4
X X X
example
More
Score: 0
distributions
Accepted Answers:
Quiz :
p (0) = 1/4, p (1) = ,
1/2 p (2) = 1/4
Assignment 4 X X X
Week 4
3) Anytime a child throws a Frisbee, the child's dog catches the Frisbee with probability p , 1 point
Assignment independent of whether the Frisbee is caught on any previous throw. When the dog catches the Frisbee,
Solution it runs away with the Frisbee, never to be seen again. The child continues to throw the Frisbee until the
dog catches it. What is the probability that the child will throw the Frisbee more than four times?
Week 5 -
Conditional and (Assume p = 0.2)
joint
distributions,
independence 0.0016
and
manipulations of
0.0256
random variables
Week 6- 0.4096
Continuous
Random 0.064
Variables
Week 7- Joint Score: 0
distributions and
transformations Accepted Answers:
of random 0.4096
variables
4) A marksman takes 4 shots at a target and has probability 0.2 of hitting the target with each 1 point
shot, independently of all other shots. What is the probability that number of hits is greater than or equal
Week 8 -
Expectations and to number of misses?
Averages
0.1808
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VIDEOS
0.1264
Interaction
Session
0.4064
0.1316

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
0.1808
5) Consider a poisson random variable X ∼

e
−λ
λ
x
, where λ is very small (λ → 0 ) so that X takes

x!
values 0, 1 and 2 with very high probability. The PMF of X by neglecting powers of λ greater than 2 can
be expressed as pX(0) ≈ 1 − aλ + bλ
2
, pX(1) ≈ aλ − 2bλ , pX(2)
2
≈ bλ
2
. The value of a + 2b is
.
⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(Type: Range) 1.98,2.02
1 point
6) Suppose we toss a fair die twice independently and let X be the minimum of the two outcomes. The
a−bx
probability mass function of X can be written as pX(x) =
c
for x ∈ {1, 2, . . . , 6}. The value of
a + b + c is _________

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(Type: Range) 50.98,51.02
1 point
7) Consider an exam that contains ,5 multiple-choice questions with 4 possible choices for each 1 point
question, only one of which is correct. Suppose a student is to select the answer for every question
randomly. (a) The probability for the student to get two answers correct (b) The probability for the student
to get no answers correct
(a) 0.0563, (b) 0.2816
(a) 0.2637, (b) 0.2873
(a) 0.0563, (b) 0.2316
(a) 0.2637, (b) 0.2373

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(a) 0.2637, (b) 0.2373
8) True or False: Independent trails, each with success probability p , are performed at times 1 point
1, 2, 3, …. Let Wk (k ≥ 1) denote the time at which the k -th success is obtained, and let W0 = 0 .
Define another sequence of random variables {Xk } by Xk = Wk − Wk−1, k ≥ 1. Now
n−1
Xk ∼ (1 − p)
k−1
p and Wk ∼
( k−1)(1 − p)
n−k k
p ,n ≥ k.
True
False

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
True
9) Suppose Airplane A has four engines and needs at least two working engines in order to fly.
Airplane B has two engines and needs at least one engine to fly. Each engine (independently of the
others) has a probability p of working during a flight. Let t be such that airplane A is safer than B for
p > t. What is the value of 3t ? _________

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(Type: Range) 1.98,2.02
1 point
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Unit 7 - Week 5 -
Conditional and joint distributions, independence and
manipulations of random variables
Course
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Week 0 - Consider the random experiment of throwing a fair six sided die (with faces numbered 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
Experiments, once. Let the random variable X be the number that appears on the die. Let A be the event that the
sample space, number appearing on the die is prime. You are required to compute the conditional pmf of X given A.
events Let the values taken by X given A in increasing order be x1 , x2 , x3 and x4 . Let
p = Prob(X = xi |A) for i = 1, 2, 3, 4. Write answers correct to 3 decimal places.
i
Week 1 -
Probability space 1) x1 =___________
Week 2 -
Conditional
probability No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Independence (Type: Numeric) 2
Week 4 - Discrete 1 point

random variables
2) x2 =___________
Week 5 -
Conditional and
joint No, the answer is incorrect.
distributions, Score: 0
independence
and Accepted Answers:
manipulations of (Type: Numeric) 3
random variables
1 point
Conditional
PMFs, 3) x3 =___________
Conditioning on
an event,
Indicator
random No, the answer is incorrect.
variables Score: 0
Example: Accepted Answers:

