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Cycle Test-1 18MAB301T-Probability and Statistics: Answer: A

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Cycle Test-1

18MAB301T- Probability and Statistics


1. An urn contains 20 white, 10 red, and 8 black balls. If 3 balls are drawn at random, then the
probability for drawing 2 white balls among 3 balls is

20C2 X 18C1
A.
38C3
20C2 X 10C1
B.
38C3
20C2 X 8C1
C.
38C3
20C3
D.
38C3
ANSWER: A
2. If A and B are independent events withP (A) = 0.6 and P (B) = 0.2, then P (A ∪ B) =

A. 0.12
B. 0.8
C. 0.4
D. 0.08
ANSWER: B
3. The events neither A nor B occurs is denoted as

A. A ∪ B
B. A ∩ B
C. A ∩ B
D. A ∩ B
ANSWER: D
4. A coin is tossed twice, what is the probability of getting atleast one tail?

A. 1/4
B. 2/4
C. 3/4
D. 1
ANSWER: C
5. Let A be an event, P (A) 6= 0 , 0 , then P (B/A)P (A) =

A. P (A)
B. P (B)
C. P (A ∪ B)
D. P (A ∩ B)
ANSWER: D
6. Let F(x) be a cumulative distribution function of a random variable X then, lim F (x) is
x→−∞

A. 0
B. 1
C. −∞
D. ∞
ANSWER: A
7. The MGF of X is (1 − t)−1 then the variance of X is

A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
ANSWER: B
8. The moment generating function of the random variable X is MX (t) = 1 + 2t + 3t2 + 4t3 + ... then
the mean of X is

A. 2
B. 3
C. 1
D. 0
ANSWER: A
9. If X is a discrete random variable and f (x) is the probability of X, then the expected value of this
random variable is equal to
P
A. f (x)
P 2
B. f (x)
P
C. xf (x)
x2 f (x)
P
D.
ANSWER: C
10. The distribution function F (x) is equal to

A. P (X = x)
B. P (X ≥ x)
C. xP (X = x)
D. P (X ≤ x)
ANSWER: D
11. V ar(X) is equal to

A. E(X 2 )
B. E(X)2
C. E(X 2 ) − [E(X)]2
D. E(X 2 ) + [E(X)]2
ANSWER: C

2
12. If V ar(X) = 10 and V ar(Y ) = 50, then V ar(2X + Y ) is

A. 90
B. 60
C. 40
D. 50
ANSWER: A
13. The expectation of the number on a die when thrown

A. 2/7
B. 7/2
C. 1
D. 21/3
ANSWER: B
 1 , −1 ≤ x ≤ 1;

14. A random variable X has the p.d.f f (x) = 8 then P (x ≥ 2) =


0, otherwise.

A. 1/8
B. 2/8
C. 0
D. 8
ANSWER: C
15. A random variable X has the following probability function

Values of x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

p(x) a 3a 5a 7a 9a 11a 13a


then the value of a =
A. 1/81
B. 2/49
C. 2/81
D. 1/49
ANSWER: D
16. The first two moments about the origin are 2, 5 respectively, then the variance of the random
variable is

A. 2
B. 3
C. 1
D. 4
ANSWER: C

3
17. The first two moments about origin are 5, 26 respectively. Find the value of second moment about
x = 3.

A. 5
B. 4
C. 3
D. 2
ANSWER: A
18. Family size can be represented by the random variable X. Determine the average family size

X 2 3 4 5

p(x) 0.45 0.25 0.2 0.1

A. 2.05
B. 2.75
C. 2.25
D. 2.95
ANSWER: D
3ax2 ,
(
0 < x < 1;
19. If the random variable X has the p.d.f f (x) = then the value of a is
0, otherwise.
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
ANSWER: A
e−2x , 0 < x < ∞;
(
20. If the p.d.f is given as f (x) = , then the mean value is
0, otherwise.
A. 1/4
B. 1/2
C. 3/4
D. 1
ANSWER: A
−x2
) (
21. The distribution function of a random variable X is given by F (x) = 1 − e 2 , x ≥ 0 . The
probability density function of X is.

−x2
A. f (x) = e 2 , x ≥ 0
−x2
2
B. f (x) = x e 2 , x ≥ 0
−x2
C. f (x) = xe 2 , x ≥ 0
−x2
D. f (x) = 2xe 2 , x ≥ 0
ANSWER: C

4

 0, x ≤ 0;
22. If F (x) = x, 0 < x ≤ 1; then P (0 < x < 1/5) is
1, x > 1;

A. 5
B. 0
C. 1
D. 1/5
ANSWER: D
23. If the mean of the random variable X is 5 then E(4X + 3) =

A. 20
B. 22
C. 23
D. 15
ANSWER: C
24. If P (A) = 0.3, P (B) = 0.85, P (A ∩ B) = 0.90 then P (A ∪ B) =
A. 0.85
B. 0.75
C. 0.65
D. 0.55
ANSWER: B
25. The random variable X takes the values 1 and 2 such that 3P (X = 1) = 5P (X = 2).
Then P (X = 2) =
A. 15/24
B. 15/40
C. 16/24
D. 16/40
ANSWER: B

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