1.

Two - dimensional product space is known as

a. Vector
b. Range of sample space
c. sample space
d. Phasor
2. A real RV is defined as
a. A real function of the elements of a sample space
b. A discrete function of the elements
c. A continuous function of the elements
d. A continuous function of the elements of a sample space
3. If a continuous random variable X has the probability density function and the Mean of

the X is 3/9, then the variance is

a. 3/320
b. 11/320
c. 21/320
d. 19/320
4. The distribution function of one random variable X conditioned by a second random variable
Y With interval {ya ≤ y ≤ yb } is known as
a. Moment generation
b. point conditioning
c. expectation
d. interval conditioning
5. Central limiting theorem is mostly applicable to statistically
a. Dependent RV
b. independent RV
c. all RV
d. any RV
6. Let A be any event dened on a sample space, then P(A) IS
a. B. <
b. C. >
c. D. ≥ 1
d. A. ≥ 0

7. For n = 1, 2,…N P(Bn / A) =

a. P (An/Bn).P (Bn)/P (A/Bn).p(B1) + …….. + P(B)

 b. P (Bn/A) .P (A)/ P (A/B1) .P (B2) +…….+P(A). P(B)
c. P (A/Bn).P (An)/P (A/B1). P (B1) + ……+P (A/B). P(B)
d. P (A/Bn).P(Bn)/P (A/B1) .P (B1)+…..+P(A/Bn).P(Bn)

8. The exponential density function is dened as

a. 1/b e (-(x-a)/b) For x<a

b. 1/b for x > a

c. e (-(x-a)/b) for x < a

d. 1/b e (-(x-a)/b) for x > a

9. The normalized third central moment is known as

a. Variance of the density function
b. Standard Deviation
c. Skewness of the density function
d. Mean function

