INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF BUSINESS AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY
                                       Quiz examination

                      STA 240                                      Set: Z

                    Full marks: 100                       Time: 50 minutes


1. Write down the applications of Poisson distribution and properties of normal distribution.
2. What is random variable? Explain with an example.
3. The number of persons X, in a family chosen at random has the following probability
   distribution:

                       X          1       2       3          4        5
                      P(X)       0.1     0.2      m         0.1      0.2

   A) Find the value of m.
   B) Find the average family size E (X).
   C) Also find V(X).

4. p(x)=7x10 ; 1<x<2

   A) Find E (X).
   B) Also find V(X).

5. Hospital records show that of patients suffering from a certain disease, 25% die of it.
   What is the probability that of 10 randomly selected patients, 5 will recover?

6. A company makes electric motors. The probability an electric motor is defective is 0.05.
   What is the probability that a sample of 500 electric motors will contain exactly 10
   defective motors?

7. Find the following probabilities:

   (a) P (Z > 1.06)
   (b) (c) P (1.01 < Z < 2.04)
Md. Mortuza Ahmmed

Exam Questions on Basic Statistics

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    INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OFBUSINESS AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY Quiz examination STA 240 Set: Z Full marks: 100 Time: 50 minutes 1. Write down the applications of Poisson distribution and properties of normal distribution. 2. What is random variable? Explain with an example. 3. The number of persons X, in a family chosen at random has the following probability distribution: X 1 2 3 4 5 P(X) 0.1 0.2 m 0.1 0.2 A) Find the value of m. B) Find the average family size E (X). C) Also find V(X). 4. p(x)=7x10 ; 1<x<2 A) Find E (X). B) Also find V(X). 5. Hospital records show that of patients suffering from a certain disease, 25% die of it. What is the probability that of 10 randomly selected patients, 5 will recover? 6. A company makes electric motors. The probability an electric motor is defective is 0.05. What is the probability that a sample of 500 electric motors will contain exactly 10 defective motors? 7. Find the following probabilities: (a) P (Z > 1.06) (b) (c) P (1.01 < Z < 2.04)
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