MCQ Bank
The probability of success changes from trial to trial, is the property of:
- A) Binomial experiment
- B) Both binomial & hypergeometric experiment
- C) Hypergeometric experiment
- D) Poisson experiment
The location parameter of normal distribution is:
- A) Mean
- B) Standard Deviation
- C) Variance
- D) Range
Let the random variable Z have the standard normal distribution. P (Z > 1.96) is:
- A) 0.3210
- B) 0.0250
- C) 0.1334
- D) 0.4750
The number of telephone calls that pass through a switchboard has a Poisson distribution with mean equal to two per minute. The probability that no telephone call passes through the switch board in a minutes is:
- A) 0.0517
- B) 0.1353
- C) 0.0183
- D) 0.2707
Mean and variance of a Poisson Distribution are:
- A) Variance is greater than mean
- B) Equal
- C) Mean is greater than variance
- D) Not equal
$$According{\text{ }}to{\text{ }}emperical{\text{ }}rule,{\text{ }}how{\text{ }}much{\text{ }}data{\text{ }}lies{\text{ }}between\,\mu - 2\sigma \,and\,\mu + 2\sigma \,?$$
- A) 95.44%
- B) 50%
- C) 99.73%
- D) 68.26%
For a probability density function (pdf), the probability of a single point is
- A) 1
- B) 0
- C) Constant
- D) 2
Let X be a random variable with binomial distribution, that is (X=0,1,…, n). The expected value E[X] is
- A) p
- B) np
- C) np(1-p)
- D) Xnp
The number of parameters in Poisson distribution is (are):
- A) 1
- B) 2
- C) 4
- D) 3
Which of the following is the requirement of a uniform distribution?
- A) Only two possible outcomes
- B) A constant probability of success
- C) Equally likely outcomes
- D) A fixed number of trials
E(4X + 5) =__________
- A) 4 E (X) + 5
- B) 16 E (X)
- C) 16 E (X) + 5
- D) 12 E (X)
The relationship between the mean and variance of Poisson distribution is:
- A) Mean <Variance
- B) Mean >Variance
- C) Mean = Standard deviation
- D) Mean = Variance
If E(x) = 1.5 then E(2X+3)=.....:
- A) 3
- B) 2
- C) 1.5
- D) 6
Using the normal approximation to the binomial distribution with n= 3 and p= 0.0571 the value of mean is:
- A) 0.5133
- B) 0.1923
- C) 0.2132
- D) 0.1713
Binomial distribution has two parameters; which are:
- A) X and n
- B) p and q
- C) p and n
- D) None
E(4X + 50) =_________
- A) 4 E(X)
- B) 16E(X)
- C) 4 E(X)+50
- D) E(X)+50
In hyper geometric distribution probability of success always:
- A) None of the above
- B) is constant from trial to trial
- C) sometimes varies and sometimes is constant
- D) Varies from trial to trial
The number of parameters in uniform distribution is (are):
- A) 3
- B) 4
- C) 2
- D) 1
E(10X +3) =_________
- A) E(X)+3
- B) 10 E(X)
- C) 100E(X)
- D) 10 E(X)+3
Ten percent of the population is left-handed. In a class of 100 students, which of the following is the correct statement for "there are at most 12 left-handed students in the class" :
- A) P (x = 12)
- B) P (x ≤ 12)
- C) P (x > 12)
- D) P (x < 12)