PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS

LN 1 – PROBABITY AND RANDOM VARIABLES

1.Consider a dice with the property that that probability of a face with n dots showing up is
proportional to n. The probability of face showing 4 dots is?
a) 17
b) 542
c) 121
d) 421

2.Let X be a random variable with probability distribution function f (x)=0.2 for |x|<1
= 0.1 for 1 < |x| < 4
= 0 otherwise
The probability P (0.5 < x < 5) is _____
a) 0.3
b) 0.5
c) 0.4
d) 0.8

3.If E denotes the expectation the variance of a random variable X is denoted as?
a) (E(X))2
b) E(X2)-(E(X))2
c) E(X2)
d) 2E(X)

4.The random variables X and Y have variances 0.2 and 0.5 respectively. Let Z= 5X-2Y.
The variance of Z is?
a) 3
b) 4
c) 5
d) 7
5.Which of the following mentioned standard Probability density functions is applicable to
discreteRandomVariables?
a)GaussianDistribution
b)PoissonDistribution
c)RayleighDistribution
d) Exponential Distribution

6. Mutually Exclusive events ___________

a) Contain all sample points
b) Contain all common sample points
c) Does not contain any sample point
d) Does not contain any common sample point

7. Runs scored by batsman in 5 one day matches are 50, 70, 82, 93, and 20. The standard
deviation is ______
a) 25.79
b) 25.49
c) 25.29
d) 25.69

8. Find median and mode of the messages received on 9 consecutive days 15, 11, 9, 5, 18, 4,
15, 13, 17.
a) 13, 6
b) 13, 18
c) 18, 15
d) 15, 16
9. X is a variate between 0 and 3. The value of E(X2) is ______
a) 8
b) 7
c) 27
d) 9

10.A coin is tossed up 4 times. The probability that tails turn up in 3 cases is ______

a) 12
b) 13
c) 14
d) 16