10. If X is a RV with event A, then

a.
b. -1
c. 0
d. 1

11. What does the set comprising all possible outcomes of an experiment known as ?
a. Null event
b. Sure event
c. Elementary event
d. None of the above
12. What does an each outcome in the sample space regarded as ?
a. Sample point
b. Element
c. Both a & b
d. None of the above
13. Mutually Exclusive events ________
a. Contain all sample points
b. Contain all common sample points
 c. Does not contain any common sample point
d. Does not contain any sample point
14. What would be the probability of an event 'G' if G denotes its complement, according to the axioms
of probability?
a. P (G) = 1 / P (G)
b. P (G) = 1 - P (G)
c. P (G) = 1 + P (G)
d. P (G) = 1 * P (G)
15. What would happen if the two events are statistically independent ?
a. Conditional probability becomes less than the elementary probability
b. Conditional probability becomes more than the elementary probability
c. Conditional probability becomes equal to the elementary probability
d. Conditional as well as elementary probabilities will exhibit no change
16. What would be the joint probability of statistically independent events that occur simultaneously ?
a. Zero
b. Not equal to zero
c. Infinite
d. None of the above
17. Consider the assertions given below :
A : CDF is a monotonously increasing function
B : PDF is a derivative of CDF & is always positive
Which among them is correct according to the properties of PDF?
a. A is true & B is false
b. A is false & B is true
c. Both A & B are true but B is a reason for A
d. Both A & B are false since B is not a reason for A
18. The Joint Cumulative Density Function (CDF) _____
a. Is a non-negative function
b. Is a non-decreasing function of x & y planes
c. Is always a continuous function in xy plane
d. All of the above
19. What is the value of an area under the conditional PDF ?
a. Greater than '0' but less than '1'
b. Greater than '1'
c. Equal to '1'
d. Infinite
20. When do the conditional density functions get converted into the marginally density functions ?
a. Only if random variables exhibit statistical dependency
b. Only if random variables exhibit statistical independency
c. Only if random variables exhibit deviation from its mean value
d. None of the above
21. Which among the below mentioned standard PDFs is/are applicable to discrete random variables ?
a. Gaussian distribution
b. Rayleigh distribution
c. Poisson distribution
d. All of the above
22. A random variable belongs to the category of a uniform PDF only when __________
a. It occurs in a finite range
b. It is likely to possess zero value outside the finite range
c. Both a & b
d. None of the above
23. What would happen if the value of term [(m-x) / (σ √2)] increases in the expression of Guassian
CDF?
a. Complementary error function also goes on increasing
b. Complementary error function goes on decreasing
c. Complementary error function remains constant or unchanged
d. Cannot predict
24. Which type of standard PDFs has/ have an ability to describe an integer valued random variable
concerning to the repeated trials carried /conducted in an experiment?
a. Binomial
b. Uniform
c. Both a & b
d. None of the above
25. If in a table all possible values of a random variable are given their corresponding probabilities, then
this table is called as:
(a) Probability density function (b) Distribution function
(c) Probability distribution (d) Continuous distribution
26. A variable that can assume any possible value between two points is called:
(a) Discrete random variable (b) Continuous random variable
(c) Discrete sample space (d) Random variable
27. A formula or equation used to represent the probability' distribution of a continuous random
variable is called:
 (a) Probability distribution (b) Distribution function
(c) Probability density function (d) Mathematical expectation
28. If X is A discrete random variable and f(x) is the probability of X, then the expected value of this
random variable is equal to:
(a) ∑f(x) (b) ∑[x+f(x)] (c) ∑f(x)+x (d) ∑xf(x)
29. Given E(X) = 5 and E(Y) = -2, then E(X - Y) is:
(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) -2
30. Given x = 2 and f(x) = 0.5. If y = 2x ,--3, then fey) is equal to:
(a) 1 (b) 0.5 (c) -2 (d) 0
31. Which of the following is not possible in probability distribution?
(a) p(x) ≥ 0 (b) ∑p(x) = 1 (c) ∑xp(x) = 2 (d) p(x) = -0.5
32. If C is a constant (non-random variable, then E[c] is:
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) ∞ (d) c
33. A discrete probability distribution may be represented by:
(a) Table (b) Graph (c) Mathematical equation (d) All of the above
34. A probability density function be represented by:
(a) Table (b) Graph (c) Mathematical equation (d) Both (b) and (c)
35. If C is a constant in a continuous probability distribution, then p(x = C) is always equal to:
(a) Zero (b) One (c) Negative (d) Impossible
36. E[X - E(X)] is equal to:
(a) E(X) (b) Var(X) (c) 0 (d) E(X) – X
37. If the random variable takes negative values, then the negative values will have:
(a) Positive probabilities (b) Negative probabilities
(c) Constant probabilities (d) Difficult to tell
38. If we have f(x) = 2x, 0≤x≤1, then f(x) is a:
(a) Probability distribution (b) Probability density function
(c) Distribution function (d) Continuous random variable
39. Numbers selected by a random process and are equally distributed in a table are called:
(a) Attributes (b) Random variables (c) Random numbers (d) Quantitative variables
40. mean value of uniform random variable
41. (a) Zero (b) One (c) E(X) (d) f(x) + 1
A listing of all the outcomes of an experiment and the probability associated with each outcome is
called:
(a) Probability distribution (b) Probability density function
(c) Attributes (d) Distribution function
42. A quantity resulting from an experiment that, by chance, can assume different values is called:
(a) Random experiment (b) Random sample
(c) Random variable (d) Random process
43. Which one is not an example of random experiment?
(a) A coin is tossed and the outcome is either a head or a tail
(b) A six-sided die is rolled
(c) Some number of persons will be admitted to a hospital emergency room during any hour.
(d) All medical insurance claims received by a company in a given year.
44. A set of numerical values assigned to a sample space is called:
(a) Random sample (b) Random variable
(c) Random numbers (d) Random experiment
45. A variable which can assume finite or countably infinite number of values is known as:
(a) Continuous (b) Discrete
(c) Qualitative (d) None of them
46. The probability function of a random variable is defined as: x -1 -2 0 1 2 f(x) k 2k 3k 4k 5k Then k is
equal to:
(a) Zero (b) 1/4 (c) 1/15 (d) One
47. If f(x) = 1/10, x = 10, then E(X) is:
(a) Zero (b) 6/8 (c) 1 (d) -1
48. If Var(X) =5 and Var(Y) = 10, then Var(2X + Y) is:
(a) 15 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) 30
49. A discrete probability function f(x) is always:
(a) Non-negative (b) Negative (c) One (d) Zero
50. In a discrete probability distribution the sum of all the probabilities is always equal to:
(a) Zero (b) One (c) Minimum (d) Maximum
1. The probability of events {X = } and {x = - } are
2. The events in the combined sample space are considered as
3. The relation between conditional probabilities P (A/B) and P (B/A) is derived by using
______________theorem
4. The uniform probability density function in the range { a, b } can be expressed as
5. Given that P (A) = 0.75, P(B) = 0.5, P(A B) = 0.45 then P(AUB) =

