Paper Code: AIML 209 (Probability, Statistics and Linear Algebra)

Test Series-2 ( Discrete and Continuous distributions)

Q1. In an intelligence test administered to 1000 students the average score was 42 and
standard deviation 24. Find (a) the number of students exceeding a score of 50, (b) the
number of students lying between 30 and 54, (c) the value of score exceeded by the top
100 students.
Ans: 370, 383, 73
Q2. Suppose 10 % of probability for a normal distribution is below 25 and 5% above 90. What
are the values of mean and std. deviation?
Ans: 157.87, 150.68
Q3. Probability of man hitting a target is 1/3.
a) If he fires so that the probability of his hitting the target at least once is greater
than ¾. Find n.
b) If he fires of 6 times, what is the probability of hitting at most 5 times ?
Ans: 4, 728/729
Q4. If a random variable X follows a Poisson distribution such that
P(X=2)=9P(X=4)+90P(X=6), find the mean and variance of X.
Ans: 1,1
Q5. The time spent on a computer (X) is a gamma distribution with mean 20 and variance 80.
a) What are the values of α and λ?
b) What is P(X<24)?
c) Find P(20<X<40)?
Ans: 4,5; 0.715, 0.411