Conditioning on (Type: Numeric) 5
an event,
Indicator 1 point
random
variables 4) x4 =___________
Multiple random
variables and
joint distribution
Example: Two No, the answer is incorrect.

random Score: 0
variables
Accepted Answers:
Marginal PMF (Type: Numeric) 7
Trinomial joint 1 point

PMF
5) p1 =___________
Events and
conditioning
with two random
Example: Score: 0
compute Accepted Answers:
marginal and
(Type: Range) 0.248,0.252
conditional
PMFs, 1 point
probability of
events 6) p2 =___________
Independent
random
More on Score: 0
independence Accepted Answers:
Example: IID (Type: Range) 0.248,0.252
Repetitions
1 point
Addition of
Random 7) p3 =___________
Variables
Sum, difference
and max of two No, the answer is incorrect.
random Score: 0
variables
Accepted Answers:
More (Type: Range) 0.248,0.252
computations:
min of two 1 point
random
variables 8) p4 =___________
Example: X+Y,
X-Y, min(X,Y),
max(X,Y) No, the answer is incorrect.
Quiz :
Score: 0
Assignment 5 Accepted Answers:
Week 5
(Type: Range) 0.248,0.252
Feedback
1 point
Week 5 Consider the random experiment of throwing 4 balls into 4 bins. Let A be the event that no bin is
Assignment empty. Let IA be the indicator random variable for the event A. You are required to compute the pmf
Solution of IA . Write your answer correct to 3 decimal places.
Week 6- 9) Prob{IA = 0} =
⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯
Continuous
Random
Variables
Week 7- Joint Score: 0
distributions and
Accepted Answers:
transformations
of random (Type: Range) 0.904,0.908
variables
1 point
Week 8 - 10)Prob{IA = 1} =
⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯
Expectations and
Averages
DOWNLOAD No, the answer is incorrect.

VIDEOS Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Interaction
(Type: Range) 0.092,0.096
Session
1 point
11)Let us draw two balls one after the other without replacement from an urn containing 3 red 1 point
balls, 3 green balls and 3 yellow balls. Let random variables R, G be the number of red and green balls
respectively in the two balls we have drawn. What are pRG (0, 0), pRG (1, 1)?
1/6, 1/3
1/12, 1/4
1/4, 1/12
1/3, 1/6

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
1/12, 1/4
12)The joint pmf of two random variables X , Y is given in the table below. If pX(1) , then find a
= 0.4
and b. Write your answer correct to 3 decimal places.
a =
⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(Type: Range) 0.198,0.202
1 point
13)Based on the data given in question 12, answer this question
b =
⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(Type: Range) 0.098,0.102
1 point
14)The joint pmf of two random variables X , Y is given in the table below.Compute (a)pX|Y (2|1) 1 point
and (b) P(X + Y ≥ 3).
(a)0.5, (b)0.5
(a)0.25, (b)0.35
(a)0.35, (b)0.35
(a)0.5, (b)0.65

