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1. Toss two dice and observe their sum.

What is the expected number of tosses until you


observe a sum of 11?

2. Consider a Poisson process with rate λ = 2. What is the distribution of the time between
the 5rd and 6th arrivals?

3. YES or NO? If X and Y are independent exponential random variables, are they
necessarily uncorrelated?

4. TRUE or FALSE? A Poisson process has stationary and independent increments.

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