Statistics for Computer Science- I B.

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1. correlation coefficient is the ----------- of the two regression coefficients.

A) Geometric Mean
B) Harmonic Mean
C) Mode
D) None

2. bxy = 0.4,byx = 0.9 then r = -------

A) 0.3
B) 0.1
C) 0.6
D) -0.6

3. -----------is the geometric mean of the two regression coefficients.

A) regression coefficients
B) correlation coefficients
C) rank correlation
D) coefficient of variation

4. If two variables are uncorrelated, the lines of regression becomes----------

A) donot exist
B) coincide
C) parallel to each other
D) perpendicular to each other

5. The given two variables are perfectly negative, if ---------

A) r=-1
B) r=1
C) r=0
D) none

6. The given two variables have no correlation, if---------

A) r=1
B) r=-1
C) r=0
D) none

7. If the correlation coefficient between two variables X and Y is ---------, the

Regression coefficient of Y on X is positive

A) Negative
B) Positive
C) not certain
D) Zero
8. If the correlation coefficient between two variables X and Y is ---------, the
Regression coefficient of Y on X is negative

A) Positive
B) Negative
C) Zero
D) None

9. ------------ is independent of origin

A) Correlation coefficient
B) rank correlation
C) Regression coefficient
D) none

10. The angle between two lines of regression is ninety degree, if -------------
A) r=1
B) r=0
C) r=-1
D) r=2

11. --------- is used to measure closeness of relationship between variables.

A) regression
B) correlation
C) rank correlation
D) mean

12. If r is either +1 or –1, then there will be only one -------- line in case of two variables
A) correlation
B) regression
C) mean
D) standard deviation

13. When bxy=0.85 and byx= 0.89, then correlation coefficient r = ---- ----
A) 0.87
B) 0.68
C) 0.78
D) 0.50

14. If bxy and byx represent regression coefficients and if bxy < 1 then byx is ...............
A) less than one
B) Greater than one
C) equal to one
D) equal to zero
15. The given two variables are perfectly positive, if -------
A) r=0
B) r=+1
C) r=-1
D) r=2

16. The probability of drawing a card of King from a pack of cards is.................
a) 1/4
b) 1/11
c) 1/12
d) 1/13

17. In the case of poisson distribution , if the mean is 4, the standard deviation
is ,............
a) 4
b) 2
c) 3
d) none

18. Discrete probability distribution is..................

a) Normal
b) poisson
c) binomial
d) Binomial & poisson

19. In binomial distribution mean=20 and standard deviation =4 then p=?

a) 0.6
b) 0.8
c) 0.2
d) 0.1

20. In binomial distribution variance is..........................

a) npq
b) npp
c) np
d) 1/npq

21. In the case of poisson distribution , the standard deviation ‘ s ’ and the mean ’ m’
are related by ..........................

a) variance = mean
b) (Variance)^2 = mean
c) square root of variance= mean
d) none
22. In coin, the probability of getting a head is....................
a) 1/2
b) 1/4
c) 2/3
d) none

23. The probability that a leap year selected at random contain 53 Sundays is ...............
a) 1/7
b) 2/7
c) 1/52
d) 4/7

24. The square of the S.D is........................

a) variance
b) mean< variance
c) mean> variance
d) none

25. A bag contains 7 red and 8 black balls. The probability of drawing a red ball
is ................
a) 7/15
b) 8/15
c) 4/15
d) 1/15

26. For Binomial distribution ,mean is...............

a) np
b) npq
c) nq
d) none

27. The probability of drawing a card of clubs from a pack of 52 cards is ..............
a) 1/4
b) 13/52
c) 1/52
d) 1/13

28. The probability of drawing an ace or queen card from a pack of 52 cards is.............
a) 1/52
b) 1/13
c) 1/4
d) 13/52

