Children’s Education Society

THE OXFORD COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BANGALORE -560 068

(Approved by AICTE, New Delhi, Accredited by NBA,& Affiliated to VTU, Belagavi-590 018)
Outcome Based Education (OBE) and Choice Based Credit System (CBCS), VTU
BE-SEMESTER-III
Common to CSE (A,B&C),ISE (A&B),AIML(A&B)

Assignment 1
Course Outcomes:
CO1: Explain the basic concepts of probability, random variables, probability distribution.
CO2: Apply the suitable probability distribution models for the given scenario.
CO3: Apply the notion of discrete-time Markov chain and n-step transition probabilities to solve the given problem.
CO4: Use statistical methodology and tools in the engineering problem- solving process.

1. A random variable X has the probability distribution.

X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

P(x) 0 k 2k 2k 3k k2 2k2 7k2+k

(i) Find k (ii) P(x<6) (iii) P(0<x<4) iv) P( x  6)

2. Find mean & Standard deviation of the Binomial distribution.
3. Find the mean & Standard deviation of the Poisson distribution.
4. If the joint probability distribution is given, Find (i) Marginal distributions (ii) COV (X,Y)

y 3 4 5
x
2 1 1 1
6 6 6
5 1 1 1
12 12 12
7 1 1 1
12 12 12
5. Given the Joint probability distribution of X and Y
y -4 2 7
x
1 1 1 1
8 4 8
5 1 1 1
4 8 8
Compute (i) Expectation of X,Y and XY, ii) S.D of X,Y iii) Cov(X,Y)
iv) Correlation of X and Y.
6. A continuous random variable ‘X’ has a pdf f (x)  ce  x ,  x  . Find i) C ii) mean
and variance.
Kx2 ,3  x  3
7. A random variable X has the density function f (x)   
0, otherwise 
Find K, P(x ≤ 2), P(x ≥ 2) and P(x > 1).

8. The probability that a pen manufactured by a company will be defective is 0.01. If 12 such
pens are selected at random, find the probability i) exactly two pens ii) Atmost two pens .
 9. The marks of 1000 students in an examination follow normal distribution with mean 70 and
S.D 5, Find the number of students whose marks will be i) less than 65 ii) more than 75
ii) between 65 and 75.
10. Let X be a Binomial variant, out of 800 families with 4 children each, how many families would
be expected to have (i) 2 boys & 2 girls (ii) at least 1 boy (iii) at most 2 girls (iv) children of both
genders. Assuming equal probability for boys & girls.
11. The probability that an individual suffers a bad reaction from a certain injection is 0.001.
Using Poisson distribution, determine the probability that out of 2000 individuals (i)
exactly 3 and (ii) more than two will suffer a bad reaction.
12. In a normal distribution 31% of the items are under 45 & 8% are over 64. Find the mean and
variance of the distribution.
13. The daily consumption of milk in excess of 20000 litres in a town is approximately exponentially
distributed with parameter 1/3000.The town has a daily stock of 35000 litres. What is the
probability that of two days selected at random, the stock is insufficient for both the days ?
14. Three boys A,B,C are throwing ball to each other. A always throws the ball to B and B
always throws to C. C is just as likely to throw the ball to B as to A. If C was the first
person to throw the ball, find the probability that after three throws i) A has the ball
ii) B has the ball iii) C has the ball
15. A man either drives a car or catches a train to go to office. He never goes two days in a
row by train. If he drives one day the next day he is as likely to drive again as he is
to travel by train. Now suppose that on the first day of the week the man drives to work
then Find (i) the probability that he takes a train on the 3 rd day (ii) probability that he
drives to work in the long run.
16. A salesman’s territory consists of 3 cities A, B, C. He never sells in the same city for 2
consecutive days. If he sells in city A, then the next day he sells in the city B, however if
he sells in either B or C, then the next day he is twice as likely to sell in city A as in the
other city. In the long run how often does he sell in each of the cities?
17. Define the following with examples a) Stochastic Process and Matrix b) Probability
Vector c) Regular stochastic matrix d) Markov Chain with examples.

0 3/4 1/4
18. Find the unique fixed probability vector for P= [1/2 1/2 0 ].
0 1 0
19. Explain briefly about a) Sampling distribution b) Standard error c) Type I and type II
Errors d) Test of Significance e) Level of Significance f) Degrees of freedom
g) Null hypothesis h) Alternate hypothesis i) One tailed and Two tailed test j) Critical region of a
statistical test k) Stationary distribution and Absorbing state of Markov Chains.

20. A coin is tossed 1000 times and head turns up 540 times. Decide on the hypothesis that the coin is unbiased.

21. In 324 throws of a six faced 'die' an odd number turned up 181 times. it is reasonable to think that the 'die' is an
unbiassed one ?
22. In an examination given to students at a large number of different schools the mean grade was 74.5 and S.D
grade was 8. At one particular school where 200 students took the examination the mean grade was 75.9. Discuss
the significance of this result at both 5% and 1% level of significance.

23. One type of air craft is found to develop engine trouble in 5 flights out of a total of 100 and another type in 7
flights out of a total of 200 flights. Is there a significance difference I n the two types of air craft’s so far as engine
defects are concerned? Test at 5% significance level.

24. In a sample of 600 men from a certain city, 450 are found smokers. In another sample of 900 men from another
city 450 are smokers. Do they indicate that the cities are significantly different with respect to the habit of smoking
among men. Test at 5% significance level.

25. In a large city A, 20% of a random sample of 900 school boys had a slight physical defect. In another large city
B, 18.5% of a random sample of 1600 school boys had the same defect. Is the difference between the proportions
are significant?

Question numbers COs

1,6 and 7 CO1
2 to 5 and 8 to 13. CO2
14 to 18 CO3
19 to 25 CO4

FACULTY INCHARGE:

Dr. Madhwesha Moudgalya R

Prof. Varalakshmi L