PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS

UNIT 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.Which of the following mentioned standard Probability density functions is

applicable to discreteRandomVariables?

a)GaussianDistribution
b)PoissonDistribution
c)RayleighDistribution
d) Exponential Distribution

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.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

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. X is a variate between 0 and 3. The value of E(X2) is ______

a) 8
b) 7
c) 27
d) 9

9. 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

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
 UNIT – 2 TWO DIMENSIONAL RANDOM VARIABLES

1. If X and Y are independent RVs with variances 8and 5.find the variance of
3X+4Y.

a)152

b)162

c)172

d)182

2. If f (x, y)=kxye−(x2 + y2 ) ,  x ≥ , y0 ≥ 0    is the joint pdf, find k .

a)1

b)2

c)3

d)4

3. Find the value of k if f (x, y) = k(1− x)(1− y) for0 < x, y < 1 is to be joint

density function.

a) 4

b)5
c)6

d)7

4. The joint p.d.f of (X,Y) is given by f (x, y) = 6e−(x+  y) , 0 ≤ x, y ≤ ∞.Are X and
Y independent?

a) False, X and Y are dependent

b) True, X and Y are independent

5.If X and Y are independent random variable find covariance between X+Y
and X-Y.

a)var(X ) − var(Y)

b) var(X ) + var(Y)

c) var(X )

d) var(Y)

6.X and Y are independent random variables with variances 2 and 3.Find the
variance 3X+4Y.

a)64

b)65

c)66

d)67

7.The lifetime of a certain kind of electric bulb may be considered as a RV

with mean 1200 hours and S.D 250 hours. Find the probability that the
average life time of exceeds 1250 hours using central limit theorem.

a)0.0404
b)0.0505

c)0.0606

d)0.0707

8.The regression lines between two random variables X and Y is given

by 3X + Y = 10 and3X + 4Y = 12 .Find the correlation between X and Y.

a) -1

b) 1

c) -1/2

d) ½

9. If Σ P(x) = k2 – 8 then, the value of k is?

a) 0

b) 1

c) 3

d) Insufficient data

10. The expected value of a random variable is its ___________

a) Mean

b) Standard Deviation

c) Mean Deviation

d) Variance