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A number between 0 and 1 that is use to measure uncertainty is called:
(a) Random variable (b) Trial (c) Simple event (d) Probability
2. Probability can be expressed as:
(a) Rational (b) Fraction (c) Percentage (d) All of the above
3. The probability of an event cannot be:
(a) Equal to zero (b) Greater than zero (c) Equal to one (d) Less than zero
4. If C is a constant (nonrandom variable), then E(C) is:
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) f(C) (d) C
5. Which of the following is not possible in probability distribution?
(a) p(x) ≥ 0 (b)∑p(x) = 1 (c) ∑xp(x) = 2 (d)p(x) = 0.5
6. The probability distribution of continuous random variable is classified as
(a) probability mass function
(b) probability density function
(c) posterior mass function
(d) continuous mass function
7. If the random variable takes negative values, then the probability of negative values will have:
(a) Positive values (b) Negative Values (c) Zero value (d) Difficult to tell
8. A quantity resulting from an experiment that, by chance, can assume different values is called:
(a) Random Experiment (b) Random variable (c) Random sample (d) Random Process
9. A variable which can assume all values in the range of a random variable, is called:
(a) Finite (b) Infinite (c) Continuous (d) Discrete
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10. If the function f(x) = 4x represents a probability density function, then which of the following c ould
be the domain of f?
A 0 < x < √2
B 0 < x <1/ √2
C –0.5 < x < 0.5
D 0 < x < 0.25
11. Which of following is c orrect?
(a) Var (x) = E(x) – E(x 2 )
(b) Var (x) = E(x 2 ) – E(x)
(c) Var (x) = E(x 2 ) – [E(x)] 2
(d) Var (x) – [E(x 2 )] 2 – E(x 2 )
12. Two e vents A a nd B a re ________ if the occurrence (or nonoccurrence) of one e vent has no e ffect
on the probability of the occurrence (or nonoccurrence) of the other e vent. Which of the following best
completes the previous sentence?
(a) statistically independent
(b) mutually e xclusive
(c) statistically dependent
(a) none of the a bove
13. What is the probability of getting e xactly two "tails" in four tosses of a fair c oin?
(a) 50 per c ent
(b) 3/8
(c) 5/8
(d) none of the a bove
14. Determine the number of ways that four objects c an be c hosen from a group of ten.
(a) P(10, 4)
(b) 4C 10
(c) C(10,4)
(d) none of the a bove
15. What kind of distribution a re the binomial a nd Poisson distributions?
A) Discrete
B) Continuous
C) Both discrete a nd c ontinuous
D) Neither discrete or c ontinuous
16. If x is a normal variate with mean 20 a nd variance 64, the P[12≤X≤2] is
(a) 0.4332 (b) 0.1189 (c) 0.7475 (d)5.
17. The normal distribution is a limiting c ase of poisson distribution when parameter.
(a) λ→0 (b) λ→ 1 © λ→∞ (d) None of the a bove
18. The random variable X has the following distribution:
X 1 2 4 10