6. The nth central moment, μn = ___________

7. If the probability density function of a random variable X is 1/2 sinx in 0 ≤ x ≤ , then the
variance is___________
8. The variance of the random variable, taking values of getting heads if two coins are tossed is

9. The marginal Distribution function is fX,Y(x, ∞ ) = and fX,Y(∞ , y) =

10. The characteristic function and are the methods used for f i nding the
moments
11. Total area under the curve of a continuous probability density function· is always equal to:___
12. An expected value of a random variable is equal to its: _________
13. The probability of a continuous random variable "X" taking any particular value, k is always: ___
14. Var( 4X + 8) is: ____
15. Var(X) is equal to: _______
16. The expectation of the sum of two random variables X and Y is equal to: _________
17. The expectation of the product of two independent variables X and Y is equal to: _________
18. When the random variable X and Y are independent, its co-variance is: ________
19. A discrete probability function f(x) is always non-negative and always lies between: __________
20. The probability density function p(x) cannot exceed: __________
21. A random variable is also called: ____________
22. The distribution function F(x) is equal to: __________
23. Each value in the sample space of a phenomenon is called as ---------------.
24. Let x be the outcome from rolling one die and y the outcome from rolling a second die. The joint
probability of the event X≤3 and Y>3 is ------------------------.
25. The probability of getting three 3’s and then 4 or 5 in four rolls of a balanced die is -------------
26. The area under Gaussian pdf curve is_________
27. If a Random Variable takes a finite set of values, it is called ---------- Random Variable.
28. FX(-∞) = -------------------.
29. K be a constant then Variance(K) is________
30. If X is a Random Variable and ‘a’ be a constant then V(aX) is___________
31. Moments generating function of a Random Variable is used to generate moments about ----- of the
Random Variable
32. The second moment of a Random Variable about its mean gives ---- of the Random Variable
33. If X and Y are orthogonal then___________
34. If the two Random Variables are independent i.e., E[XY]=E[X] E[Y]; then, the Random Variables are
--------------------------.
35. If X be the outcome from rolling one die and Y be the outcome from rolling a second die, then E[X/Y]
is -----------------------
36. If X and Y are Independent then Mxy(t) = ______________
37. Fxy(x,y) is ___________
38. Marginal density of random variable X from joint density function fxy(x,y) is _____________
39. Sum of N random variable density is__________________
40. Mean square value of random variable x is_________
41. Skewness coefficient _____________________
42. Fxy(∞,y ) is equal to ___________
43. Fxy(∞,∞) is equal to ___________
44. For mutually exclusive events, the joint probability is ______________
45. Central limiting theorem is mostly applicable to statistically_______________
46. The range of the joint distribution function of X and Y is _____________
47. The joint characteristics function of the random variables X and Y in integral form is ________
48. Marginal characteristic function from joint characteristics function is____________
49. Correlation coefficient ρ is_______
50. If the joint probability of X and Y is Pxy(x,y)=k(2x-y) for x=1,2 and y=0,1 then the value of k is
____________