Probability &Statistics Important Questions for II MID Exam

1. A mechanist is making engine part s with axle diameters 0.700 inch. A random sample of 10 parts shows
a mean diameter of 0.742inch with a S.D. of 0.040 inch. Compute the test statistic you would use to test
whether the work is meeting specification at 0.05 level of significance.
2.From the following data, find whether there is any significant liking in the habit of taking soft drinks
among the categories of employees .
Soft drinks Clerks Teachers Officers
Pepsi 10 25 65
Thumsup 15 30 65
Fanta 50 60 30
3.The following are the sample means and ranges for 10 samples each of size 5. Construct the control chart
for mean and range and comment on the nature of control
Sam 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
ples
12. 13.1 13.5 12.9 13.2 14.1 12.1 15.5 13.9 14.2
8
R 2.1 3.1 3.9 2.1 1.9 3.0 2.5 2.8 2.0 2.5
4.The following data refer to visual defects found during inspection of the first 10 samples of size 100 each.
Use them to obtain upper and lower control limits in np-chart.
Sample 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
no
No.of 4 8 11 3 11 7 7 16 12 6
defective
s

5. A toll gate is operated on a freeway, where cars arrive according to a Poisson Distribution with mean
frequency of 1.2 cars per minute. The time of completing payment follows an exponential distribution with
mean of 20 seconds. Find (i) The idle time of the counter (ii) Average number of cars in the system (iii)
Average number of cars in queue (iv) Average time a car spends in the system (v) Average time that a car
spends in the queue (vi) The probability that car spends more than 30 seconds in the system.
6. Write about (M/M/1): (∞/FIFO) Queuing system
7. Pumpkins were grown under two experimental conditions. Two random samples of 11 and 9 pumpkins,
Show the sample standard deviations of their weight s as 0.8 and 0.5 respectively. Assuming the weight
distributions are normal, test hypothesis that the true variances are equal
8. Producer of ‘gutkha’, claims that the nicotine content in his ‘gutkha’ on the average is 1.83 mg. Can this
claim accepted if a random sample of 8 ‘gutkha’ of this type have nicotine contents of 2.0, 1.7, 2.1, 1.9, 2.2,
2.1, 2.0, 1.6 mg? Use a 0.05 level of significance
9. In a production process a lot of 250 products have been manufactured in a day five samples have been
collected at random in that day as a S.Q.C measure. Each five samples A, B, C, D, E have been as shown in
the table below for a particular dimensions of the product. Calculate the control charts for and R Charts
Samples
A 43 42 42 44 43
B 45 40 39 39 46
C 40 40 41 42 43
D 43 42 40 40 46
E 40 41 43 46 43

10.A self service canteen employee’s one cashier each counter. 8 customers arrive per every 10 minutes on
an average. The cashier can serve on average one per minute. Assuming that the arrivals are Poisson and the
 service time distribution is exponential , Determine (i) The average number of customers in the system
(ii)The average queue length (iii) Average time a customer spends in the system (iv) Average waiting time
of each customer.
11.Explain Pure Birth and Death process
12.Ten workers were given a training programme with a view to study their assembly time for a certain
mechanism. The results of the time and motion studies before and after the training programme are given
below
Wor 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
kers
X1 15 18 20 17 16 14 21 19 13 22

Y1 14 16 21 10 15 18 17 16 14 20

X1= Time taken for assembly before training,

Y1=Time taken for assembly after training,
Test whether there is significant difference in assembly times before and after training.
13.10 samples of varies size are taken from a production line and the no defectives is found in each sample.
The results are given below. Draw the appropriate control chart and comment on the state of control.
Sampl 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
e no
No.of 155 160 156 156 164 160 161 173 148 167
inspect
ed
No of 8 8 8 7 8 6 5 10 7 9
defecti
ves

14.A toll gate is operated on a freeway, where cars arrive according to a Poisson Distribution with mean
frequency of 1.2 cars per minute. The time of completing payment follows an exponential distribution with
mean of 20 seconds. Find (i) The idle time of the counter (ii) Average number of cars in the system (iii)
Average number of cars in queue (iv) Average time a car spends in the system (v) Average time that a car
spends in the queue (vi) The probability that car spends more than 30 seconds in the system
15.Explain about Queuing system characteristics
16.A sample of 26 bulbs given a mean life of 990 hours with a S.D of 20 hours. The manufacturer claims
that the mean life of bulbs is 1000 hours. Is the sample not up to the standard?
17.The nicotine content in milligrams in two samples of tobacco were found to be as follows.
Sample 24 27 26 21 25 ---
A
Sample 27 30 28 31 22 36
B
Can it be said that two samples have come from the same normal population?
17.Consider a single server queuing system with Poisson input and exponential service time .Suppose the
mean arrival rate is 3 calling units per hour with the expected service time as 0.25 hours and the maximum
permissible number of calling units in the system is two. Obtain the steady state probability distribution of
the number of calling units in the system and then calculate the expected number in the system.
18.Give general structure of Queuing system