RTMNU QUESTIONS

1) A discrete probability function f(x) is always:

A) Non-negative

B) Negative

C) One

D) Zero

2) A variable that can assume any possible value between two points is called:

A) Discrete random variable

B) Continuous random variable

C) Discrete sample space

D) Random variable

3) Events A and B are mutually exclusive is expressed as

A) A U B

B) A ∩ B=0

C) A = B

D) none of these
4) A formula or equation used to represent the probability' distribution of a continuous
random variable is called:

A) Probability distribution

C) Probability density function

B) Distribution function

D) Mathematical expectation

5) If a fair coin is tossed 4 times, what is the probability that two heads will result?

A) 3/4

B) 5/8

C) 1/2

D) 3/8

6) From the Pack of 52 cards, Two Cards are drawn together, What is the probability that
both the cards are Kings.

A) 2/121

B) 2/221

C) 1/221

D) 1/13
7) If f(x)=1/10,x-10 then E(X)is,

a) zero

b) 6/8

c) 1

d) -1

8) E [X²] - [E(X)]² is:

A) E(X)

B) E(X²)

C) Var(X)

D) S.D(X)

9) The coefficient of Kurtosis =

a) 𝛼

b) 𝛼

c) 𝛼

d) 𝛼
10) If random variable X is such that E[(X-1)²] =10, E[(X-2)²] = 6, what is ²

A) 1/2

B) 7/2

C) 3/4

D) 15/4

11) The probability of winning a person is 6/11 and at a result he gets Rs. 77/-. The
expectation of the person is

A) Rs. 35

B) Rs. 42

C) Rs. 58

D) None

12) If Z is the standardized variable corresponding to X, then Z.......

A)

B)

C)

D)
13) The total area of standardized the normal curve is 1, then left and right side from z = 0
is......

A) 0.5

B) 1

C) 0.9

D) 2

14) The Poisson distribution of mean and variance

A) nq

B) npq

C) np

D) 𝜆

15) The variance of a Binomial Distribution is

A) λ

B) npq

40

C) 𝑛 𝑝
D) nq

16) If u is equal to 4 then the variance of exponential distribution is

A) 0.0725

B) 1

C) 0.0925

D) 0.0625

17) If X is exponentially distributed with density function

f(x)=𝛼𝑒 ,X≥0 then its mean is

A) 1/𝛼

B) 𝛼

C) 1/2𝛼

D) 2/ 𝛼

18) X is a random normal variable, with mean u and variance o². The "standardised
form"

of X is Z = . What are the mean and variance,respectively, of Z?

A) 2, 1

B) 0, 1
C) 2,0
D) 1,0

19) Let P(E) denotes the probability of an event. Given P(A)=1, P(B)=1/2 and A & B are
independent events then value of

P(A/B) and P(B/A) are:

a) 1/2, 1/4

b) 1/2, 1

c) 1, 1/2

d) 1/4, ½

20) Which one of the following is false for distribution function F(x)

a) The distribution function is monotonically increasing function from

b) For continuous r.v. -F(x) = f(x)

c) F(x)=P(X ≥ x)

P(a ≤ x ≤ b) = F(b) - F(a)

21) If f(x) is a probability density function of a continuous random variable, then

a) 0

b) 1
c) undefined

d) Insufficient data

22) If the values taken by a random variable are negative, the negative values will have

a) Positive probability

b) Negative Probability

c) May have negative or positive probabilities

d) Insufficient data

23) The expected value of a random variable X is given by

a) 1

b) ∑𝑓(𝑥)

c) f(x)

d) ∑𝑥𝑓(𝑥)

The Mx(t)=

a.E(e)

b E(tx)

c E(X)
1. Cumulative distribution function for discrete random variable X is defined as

(a) F(x)=P(X ≤ x) (b)𝐹(𝑥) = ∑ 𝑓(𝑣) (c)Both a and b are true. (d)None of these

Ans(c)

