CMR Technical Campus

B. Tech Mid Question Bank (R22 Regulation)

Academic Year: 2024-2025 Semester: III
Subject Name: COSM
Subject Code: 22MA301BS
Faculty Name: Dr. K. Bhagya Lakshmi
PART-A

MID-I Questions
Q. Questions Marks BL CO Unit No
No
1 Define random variable. 2 L1 CO1 I
2 Define, Discrete, Continuous random 2 L1 CO1 I
variable with example.
3 Define covariance of random variables. 2 L2 CO1 I
4 If x is a discrete Random variable , Show 2 L1 CO1 I
that E( a x +b ) = a E (x) +b
5 If X & Y is a random variable then Prove 2 L2 CO1 I
E[X+K]= E[X]+K ,where ‘K’ constant
6 Describe the measures of continuous 2 L2 CO1 I
probability distribution.
7 Derive the mean of Poisson distribution. 2 L1 CO2 II
8 Classify properties of normal distribution 2 L1 CO2 II
9 Explain binomial distribution, Poisson 2 L2 CO2 II
distribution.
10 Write two applications of Normal 2 L1 CO2 II
distribution.
11 Determine the binomial distribution for 2 L1 CO2 II
which the mean is 4 and variance 3.find
p(X≥ 1).
12 Find the standard deviation of a binomial 2 L2 CO2 II
distribution with n=12 and p=0.6.
13 Define population, sample, parameter & 2 L1 CO3 III
statistics.
14 (i)Define small sample, large sample. 2 L1 CO3 III
(ii) What is the value of the correction factor
if n=5, N=200.
15 Explain about Central limit theorem. 2 L1 CO3 III
MID-II Questions
16 Demonstrate Properties of t- distribution. 2 L2 CO3 III
17 Define (i) F – test (ii) chi-square test. 2 L1 CO3 III
18 Find t values at level of significance 0.05 (one 2 L1 CO3 III
tail test)
i) degree of freedom v = 16
ii) degree of freedom v = 10 .
19 Define Estimate and Estimator. Give example. 2 L1 CO4 IV
20 Explain Types of Estimation and properties of 2 L2 CO4 IV
Estimation.
21 Define Correlation and Types of Correlation. 2 L1 CO4 IV
22 Define Rank Correlation Coefficient and 2 L1 CO4 IV
Properties.
23 Explain regression, 2 L2 CO4 IV
24 Explain correlation coefficient. 2 L2 CO4 IV
25 Define One tail and Two Tail Test 2 L1 CO5 V
26 Explain null hypothesis and alternative 2 L2 CO5 V
hypothesis.
27 Define type I and type II errors. 2 L1 CO5 V
28 Define Critical Region and Level of significance. 2 L1 CO5 V
29 Define Student’s t –test, F-Test 2 L1 CO5 V
30 Explain Chi -Square Test as a Goodness of 2 L1 CO5 V
Fit and Conditions

PART-B
MID-I Questions
Q .No Questions Mar BL CO Unit
ks No
1 A random variable X has the following probability 8 L5 CO1 I
function:
X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
P(x) 0 K 2k 2k 3k 𝑘 2𝑘 7𝑘 +
k
Evaluate (i) k (ii) P(X<6),P(X≥6), P(0<X<5) and
p(0≤X≤4) (iii) mean (iv) variance.

2 A random variable X has the following probability 4 L5 CO1 I

function:
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
X
P( k 3k 5k 7k 9k 11k 13
x) k
Evaluate (i) k (ii) P(X<3), P(x≥3) and
P(0<X<5)(iii)Mean (iv)Varience

3 Suppose a continuous random variable x has the 8 L2 CO1 I

 probability density
f(x) = kx2e-x, for x>0 , Find (i) K (ii) Mean (iii)
variance.

4 If a random variable has the probability density 4 L2 CO1 I

𝑘 (𝑥 − 1 ), −1 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 3.
function f(x) =
0, 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒
Find value of k and p( ≤ 𝑥 ≤ ).

