DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA

END OF FIRST SEMESTER 2017/2018 EXAMINATION
COURSE: STATISTICS FOR ENGINEERS (STAT343) 10TH MAY, 2018
REGISTRATION NUMBER/SIGNATURE INVIGILATOR’S SIGNATURE

Degree in View:_____________________
Instructions: Answer ALL Questions Duration: 1 hour 20 mins.
SHADE THE CORRECT OPTION IN THE SPACE PROVIDED

1. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 21. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
2. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 22. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
3. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 23. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
4. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 24. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
5. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 25. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
6. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 26. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
7. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 27. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
8. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 28. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
9. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 29. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
10. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 30. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
11. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 31. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
12. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 32. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
13. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 33. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
14. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 34. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
15. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 35. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
16. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 36. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
17. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 37. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
18. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 38. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
19. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 39. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
20. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 40. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
Use the following information to answer questions 1 to 3.

The joint density function of two continuous random variables X and Y is

f ( x , y )=kxy for 1< x< 4∧1< y <5

1) The value of the constant k is

1 1 5 1 1
a) b) c) d) e)
90 96 128 48 45
 2) The P( X ≥ 3 , Y ≤ 2) is
8 8 7 5 3
a) b) c) d) e)
180 90 128 128 128

3) The P(1 ≤ X ≤2 , 2≤ Y ≤3) is

15 15 15 15 1
a) b) c) d) e)
127 180 90 360 15

4) If c is any constant, then var ( cx ) is

a) c−var (x ) b) var (x) c)∑ var (x ) d)c + var (x) e)c 2 var ( x )

Suppose that the random variable X and Y have a joint density function given by

2x+ y
f ( x , y )= , for 2 ≤ x ≤6∧0 ≤ y ≤ 5
210

Use the above information to answer questions 5 to 13.

5) E( X ) is
a) 4.25 b) 5.75 c) 5.55 d) 6.64 e) none of the above

6) E(Y ) is
a) 3.9 b) 2.7 c) 13 d) 11.2 e) none of the above

7) E( X ¿¿ 2)¿ is
a) 13.72 b) 25.9 c)19.37 d) 11.39 e) none of the above

8) E(Y ¿¿ 2)¿ is
a) 4.72 b) 10.57 c) 9.33 d) 7.77 e) none of the above

9) var (x) is
a) 2.71 b) 2.72 c) 3.92 d)1.31 e) 3.12

10) var ( y ) is
a) 2.04 b) 5.04 c) 7.92 d) 3.92 e) 5.91

11) E( XY ) is
a) 11.43 b) 12.72 c) 8.82 d) 13.91 e) 7.32

12) cov ( X ,Y ) is
a) 0.045 b) - 0.045 c) 0.75 d) -1 e) 1

13) The correlation coefficient, ρ is

a) 0.5 b)-0.0275 c) -0.5 d) -1 e) 1

14) Let X 1 ∧X 2 be independent and normally distributed with mean 0 and variance 1. The
2
x1
distribution of 2 is
x2
a) Chi-square b) Exponential c) Cauchy d) Pareto e) Gamma
Use the following information to answer questions 15 to 17.

The probability function of a discrete random variable is as follows:

X =x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
P(x ) 0 k 2k 2k 3k k
2
2k
2
7k +k
2

15) The value of k is

a) 0.25 b) 0.5 c)0.1 d) -1 e) none of the above

16) The mean of the distribution is

a) 5.72 b) 7.11 c) 3.66 d) 11.49 e) 8.10

17) The variance of the distribution is

a) 5.52 b) 7.40 c) 2.79 d) 3.40 e) none of the above

18) X and Y are independent variables with means 10 and 20, and variances are 2 and 3 respectively.
The variance of is
a) 18 b) 66 c) 48 d) 60 e) 53

19) The distribution function of discrete random variable X is given by

a) b) c) d)

e)
20) The blood group of 200 people is distributed as follows: 50 have type A blood, 65 have B blood
type, 70 have O blood type and 15 have type AB blood. If a person from this group is selected at
random, what is the probability that this person has O blood type?
a) 70/100 b) 1/7 c) 20/70 d) 7/20 e) none of the above
21) Three unbiased coins are tossed. What is the probability of getting at most two heads?
a) 1/2 b) 1/8 c) 7/8 d) 3/4 e) 3/8
22) If the probability of defective bolt is 0.1, the mean number of defective bolts in a total of 400 is

a) 3.6 b) c) 40 d) 360 e) 400

23) The probability that an entering college student will graduate is 0.4. Determine the probability
that out of 5 students at least one will graduate.

