Practice Set for (Paid Course) JSO/ASO

(Statistics) Test- 13
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Time: 1:00 hour mm: 100

1. A random variable is: 5. A continuous random variable:

a) A constant a) Takes only integer values
b) A variable that takes deterministic b) Has finite possible outcomes
values c) Takes an infinite number of possible
c) A function that assigns numerical values in a range
values to outcomes of an experiment d) Cannot have a probability density
d) None of the above function
Answer: c Answer: c
2. If X is a random variable, the set of all 6. The probability mass function (PMF)
possible values of X is called: applies to:
a) Sample space a) Continuous random variables
b) Discrete random variables
b) Range of X
c) Both continuous and discrete random
c) Probability distribution variables
d) Expectation d) None of the above
Answer: b Answer: b
3. Which of the following is an example of 7. The integral of a probability density
a discrete random variable? function (PDF) over its range is equal to:
a) Height of students a) 1
b) 0
b) Number of defective items in a batch
c) Mean
c) Temperature of a city d) Variance
d) Time taken to travel a distance Answer: a
Answer: b 8. Which of the following cannot be a
4. The expected value of a random value of a probability?
variable is a measure of: a) 0
a) Variability b) 0.5
c) 1
b) Central tendency
d) 1.5
c) Skewness Answer: d
d) Kurtosis 9. The cumulative distribution function
Answer: b (CDF) is defined as:
 a) The derivative of the probability d) Undefined
density function Answer: b
b) The integral of the probability density 15.The higher moments of a random
function variable are used to measure:
c) The sum of all probabilities a) Location and spread
d) None of the above b) Skewness and kurtosis
Answer: b c) Probability distribution
10.If P(X=x) =0 for all xxx, then X is a: d) Central tendency
a) Continuous random variable Answer: b
b) Discrete random variable 16.The Binomial distribution is used to
c) Non-random variable model:
d) Invalid random variable a) The number of successes in a fixed
Answer: a number of trials
11.The variance of a random variable is b) The time between events
always: c) Continuous data
a) Negative d) None of the above
b) Positive or zero Answer: a
c) Zero only for discrete random 17.In a Poisson distribution, the mean is
variables equal to:
d) Independent of the mean a) The variance
Answer: b b) The square of the variance
12.For a random variable X, E(aX+b) c) The skewness
equals: d) None of the above
a) aE(X)+b Answer: a
b) E(aX)+E(b) 18.A Normal distribution is:
c) E(X)+b a) Symmetrical
d) None of the above b) Skewed
Answer: a c) Discrete
13.The expectation E(X2)E(X^2)E(X2) is d) Uniform
related to variance as: Answer: a
a) Var(X)=E(X2)−[E(X)] 2 19.The exponential distribution is used to
b) Var(X)=E(X2)+[E(X)]2 model:
c) Var(X)=[E(X)]2−E(X2) a) The number of successes in a fixed
d) None of the above number of trials
Answer: a b) The time between events in a Poisson
14.If X is a constant random variable, its process
variance is: c) Discrete events
a) Infinite d) None of the above
b) Zero Answer: b
c) One
20.The standard normal distribution has: c) q
a) Mean = 0, Variance = 1 d) r
b) Mean = 1, Variance = 0 Answer: a
c) Mean = 0, Variance = 0 26.The probability of success in a binomial
d) Mean = 1, Variance = 1 trial is represented by:
Answer: a a) n
21.The marginal distribution of a random b) q
variable is obtained by: c) p
a) Integrating or summing the joint d) r
distribution over the other variable Answer: c