2. Let X be a random variable giving the number of aces in a random draw of four cards
from a pack 52 cards. What is the probability for two ace cards drawn,

(a) P(X = 2) = (b) P(X= 2) = (c) P(X= 2) = (d) P(X= 2) =

Ans(c)

3.Suppose that the coin is tossed twice and let the random variable X is defined as
(number of heads)²-(number of tail) then probability function for random variable X is
given by

𝑋 -2 0 4
F(x) 1/4 1/2 1/4

Ans(d)

4.Let X be the random variable giving the number of heads in three tosses of a fair coin
then distribution function F(x) is given by
0, −∞ < 𝑥 < 0
⎧ 1
⎪ , 0≤𝑥<1
⎪ 8
1
𝐹(𝑥) = ,1 ≤ 𝑥 < 2
⎨ 2
⎪ 7
⎪ 8,2 ≤ 𝑥 < 3
⎩ 1, 3 ≤ 𝑥 < ∞
Ans(C)
 𝒌𝒆 𝟑𝒙 , 𝒙 > 𝟎
5.Random Variable X has the density function f(x) = . What is the value of
𝟎, 𝒙 ≤ 𝟎
k?

(a) k = 1 (b)k=2 (c)k=3 (d) k = 4

Ans(c)

𝒙
,𝟎 ≤ 𝒙 ≤ 𝟐
6. The Probability function is defined as f(x) = 𝟐 .Then 𝑷(𝑿 > 𝟏) =
𝟎, 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒆

(a) 3/2 (b) 3/4 (c)1/2 (d)1/4

Ans(b)

7. A random variable X has the following probability distribution

X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
F(X) A 3a 5a 7a 9a 11a 13a 15a 17a

(a) 1/81 (b)1/9 (c) 1/80 (d) 1/10

Ans(a)

8. A random variable X has the following probability distribution

X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
F(X) A 3a 5a 7a 9a 11a 13a 15a 17a

What is P(X<3)?

(a) 1/81 (b)1/9 (c) 1/80 (d) 1/10

Ans(b)
9.The variables X and Y are said to be independent if

(a) f(x, y) + f(x) · ƒ₂(x) (b) f(x, y) = f(x) · ƒ₂(x) (b)𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑓 (𝑥) ∗ 𝑓 (𝑥)

Ans.(b)

10. The joint probabililty of two discrete random variables X and Y is given by

𝑪(𝟐𝒙 + 𝒚), 𝟎 ≤ 𝒙 ≤ 𝟐, 𝟎 ≤ 𝒚 ≤ 𝟑
f(x) = . What is the value of constant C?
𝟎, 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒆

(a) 1/21 (b)1/20 (c) 1/40 (d) 1/42

Ans(d)

11.The joint probabililty of two discrete random variables X and Y is given by

𝑪(𝟐𝒙 + 𝒚), 𝟎 ≤ 𝒙 ≤ 𝟐, 𝟎 ≤ 𝒚 ≤ 𝟑
𝒇(𝒙) = . 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝑷(𝑿 ≥ 𝟏, 𝒀 ≤ 𝟐)?
𝟎, 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒆

(a) 1/7 (b)2/7 (c) 3/7 (d) 4/7

Ans.(d)

12.The joint density function of two continuous rndome variables X and Y is

𝒄𝒙𝒚, 𝟎 < 𝒙 < 𝟒, 𝟏 < 𝒚 < 𝟓

(a) 7/128 (b)5/128 (c) 1/96 (d) 3/96

Ans(c)
13.If X and Y are independent random variables then E(XY) =

( )
(a) E(X) +E(Y) (b) E(X)* E(Y) (c) ( )
(d)𝐸(𝑋 ) + 𝐸(𝑌 )

Ans.(b)

14.If c is constant then Var(cX) = .... .