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(a)0.25, (b)0.35
Let w1 , w2 be two outcomes in the sample space of a random experiment E with probabilities of
occurrence 0.2, 0.3, respectively. Let the experiment E be repeated independently 10 times. Let X
be the count of occurrences of w1 , and let Y be the count of occurrences of w2 in these 10 trials.
The conditional pmf of Y |X = 2 is known to be binomial with mean m and success probability p . Find
m and p . Also, find Prob(Y = 3|X = 2). Write your answer correct to 3 decimal places.
15)m =
⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(Type: Numeric) 3
1 point
16)p =
⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(Type: Range) 0.373,0.377
1 point
17)Prob(Y = 3|X = 2) =
⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(Type: Range) 0.280,0.284
1 point
18)Let X , Y be two independent random variables. Let Z = X + Y. Find pZ (3), if 1 point

(a)X ∼ Binomial(5, 0.2), Y ∼ Binomial(4, 0.2), (b)X ∼ Poisson(5), Y ∼ Poisson(4).
(a)0.81, (b)0.19
(a)0.452, (b)0.069
(a)0.5, (b)0.5
(a)0.176, (b)0.015

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(a)0.176, (b)0.015
19)Let X , Y be two independent random variables such that 1 point

X ∼ Geometric(p), Y ∼ Geometric(q). Let Z = min(X , Y ). Then Z is Geometric with parameter
pq
p + q − pq
min(p, q)
max(p, q)

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
p + q − pq
Let 4 identical balls be thrown uniformly at random into 3 bins numbered as 1, 2, 3. Let random
variables Xi be the number of balls in bin i, i ∈ {1, 2, 3}. Define Y , Z as Y = max(X1 , X3 ),
Z = X1 − X3 . Find p (3) and p (2) . Write your answers correct to 3 decimal places.
Y Z
20)pY (3) =
⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(Type: Range) 0.195,0.199
1 point
21)pZ (2) =
⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(Type: Range) 0.121,0.125
1 point
A box contains 12 balls numbered from 1 to 12. Two balls are drawn from this box one after another
without replacement. Let X denote the number on the first ball and Y the number on the second.
b−ak
U = min(X , Y ). If the pmf pXU is such that it satisfies pXU (k, k) =
c
, find a, b and c.
22)a =
⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(Type: Range) 0.98,1.02
1 point
23)b =
⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(Type: Range) 11.98,12.02
1 point
24)c =
⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(Type: Range) 131.98,132.02
1 point
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Unit 8 - Week 6-
Continuous Random Variables
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Week 0 - 1) Which of the following could be modelled as a continuous random variables? 1 point
Experiments, (1) The sum of numbers on a pair of two dice.
sample space, (2) The possible sets of outcomes from flipping six coins.
events (3) The possible values of the temperature outside on any given day.
Week 1 - (1) only

Probability space (3) only
(1) and (3)
Week 2 -
Conditional (2) and (3)
probability
Week 3 - Score: 0
Independence Accepted Answers:
(3) only
Week 4 - Discrete
random variables 2) A certain continuous random variable has a probability density function (PDF) given by: 1 point
2
Week 5 - f (x) =
Cx(1 − x) : 0 ≤ x ≤ 1
Conditional and {0 : otherwise

joint
distributions, Compute the value of C using the properties of PDFs.
independence
and 12
manipulations of
6
random variables
2
Week 6- 24
Continuous
Random No, the answer is incorrect.
Variables Score: 0
Real line as
Accepted Answers:
sample space 12
Probability 3) Suppose the amount of petrol sold daily at a service station is a continuous random variable
density function uniformly distributed in the range 2000 litres to 5000 litres. The probability that the service station will
(pdf) sell exactly 2500 litres is _________________ .
Cumulative
distribution
function (CDF)
Continuous Score: 0
random
Accepted Answers:
variables
(Type: Numeric) 0
pdf and CDF of 1 point