5 Let X denote the maximum of the two numbers 4 L5 CO1 I

that appear when a pair of fair dice is thrown once.
Determine the (i) Discrete probability distribution
(ii) Expectation (iii) variance.

6 A sample of 4 items is selected at random from a 4 L1 CO1 I

box containing 12 items of which 5 are defective.
Find the expected number E of defective items.
7 Probability density function of random variable x 8 L5 CO1 I
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥, 𝑓𝑜𝑟 0 < 𝑥 < 𝜋
is f(x) =
0, 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑥 ≤ 0
Evaluate mean, mode and median of the
distribution and

Find the probability between 0 and .

8 A random variable X is defined as the sum of the 4 L1 CO1 I
numbers on the faces when two dice are thrown.
Find the mean and variance of X.
9 If X is a continuous Random Variable Show That 4 L1 CO1 I
E(aX+b)=aE(X)+b & V(aX+b)=a2V(X)

10 Ten coins are thrown simultaneously .Find the 4 L1 CO2 II

probability of getting at least (i)One head(ii)Six
heads (iii)eight heads

11 If X is a normal variate with mean 30 and standard 4 L1 CO2 II

deviation 5. Find the probabilities that i) 26<X<40
ii) X>45
12 If x is a Poisson variant such that 4 L5 CO2 II
3 p(x=4)= 1/2(P (x=2)+ P (x=0))
Evaluate (i) The mean of x (ii) P (x≤2).

13 The probability of a defective bolt is 1/8, find (i) 4 L1 CO2 II

the mean (ii) The variance for the distribution of
defective bolts of 640.
14 20 % of items produced from a factory are 4 L5 CO2 II
defective. Evaluate the probability that in a sample
of 5 chooser at random (i) none is defective (ii)
one is defective (iii) p(1<x<4).

15 In a normal distribution 40% of the items are under 4 L1 CO2 II

30 and 15% are over 60. Find the mean and
variance of the distribution
16 The probabilities of a man hitting a target is 1/3 .If 8 L1 CO2 II
he fires 6 times, find the probability that he fires
(i) at the most 5 times (ii) exactly once (iii) At
least two times.

17 8 L5 CO2 II
Determine Poisson frequency distribution for the
following data
x 0 1 2 3 4
f(x) 109 65 22 3 1
18 Derive the mean and variance of a Binomial 8 L6 CO2 II
distribution.
19 A population consist of 1,2,3,4,5,6 . Consider all 4 L1 CO3 III
samples of size 2 which can be drawn without
replacement .
(a)Find mean , standard deviation of the
population;
(b) The mean of sampling distribution of means;
(c) The standard deviation of sampling
distribution of means.
20 If the population is 2,3,6,8,11. Consider all 4 L1 CO3 III
samples of size 2 which can be drawn with
replacement .
(a)Find mean , standard deviation of the
population.
(b) The mean of sampling distribution of means.
(c) The standard deviation of sampling
distribution of means.

21 The mean of certain normal population is equal 4 L1 CO3 III

the standard error of the mean of the samples of
64 from that distribution. Find the probability
that the mean of the sample size 36 will be
negative.
22 A random sample of size 100 is taken from an 4 L1 CO3 III
infinite Population having the mean 𝜇 =
76 & 𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝜎 =256.What is the probability
that 𝑥̅ will be between 75 &78
 MID-II Questions
23 What is the effect on standard error ,if a sample 4 L1 CO3 III
is taken from an infinite population of sample size
is increased from 400 to 900.
24 Explain t-Distribution, properties and Applications of 4 L2 CO3 III
t-Distribution and Explain Degrees
Of Freedom.
25 Explain F-Distribution, properties and Applications of 4 L2 CO3 III
F-Distribution