(a) cVar(X) (b) c²Var(X) (c) E(X)– E(X²) (d) [E(X)] − E(X²)

Ans.(b)

15. What is the Mathematical Expectation of discrete random variable X whose

f(x)= (1/2)*, x = 1,2,3,.....?

(a) E(X)=1 (b) E(X)= (c) E(X)= (d) E(X) = 2

Ans(d)

𝟑𝒙𝟐 , 𝟎 ≤ 𝒙 ≤ 𝟏
16. Let X be the random variable with density function f(x) = .What is
𝟎, 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒆
Var(x)?

(a) (b) (c) (d)

Ans.(c)
17. The moment generating function for continuous random variable X is given by,

(a) ∫ 𝑒 𝑓(𝑥)𝑑𝑥 (b) ∫ 𝑒 𝑓(𝑥)𝑑𝑥 (c) ∫ 𝑥𝑓(𝑥)𝑑𝑥 (d) ∫ 𝑒𝑓(𝑥)𝑑𝑥

Ans.(a)

18. The moment generating function for random variable X having density function

𝒆 𝒙, 𝒙≥𝟎
𝒇(𝒙) =
𝟎, 𝒙<𝟎

(a) Mx(t)= (B) Mx(t)= (c)Mx(t)= (d) Mx(t)=

Ans.(b)

19. The mean and variance for the exponential distribution f(x) =

can be found respectively as

(a) , (b) , (c) , (d) ,

Ans(b)
20. The characteristics function for the random variable X whose density function is

𝜶𝒙
𝜶𝒆 , 𝒙 > 𝟎, 𝜶 > 𝟎
𝒇(𝒙) = .
𝟎, 𝒙≤𝟎

(a) (b) (c) (d)

Ans.(d)

𝟏
, 𝒂<𝒙<𝒃
21. The moment generating for the uniform distribution 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝒃 𝒂 . 𝒊𝒔
𝟎, 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒆

(a)𝑀 (𝑡) = ( )
(b) 𝑀 (𝑡) = ( )
(c) 𝑀 (𝑡) = (d) 𝑀 (𝑡) =

Ans(a)

22. The standard deviation for Binomial Distribution is given by

(a)𝜎 = 𝑛𝑝𝑞 (b) )𝜎 = 𝑛𝑝𝑞 (c) 𝜎 = 𝑛𝑝 (d) 𝜎 = 𝑛𝑝

Ans.(b)

23. An insurance salesman sells policies to 5 men, all of identical age and in good health.
The probability that a man of this particular age will be alive 30 years hebce is 2/3. What is
the probability that in 30 years all 5 men will be alive.

(a) (b) (c) (d)

Ans(d)
24. The Variance of X for Posssono Distribution

(a)𝜎 = 𝜆 (b) 𝜎 = √𝜆 (c) 𝜎 = (d) 𝜎 =

Ans.(a)

25. Between the hours 2 pm and 4 pm the average number of phone calls per minute
coming into the switch board of a company is 2.35. What is the probability that during one
particular minute there will

be at the most 2 phone calls.

(a) 0.4232 (b) 0.8008 (c) 0.2241 (d) 0.5380

Ans(d)

26. If the number of trials n in the Binomial distribution is large and the probabilities of
success and failure i.e. p and q are not close to zero with mean µ = np and standard
deviation 6 = √npq. Then Binomial distribution can be closely approximated by

(a) Exponential Distribution (b)Geometric Distribution

(c) Normal Distribution (d) Uniform Distribution

Ans.(c)
27. If the probability tha an applicant for a driver's licence will pass the road test on any
given trial is 0.8, what is the probability that he will finally pass the test on the 4th trial

(a) 0.992 (b) 0.366 (c) 0.0064 (d) 0.0138

Ans(c)

28. For 𝜷 =1, Weibull Distribution with parameter a reducdes to

(a) Exponential Distribution (c) Normal Distribution

(b) Geometric Distribution (d) Uniform Distribution

Ans(a)