University of Management and Technology

School of Engineering
Electrical Engineering Department

Student Name: _____________________

Student ID: ________________________ Resource Person: _______________
Course Title: Probability and Statistics for Exam: Midterm
Engineers Date: 27-4-2020
Course Code: EE306 Total Points: 50
Semester: Spring 2021 Time Allowed: 1 hour

Review date will be announced on LMS

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Apply the concept of probability theorems and axioms to solve the following
question

Question No.1 (12 points, CLO 1) (Penalty for not attempting: Minus 5
points)

Banks ask you to choose a PIN code for activating your ATM card. PIN code is a
4 digit number chosen from the digits (0-9). Using counting method discussed
in the lecture explain with reasoning the following questions.

(a) How many possible PIN codes can be made? (4 points)

(b) If each digit is unique in the PIN code you make then how many PIN
codes are possible? (4 points)
(c) Let’s suppose a friend of yours tells you that the digits in his PIN code
without telling their sequence. How many tries would you need to
detect the exact sequence? (4 points)

Question No.2 (13 points, CLO 1) (Penalty for not attempting: Minus 7
points)

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You have a shuffled deck of four cards: 2, 3, 4 and 5. You draw one card. Let C i
denote the event that card i is picked. P[C 2]=P[C3]=0.3 and P[C4]=P[C5]=0.2. Let
E denote the event that card chosen is an even-numbered card.

(d) What is P[C2|E], the probability that the 2 is picked given that an even-
numbered card is chosen? (4 points)
(e) What is P[C3|E], the probability that the 2 is picked given that an even-
numbered card is chosen? (2 points)
(f) What is the conditional probability that an even numbered card is
picked given that the 2 is picked? (4 points)
(g) Draw a tree diagram to express this experiment. Label this diagram with
the events and their probabilities. (3 points)

Apply the concept of discrete random variable to solve the following

question

Question No.3 (13 points, CLO 2) (Penalty for not attempting: Minus 7
points)

Consider two dice. One dice is 3-sided, with 1, 2 and 4 dots on each of the 3
sides. The other dice is 4-sided, with 1, 3, 5 and 6 dots on each of the 4 sides.
Both dice are thrown together. The sum of the dots on the sides facing up is
represented by the random variable X.

(a) What is the range Sx of X? (2 points)

(b) Draw a clearly labeled plot of the PMF PX(x). (4 points)
(c) Using the PMF, draw a clearly labeled plot of the CDF F X(x). (4 points)
(d) Write the CDF in mathematical form. (3 points)

Question No.4 (12 points, CLO 2) (Penalty for not attempting: Minus 6
points)

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Each time in EE306 class, there is a probability p=1/6 that the teacher will take
a quiz. There are a total of 30 classes in a semester.

(a) What is the family of DRV that best maps to this scenario? (2 points)
(b) What is the probability of having no quiz in the whole semester? (2
points)
(c) What is the probability of at least one quiz in the semester? (4 points)
(d) What is the probability of having 30 quiz in the semester? (2 points)
(e) What is the probability of having no quiz in a particular class? (2 points)