Week 7 : Assignment 7

Q1. Let X₁, X₁, X3 and X4 be independent random variables with respective means 1,1/2,1/3,1/4. Then Y = min(X₁, X₂, X3, X4) has an exponential distribution with the mean equal to

(A) 0.1

(B) 0.48

(C) 2.08

(D) 0.5

Correct Answer :  (A) 0.1

Q2. Test results from an electronic circuit board indicate that 50% of board failures are caused by assembly defects, 40% are due to electrical components and 10% are due to mechanical defects. Suppose that 10 boards fail independently. Let the random variables X, Y and Z denote the number of assembly, electrical and mechanical defects among the 10 boards. Calculate P(X= 5, Y = 3, Z = 2).
(A) 0.0602
(B) 0.0504
(C) 0.0204
(D) 0.0806

Correct Answer :  (C) 0.0204

Q3. Soft drink cans are filled by an automated filling machine. Assume that the fill volumes of the cans are independent, normal random variables with the standard deviation 15mL. Suppose the probability that the mean of a sample of 100 cans is below 350mL is 0.005. What should the mean fill volume be equal to?

(A) 258.369
(B) 353.8637
(C) 360.257
(D) 257.952

Correct Answer :  (B) 353.8637

Q4. A plastic casing for a magnetic disk is composed of two halves. The thickness of each half is normally distributed with a mean of 2 millimeters and a standard deviation of 0.1 millimeter and the two halves are independent. What is the probability that the total thickness exceeds 4.3 millimeters?

(A) 0.01695
(B) 0.04962
(C) 0.02032
(D) 0.07081

Correct Answer :  (A) 0.01695

Q5. The joint density function of continuous random variables X and Y is given by

f(x,y) = {x + y, 0<x< 1,0 <y<1 0, otherwise

Let U=X-Y. Find Var (U)

(A) 1/4
(B) 1/6
(C) 1/18
(D) 1/3

Correct Answer :  (B) 1/6

Q6. Suppose that X₁, X₂, …, Xn are random variables such that the variances of each variable are 1 and correlation between each pair of different variables is 1/4. Then Var (X₁ + X₂ + … + Xn) is?

(A) n(n+1)/2
(B) n(n+2)/4
(C) n(n+3)/4
(D) n(n+3)/2

Correct Answer :  (D) n(n+3)/2

Q7. The joint distribution of the continuous random variables X, Y and Z is constant over the region x² + y² ≤ 1,0 <z < 4. Determine marginal probability density function of X.

(A) 8x²,0 < x < 1
(B) π²√1 − x²,−1≤ x ≤ 1
(C) √1-x², -1 ≤ x ≤ 1
(D) x/2,-1/2≤x≤1/2

Correct Answer :  (B) π²√1 − x²,−1≤ x ≤ 1

Q8. X and Y be continuous random variables with the joint pdf fXY = {e-y(1-e-x), 0<x<y<∞ e-x(1-e-y), 0<y≤x<∞. Find E(X+Y).

(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 4
(D) 6

Correct Answer : (C) 4

Q9. Suppose X₁,…, X10 are iid random variables following an exponential distribution with the mean 9. Find P(Y> 7|Y > 4), where Y = min {X₁,…,X10}

(A) 0.03579
(B) 0.09697
(C) 0.18888
(D) 0.01312

Correct Answer : (A) 0.03579

Q10. Let X₁, X2, X3, X4 and X5 be iid with common pdf given by f(x) = { 1, 0<x< 1 0, otherwise Suppose pdf of X(3) is of the form g3 (y3) = Ay3B (1 – y3); 0 < y3 < 1. Then (A, B, C) is

(A) (30,2,2)
(B) (30,2,3)
(C) (15,2,2)
(D) (30,4,3)

Correct Answer :  (A) (30,2,2)