FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, ABEOKUTA, COLLEGE OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS, FIRST SEMESTER CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT STS 181 – PROBABILITY I

SUBMISSION LATEST 10.00 AM ON MONDAY 22-03-2021.

(1.) The possible combination of all sample points in a set is called (a) Subset (b) Proper set (c) Set (d) Power set (e) a & d
(2.) A procedure whose outcome cannot be predicted is said to be (a) a characteristics (b) a random variable (c) random (d) a
variable (e) an attributes

(3.) If a coin is rolled four times, the number of doubly events expected is (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 7 (e) 8

(4) Power set and __________are synonymous (a) finite set (b) countable set (c) sigma algebra (d) ring (e) a & b

(5) All the following are correct except (a)    N (b)   Q (c) 2  I (d)   I (e)   

(6) If A  6,7,8 and B  3,4,7, find  A  B U B  A (a) 3,6 (b) 6 (c) 3,4 (d) 3,4,6 (e) 3,4,6,8

(7) For the product space of set A and B to be distinct then A and B must be (a) Random (b) Attributes (c) vectors (d) discrete (e)
continuous

(8) In addition to satisfying closure, Association, Identity, Inverse rule; a set G and an operation  is said to be a group if G is
(a) Power set (b) Sigma set (c) non-empty set (d) Proper set (e) singleton

(9) If a  G then the additive inverse of a is (a) 1 a (b) 1 a 

1
(c) –a (d) a (a  1)  a (e) 1

(10) Which of the following are the same (a) Pr   0 (b) 0  Pr Ai   1 (c) Pr Ai   0 (d) a & c (e) b& c

(11) If A  1,2,3,4 and B  2,4,6,8, provided A  B   find Pr A  B  ? (a) 1 3 1 2 3

2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 3 (e) 8

(12) If A  1,2,3,4 and B  2,4,6,8, provided A  B   find Pr A  B c ? (a) 1   3 1 2 3

2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 3 (e) 8

(13) Find y ' if y  sin 1 m sin x  (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 1 (d) m (e) m
2 2


(14) Integrate 2x  sin 2 x  ? (a) 2 x 2  cos 2 x      
(b) 2 x 2  cos 2 x (c) x 2  cos 2 x (d) x 2  cos 2 x (e) x  cos 2 x 
(15) Discrete random variables assigns_____ to outcomes of an experiment (a)   (b)   (c)  (d) Q (e) I

(16) Supposing the decision to switch between drug A and B at follow up can only be allowed twice; how many sample points do
we have for patients that do not switch at all (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 (e) 5

(17) The following notation are required to explain variables that are nominal or ordinal except

(a) - (b) + (c) < (d)  (e) 

 
n
(18) The series p  1  qe it  qe 2it  ........  defines (a) sum of negative binomial characteristics function (b) expectation of
x 0

binomial characteristics function (c) sum of geometric characteristics function (d) expectation of geometric progression (e)
None of the above

 1  qe 
n
(19) What is the common ratio of the series it
 qe 2it  ........  ? (a) 1 (b) qeit (c) qe 2 it (d) qe 3it (e) q
x 0
  
n
(20) What is the sum to infinity of p  1  qe it  qe 2it  ........  ?
x 0


(a) pq x (b) pq it (c) p 1  qe it 
1

(d) p 1  qeit  (e) peit 1  q 

 
n
(21) What is the mean and variance of the series p  1  qe it  qe 2it  ........  ?
x 0

(a)
q ;q (b)
q ;q (c)
q ; pq (d) q ; q (e)
q ;p
p p2 p2 p3 p2 p2 p p2 q

(22) The mean and variance of a binomial distribution is (a) np, np 2 (b) npq, np (c) np, np1  p  (d) np 2 , npq (e) np, nq

(23) The characteristics function of a negative binomial is


(a) pe it  q 
r

(b) p 1  qeit  r

(c) p 1  qeit r

(d) p 1  qe it 
1 r
 (e) p1  qe  
it 1
r


(24) The sum to infinity of 1    
2

2!

3

3!
 .......    n!
(a) exp   (b) exp  (c) e   (d) e 2  (e) exp 
n

(25) The mean of poisson (  ) distribution is (a)  (b)  n (c)  2 (d) n (e) 2

(26) Find the mean of the characteristics function  t   exp 1  3 expt   1
(a) 1 2 1 4
3 (b) 3 (c) 9 (d) 3 (e) 1

(27) Continuous random variable assigns __to the outcome of an experiment (a)   (b) Q  I  (c) Q  I (d)  (e)  


(28) A procedure that recorded failures and stops as soon as the first success is recorded is said to follow ------- distributions.

a) Bernoulli b) Binomial c) negative binomial d) Poisson e) geometric.

(29) A procedure that recorded runs of failures and successes and stops when a desired number of successes is recorded is said to
follow -------------- distribution.

a) Bernoulli b) Binomial c) negative binomial d) Poisson e) geometric.

30.) When a procedure takes statistics of number of events with time, the procedure can best be described using

a) Bernoulli b) Binomial c) negative binomial d) Poisson e) geometric.