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Engineering Statistics Paper

This document contains exam questions for Engineering Statistics at CECOS University in Peshawar. Section A contains 10 multiple choice and 10 true/false questions testing concepts like graphical representations, measures of central tendency, probability, and properties of normal and binomial distributions. Section B contains 4 long-form questions worth 20 marks each on topics such as calculating mean, median, and mode from data; probability; properties of normal, binomial, and exponential distributions; and independent and mutually exclusive events.

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Engineering Statistics Paper

This document contains exam questions for Engineering Statistics at CECOS University in Peshawar. Section A contains 10 multiple choice and 10 true/false questions testing concepts like graphical representations, measures of central tendency, probability, and properties of normal and binomial distributions. Section B contains 4 long-form questions worth 20 marks each on topics such as calculating mean, median, and mode from data; probability; properties of normal, binomial, and exponential distributions; and independent and mutually exclusive events.

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CECOS UNIVERSITY, PESHAWAR

Engineering Statistics
Sixth Semester

Section A
Objective(Total Marks=20)
Part-A: Choose the correct option. (Marks-10)
1. __________ is an effective way of showing percentage parts when the whole quantity is taken as 100.
(a) Simple- Bar Graph,

(b) Histogram

(c) Pie Diagram,

(d) Pictogram

2. __________ is one of the most important graphical representations of a frequency distribution.


(a) Simple- Bar Graph,

(b) Histogram

(c) Pie Diagram,

(d) Multiple Bar Graph

3. The geometric mean of 25, 15, 18, 30, 20, 20, 12, 9, 16, 15 is ___________.
(a) 17.07

(b) 17.06

(c) 17.08

(d) None of these

4. A data can have __________ mode/modes.


(a) Only one

(b) Exactly two

(c) More than one

(d) None of these

5. Median is a type of measure of ___________.


(a) Uncertainty

(b) Dispersion

(c) Central Tendency

(d) None of these

6. The total probability of a sample space S is always equal to __________.


(a) 0

(b) 1

(c) 2

(d) None of these

7. The total number of sample points when four items are taken at random from a box of 12 items is
given by ___________.
(a) ( )

(b)

(c) 4!

(d) None of these

8. If the r.v. X is continuous with p.d.f f(x), then


(a) E(X)

(b) V(X)

(c) 1

(d) None of these

( )

__________

9. In ___________ probability distribution, each trial has only two possible outcomes.
(a) Uniform

(b) Binomial

(c) Poisson

(d) None of these

10. The mean and standard deviation of a Standard Normal Distribution are ____________
(a) =0, =0

(b) =0, =1

(c) =1, =1

(d) None of these

Part-B: Mark as True or False. (Marks-10)


1. Probability is a quantitative measure of Uncertainty.
2. The data 25, 15, 18, 30, 20, 20, 12, 9, 16, 15 has two modes.
3. Hyper-geometric mean is the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of the given points.
4. The mean E(X) in Poisson distribution is not equal to its variance V(X).
5. In Standard normal Distribution, P(-1.1 X 0)=P(0X1.1)
6. The total area under a normal curve is 1.
7. Two Independent events A and B are such that ( )

( )

then (

8. The tendency of the observations to cluster in the central part of the data is called Central Tendency.
9. If the probability of success in a certain trial of a Binomial distribution is p, then the probability of
failure will be 1-q.
10. Standard deviation is equal to the square root of variance.

Section-B
Paper 1
Descriptive (Total Marks=80)
Each question carries 20 marks.
1. The following table shows the age distribution of horses.
Age (Year)
1-4
5-9
10-14
15-19
20-24
25-29
30 and over

Compute

1
3
4
7
6
4
6

2.7
7.6
12
16.3
20.8
25.8
31.8

(i) the average age of these horses


(ii) the geometric mean of their ages.

(10+10)

2. (a) A card is drawn from at random from a deck of ordinary playing cards. What is the probability that
it is a diamond or a face card or a king?
(b) Let X be a r.v. with p.d.f
( )
(

Find the mean E(X) of X.

(10+10)

3. (a) Let X has a binomial distribution with n=3 and p=0.4 . Find P(X2).
(b) A Poisson distribution is given by (

Find the probability for x=3.


4. Let the r.v. Z have the standard normal distribution. Find

(10+10)

(i) P(0.5 Z 1.66),

(ii) P(-1.30 Z 1.66)

(10+10)

Section-B
Paper 2
Descriptive (Total Marks=80)
1. The duration of long distance telephone calls is found to be exponentially distributed with a mean of 3
minutes. What is the probability that a call will last (i) more than 3 minutes, (ii) more than 5 minutes?
(10+10)
2. A continuous r.v. X has the p.d.f
( )

Find (i) the value of A, (ii) P (

)(

(10+10)

3. (a) Three horses A, B and C are in a race; A is twice as likely to win as B and B is twice as likely to win
as C. What is the probability that A or B wins?
(b) Given P(A)=0.5 and P(AB)=0.6, find P(B) if A and B are mutually exclusive.

(10+10)

4. Let the r.v. Z have the standard normal distribution. Find


(i) P(0 Z 1.66),

(ii) P(-1.30 Z 1.30)

(10+10)

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