Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani

Work Integrated Learning Programmes Division

Second Semester 2020 - 2021
Mid-Semester Test
(EC - 2 Regular)

Course No. : AAOC ZC111

Course Title : Probability & Statistics
Nature of Exam : Open Book
Weightage : 35% No. of Pages = 1
Duration : 2 Hours No. of Questions = 6
Date of Exam : Sunday, 07/03/2021 (AN)
Note to Students:
1. Please follow all the Instructions to Candidates given on the cover page of the answer book.
2. All parts of a question should be answered consecutively. Each answer should start from a fresh page.
3. Assumptions made if any, should be stated clearly at the beginning of your answer.

Q.1. A large firm has 85% of its service calls made by a contractor, and 10% of these calls result in
customer complaints. The other 15% of the service calls are made by their own employees,
and these calls have a 5% complaint rate. Find the probability
(a) of receiving a complaint;
(b) that the complaint was from a customer serviced by the contractor;
(c) that the complaint was from a customer serviced by the employee. [3 + 2 + 2 = 7]

Q.2. The following table gives the probabilities that a certain computer will malfunction 0, 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, or 6 times on any one day:
x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
p(x) 0.17 0.29 c 0.16 0.07 0.03 0.01
First, find the unknown c. Then, find the mean and variance of this probability distribution.
[2 + 2 + 3 = 7]

Q.3. The probability that the noise level of a wide-band amplifier will exceed 2 dB is 0.05. Find the
probabilities that among 10 such amplifiers the noise level of (a) one will exceed 2 dB; (b) at
most two will exceed 2 dB; (c) two or more will exceed 2 dB. [2 + 2 + 2 = 6]

Q.4. If the probability density function of a random variable is given by

 x, 0  x  1,

f ( x ) =  2 − x, 1  x  2,
 0,
 otherwise.
Find the probabilities that a random variable having this probability density function will take
on a value (a) between 0.2 and 0.8; (b) between 0.6 and 1.2. [2 + 3 = 5]

Q.5. The server of a multinational corporate network can run for an amount of time without having
to be rebooted and this amount of time is a random variable having the exponential distribution
with parameter λ = 0.25. Find the probabilities that such a server will (a) have to be rebooted
in less than 10 days; (b) have to be rebooted in at least 4.5 days.
[3 + 3 = 6]

Q.6. Butterfly-style valves used in heating and ventilating industries have a high flow coefficient.
Flow coefficient can be modeled by a normal distribution with mean 496 Cv and standard
deviation 25 Cv. Find the probability that a valve will have a flow coefficient of (a) at least
450 Cv; (b) between 445.5 and 522 Cv. [2 + 2 = 4]

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