Phaltan Education Society's

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
(Approved by AICTE, Delhi /Approved by Govt of Maharashtra
DTE) Email: [email protected] Web : www.coephaltan.edu.in
Sr.No. 31 Thakurki, Tal. Phaltan, Dist. Satara
Department of Science and Humanities

Question Bank
Mid Semester Examination-2025
Course: Computer and AIDS Engg. Semester: I (2024-25)
Subject Name: Prob. and Stat./Prob. Theory and Random Processes Subject Code: BTBS404
Max Marks: 20 Date: - 7/05/2025 Duration: - 1 Hr.
Instructions to the Students:
1. All questions are compulsory.
2. Use of nonprogrammable calculator is allowed.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
4. Course Outcome [CO]and Bloom’s Taxonomy (BL)
(L1-Remembering, L2- Understanding, L3 – Applying, L4 – Analyzing, L5 – Evaluating, L6 - Creating)

(Level/CO) Marks
Q.1 Attempt the following (Six MCQ) BL CO Marks

1 A discrete random variable represents……….

a) Counted data b) Measured data L1 CO2 1
c) Nothing can be said d) none of these.
2 A discrete random variable 𝑋 has the following distribution

𝑥 1 2 3 4 L2 CO2 1
𝑃(𝑥) k 2k 3k 4k
the value of 𝑘 will be
3 1
a) 2√3 b) c) d) none of these.
10 10

3 The S. D. of the binomial distribution is

a) √𝑛𝑝𝑞 b) 𝑛𝑝𝑞 c) 𝑛𝑝 d) √𝑛𝑝 L1 CO2 1

4 For expectation, if X and Y are independent variables then the

value of 𝐸[𝑋𝑌] is: L1 CO2 1
a) 𝐸[𝑋] + 𝐸[𝑌] b) 𝐸[𝑋] − 𝐸[𝑌] c) 𝐸[𝑋 − 𝑌] d) 𝐸[𝑋] 𝐸[𝑌]
If the correlation coefficient between the random variables 𝑥 and 𝑦
5 is +𝑣𝑒, then the correlation coefficient between 𝑥 and −𝑦 will be L2 CO3 1
Vision of department: Phaltan Education Society's College of Engineering aspires to be recognized as the college of first choice for
excellence in technical education.
Mission of department:
1. To prepare especially rural students for a productive and rewarding career in engineering profession.
2. To impart value added technical and soft skills for attaining excellence in Career.
3. To develop responsible citizens with ethical values.
 a) +𝑣𝑒 b) −𝑣𝑒 c) Nothing can be said d) none of these
6 For the perfect negative correlation, the Karl Pearson’s coefficient
of correlation (𝑟) will be L1 CO3 1
a) −1 b) +1 c) 0 d) none of these
7 If 𝑐 is constant, then 𝐸[𝑐𝑋] will be
a) 𝑐 𝐸[𝑋] b) 𝑐2𝐸[𝑋] c) 1 𝐸[𝑋] d) none of these L1 CO2 1
𝑐

8 The expected value of the random variable X is equal to the

a) 𝑉𝑎𝑟 [𝑋] b) not clear c) mean of 𝑋 d) none of these L1 CO2 1
9 The mean, median and mode of a normal distribution are:
(a) Equal (b) Unequal (c) Zero (d) none of these. L1 CO2 1

10 If the random variable x and y are positively correlated, then an

increase in x will result, on an average, L1 CO3 1
(a) in an increase in y (c) nothing is clear
(b) in a decrease in y (d) none of these.
Q.2 Solve of the following. Marks = 6
1 Find the mean and variance of the function 𝑓(𝑋)
L2 CO2 3
X 1 3 4 5
𝑓(𝑋) 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.3

2 What is Correlation? Explain its types and correlation of Coefficient. L2 CO3 3

Between the hours 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., the average number of phone
3 calls per minute coming into the switch board of a company is L2 CO2 3
2.35. Find the probability that during one particular minute, there
will be at most 2 phone calls. (Given 𝑒−2.35 = 0.095374 )

Vision of department: Phaltan Education Society's College of Engineering aspires to be recognized as the college of first choice for
excellence in technical education.
Mission of department:
1. To prepare especially rural students for a productive and rewarding career in engineering profession.
2. To impart value added technical and soft skills for attaining excellence in Career.
3. To develop responsible citizens with ethical values.
 4. 1. A continuous random variable has the probability density
function L2 CO2 3
𝑘𝑒−𝑥; 𝑥>0
as 𝑓(𝑥) = {
𝑓(𝑥) 0; 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒
Determine the constant 𝑘.
Q.3 Solve of the following. Marks= 8
1 From the following table calculate the coefficient of correlation by
Karl Pearson’s method L3 CO3 8
X 28 45 40 38 35 33 40 32 36 33
Y 23 34 33 34 30 26 28 31 36 35

2 In a sample of 1000 students, the mean and standard deviation of

marks obtained by the students in a certain examination are 14 and L3 CO2 8
2.5. Assuming the distribution to be normal find the number of
students getting marks
(i) Between 12 and 15, (ii) Above 18, (iii) Below 8
(Given: For a S. N. V., Z, area between 𝑧 = 0 to 𝑧 = 0.4 is 0.1554,
between 𝑧 = 0 to 𝑧 = 0.8 is 0.2881, that between 𝑧 = 0 to 𝑧 = 1.6
is 0.4452, between 𝑧 = 0 to 𝑧 = 2.4 is 0.4918)
3. Prove that correlation coefficient 𝑟 is independent of change of
origin and scale. L2 CO3 8
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Vision of department: Phaltan Education Society's College of Engineering aspires to be recognized as the college of first choice for
excellence in technical education.
Mission of department:
1. To prepare especially rural students for a productive and rewarding career in engineering profession.
2. To impart value added technical and soft skills for attaining excellence in Career.
3. To develop responsible citizens with ethical values.