UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA

CENTRE FOR DIPLOMA STUDIES

SEMESTER 1, SESSION 2017/2018

TEST 1 DAS 20502 (STATISTIC)

DURATION: 1 HOUR
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS.

Q1 Consider the tossing of a balanced coin followed by choosing a ball from a box that contains
5 red balls, 4 blue balls and 2 green balls.

(a) Draw a tree diagram and find the sample space,

(4 marks)

(b) What is the probability that

(i) a head and a blue ball are observed?
(2 marks)

(ii) one tail and a green ball are observed?

(2 marks)

(iii) none of the tail is observed?

(2 marks)

Q2 Suppose that the probability distribution of X defined as

𝑐𝑥 , 𝑥 = 1,3,5
𝑃(𝑋 = 𝑥) = { 𝑐(𝑥 − 2) ,𝑥 = 7
0 , 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒

where 𝑐 is a constant.

(a) Find the value of 𝑐.

(2 marks)

(b) Find 𝑃(3.2 < 𝑋 < 8.8)

(2 marks)

(c) Find 𝐸(𝑋) and 𝑉𝑎𝑟(𝑋)

(4 marks)

(d) 𝑉𝑎𝑟(7𝑋 + 12)

(2 marks)

- END OF QUESTION –

FORMULA
n
E( X )   xP( X  x) Var(X) = E(X 2)– [E(X)]2
x 0