29. The total probability is...........................

a) 0
b) 0.5
c) 1
d) 2

30. If binomial distribution is symmetrical if p=q=?.........

a) 0
b) 4
c) 1
d) 0.5

31. Binomial distribution is positively skewed if................

a) p=0.5
b) p<0.5
c) p>0.5
d) p=1

32. Binomial distribution is negatively skewed if...............

a) p>0.5
b) p<0.5
c) p=0
d) p=1

33. The probabilities lies between -----

a) 1 to 2
b) -1 to 1
c) 0 to 1
d) none

34. Continuous probability distribution is................

a) poisson
b) binomial
c) normal
d) poisson & normal

35. The probability of drawing a number 3 from a dice is ...............

a) 1/3
b) 1/4
c) 1/6
d) 1/2

36. In two tosses of a fair coin,the probability of getting head in both is -----------
a) 1/3
b) 1/4
c) 1/2
d) 3/4
37. The probability of drawing a card which is queen or diamond from a pack of
52 cards is ---------

a) 1/13
b) 17/52
c) 2/13
d) 4/13

38. When three dice are thrown together the probability of getting the same number in
all three dice is ----------

a) 1/6
b) 1/36
c) 1/18
d) 3/28

39. The probability of drawing diamond and a heart card from a pack of 52 cards
is .....................

a) 1/16
b) 1/4
c) 2/13
d) 7/16

40.
The probability of drawing king and queen card from a pack of 52 cards is ................

a) 13/102
b) 1/169
c) 8/663
d) none

41. The probability of drawing two kings from a pack of 52 cards is ...................

a) 13/102
b) 13/52
c) 1/4
d) none

42. Two dice are thrown. The probabilty of the total number on the
dice is 8 ------------
a) 1/36
b) 5/36
c) 13/52
d) 3/13

43. In which distribution, mean and variance are equal..................

a) Binomial
b) poisson
c) normal
d) none

44. If p=q= 0.5, then binomial distribution is ---------

a) Symmetrical
b) non symmetrical
c) poisson
d) normal

45. The binomial distribution is also known as ----------

a) Bernoulli
b) normal
c) poisson
d) none

46. A probability function for a discrete random variable is called a --------

a) probability density function
b) discrete probabilty function
c) probability mass function
d) none

47. The mean of the binomial distribution is 40 and standard deviation 6, then q = ---
a) 1
b) 0.9
c) 0.5
d) 0

48. The normal distribution is approximation to --------- distribution

a) poisson
b) Binomial
c) normal
d) none

49. In Poisson distribution, mean = 0.5 then variance=-----

a) 0.2
b) 1
c) 0.4
d) 0.5

50. The Normal distribution was discovered by --------

a) De moivers
b) Poisson
c) Spearman
d) None
51. If X and Y are two variants, there can be at most____________.
a) One regression line
b) Two regression lines
c) Three regression lines
d) An infinite number of regression lines

52. If byx and bxy are two regression coefficients, they have____________.
a) Same sign
b) Opposite sign
c) Either same sign or opposite sign
d) Nothing can be said.
53. The coordinates (X, Y) satisfy the lines of regression of____________.Y on X
a) Y on X
b) X on Y
c) Both the regression lines
d) None of the regression line
54. The average of two regression coefficients is always greater than or equal to the
correlation coefficient is called_________________.
a) Fundamental property
b) Signature property
c) Magnitude property
d) Mean property

55. The nature of correlation between two variables is known from _______________.

a) Bar diagram
b) Pie diagram
c) Pictogram
d) Scatter diagram

56. When r = +1or -1 the two regression lines are ______________.

a) Parallel to each other

b) Perpendicular to each other
c) Coincide
d) None of the above

57. ________ is the geometric mean of two regression coefficient.

a) Mean
b) Correlation
c) Rank correlation
d) Mode

58. Correlation analysis deals with___________.

a) variables
b) Two attributes
c) Two variables alone
d) Averages.

