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Exponential Distribution

1. The mean of exponential distribution is given as __________

a) 1/λ
b) λ
c) λ2
d) 1/λ2

2. A mobile conversation follows a exponential distribution f (x) = (1/3)e-x/3.

What is the probability that the conversation takes more than 5 minutes?
a) e-5/3
b) e-15
c) 5e-15
d) e-5/3

3. Exponential distribution is bi-variate.

a) True
b) False

4. A random variable X has an exponential distribution with probability

distribution function is given by
f(x)= 3e-3x for x>0 = 0 otherwise
Find probability that X is not less than 2.
a) e-3
b) e-6 – 3
c) e-6
d) e-6 – 1

5. Consider a random variable with exponential distribution with λ=1. Compute

the probability for P (X>3).
a) e-3
b) e-1
c) e-2
d) e-4

Gamma Distribution
6. The mean and the variance for gamma distribution are __________
a) E(X) = 1/λ, Var(X) = α/λ2
b) E(X) = α/λ, Var(X) = 1/λ2
c) E(X) = α/λ, Var(X) = α/λ2
d) E(X) = αλ, Var(X) = αλ2
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7. Putting α=1 in Gamma distribution results in _______

a) Exponential Distribution
b) Normal Distribution
c) Poisson Distribution
d) Binomial Distribution

8. Sum of n independent Exponential random variables (λ) results in________

a) Uniform random variable
b) Binomial random variable
c) Gamma random variable
d) Normal random variable

9. Find the value of Γ(5/2).

a) 5/4 . π1/2
b) 7/4 . π1/2
c) 1/4 . π1/2
d) 3/4 . π1/2

10. Gamma function is defined as Γ(α) = 0∫∞ xα−1 e−x dx.

a) True
b) False

11. Gamma distribution is Multi-variate distribution.

a) True
b) False

Normal Distribution
12. Normal Distribution is applied for ___________
a) Continuous Random Distribution
b) Discrete Random Variable
c) Irregular Random Variable
d) Uncertain Random Variable

13. The shape of the Normal Curve is ___________

a) Bell Shaped
b) Flat
c) Circular
d) Spiked

14. Normal Distribution is symmetric is about ___________

a) Variance
b) Mean
c) Standard deviation
d) Covariance
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15. For a standard normal variate, the value of mean is?

a) ∞
b) 1
c) 0
d) not defined

16. The area under a standard normal curve is?

a) 0
b) 1
c) ∞
d) not defined

17. The standard normal curve is symmetric about the value _________
a) 0.5
b) 1
c) ∞
d) 0
18. For a standard normal variate, the value of Standard Deviation is
___________
a) 0
b) 1
c) ∞
d) not defined

19. Normal Distribution is also known as _______

a) Cauchy’s Distribution
b) Laplacian Distribution
c) Gaussian Distribution
d) Lagrangian Distribution

20. Skewness of Normal distribution is ___________

a) Negative
b) Positive
c) 0
d) Undefined

21. For a normal distribution its mean, median, mode are equal.
a) True
b) False
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22. In Normal distribution, the highest value of ordinate occurs at

___________
a) Mean
b) Variance
c) Extremes
d) Same value occurs at all points

23. The shape of the normal curve depends on its ___________

a) Mean deviation
b) Standard deviation
c) Quartile deviation
d) Correlation

24. The value of constant ‘e’ appearing in normal distribution is ___________

a) 2.5185
b) 2.7836
c) 2.1783
d) 2.7183

25. In Standard normal distribution, the value of mode is ___________

a) 2
b) 1
c) 0
d) Not fixed
26. In Standard normal distribution, the value of median is ___________
a) 1
b) 0
c) 2
d) Not fixed