a) 0.0922 b) 0.0778 c) 0.7788 d) 0.093 e) 0.9222

24) If 3 per cent of electric bulbs manufactured by a company are defectives, find the probability
that in a sample of 100 bulbs two bulbs will be defective.
a) 0.4482 b) 0.2341 c) 0.2241 d) 0.0224 e) 0.2178

25) Find the probability that a single toss of a die will result in a number less than 4 if it’s given that
the toss resulted in an odd number.
a) 4/5 b) 1/2 c) 1 d) 2/3 e) 1/3

26) A box contains 5 red and 4 white marbles. Two marbles are drawn successively from the box
without replacement, and it is noted that the second one is white. What is the probability that
the first is also white?
 a) 5/8 b) 4/9 c) 3/8 d) 5/9 e) 1/2

27) The distribution function of non-discrete random variable X is given by

a) b) (c) d)

e)
28) A husband and wife appear in an interview for two vacancies in the same post. The probability
of husband’s selection is 1/7 and that of wife’s selection is 1/5. the probability that only one of
them will be selected is
a) 0.1142 b) 0.1714 c) 0.286 d) 0.0286 e) 0.386

29) If the mean of poison distribution is 2.25. the standard deviation of this distribution is
a) 5.0625 b) 0.5063 c) 0.1253 d) 1.15 e) 1.5
30) One card is drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. What is the probability that the card
drawn is a face card (Jack, Queen and King only)?
a) 1/13 b) 3/13 c) 19/52 d) 9/52 e) 3/8
 DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
END OF FIRST SEMESTER 2017/2018 EXAMINATION.
COURSE: STATISTICS FOR ENGINEERS (STAT343) 10TH MAY, 2018.
REGISTRATION NUMBER/SIGNATURE INVIGILATOR’S SIGNATURE

Degree in View:_____________________
Instructions: Answer ALL Questions Duration: 1 hour 20 mins.
SHADE THE CORRECT OPTION IN THE SPACE PROVIDED

1. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 21. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
2. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 22. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
3. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 23. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
4. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 24. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
5. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 25. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
6. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 26. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
7. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 27. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
8. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 28. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
9. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 29. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
10. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 30. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
11. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 31. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
12. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 32. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
13. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 33. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
14. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 34. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
15. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 35. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
16. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 36. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
17. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 37. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
18. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 38. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
19. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 39. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
20. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 40. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
Use the following information to answer questions 1 to 3.

The joint density function of two continuous random variables X and Y is

f ( x , y )=kxy for 1< x< 4∧1< y <5

1) The value of the constant k is

1 1 5 1 1
a) b) c) d) e)
90 96 128 48 45
 2) The P( X ≥ 3 , Y ≤ 2) is
8 8 7 5 3
a) b) c) d) e)
180 90 128 128 128

3) The P(1 ≤ X ≤2 , 2≤ Y ≤3) is

15 15 15 15 1
a) b) c) d) e)
127 180 90 360 15

4) If c is any constant, then var ( cx ) is

a) c−var (x ) b) var (x) c)∑ var (x ) d)c + var (x) e)c 2 var ( x )

Suppose that the random variable X and Y have a joint density function given by

2x+ y
f ( x , y )= , for 2 ≤ x ≤6∧0 ≤ y ≤ 5
210

Use the above information to answer questions 5 to 13.

5) E( X ) is
a) 6.64 b) 5.55 c) 5.75 d) 4.25 e) none of the above

6) E ( X 2) is
a) 19.37 b) 11.39 c) 13.72 d) 25.9 e) none of the above

7) var (X ) is
a) 2.71 b) 3.92 c) 3.12 d) 2.72 e) 1.31

8) E(Y ) is
a) 3.9 b) 2.7 c) 13 d) 11.2 e) none of the above

9) E(Y ¿¿ 2)¿ is
a) 10.57 b) 4.72 c) 7.77 d) 9.33 e) none of the above

10) var (Y ) is
a) 5.04 b) 7.92 c) 5.91 d) 2.04 e) 3.92

11) E( XY ) is
a) 12.72 b) 13.91 c) 7.32 d) 8.82 e) 11.43

12) cov ( X ,Y ) is
a) - 0.045 b) -1 c) 0.045 d) 1 e) 0.75

13) The correlation coefficient, ρ is

a) -0.5 b) -1 c) -0.0275 d) 1 e) 0.5

14) The distribution function of discrete random variable X is given by

a) b) c) d)

e)
Use the following information to answer questions 15 to 17.

