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    Accepted Rejected Name:........................... Signature:...........................

    (EVEN) END SEMESTER EXAMINATION: 2020


    DOMAIN NAME: Science & Technology PROGRAM NAME: BSc (MATHEMATICS)
    COURSE CODE: STAT 105 COURSE TITLE: PROBABILITY THEORY II

    Regular Repeaters Both


    SET No.:...2.....
    Time: 2 hrs Maximum Marks: 70

    Note: Attempt questions from all sections as directed.

    Section-A: [30 Marks]

    1. Number of parameters in hypergeometric distribution

    (a) 2

    (b) 1

    (c) 3

    (d) 4

    2. A random variable X has Poisson distribution with mean λ. The standard deviation of X is

    (a) λ

    (b) λ2
    √
    (c) λ

    (d) None of these

    3. If X and Y are random variables then E(aX+bY), where a and b are constants, is equal to

    (a) aE(X)-bE(Y)

    (b) aE(X)+bE(Y)

    (c) a2 E(X) + b2 E(Y )

    (d) None of these

    1
    4. Range of binomial distribution, with parameters n and p is

    (a) 1 to n

    (b) 0 to n

    (c) 0 to ∞

    (d) −1 and 1

    (e) None of these

    X
    5. If X has a binomial distribution with parameters p and n then n2
    has the variance
    pq
    (a)
    n
    pq
    (b) 2
    n
    (c) npq

    (d) n2 pq

    (e) None of these

    6. Area under the normal curve is

    (a) 0.5

    (b) 2

    (c) −1

    (d) 1

    (e) None of these

    7. If X is a random variable, then Var(2+3X) is

    (a) 2+Var(3X)

    (b) Var(2)-Var(3X)

    (c) 2+3Var(X)

    (d) 3Var(X)

    (e) 9Var(X)

    2
    8. If Y = 5X + 10 and X v N (µ = 10, σ = 5), then variance of Y is

    (a) 125

    (b) 625

    (c) 635

    (d) 725

    (e) None

    9. If in a binomial distribution n = 2 then E(X) is

    (a) 4p

    (b) q

    (c) 2p

    (d) 2pq

    (e) None of these

    10. A fair coin is tossed four times, the probability of getting no heads is

    1
    (a) 4
    1
    (b) 2
    1
    (c) 16

    (d) 1

    (e) 0

    11. The range of a Poisson random variable is

    (a) All integers.

    (b) All positive integers.

    (c) All non-negative integers.

    (d) All negative integers

    12. Successive trials in geometric distribution are

    (a) Dependent

    (b) Independent

    (c) Equally Likely

    (d) Mutually Exclusive

    (e) None

    3
    13. For a binomial distribution with n = 4, p = 0.5, the probability of one or more successes is:

    15
    (a) 16

    1
    (b) 16

    3
    (c) 4

    (d) 1

    (e) None

    14. Number of parameters in geometric distribution

    (a) 2

    (b) 1

    (c) 3

    (d) 4

    (e) 0

    15. The variance of the Poisson distribution is always

    (a) Less than mean

    (b) Equal to mean

    (c) Greater than mean

    (d) Equal to standard deviation

    (e) None of these

    4
    Section-B: [20 Marks]

    16. Number of parameters in normal distribution

    (a) 2

    (b) 1

    (c) 3

    (d) 4

    (e) 0

    17. The relation between the mean and variance of χ2 with 10 degrees of freedom is

    (a) M ean = 2V ariance

    (b) 2M ean = V ariance

    (c) M ean = V ariance

    (d) M ean = 4V ariance

    (e) None of the above

    18. If X and Y are two dependent variables, then

    (a) E(XY ) = E(X).E(Y )

    (b) Cov(X, Y ) = 0

    (c) ρX,Y = 0

    (d) All of the Above

    (e) None of these

    19. If X and Y are two independent variables, with joint pdf fXY (x, y) and marginal pdfs fX (x)
    and fY (y) then

    (a) V ar(X + Y ) = V ar(X) + V ar(Y )

    (b) Cov(X, Y ) = 0

    (c) fXY (x, y) = fX (x)fY (y)

    (d) All of the Above

    (e) None of these

    5
    20. If X has a binomial distribution with parameters p and n and (n + 1)p is an integer then X is

    (a) Uni Modal

    (b) Multi-Modal

    (c) Bi-Modal

    (d) Tri Modal

    (e) Has no mode

    21. Shape of the standard normal curve can be related to

    (a) Rectangle

    (b) Circle

    (c) Bell

    (d) L

    (e) J

    22. Which of the following is not the property of geometric distribution

    (a) n is fixed

    (b) has two outcomes

    (c) Trials are independent

    (d) Probability of success remains same from trial to trial

    23. The Standard Normal Curve is asymptotic to the

    (a) The line y = x

    (b) Y-axis

    (c) X-axis

    (d) None

    24. The mean and variance of the standard normal distribution a respectively:

    (a) 1 and 0

    (b) 0 and 1

    (c) π and e

    (d) µ and σ

    6
    (e) None of the above

    25. The mean and variance of the binomial probability distribution ’are respectively:

    (a) np and npq


    √
    (b) np and npq

    (c) n and p

    (d) np and nq

    (e) None of the above

    7
    Section-C: [20 Marks]

    26. A random variable follows Poisson distribution with parameter λ = 2. Find the probabilities
    P (X < 1).

    (a) 7e

    (b) 3e−2

    (c) e−2

    (d) e

    (e) None of the above


    2 2
    27. If f (x) = √ e−4x for −∞ < x < ∞, is the pdf of a normal distribution, find its variance.
    π
    (a) 0.5

    (b) 0.125

    (c) 0.75

    (d) 2.828

    (e) None of the above

    28. The efficiency X of a certain electrical component may be assumed to be a random variable
    that is distributed uniformly between 0 and 100 units. What is the probability that X is
    between 20 and 80 units?

    (a) 0.5

    (b) 0.6

    (c) 0.75

    (d) 1

    (e) None of the above

    29. Let Y be a random variable with mean 11 and variance 9. Use Tchebysheff’s theorem, find C
    such that P (|Y − 20| ≥ C) ≤ 0.09.

    (a) 10
    16
    (b) 25

    1
    (c) 81

    8
    56
    (d) 81

    (e) None of the above

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    Name of Paper Setter: Sanjoy Kumar Brahma.
    Employee Code: 14828. Institution: AIAS.
    Contact No: 9831810219
    Campus: Kolkata.

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