INFORMATION ON THE FINAL EXAM IN COMP233

The exam has two booklets with a total of 15 numbered pages. Check that your copy is complete.

Do not attach or detach any pages, except for the last two, unnumbered pages of Booklet 2, which
contain formulas and tables, as also listed in this exam information document.

The exam has 16 Problems, each having an indicated value, with each sub-problem marked by a
having the same value, namely 2 points. The maximum total score for the exam is 108 points.

Rough work can be done on the backside of the exam pages.

Use a black or blue pen for writing your final answers.

Notes, books and electronic devices are not allowed, except for an ENCS approved calculator.

ATTACHMENT: FORMULAS and TABLES

Name

Probability Mass Function

 
n k
P (X = k) =
p (1 p)nk
k
k
P (X = k) = e k!

Binomial
Poisson

Name

Mean

Binomial

np

Poisson

Name
Uniform
Exponential
Std. Normal
Normal

(0 k n)
k = 0, 1, 2,

Standard Deviation
q

np(1 p)

Density Fcn

Distribution

1
ba
x

xa
ba
x

1e

1 2
1 e 2 x
2
1
2
2
1 e 2 (x) /
2

Name
Uniform
Exponential
Standard Normal
General Normal

Domain

Domain
x (a, b]
x (0, )
x (, )
x (, )

Mean

Standard Deviation

a+b
2
1

ba

2 3
1

Chebyshevs Inequality
P {|X | k}

2
,
k2

or P {|X | k}

1
,
k2

for k > 0.

Markovs Inequality
For continuous, nonnegative X , and c > 0 : P (X c)
Confidence intervals
n

z/2

<<X+

z/2

t/2,n1 S

<<X+

t/2,n1 S

P X
n

P X
P

(n1)S 2
2/2,n1

< 2 <

(n1)S 2
21/2,n1

= 1 .
o

= 1 .

= 1 .

E[X]
c

(x) P (x x)
.5000
.4602
.4207
.3821
.3446
.3085
.2743
.2420
.2119
.1841
.1587

x
0.0
-0.1
-0.2
-0.3
-0.4
-0.5
-0.6
-0.7
-0.8
-0.9
-1.0

x
-1.2
-1.4
-1.6
-1.8
-2.0
-2.2
-2.4
-2.6
-2.8
-3.0
-3.2

(x) P (x x)
.1151
.0808
.0548
.0359
.0228
.0139
.0082
.0047
.0026
.0013
.0007

Values of the Standard Normal Distribution Function (x) .

( For example, P (Z 1.2) = 11.51 % )
= 0.975 = 0.95 = 0.05 = 0.025
0.83
1.15
11.07
12.83
1.24
1.64
12.59
14.45
1.69
2.17
14.07
16.01
2.18
2.73
15.51
17.54
2.70
3.33
16.92
19.02
3.25
3.94
18.31
20.48
3.82
4.58
19.68
21.92
4.40
5.23
21.03
23.34
5.01
5.89
22.36
24.74
5.63
6.57
23.69
26.12
6.26
7.26
25.00
27.49

n
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

The 2 -Table.
( For example, P (210 3.94) = 95 % )
n
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

= 0.1 = 0.05 = 0.01 = 0.005

1.476
2.015
3.365
4.032
1.440
1.943
3.143
3.707
1.415
1.895
2.998
3.499
1.397
1.860
2.896
3.355
3.383
1.833
2.821
3.250
1.372
1.812
2.764
3.169
1.363
1.796
2.718
3.106
1.356
1.782
2.681
3.055
1.350
1.771
2.650
3.012
1.345
1.761
2.624
2.977
1.341
1.753
2.602
2.947

The t-Table.
( For example, P (t10 3.169) = 99.5 % )