b) Multiplying the joint distribution by 27.For a binomial random variable XXX,
the other variable the expected value is:
c) Dividing by the joint distribution a) np
d) None of the above b) n2p
Answer: a c) n2pq
22.The covariance of two independent d) pn
random variables is: Answer: a
a) Positive 28.The variance of a binomial random
b) Zero variable X is:
c) Equal to their product a) np
d) Undefined b) npq
Answer: b c) n2pq
23.The correlation coefficient measures: d) nq2
a) Independence of variables Answer: b
b) Linear relationship between variables 29.If n=10 and p=0.5, the binomial
c) Non-linear relationship between distribution is:
variables a) Skewed left
d) None of the above b) Symmetrical
Answer: b c) Skewed right
24.For two discrete random variables X d) None of the above
and Y, their joint PMF must satisfy: Answer: b
a) P(X=x,Y=y)>1 30.A Poisson random variable represents:
b) ∑x∑yP(X=x,Y=y)=1 a) Continuous events over a range
c) P(X=x,Y=y)<0 b) The number of events in a fixed
d) None of the above interval
Answer: b c) Binary outcomes in a sequence of
25.In a binomial distribution, the number trials
of trials is denoted by: d) None of the above
a) n Answer: b
b) p
31.The parameter of a Poisson distribution d) ±0.5σ
is: Answer: a
a) n 37.The mean and variance of a standard
b) λ normal distribution are:
c) p a) 0 and 1, respectively
d) σ b) 1 and 0, respectively
Answer: b c) 0 and 0, respectively
32.The expected value of a Poisson d) 1 and 1, respectively
random variable is equal to: Answer: a
a) λ 38.If Z is a standard normal variable, P(Z≤0)
b) λ2 is:
c) λ2/2 a) 0.25
d) None of the above b) 0.50
Answer: a c) 0.75
33.The variance of a Poisson random d) 1.00
variable is equal to: Answer: b
a) λ 39.The shape of a normal distribution
b) λ2 depends on:
c) λ1/2 a) Mean and standard deviation
d) None of the above b) Mean and median
Answer: a c) Variance only
34.A Poisson random variable is always: d) None of the above
a) Discrete Answer: a
b) Continuous 40.An exponential distribution models:
c) Symmetric a) The time until an event occurs
d) Skewed left b) The number of successes in trials
Answer: a c) Continuous uniform data
35.The probability density function of a d) None of the above
normal distribution is: Answer: a
a) Bell-shaped 41.The rate parameter of an exponential
b) Uniform distribution is denoted by:
c) Skewed a) λ
d) Exponential b) σ
Answer: a c) p
36.In a normal distribution, approximately d) n
68% of data lies within: Answer: a
a) ±1σ 42.The mean of an exponential random
b) ±2σ variable is:
c) ±3σ a) 1/λ
b) λ
 c) λ2 d) None of the above
d) 1/λ2 Answer: a
Answer: a 49.If X and Y are independent, the
43.The variance of an exponential random marginal PDF of X is:
variable is: a) Equal to the joint PDF
a) 1/λ2 b) Found by integrating the joint PDF
b) λ over Y
c) 1/λ c) Equal to the conditional PDF
d) λ2 d) None of the above
Answer: a Answer: b
44.The exponential distribution is: 50.The conditional probability P(X∣Y) is
a) Memoryless given by:
b) Symmetric a) P(X∩Y)/P(Y)
c) Discrete
b) P(Y)/P(X)
d) None of the above
Answer: a c) P(X)/P(Y)P(X)
45.For independent random variables X d) None of the above
and Y, their joint PDF equals:
a) fX(x)+fY(y)
b) fX(x).fY(y)
c) fX(x)/fY(y)
d) None of the above
Answer: b
46.The covariance of X and Y is defined as:
a) E(X)E(Y)
b) E[(X−E(X))(Y−E(Y))]
c) Var(X)+Var(Y)
d) None of the above
Answer: b
47.Two random variables X and Y are
uncorrelated if:
a) Covariance is zero
b) Mean is zero
c) Variance is zero
d) None of the above
Answer: a
48.The joint CDF FX,Y(x,y) is equal to:
a) P(X≤x,Y≤y)
b) P(X>x,Y>y)
c) P(X=x,Y=y)