University of Illinois Fall 2011

ECE534: Quiz
Monday September 12, 2011
7:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m.
269 Everitt Laboratory
1. [10 points] Consider the following two stage experiment. A number X is determined with
1 X 6 by the roll of a fair die, and then a fair coin is tossed X times. Let Y denote the
number of times that heads shows on the coin tosses. Note that P{0 Y X 6} = 1.
(a) (3 pts.) Find E[Y ].
(b) (3 pts.) Find P(Y = 4|X = 5).
(c) (4 pts.) Find P(X = 5|Y = 4).
2. [10 points] Let Y have the pdf shown.
2
1
u
Y
f (u)
0 1
(a) (3 pts.) Find P{Y 1.5}.
(b) (3 pts.) Find P

Y
1
2

Y 1

.
(c) (4 pts.) Find E[ |Y 1| ].
3. [10 points] Suppose A is a Gaussian random variable with mean zero and variance 16. Ex-
press the following quantities in terms of the Q function (dened by Q(u) =

u
1

2
e

v
2
2
dv.)
(a) (5 pts.) P{At
2
+t + 1 0} for < t < . (Hint: Your answer should depend on t.)
(b) (5 pts.) P{At
2
+t + 1 0 for < t < .} (Hint: Your answer should not depend
on t.)
4. [10 points] Suppose (X, Y ) is the coordinate of a point selected uniformly at random from
the disk of radius one centered at the origin of the plane R
2
.
(a) Derive the pdf of X.
(b) (2 pts) Are X and Y independent? Briey explain your answer.
(c) (4 pts) Find E[ |Y | |X = u] for 1 < u < 1.