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Practice questions

Probability and Statistics

1- How to calculated the expectation and variance for a discrete and continuous random
variable?
2- If f(x) has probability density 𝑐𝑥 4 , 0 < 𝑥 < 2, find c.
3- If X, and Y are random variables such that E[2X+Y]=0 and E[X+2Y]=33 then what is the
value of E (X) + E(Y)=?
4- Find E (5X + 6) if X is a random variable with mean 4.
5- A random variable follows Poisson distribution, if the mean is 6, find the value of P (X =
4)?
6- The diameter of an electric cable, say x is assumed to be a random variable with pdf:

f(x) = 3x2 0 < x <1 , show that the above is a P.D.F.

7- An urn contains 10 pink balls and 8 white balls. Without replacement, two balls are drawn
one after another. What is the probability that both balls drawn are pink?
8- If X is a random variable with E(X) = 4 and Var(X) = 10, find the standard deviation of X?
9- Find the area between z = 0 and z = 1.83.
10- Two cards are drawn at random without replacement from a pack of 52 playing cards. Find
the probability that both the cards are red ?
11- Define Null hypothesis and Alternate hypothesis with examples.
12- A random variable X has the following probability function

X P(X)
0 0
1 K
2 2k
3 2k
4 4k
5 k2
6 3k2
7 6k2 +k
(i) Find k
(ii) Evaluate P(X<6)
(iii) Evaluate P(X≥6)
(iv) Determine the distribution of following function.
13- Suppose the probability mass function of the discrete random variable is

X = 0 1 2 3
x
p(x) 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.2
Find the value of

(a) E (4X+3)

(b) E (5X + 2X2)?

14- Consider a random variable X with probability density function

6𝑥 3 , 𝑖𝑓 0 < 𝑥 < 1
𝑓(𝑥) = {
0, 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒

Find E(X) and V(X).

14- Let X be continuous random variable with pdf

𝑎𝑥 0≤𝑥<1
𝑎 1≤𝑥<2
𝑓(𝑥) = {
−𝑎𝑥 + 3𝑎 2 ≤ 𝑥 < 3
0 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒

(i)-Determine the constant a.


(ii)-Compute 𝑃(𝑥 ≤ 1.5)

15- If X is a Poisson variate such that P (X = 2) – 9 P (X = 4) = 90 P (X = 6)


Calculate the mean of X.
16- Explain hypothesis testing? Explain T test, Z test and P -Value approach.
17- Find the binomial distribution of getting a five in three tosses of an unbiased dice.
18- X is a normally distributed variable with mean μ = 30 and standard deviation σ = 3. Find
the probabilities
a)P(X<30)
b)P(X>11)
c) P (20 < X < 25)
19- If P(A) =0.4, P(B)= 0.7, and P(A ∩B) = 0.4 Find (i) P(A / B) (ii) P(𝐴̅ / B) (iii) P(A / 𝐵̅).
20- A researcher wants to test if there is a significant difference in the average scores of two
different teaching methods. The scores obtained by students using Method A are: 85, 88,
92, 79, 95, and the scores obtained by students using Method B are: 78, 80, 88, 76, 85.
Perform a two-sample T-test at a 0.05 significance level to determine if there is a significant
difference in the means.
21- A construction company employs 2 executive engineers. Engineer-1 does the work for 30% of jobs
of the company. Engineer-2 does the work for 70% of jobs of the company. It is known from the
past experience that the probability of an error when engineer-1 does the work is 0.02, whereas the
probability of an error in the work of engineer-2 is 0.03. Suppose a serious error occurs in the work,
which engineer would you guess did the work?

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