59. The idea of product movement correlation was given by____________.

a) Karl Pearson
b) spearman
c) simpson
d) none of the above

60. If r is called simple correlation coefficient, the quantity r^2is known as__________.
a) Coefficient of determination
b) range
c) correlation
d) regression

61. The co-efficient of correlation is not affected by ______________.

a) Both origin and scale.
b) origin
c) scale
d) none of the above

62. Rank correlation method was developed by ______________.

a) spearman
b) Karl Pearson
c) simpson
d) none of the above
63. An event in the probability that will never be happened is called as -
1. Unsure event
2. Sure event
 3. Possible event
4. Impossible event

64. What is the probability of an impossible event?

a) 1
b) 0
c) Insufficient data
d) Not defined

65. What does probability mean?

a) The total number of possible outcomes in an event
b) The ratio of favorable outcomes to all outcomes
c) The chance of an event happening
d) How certain an event will occur
66. Who provided the definition for probability?
a) Archimedes
b) Einstein
c) Euclid
d) Simon Laplace

67. Which of the following is a table with all possible values of a random variable and
its corresponding probabilities?
a) Probability Density Function
b) Probability Mass Function
c) Probability Distribution
d) Cumulative distribution function

68. When rolling a fair six-sided die, what is the probability of obtaining an even number?
a) 1/6
b) 1/3
c) 1/2
d) 2/3

69. In a discrete probability distribution, the sum of all probabilities is always?

a) 1
b) 0
c) Undefined
d) Infinite

70. If the probability of hitting the target is 0.3, find mean and variance.
a) 0.3, 0.16
b) 0.3, 0.21
c) 0.6, 0.16
d) 0.6, 0.24
71.What is the probability of a sure event?
a) 1
b) 0
c) 1/4
d) ½

72. In a bucket there are 5 purple, 15 grey and 25 green balls. If the ball is picked up
randomly, find the probability that it is neither grey nor purple?
a) 51/43
b) 2/7
c) 5/9
d) 12/13

73. What is the probability of getting a number greater than 6 on dice?

a) 1
b) 1/3
c) 1/2
d) 0

74. How many outcomes are possible when drawing a card from deck of cards?
a) 1
b) 13
c) 52
d) 26

75. A number is selected from the first 20 natural numbers. Find the probability that it
would be divisible by 3 or 7?
a) 7/20
b) 12/37
c) 24/67
d) 19/46

76. In a Poisson Distribution, if ‘n’ is the number of trials and ‘p’ is the probability of
success, then the mean value is given by?
a) m = p
b) m = np(1-p)
2
c) m = (np)
d) m = np

77. Which of the following cannot be the value of probability?

a) 1/2
b) 0
c) -1
d) 1

78. A fair coin is tossed thrice, what is the probability of getting all 3 same outcomes?
1
a) ⁄4
3
b) ⁄4
1
c) ⁄6
1
d) ⁄2

79. A problem is given to 5 students A, B, C, D, E. If the probability of solving the problem

individually is 1/2, 1/3, 2/3, 1/5, 1/6 respectively, then find the probability that the
problem is solved.
a) 0.57
b) 0.27
c) 0.47
d) 0.37

80. If P(E) is the probability of an event and P(not E) is the probability of an event not
happening, then:

a. P(E) + P(not E) = 1

b. P(E) + P(E) = 1

c. P(not E) = 1-P(E)

d. None

81. If P(A) = 7/13, P(B) = 9/13 and P(A B) = 4/13, evaluate P(A|B).

a. 4/9

b. 8/9

c. 5/9

d. None

82. Find median and mode of the messages received on 9 consecutive days 15, 11, 9, 5,
18, 4, 15, 13, 17.
a) 13, 6
b) 13, 18
c) 18, 15
d) 15, 16
83. E (XY)=E (X)E (Y) if x and y are independent.

a) True
b) False

c) None
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84.What is C5

a) 162
b) 126

c) 216

85. What is PMF?

probability mass function

86 What is PDF?

a) probability density function

87. A discrete random variable is one which may take on only a countable number of
distinct values such as 0,1,2,3,4,........

88. A random variable is said to be continuous if it assumes a value that falls between a
particular interval.

89. Continuous random variables are used to denote measurements such as height,
weight, time, etc.

90. A random variable is said to be discrete if the set of values it can take (its support)
has either a finite or an infinite but countable number of elements.

91. Examples of discrete random variables include the number of children in a family,
the number of defective light bulbs in a box of ten.

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