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30063 - 2016, section class 18, Spring 2016

30063 - Practice Probability 02 (Homework)
Instructor: Fabrizio Iozzi
Current Score : 39 / 67 Due : Monday, April 4 2016 12:00 PM CEST

1. 7/7 points | Previous Answers

A continuous random number X has a uniform distribution between 0.2 and 0.7. Its probability
density f is

2 if 0.2 ≤ x ≤ 0.7
f(x) =
0 elsewhere

Then:
P(X≤0.45) = 0.5

P(0.3≤X≤0.6) = 0.6

The distribution function of X, on [0.2,0.7] is

F(x) = 2 x - 0.4

2. 4/4 points | Previous Answers

The graph below is that of the distribution function F of a random number X.

Then
P(0≤X≤2.5) = 0.1

P(2.5≤X≤10) = 0.9

P(0≤X≤4.7) = 0.5

P(0≤X≤10) = 1
3. 5/5 points | Previous Answers

A random number X has the following probability function:

20 40 50 80
X~
0.2 0.1 0.2 0.5

Let F be the distribution function of X. Then

F(10) = 0

F(30) = 0.2

F(45) = 0.3

F(65) = 0.5

F(160) = 1

4. 1/1 points | Previous Answers

Which of the following probability densities is such that P(0.3≤X≤0.5) > P(0.5≤X≤0.7)

(all densities vanish outside [0,1])

5. 3/3 points | Previous Answers

A continuous random number X has the following probability density:

x 0≤x≤1
f(x) = 2−x 1<x≤2
0 elsewhere

Then
P(0.7≤X≤1)= 0.255

P(1≤X≤1.3)= 0.255

P(0.7≤X≤1.3)= 0.51

6. 3/3 points | Previous Answers

A continuous random number X has the following probability density:

k 4≤x≤9
f(x) =
0 elsewhere

Then
k=

15

P(4<X<6.5)=

0.5

P(6<X<7)=

0.2
7. 3/3 points | Previous Answers

A random number X has the following probability function:

10 20 40 50
X~
5s 3s 3s 4s

Then
s=

115

P(X≤1/2)=

P(10<X<50)=

25
8. 3/3 points | Previous Answers

A random number X has the following probability function:

1 2 3 4 ...
X~ p pq pq2 pq3 ...
...
with p=1/4 and q=3/4.
Find
P(X=2)=

316

P(X≤2)=

716

P(X≥3)=

916

9. 3/3 points | Previous Answers

A random number X has the following probability function:

10 40 90
X~
0.3 0.2 0.5

Find
P(10<X<40)= 0

P(40≤X≤90)= 0.7

P(X≤140)= 1
10.2/2 points | Previous Answers

The continuous random number X is exponentially distributed with parameter λ=1.

Then:
P(X≤2.3) ≈ 0.8997

lim P(X≤b) = 1
b → +∞

11.3/3 points | Previous Answers

A random number X has a Poisson distribution with parameter λ=2.7.

Then:

P(X=0) ≈ 0.0672

P(X=3) ≈ 0.2205

P(X≥2) ≈ 0.752

12.2/8 points | Previous Answers

Z= [X,Y] is a discrete random vector whose distribution is

X ↓Y → 0 1 2 PX
0 0.1 0.3 0 0.4
1 0 0.2 0.4 0.6
PY 0.1 0.5 0.4 1

Then
E(X) = , Var(X) =
E(Y) = , Var(Y) =
Cov(X,Y) = , ρ(X,Y) ≈
Are X and Y stochastically independent?

No

Yes

Why?

Because P(X=0 and Y=2) ≠ 0.16

Because P(X=0 and Y=2) ≠ P(X=2 and Y=0)

Because X has 2 values and Y has 3

Because P(X=0 and Y=2) =0

13.–/3 points

A random number X has binomial distribution with parameters n=6 and p=0.1. Then:

P(X=1) ≈

P(X=2) ≈

P(X≤6) =

14.–/3 points

The density of a continuous random number X is

2/3−2/9 x 0≤x≤3
f(x) =
0 elsewhere

Then
E(X) =

Var(X) =

σ(x) ≈

15.–/3 points

A random number X has the following probability function:

60 80 90
X~
0.3 0.2 0.5

Find
E(X) =

Var(X) =

σ(x) ≈
16.–/1 points

Ω={m,o,x} and ={∅,{m,o},{x},Ω} is an algebra over Ω. Which of the following functions

defined on Ω with values in are random numbers, that is are Borel measurable? (Select all that
apply.)
X(m)=5, X(o)=5, X(x)=5

X(m)=3, X(o)=5, X(x)=3

X(m)=3, X(o)=3, X(x)=5

X(m)=5, X(o)=3, X(x)=5

17.–/7 points

Z is a discrete random vector whose distribution is

X ↓Y → 0 1 2 PX
0 0.1 0.3 0 0.4
1 0 0.2 0.4 0.6
PY 0.1 0.5 0.4 1

Then
E(X) = , E(Y) =
P(X+Y ≤1) =
E(X+Y) =
P(X≤1,Y≤1) =
E(XY) =
P(X=1|Y=1) =
18.–/1 points

A point P is chosen at random with uniform distribution in the square Ω. Which of the following A is
such that the probability that P lies inside A is 24%?

19.–/2 points

X is a random number uniformly distributed in the interval [0,1]

The probability that X lies in the interval [0.4,0.7] is
The probability that X lies in the interval [0.4,0.7] given that it's in the interval [0.6,0.8]

20.–/2 points

A random number X is uniformly distributed in the interval [0,1]. Consider the events:
A = 0.4 < X < 0.9
B = 0.8 < X < 1
1) A and B are stochastically independent
True

False

2) A and B are disjoint

False

True