The probability function of a discrete random variable is as follows:

X =x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
P(x ) 0 k 2k 2k 3k k
2
2k
2 2
7k +k
15) The value of k is
a) 0.25 b) 0.5 c)0.1 d) -1 e) none of the above

16) The mean of the distribution is

a) 5.72 b) 7.11 c) 3.66 d) 11.49 e) 8.10

17) The variance of the distribution is

a) 5.52 b) 7.40 c) 2.79 d) 3.40 e) none of the above

18) Three unbiased coins are tossed. What is the probability of getting at most two heads?
a) 3/4 b) 1/2 c) 7/8 d) 3/8 e) 1/8
19) If the probability of defective bolt is 0.1, the mean number of defective bolts in a total of 400 is

a) 3.6 b) c) 40 d) 360 e) 400

20) The probability that an entering college student will graduate is 0.4. Determine the probability
that out of 5 students at least one will graduate.

a) 0.0778 b) 0.7788 c) 0.093 d) 0.9222 e) 0.0922

21) Find the probability that a single toss of a die will result in a number less than 4 if it’s given that
the toss resulted in an odd number.
a) 1 b) 4/5 c) 1/2 d) 1/3 e) 2/3

22) Let X 1 ∧X 2 be independent and normally distributed with mean 0 and variance 1. The
2
x1
distribution of 2 is
x2
a) Chi-square b) Exponential c) Cauchy d) Pareto e) Gamma

23) The blood group of 200 people is distributed as follows: 50 have type A blood, 65 have B blood
type, 70 have O blood type and 15 have type AB blood. If a person from this group is selected at
random, what is the probability that this person has O blood type?
a) 7/20 b) 70/100 c) 1/7 d) 20/70 e) none of the above
24) A box contains 5 red and 4 white marbles. Two marbles are drawn successively from the box
without replacement, and it is noted that the second one is white. What is the probability that
the first is also white?
a) 4/9 b) 5/9 c) 1/2 d) 3/8 e) 5/8

25) The distribution function of non-discrete random variable X is given by

a) b) (c) d)

e)
26) A husband and wife appear in an interview for two vacancies in the same post. The probability
of husband’s selection is 1/7 and that of wife’s selection is 1/5. the probability that only one of
them will be selected is
a) 0.1142 b) 0.1714 c) 0.286 d) 0.0286 e) 0.386
27) X and Y are independent variables with means 10 and 20, and variances are 2 and 3 respectively.
The variance of is
a) 66 b) 60 c) 53 d) 48 e) 18

28) If the mean of poison distribution is 2.25. the standard deviation of this distribution is
a) 0.1253 b) 0.5063 c) 1.15 d) 1.5 e) 5.0625

29) If 3 per cent of electric bulbs manufactured by a company are defectives, find the probability
that in a sample of 100 bulbs two bulbs will be defective.
a) 0.2241 b) 0.0224 c) 0.2178 d) 0.4482 e) 0.2341

30) One card is drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. What is the probability that the card
drawn is a face card (Jack, Queen and King only)?
a) 19/52 b) 3/13 c) 1/13 d) 9/52 e) 3/8
 DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
END OF FIRST SEMESTER 2017/2018 EXAMINATION
COURSE: STATISTICS FOR ENGINEERS (STAT343) 10TH MAY, 2018
REGISTRATION NUMBER/SIGNATURE INVIGILATOR’S SIGNATURE

Degree in View:_____________________
Instructions: Answer ALL Questions Duration: 1 hour 20 mins.
SHADE THE CORRECT OPTION IN THE SPACE PROVIDED

1. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 21. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
2. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 22. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
3. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 23. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
4. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 24. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
5. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 25. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
6. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 26. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
7. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 27. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
8. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 28. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
9. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 29. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
10. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 30. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
11. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 31. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
12. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 32. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
13. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 33. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
14. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 34. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
15. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 35. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
16. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 36. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
17. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 37. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
18. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 38. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
19. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 39. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
20. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] 40. [A] [B] [C] [D] [E]
Use the following information to answer questions 1 to 3.

The joint density function of two continuous random variables X and Y is

f ( x , y )=kxy for 1< x< 4∧1< y <5

1. The value of the constant k is

1 1 5 1 1
a) b) c) d) e)
90 96 128 48 45
 2. The P( X ≥ 3 , Y ≤ 2) is
8 8 7 5 3
a) b) c) d) e)
180 90 128 128 128

3. The P(1 ≤ X ≤2 , 2≤ Y ≤3) is

15 15 15 15 1
a) b) c) d) e)
127 180 90 360 15

4. If c is any constant, then var ( cx ) is

a) c−var (x ) b) var (x) c)∑ var (x ) d)c + var (x) e)c 2 var ( x )

5. Let X 1 ∧X 2 be independent and normally distributed with mean 0 and variance 1. The
2
x1
distribution of 2 is
x2
a) Chi-square b) Exponential c) Cauchy d) Pareto e) Gamma

6. X and Y are independent variables with means 10 and 20, and variances are 2 and 3 respectively.
The variance of is
a) 18 b) 66 c) 48 d) 60 e) 53

Use the following information to answer questions 7 to 9.