26 Explain chi square -Distribution, properties and 4 L2 CO3 III

Applications and conditions

27 Find Karl Pearson’s coefficient of correlation from the 8 L1 CO4 IV

following data
Wage 10 10 10 10 10 99 97 98 96 95
s 0 1 2 2 0
Cost 98 99 99 97 95 92 95 94 90 91
of
living
28 Evaluate rank correlation coefficient for the 4 L5 CO4 IV
following data
x 68 64 75 50 64 80 75 40 55 64
y 62 58 68 45 81 60 68 48 50 70
29 Examine the regression equations of Y on X 8 L2 CO4 IV
from the data given below , taking deviations
from actual means of X and Y.
Price 10 12 13 12 16 15
(Rs)
Amo 40 38 43 45 37 43
unt
Dem
ande
d
30 Examine the regression equations of Y on X 8 L2 CO4 IV
from the data given below , taking deviations
from actual means of X and Y.
Price 10 12 13 12 16 15
(Rs)
Amo 40 38 43 45 37 43
unt
Dem
ande
d
31 The mean and s.d. of population are 11,795 and 4 L4 CO4 IV
14,054 respectively if n = 50. Construct 95%
confidence interval for the mean.
32 A random sample of size 100 has a standard deviation 4 L1 CO4 IV
of 5 what can u say about maximum error with 95%
 confidence.
33 Construct a straight line to the form for the following 4 L3 CO4 IV
data
X 1 2 3 4 5
Y 14 27 40 55 68
34 By the method of least squares Construct a parabola 4 L3 CO4 IV
y  a  bx  cx 2 for the following data

X 0 1 2 3 4
Y 1 1.8 1.3 2.5 6.3

35 Find the coefficient of correlation to the following data 4 L1 CO4 1V

X 12 9 8 10 11 13 7
Y 14 8 6 9 11 12 3

36 4 L3 CO5 V
In a sample of 1000 people in Karnataka 540 are rice
eaters and the rest are wheat eaters. Can we assume
that both rice and wheat are equally popular in this
state at 1% level of significance. Apply the test
significance of single proportion
37 A sample of 64 students have a mean weight of 70kgs. 4 L2 CO5 V
Can this be regarded as sample from a population
with mean weight 56kgs and standard deviation of
25kgs. Explain the hypothesis for single mean.

38 samples of students were drawn from two 4 L6 CO5 V

universities and from their weights in kilograms mean
and S.D are calculated and shown below make a large
sample test for the significance of difference between
means.
MEAN S.D SAMPLE
SIZE
University-A 55 10 400
University-B 57 15 100
39 A random sample of 400 men and 600 women in a 4 L6 CO5 V
locality were asked whether they would like to have a
bus stop near their residence. 200 men and 325
women are in favour of the proposal test for the
significant difference between two proportions at 5%
level.

40 A Random sample of 10 boys had the following I.Q.’s 8 L1 CO5 V

 70,120,110,101,88,83,95,98,107 and 100
a. Do these data support the assumption of a
population mean I.Q. of 100?
b. Find a reasonable range in which most of the mean
I.Q. values of sample of 10 boys lie

41 Two compare two kinds of bumper guards , 6 of each 8 L3 CO5 V

kind were mounted on a car and then the car was run
into a concrete wall . The following are the costs of
repairs
Guard 107 148 123 165 102 119
1
Guard 134 115 112 151 133 129
2
Use the 0.01 level of significance to test for the
difference between two sample means is significant.

42 The Mean of two random samples of sizes 9 and 7 are 4 L4 CO5 V

196.42 and 198.82 respectively. The Sum of squares of
the deviations from the mean are 26.94 and 18.73
respectively. Can the sample be considered to have
been drawn from the Same normal population. Test for
the significance
43 Pumpkins were grown under two experimental 4 L4 CO5 V
conditions. Two Random samples of 11 and 9
pumpkins, show the sample standard deviations of
their weights as 0.8 and 0.5 respectively. Assuming
that the weight distributions are normal, test for
hypothesis that
the variances are equal.
44 From the following data, find whether there is any 8 L3 CO5 V
significant liking in the habit of taking soft drinks
among the categories of employees. Apply chi- square
test .

Employees
Soft drinks Clerks Teachers Officers
Pepsi 10 25 65
Thums up 15 30 65
Fanta 50 60 30