Table of Contents

Table of Contents 1
Contributors 2
1 Engineering Mathematics: Probability (20) 3
1.1 Binomial Distribution (3) 3
1.2 Expectation (4) 3
1.3 Random Variable (9) 4
1.4 Uniform Distribution (3) 6
Answer Keys 7
Contributors
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GO Classes for GATE CSE 41, 12 GO Classes for GATE CSE 18 Lakshman Patel 9
Suraj Reddy 11, 2 Suraj Reddy 1
Akash Debnath 8, 3 Akash Debnath 1
Rohit Kundan Sonawane 2, 1
1 Engineering Mathematics: Probability (20)

1.0.1 GO Classes 2024 | Weekly Quiz 11 | Probability Distributions | Question: 1top☝

Suppose Alice rolls a -sided die, and Bob rolls a -sided die. Let denote the maximum value on the two
dice. Find .

A. B. C. D.
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1.1 Binomial Distribution (3) top☝

1.1.1 Binomial Distribution: GO Classes 2024 | Weekly Quiz 11 | Probability Distributions | Question: 14top☝
Suppose that a person wins a game of chance with probability and loses otherwise. If he wins, he earns
dollars, and if he loses, then he loses dollars. Assume that he plays ten games independently. Let denote
the number of games that he wins. What is his expected gain or loss (altogether) during the ten games?
[Hint: is a binomial random variable with successes (or wins) but It is not asked to find you first need to
find gain/loss in terms of then need to find the expectation of that term]

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1.1.2 Binomial Distribution: GO Classes 2024 | Weekly Quiz 11 | Probability Distributions | Question: 17top☝

A die is rolled until two different numbers appear. Let be the total number of times the die is rolled.
Obviously
For example,

Which of the following is the CORRECT PMF for

A.
B.
C.
D.

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1.1.3 Binomial Distribution: GO Classes 2024 | Weekly Quiz 11 | Probability Distributions | Question: 2top☝

Consider two independent Binomial random variables and with parameters and Determine
which of the following options correctly describes the random variable represented by .

A. is a Binomial random variable with parameters and .

B. is a Binomial random variable with parameters and .
C. is a Binomial random variable with parameters and .
D. is a Binomial random variable with parameters and .

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1.2 Expectation (4) top☝

 1.2.1 Expectation: GO Classes 2024 | Weekly Quiz 11 | Probability Distributions | Question: 15top☝
You take the bus, walk, or ride your bike to school. In the morning you toss a fair, six-sided die.

If you get a or you take the bus.

If you get a or you walk.
If you get a you ride your bike.

On average, it takes you minutes if you take the bus, minutes if you walk, and minutes if you ride your bike.
What is the expected amount of time it takes you to get to campus?

A. minutes B. minutes C. minutes D. minutes

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1.2.2 Expectation: GO Classes 2024 | Weekly Quiz 11 | Probability Distributions | Question: 16top☝

A random variable has a probability mass function given by

Find the cumulative distribution function, , of . Compute the value of the following expression:

A. B. C. D.
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1.2.3 Expectation: GO Classes 2024 | Weekly Quiz 11 | Probability Distributions | Question: 19top☝
A game is played with a weighted coin that is heads with probability and tails with probability The game
will consist of a number of rounds. In each round, you flip the coin twice, and.

if you get , you win and you move on to the next round.
if you get or , you win and you move on to the next round.
if you get , the game is over.

Compute your expected winnings from playing this game.

A. B. C. D.
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1.2.4 Expectation: GO Classes 2024 | Weekly Quiz 11 | Probability Distributions | Question: 3top☝

Suppose that , and are independent random variables. , and .

, and . Compute the value of the following expression:

A. B. C. D.
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1.3.1 Random Variable: GO Classes 2024 | Weekly Quiz 11 | Probability Distributions | Question: 12top☝

Suppose that and are independent random variables,

such that has probability mass function for integers

and has probability mass function for integers .

Find .

A. B. C. D.
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1.3.2 Random Variable: GO Classes 2024 | Weekly Quiz 11 | Probability Distributions | Question: 13top☝
Consider the scenario where you keep tossing the coin until you get a head. Let represent the probability of
getting a head and which equals represent the probability of getting a tail.
Let be a random variable that counts the number of tosses until the head appears. What is the probability that is
a multiple of To calculate this probability assume the coin is fair.

A. B. C. D.
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1.3.3 Random Variable: GO Classes 2024 | Weekly Quiz 11 | Probability Distributions | Question: 18top☝

Let be independent. Bernoulli random variables with parameter (i.e., they are independent and satisfy
Find

A. B. C. D.
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1.3.4 Random Variable: GO Classes 2024 | Weekly Quiz 11 | Probability Distributions | Question: 20top☝

Suppose that and are independent random variables such that takes values either or with equal
probability What will be the

A. B. C. D.
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1.3.5 Random Variable: GO Classes 2024 | Weekly Quiz 11 | Probability Distributions | Question: 4top☝

Assuming that and are non-negative random variables, which may or may not be independent.
Which of the following statements is/are ALWAYS true?

A. B.
C. D.
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1.3.6 Random Variable: GO Classes 2024 | Weekly Quiz 11 | Probability Distributions | Question: 6top☝
During a lecture, an instructor picks a student at random and asks if they know a certain definition from the
course. Define the following two random variables and takes the value or where if the
student knows the answer and otherwise. is the number of the student's discussion section, i.e., is either
or The joint probabilities are given in the following table:
 So, for example and What is the value of

A. B. C. D.
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1.3.7 Random Variable: GO Classes 2024 | Weekly Quiz 11 | Probability Distributions | Question: 7top☝

Suppose that and are independent random variables with . Find

.
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1.3.8 Random Variable: GO Classes 2024 | Weekly Quiz 11 | Probability Distributions | Question: 8top☝

Let be Bernoulli random variables with parameter .

Define a random variable .
What is

A. B. C. D.
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1.3.9 Random Variable: GO Classes 2024 | Weekly Quiz 11 | Probability Distributions | Question: 9top☝

Let be a random variable with

What is

A. B. C. D.
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1.4.1 Uniform Distribution: GO Classes 2024 | Weekly Quiz 11 | Probability Distributions | Question: 10top☝

Let be a continuous uniform random variable on . Let be a constant, find the probability

A. B. C. D.
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1.4.2 Uniform Distribution: GO Classes 2024 | Weekly Quiz 11 | Probability Distributions | Question: 11top☝

Let are independent discrete uniform random variables defined for consecutive integers in the interval .
That is for any and in .

Let .
 Find for some .

A. B.
C. D. None of these
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1.4.3 Uniform Distribution: GO Classes 2024 | Weekly Quiz 11 | Probability Distributions | Question: 5top☝

Let be a discrete uniform random variable. It has a probability mass function (PMF) for
the expected value is given by

A. , B. C. D. .
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Answer Keys
1.0.1 D 1.1.1 -4,4 1.1.2 B 1.1.3 B 1.2.1 D
1.2.2 D 1.2.3 B 1.2.4 B 1.3.1 B 1.3.2 D
1.3.3 B 1.3.4 B 1.3.5 C 1.3.6 B 1.3.7 22
1.3.8 C 1.3.9 D 1.4.1 A 1.4.2 A 1.4.3 C