continuous
random 4) Buses arrive at ten-minute intervals starting at noon. A man arrives at the bus stop at a random time
variables X minutes after noon, where X is uniformly distributed between 0 and 60 minutes. The probability that
he waits a maximum of two minutes for a bus is ______________. Write your answer upto 3 decimal
Spinning pointer
example places.
Important
continuous
distributions No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
More
continuous Accepted Answers:
distributions (Type: Range) 0.198,0.202
Quiz : 1 point
Assignment 6
5) A two-state traffic signal (for pedestrians) alternately shows Red for T R = 8 seconds and 1 point
Week 6
Green for T G = 2 seconds. Consider the time interval 0 to 10(T R + T G ) = 100 seconds in this
Feedback
problem. A jogger arrives at the signal at a uniformly random instant of time. Let X denote the waiting
Week 6 time of the jogger at the signal, measured from the instant of arrival. Assume that the jogger can start
Assignment
and stop instantaneously. What is P(X = 0) ?
Solution
0
Week 7- Joint
distributions and 0.2
transformations 0.25
of random
variables 0.75

Week 8 - Score: 0
Expectations and
Averages Accepted Answers:
0.2
DOWNLOAD
VIDEOS 6) Suppose a continous random variable N is uniformily distributed between 690 and 850. Find 1 point
the probability that N takes a value greater than 790?
Interaction
0.125
Session
0.25
0.375
0.45

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
0.375
7) Which of the following is/are true of Gaussian distributions? 1 point

1. They are always symmetric about the mean.
2. The tail of Gaussian PDF decays faster than the tail of Cauchy PDF.
3. They always have a mean of 0.
1 and 2 only.
1,2 and 3.
1 only.
1 and 3 only.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
1 and 2 only.
8) The lifetime X of an alkaline battery is distributed as:
−λx
λe : x ≥ 0
f (x) =
λ
{0 : x < 0
where λ = 0.05 per hour. The probability that the battery lasts for more than 20 hours is ____________.
Write your answer correct to three decimal places.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(Type: Range) 0.364,0.370
1 point
9) (True or False): Histograms are always defined over intervals of the form [a, b] with a ≥ 0 1 point
because probabilities are always non-negative.
True
False

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
False
10) 1
Let X be a Cauchy random variable with PDF . Compute P(X > √3 ∣ X > 1). Write
2
π(1 + x )
your answer correct to 3 decimal places.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(Type: Range) 0.665,0.669
1 point
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Unit 10 - Week 8 -
Expectations and Averages
Course
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Week 0 -
Experiments,
sample space, Use this data for question 1 and 2
events
Let X be a discrete random variable with p.m.f. given by the following table.
Week 1 -
Probability space
X 1 2 3 4
Week 2 -
Conditional
probability
px(x) 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.2
Week 3 - .
Independence
1) The mean of X = ____________

Week 4 - Discrete
random variables

Conditional and Score: 0
joint
distributions, Accepted Answers:
independence (Type: Numeric) 2.3
and
manipulations of 1 point
random variables
2) The variance of X =
Week 6-
Continuous
Random No, the answer is incorrect.
Variables
Score: 0
Week 7- Joint Accepted Answers:

distributions and (Type: Numeric) 1.41
transformations
of random 1 point
variables Use this data for question 3 and 4
Week 8 - 5x ,
4
0 ≤ x ≤ 1,
Expectations and Let X be a continuous random variable with p.d.f. fX (x) given by fX (x) =
{0 otherwise
Averages
3) The mean of X = ____________
Expected value
or mean of a
random variable
Properties of No, the answer is incorrect.

expectation Score: 0
Expectation Accepted Answers:

