Probability and Statistics (3130006) MCQs

MCQs of Basic Probability

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1.

The event "tossing a coin untill the head comes up for first time" has _______ sample space. [1 Mark]

(a)

finite

(b)

infinite

(c)

empty

(d)

none of the above

Answer:

Option (b)

2.

In throwing a die, events "A:getting odd" and "B:getting even", are _______ events. [1 Mark]

(a)

mutually exclusive

(b)

mutually exhaustive

(c)

mutually exclusive and mutually exhaustive

(d)

none of the above

Answer:

Option (c)

3.

P(A)-P(AB)= _______. [1 Mark]

(a)

P(A'B)

(b)

P(AB')

(c)

P(AB)'

(d)

P'(AB)

Answer:

Option (b)

4.

What is Probability of 53 sundays in a non-leap year? [2 Marks]

(a)

1 7 

(b)

 2  7 

(c)

 3  7 

(d)

 4 7

Answer:

Option (a)

5.

If P(AB)=P(A)·P(B), P(BC)=P(B)·P(C) and P(CA)=P(C)·P(A) , then A, B and C are said to be ________. [1 Mark]

(a)

mutually independent

(b)

mutually exclusive

(c)

mutually exhaustive

(d)

pairwise independent

Answer:

Option (d)

6.

If B1 and B2 are two mutually exclusive and exhaustive events and P(B1), P(B2)0 , then for any event A ________. [1 Mark]

(a)

P(A)=P(B1)·P(A/B1)+P(B2)·P(A/B2)

(b)

P(A)=P(B1)·P(AB1)+P(B2)·P(AB2)

(c)

P(A)=P(B1)·P(AB1)+P(B2)·P(AB2)

(d)

P(A)=P(B1)·P(A-B1)+P(B2)·P(A-B2)

Answer:

Option (a)

7.

If "c" is a constant then V(cx)= _______. [1 Mark]

(a)

c·V(x)

(b)

c2·V(x)

(c)

V(x)

(d)

none of the above

Answer:

Option (b)

8.

For an experiment "a coin is tossed twice", let X denotes numer of head in 1st trial and Y denotes number of head in second trial. Then the range space of two dimesional random variable (X , Y) is _______. [2 Marks]

(a)

H,H, H,T, T,H, T,T

(b)

1,1, 1,0, 0,1, 0,0

(c)

H,H

(d)

1,1

Answer:

Option (b)

9.

"Tossing a coin which has both side head" is not _______.

(a)

an experiment

(b)

a random experiment

(c)

an experiment as well as a random experiment

(d)

none of tha above

Answer:

Option (b)

10.

Two unbiased dice are thrown. Then the event "total of numbers on dice is 13" = _______.

(a)

{5,7}

(b)

{6,7}

(c)

{5,5,2}

(d)

{φ}

Answer:

Option (d)

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