SIKKIM MANIPAL UNIVERSITY - DDE

MCA
Semester IV
MCA412 Probability and Statistics - 4 Credits
(Book ID – B1779)
Model Question Paper
Duration: 3 hours Total marks 70

Section A
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
[Please answer ALL the following questions, each question carries TWO marks] (2*10=20 marks)

1. The totality of all objects under a study is called _______

A. Sample
B. Group
C. Population
D. Specimen

2. Which of the following is not an example for a primary data?

A. Mailed questionnaire
B. Local correspondents
C. Indirect oral investigation
D. Survey reports in newspapers, journals

3.A statistical population may consists of

A. Infinite number of items
B. Finite number of items
C. either (a) or (b)
D. Neither (a) nor (b)

4.A study based on complete enumeration of data is known as

A. Sample survey
B. Pilot survey
C. Census survey
D. None of the above

5. Individual observations in a group has a tendency to be very near to a particular value

called_____
A. Central tendency
B. Measures of central tendency
C. Measures of deviation
D. None of the above

6. What is the probability of the event that an even number appears when
tossing a fair dice?
A. 1/2
B. 1/6
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 C. 1/4
D. 2/3

7. ‘A’ speaks truth in 50% cases and ‘B’ in 60% cases. In what % of cases are
they likely to contradict each other in stating the same fact?
A. 1/3
B. 1/2
C. 3/10
D. 1/5

8. What is the probability that there should be 53 Sundays in a non-leap year?

A. 2/7
B. 1/7
C. 53/365
D. 312/365

9. Phenomenon of Statistical Regularity is observed when

A. Number of trials of a random experiment increases
B. Number of trials of a random experiment is kept minimal
C. Relative frequencies approach divergent values
D. None of these

10. A pair of fair dice is tossed. What is the probability that the maximum of the two numbers is
greater than 4?
A. 4/36
B. 20/36
C. 2/36
D. 6/36
Section B
SHORT ANWER QUESTIONS (5 Marks each)
(Please answer any FOUR questions) (4*5=20 Marks)

1. Find the mean and Standard deviation of a normal distribution in which 31% of items are
under 45 and 8% of over 64.

2. When a sample is taken from an infinite population, what happen to the standard error of
the mean, if the sample size is decreased from 800 to 200?

3. Explain briefly the construction of p- chart.

4. Find Mean and Standard deviation of Poison distribution.

5. Explain briefly the following i) Null Hypothesis, ii) Alternative hypothesis

6. Find the probability of getting at least 55 heads when 100 coins are tossed using Normal
distribution.

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 Section C

ESSAY-TYPE QUESTIONS (10 Marks each)

(Please answer any THREE questions (10*3=30 Marks)

1. What is a control chart? Explain briefly the construction and uses of mean chart, p-chart and
range chart.

2. Find Mean and Standard deviation of Binomial Distribution.

3. Find the probability that by guess work a student can correctly answer 25 to 30 questions in a
multiple choice quiz consisting of 80 questions. Assume that in each question with four choices
only one choice is correct and student has no knowledge of the subject.

4. If the population is 3, 7, 9, 11, 15 i) List all possible samples of size 3 that can be taken without
replacement from the finite population. ii) Calculate the mean of each of the sampling distribution
of means. iii) Find the standard deviation of sampling distribution of means.

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 Answer Keys (Section A)

Subject Code: MCA412 Book ID: B1779

Answers
Q. No. Ans. Key
1 C
2 D
3 C
4 C
5 B
6 A
7 B
8 B
9 A
10 B