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BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, LONERE

Supplementary Winter Examination – 2024
Course: B.Tech Branch : Artificial Intelligence & Data Science / Artificial
Intelligence(AI) & Data Science Semester :IV
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Subject Code & Name: BTBS404 Probability Theory and Random Process
Max Marks: 60 Date: 27/12/2024 Duration: 3 Hr.
Instructions to the Students:
1. Each question carries 12 marks.
2. Question No. 1 will be compulsory and include objective-type questions.
3. Candidates are required to attempt any four questions from Question No. 2 to Question No.
6.
4. The level of question/expected answer as per OBE or the Course Outcome (CO) on which the
question is based is mentioned in ( ) in front of the question.
5. Use of non-programmable scientific calculators is allowed.
6. Assume suitable data wherever necessary and mention it clearly.
(Level/C Mar
O) ks
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Q. 1 Objective type questions. (Compulsory Question) 12
1 Events are said to be __________ if the happening of any one of them CO1 1
precludes the happening of all others.
a. Independent b. Dependent c. Mutually d. Multiplicative
Event Event Exclusive Event event
2 What is the primary objective of estimation in statistics? CO5 1
a. To describe b. To make c. To d. To test
data predictions determine the hypotheses
about future value of a
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data population
parameter
based on
sample data

3 __________ provide a unique approach through which outcome of an CO5 1

experiment can be expressed in terms of numbers.
a. Constant b. Numerical c. Independent d. Random
value Variable Variable

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 4 For expectation, if X and Y are independent variables then the value of CO2 1
E(XY) is
a. E(X).E(Y) b. E(X)-E(X) c. E(X+Y) d. E(X)-E(Y)
5 If the probability density function of a variable X is: CO2 1
X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
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P(X) K 3k 5k 7k 9 1 1
k 1 3
k k
With k=1/49 then P(X<=4) is
a. 1 b. 4/49 c. 25/49 d. -1
6 Assuming that a box contains in all ten balls of which six are yellow and CO1 1
four are blue, what is probability of drawing a blue ball?
a. 0.1 b. 0.4 c. 0.5 d. 1
7 Find the mean and variance of the function X CO2
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X 1 3 4 5
fx(X= 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.3
x)
a. Mean=3, b. Mean= 3, c. Mean=4, d. Mean=4,
variance=3 variance=4 variance=4 variance=3
8 Regression coefficients are affected by: CO4 1
a. Change in b. Change in c. Change in d. Neither origin
origin and origin only scale only nor scale
scale
9 What does correlation measure CO3 1
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a. Cause and b. Degree of c. Statistical d. None of the

effect association independence above
relationship between two
variables
10 When both variables move in the same direction, the correlation is CO3 1
called
a. Zero b. Negative c. Positive d. No correlation
correlation correlation correlation
11 The sample size required for a study is inversely proportional to: CO3 1

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 a. The level of b. The margin c. The d. The standard
confidence of error variability in deviation
the population
12 The sign of regression coefficients and the correlation coefficient is CO4 1
a. Always the b. Always c. Independent d. Opposite in sign
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same different of each other

Q. 2 Solve the following. 12

A) An insurance company insured 2000 scoter drivers, 4000 car drivers and CO1 6
6000 truck drivers. The probability of accident are 0.01,0.03 and0.15 for
scoter driver, car driver and truck driver respectively. One of the insured
person meets with an accident. What is the Probability that he is a scoter
driver ?
B) There are 500 students in a certain school. 150 students are enrolled in an CO1 6
Algebra course
and 80 students are enrolled in a Chemistry course. There are 30 students
who are taking both
Algebra and Chemistry. If a student is chosen at random
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a) What is the probability that student is taking Algebra?
b) What is the probability that student is taking Chemistry, given that the
student is also taking Algebra?
c) What is the probability that student is taking Algebra , given that the
student is also taking Chemistry?

Q.3 Solve the following. 12

A) The average number of acres burned by forest and range fires in a large CO2 6
New Mexico county is 4,300 acres per year, with a standard deviation of
750 acres. The distribution of the number of acres burned is normal.
What is the probability that between 2,500 and 4,200 acres will be
burned in any given year?
Given Z ( 0.13) = 0.0082 Z(2.40 ) = 0.4483
B) In a factory of blades, there is a chance of 1/500 for any blade to be CO2 6
defective. Blades are supplied in a packet of 10. By using Poission
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distribution calculate approximate number of packets containing no

defective and two defective blades in 10000 packets.

Q. 4 Solve Any Two of the following. 12

A) ∑ xy=70, r=0.9, σ y =3.5 ∑ x2 =100 Find number of items if x CO3 6
and y are derivations of arithmetic mean

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 B) Calculate the Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient for the CO3 6
following data.
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C) CO3 6
Compute Karl Pearson’s coefficient of correlation from the
following data:

Density (per 2000 5000 4000 7000 6000 3000

sq. km)

Patients of 100 160 140 200 170 130

dengue fever

Q.5 Solve Any Two of the following. 12

A) If two lines of regression are 9x+y- λ=0 and 4x + y= μ and means CO4 6
of x and y are 2 and -3 respectively. Find the values of μ and λ and
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coefficient of correlation between x and y. Also find byx and bxy

B) Calculate regression equation of x on y and y on x from the CO4 6

following data and estimate x when y=26 and estimate y when
x=21
xi 10 12 13 17 18 20 24 30
yi 5 6 7 9 13 15 20 21
C) Explain Theorem on regression coefficient and give properties of CO4 6
regression coefficient
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Q. 6 Solve Any Two of the following. 12

A) Explain the concept of hypothesis testing in statistics. Discuss the steps CO5 6
involved in conducting a hypothesis test and the importance of setting a
significance level.
B) What are the assumptions required for small sample estimation of a CO5 6
population mean? Discuss how violating these assumptions affects the
results.
C) Explain the process of estimating a population mean using a large CO5 6
sample
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