The probability function of a discrete random variable is as follows:

X =x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
P(x ) 0 k 2k 2k 3k k
2
2k
2
7k +k
2

7. The value of k is
a) 0.25 b) 0.5 c)0.1 d) -1 e) none of the above

8. The mean of the distribution is

a) 5.72 b) 7.11 c) 3.66 d) 11.49 e) 8.10

9. The variance of the distribution is

a) 5.52 b) 7.40 c) 2.79 d) 3.40 e) none of the above

10. The probability that an entering college student will graduate is 0.4. Determine the probability
that out of 5 students at least one will graduate.

a) 0.0778 b) 0.7788 c) 0.093 d) 0.9222 e) 0.0922

11. If 3 per cent of electric bulbs manufactured by a company are defectives, find the probability
that in a sample of 100 bulbs two bulbs will be defective.
a) 0.2241 b) 0.0224 c) 0.2178 d) 0.4482 e) 0.2341

12. Find the probability that a single toss of a die will result in a number less than 4 if it’s given that
the toss resulted in an odd number.
a) 1 b) 4/5 c) 1/2 d) 1/3 e) 2/3
 13. A box contains 5 red and 4 white marbles. Two marbles are drawn successively from the box
without replacement, and it is noted that the second one is white. What is the probability that
the first is also white?
a) 4/9 b) 5/9 c) 1/2 d) 3/8 e) 5/8

14. The blood group of 200 people is distributed as follows: 50 have type A blood, 65 have B blood
type, 70 have O blood type and 15 have type AB blood. If a person from this group is selected at
random, what is the probability that this person has O blood type?
a) 7/20 b) 70/100 c) 1/7 d) 20/70 e) none of the above
15. Three unbiased coins are tossed. What is the probability of getting at most two heads?
a) 3/4 b) 1/2 c) 7/8 d) 3/8 e) 1/8
16. If the probability of defective bolt is 0.1, the mean number of defective bolts in a total of 400 is

a) 3.6 b) c) 40 d) 360 e) 400

17. The distribution function of discrete random variable X is given by

a) b) c) d)

e)

18. The distribution function of non-discrete random variable X is given by

a) b) (c) d)

e)
19. A husband and wife appear in an interview for two vacancies in the same post. The probability
of husband’s selection is 1/7 and that of wife’s selection is 1/5. the probability that only one of
them will be selected is
a) 0.1142 b) 0.1714 c) 0.286 d) 0.0286 e) 0.386

Suppose that the random variable X and Y have a joint density function given by

2x+ y
f ( x , y )= , for 2 ≤ x ≤6∧0 ≤ y ≤ 5
210

Use the above information to answer questions 20 to 28.

20. E( X ) is
a) 4.25 b) 5.55 c) 5.75 d) 6.64 e) none of the above

21. E(Y ) is
a) 3.9 b) 2.7 c) 13 d) 11.2 e) none of the above

22. E( X ¿¿ 2)¿ is
a) 13.72 b) 25.9 c)19.37 d) 11.39 e) none of the above

23. E(Y ¿¿ 2)¿ is

a) 4.72 b) 10.57 c) 9.33 d) 7.77 e) none of the above
24. var (X ) is
a) 2.72 b) 1.31 c) 3.12 d) 2.71 e) 3.92

25. var (Y ) is
a) 7.92 b) 5.91 c) 5.04 d) 3.92 e) 2.04

26. E( XY ) is
a) 7.32 b) 8.82 c) 11.43 d) 12.72 e) 13.91

27. cov ( X ,Y ) is
a) - 0.045 b) 0.75 c) 0.045 d) 1 e) -1

28. The correlation coefficient, ρ is

a) -1 b) 1 c) -0.0275 d) 0.5 e) -0.5

29. If the mean of poison distribution is 2.25. The standard deviation of this distribution is
a) 0.1253 b) 1.5 c) 0.5063 d) 5.0625 e) 1.15

30. One card is drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. What is the probability that the card
drawn is a face card (Jack, Queen and King only)?
a) 3/13 b) 19/52 c) 1/13 d) 9/52 e) 3/8