MCQ Bank
The hyper geometric probability distribution is appropriate when a random sample of size n is drawn without replacement from a ______ population of N units:
- A) All
- B) finite
- C) total
- D) infinite
A random experiment is a one in which we repeat it a large number of times under similiar conditions an it produces:
- A) Independent results
- B) None of the above
- C) Different results
- D) Same results
The probability function of a random variable is defined as:
x : -1 -2 0 1 2
f(x): k 2k 3k 4k 5k
Then k is equal to:
- A) 1/4
- B) 1/15
- C) 2
- D) 0
A sales firm receives different calls from clients. If someone says, today it will receive “at most 3 calls”. How many calls will be received?
- A) 0, 1, 2, 3, 5, ...
- B) 0, 1, 2, 3
- C) 1, 2, 3
- D) 3, 4, 5, ...
Throw two dice over and over until you roll a double six. Suppose X = the number of throws, then X is
- A) Bivariate
- B) Continuous variable with defined range
- C) Discrete variable
- D) Continuous variable without defined range
The probability mass function p(x) of a discrete random variable X is: P(0)=0.10, P(1)=0.15,
P(2)=0.45, P(3)=0.05, and P(4)=0.25.
What is the value of cumulative distribution function for x=2
- A) 0.7
- B) 0.5
- C) 0.3
- D) 0.5
If the first moment ratio is greater than 0, then the distribution will be:
- A) None of these
- B) Symmetrical
- C) Positively Skewed
- D) Negatively Skewed
The correlation coefficient:
- A) makes the scatterplot redundant.
- B) should be interpreted alongside the relevant scatterplot.
- C) can be expressed as a percentage.
- D) all of these.
In a probaility distribution, if we divide each frequency of the frequecy distribution by it's total frequency it is known as;
- A) Cumulative Frequency
- B) None of the above
- C) Cumulative Relative Frequency
- D) Relative Frequency
Suppose ‘X’ is equal to the number of heads, when you throw a coin three times. The possible values of X are:
- A) 0,1,2,3,.....
- B) 1,2,3
- C) 0,1,2,3
- D) 1,2,3,.....
The hypergeometric probability distribution has parameters:
- A) N, N-K, n
- B) N, n
- C) N, P, n
- D) N, n, k
The probability mass function p(x) of a discrete random variable X is: P(0)=0.10, P(1)=0.15,
P(2)=0.45, P(3)=0.05, and P(4)=0.25.
WHat is the value of cumulative distribution function F(x) at X = 3?
- A) 0.35
- B) 0.45
- C) 0.65
- D) 0.75
If E(x)=2 and E(y)=5 then E(xy) is equal to:
- A) 7
- B) 5
- C) 10
- D) 3
For good approximation of Poisson distribution to the binomial distribution, which of the following condition (s) is/are required:
- A) The population size is large relative to the sample size
- B) The probability, p, is small and the sample size is large
- C) The probability, p, is close to .5 and the population size is large
- D) The probability, p, is close to .5 and the sample size is large
If in a lottery, one thousand tickets are sold. The chance of a ticket for wining the lottery is:
- A) No information is given
- B) Mutually exclusive
- C) Not equally likely
- D) Equally likely
If value of p is smaller or lesser than 0.5 then binomial distribution is classified as:
- A) skewed to left
- B) skewed to right
- C) skewed to integers
- D) skewed to infinity
When N becomes indefinitely large (N tends to infinity) hyper geometric distribution follows:
- A) Binomial distribution
- B) Normal distribution
- C) Poisson distribution
- D) None of the above
In a bivariate probability distribution of X and Y,
If f(0,1)=3/14, g(0)=5/14 and h(1)=3/7,
then
- A) X and Y are statistically independent
- B) Both of these
- C) X and Y are not statistically independent
- D) None of these
$$According{\text{ }}to{\text{ }}emperical{\text{ }}rule,{\text{ }}how{\text{ }}much{\text{ }}data{\text{ }}lies{\text{ }}between\,\mu - 3\sigma \,and\,\mu + 3\sigma \,?$$
- A) 50%
- B) 68.26%
- C) 99.73%
- D) 95.44%
Match the binomial probability P(x> 0.5) with the correct statement.
- A) P(there are at least 0.50 successes)
- B) P(there are at most 0.50 successes)
- C) P(there are fewer than 0.50 successes)
- D) P(there are more than 0.50 successes)