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ES 209 Engineering Data Analysis - Long Quiz

This document contains a 10 question quiz covering topics in engineering data analysis including: 1) Qualitative and quantitative variables 2) Probability calculations using binomial and normal distributions 3) Expected value, variance, and standard deviation 4) Joint and marginal probability mass/density functions 5) Independence of random variables The quiz covers both discrete and continuous random variables and their applications.

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ES 209 Engineering Data Analysis - Long Quiz

This document contains a 10 question quiz covering topics in engineering data analysis including: 1) Qualitative and quantitative variables 2) Probability calculations using binomial and normal distributions 3) Expected value, variance, and standard deviation 4) Joint and marginal probability mass/density functions 5) Independence of random variables The quiz covers both discrete and continuous random variables and their applications.

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ES 209 Engineering Data Analysis

CE_2e Long Quiz – October 18, 2022

MODULE 1
1. Gives example of Data, Qualitative & Quantitative variables and explain why?
MODULE2
2. A bag contains 3 white and 5 black balls. If two balls are drawn in succession without
replacement, what is the probability that both balls are black?

3. An urn contains 4 black balls and 6 white balls. What is the probability of getting 1 black
and 1 white ball in two consecutive draws from the urn?
MODULE3
4. Given a discrete probability distribution, find the following:

x 1 2 3 4

P(X = x) 0.18 0.29 k 0.34

a. value of k.
b. P(X=1)
c. P(X>3)
d. P(X≥2)
e. P(X≤4)
f. The expected value of X
g. The variance σ2 of X
h. The standard deviation σ of X

5. X is a binomial random variable with parameters n = 5, p = 0.5.


a. P(X ≤ 3)
b. P(X ≥ 3)
c. P(x=3)
d. P(x=0)
e. P(x=5)
6. A customer help center receives on average 3.5 calls every hour.
a) What is the probability that it will receive at most 4 calls every hour?
b) What is the probability that it will receive at least 5 calls every hour?

MODULE 4

7. Let XX be a random variable with PDF given by

a. Find the constant c.


b. Find EX and Var(X).
c. Find P(X≥1/2).

8. On the average, a certain computer part lasts ten years. The length of time the computer
part lasts is exponentially distributed.

a. What is the probability that a computer part lasts more than 7 years? Draw a
graph
b. On the average, how long would five computer parts last if they are used one after
another?
c. What is the probability that a computer part lasts between nine and 11 years?
Draw a graph

MODULE 5

9. Consider two continuous random variables X and Y with joint p.d.f

a. Find the value of K so that f( x, y ) is a valid joint p.d.f.


b. Find P( X > 3 Y ). Hint y = x/3
c. Find P( X + Y > 3 ).hint y = 3-x
d. Are X and Y independent? If not, find Cov ( X, Y ).

10. Let X denote the number of times a photocopy machine will malfunction: 0, 1, 2, or 3
times, on any given month. Let Y denote the number of times a technician is called on an
emergency call. The joint p.m.f. p( x, y ) is presented in the table below:

a. Find the marginal p.m.f. of X.


b. Find the marginal p.m.f. of Y.
c. Find the probability P ( Y > X ).

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