computations (Type: Range) 0.831,0.835
for important
distributions 1 point
Variance 4) The variance of X =___________
Examples of
variance
Expectations
with two random Score: 0
variables Accepted Answers:
Correlation and (Type: Range) 0.0196,0.0200
covariance
1 point
Examples:
Continuous 5) True or False: Var(aX + b) =a V ar (X ) + b 1 point
distributions
True
Examples:
False
Symmetry
Examples:
Discrete Score: 0
distributions Accepted Answers:
Quiz : False
Assignment 8
6) You roll a fair die repeatedly. If it shows 1, you must stop. You also decide to stop if it shows a
Week 8 number greater than or equal to 4 . If your score is the square of the number shown by the die on the
Assignment final roll, your expected score is ___________.
Solution
Week 8 -
Feedback
Hint
DOWNLOAD
VIDEOS
Interaction Score: 0
Session Accepted Answers:
(Type: Numeric) 19.5
1 point
7) Which of the following density functions will result in a finite mean and a finite variance? 1 point
⎧ 1
⎪ : x ≥ 1,
1.f (x) = ⎨ x
2
⎪
⎩ 0 : otherwise
⎧ 2
⎪ : 1 < x < 2,
2.f (x) = ⎨ x
2
⎪
⎩ 0 : otherwise
1
3. f (x) = : −∞ < x < ∞
2
π(1 + x )
⎧ 3
⎪ : x ≥ 1,
4.f (x) = ⎨ x
3
⎪
⎩ 0 : otherwise
2 only
4 only
4 and 2
1 and 3
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
2 only
8) Let the distribution of a random variable X be given by

P[X = 0] = P[X = 2] = p, P[X = 1] = 1 − 2p.
Suppose p = 0.4, then Var[X ] is ______________

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(Type: Numeric) 0.8
1 point
9) Let X and Y be two continuous random variables with X uniform in the interval [0, 1] and Y having
2
1
p.d.f. 2π
−y /4π
e for all y.
Then the Cov(Y + X, Y − X) = ____________
Hint

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(Type: Range) 6.198,6.202
1 point
10) 6
Let Xi ,
∼ Bernoulli(0.4) i = 1, 2, … , 6 and S = ∑ Xi . Note that the Xi need not be
i=1
independent. The value of 𝔼[S] is ___________
Hint

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(Type: Numeric) 2.4
1 point
11)If P(Xi = 1, Xj = 1) = 0.2 for i ≠ j , the value of 𝔼[S2 ] is ____________.
Hint

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(Type: Numeric) 8.4
1 point
12)Twenty people, consisting of 10 married couples, are to be seated at five different tables, 1 point
with four people at each table. The twenty people are seated in a random order in the twenty chairs with
each order being equally likely. What is the expected number of married couples that are seated at the
same table?
20/3
20/6
30/19
34/19

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
30/19
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Week 0 - Assignment 0: Prerequisites

No, the answer is incorrect.

6) Find the coefficient of x 4 in the expansion of (x + 1)

No, the answer is incorrect.

No, the answer is incorrect.

No, the answer is incorrect.

9) logx (a) logx (b) = log (a + b)

No, the answer is incorrect.

No, the answer is incorrect.

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atleast two hearts occur.

No, the answer is incorrect.

P(B) > 0.7

No, the answer is incorrect.

No, the answer is incorrect.

No, the answer is incorrect.

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Week 7- Joint Write your answer up to 3 decimal places.

Interaction Write your answer up to 3 decimal places.

No, the answer is incorrect.

Write your answer up to 3 decimal places.

No, the answer is incorrect.

No, the answer is incorrect.

Binary Symmetric Channel with ℙ(Y = 0|X = 1) = ℙ(Y = 1|X = 0) = 1/8.

Express your answer correct to 3 decimal places.

No, the answer is incorrect.

No, the answer is incorrect.

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No, the answer is incorrect.

Week 3 4) Consider an experiment that consists of drawing a card from

No, the answer is incorrect.

No, the answer is incorrect.

No, the answer is incorrect.

No, the answer is incorrect.

No, the answer is incorrect.

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No, the answer is incorrect.

5) Consider a poisson random variable X ∼

, where λ is very small (λ → 0 ) so that X takes

No, the answer is incorrect.

No, the answer is incorrect.

(a) 0.0563, (b) 0.2816

(a) 0.2637, (b) 0.2873

(a) 0.0563, (b) 0.2316

(a) 0.2637, (b) 0.2373

No, the answer is incorrect.