CHAITANYA BHARATHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Autonomous)

B. E,IV SEMISTER (I T)

SUBJECT: PQT

Question Bank from Unit I

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4 Calculate the median, quartiles and the quartile coefficient of skewness from following 3 L5
data
Weight 70-80 80-90 90- 100- 110- 120- 130- 140-
(lbs) 100 110 120 130 140 150
No. of 12 18 35 42 50 45 20 8
persons
Ans:Q1=97.85, Q3=123.44, quartile coefficient of skewness= -0.07
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B. E,IV SEMISTER (I T)

SUBJECT: PQT

Question Bank from Unit II

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1 2 L
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2 Let X be a random variable with PDF given by f(x) = { 𝑐𝑥 2 |𝑥| ≤ 1 2 L

0 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒 4
a. Determine the constant c.
b. Find E(X) and Var(X)
1
c. Determine P(X ≥ 2)
Ans: c=3/2, 3/5,7/16

𝑥
3 The discrete random variable X has probability distribution P(x) = 36 for x = 1,2,……….,8 2 L
Determine E(X) and V(X) 6
Ans: E(X)=204/36, V(X)=35/9

4 Three persons A, B and C have applied for a job in a private company. The chance of their selections 2 L
is in the ratio 1 : 2 : 4. The probabilities that A, B and C can introduce changes to improve the profits of 5
the company are 0.8, 0.5 and 0.3, respectively. If the change does not take place, find the probability
that it is due to the appointment of C.

5 A bag contains 4 balls. Two balls are drawn at random without replacement and are found to be blue. 2 L
What is the probability that all balls in the bag are blue?
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7 Prove that 2
Var(X)=E(X^2)−(E(X))^2. And Var(aX+b)=a^2Var(X).
8 2
A random variable X has the following probability function
X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
P(x) 0 k 2k 2k 3k K2 2k2 7k2+k
i)Find the vale of k ii) evaluate P(X<6), P(X>=6) (iii) P(0<X<5) iV) mean and variance
ans i) k=1/10 ii)81/100, 19/100 iii) 4/5
9 A sample of 4 item is selected at random from a box containing 12 items of which 5 2
are defective, find the expected number E of defective items.
Ans: 165/99
10 A box contains 8 items of which 2 are defective. A man draws 3 items from the box. 2
Find expected number of defective items he has drawn.
Ans :3/4
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B.E II/IV (INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY)

SUBJECT: Probability & queuing theory

Question Bank from Unit III

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1 If the probability that an individual suffers a bad reaction due to certain injection is 0.001, 3 L3
determine the probability that out of 2000 individuals
a) exactly 3
b) more than 2 individuals will suffer a bad reaction.
Ans: 0.1804,0.323
2 The average number of imperfections spotted on a metal extracted by a chemical process is 0.2 3 L3
per minute. Find the probabilities of
i) spotting 1 imperfection in 3 minutes
ii) spotting atleast 2 imperfections in 5 minutes and
iii) spotting atmost 1 imperfection in 15 minutes
Ans: 0.329,0.264,0.199
3 Obtain Moment Generating function of Normal distribution 3 L5

4 Students of class were given an examination. Their marks were found to be normally distributed 3 L
with mean 55 marks and standard deviation 5. Determine the number of students who get the 5
marks more than 60 if 500 students were written the examination
Ans:0.1587
5 The income tax of a man is exponentially distributed with the probability density function given 3 L
1
1 − 𝑥 5
by 𝑓(𝑥 ) = {3 𝑒 , 𝑥>0
3

0, 𝑥 < 0
Determine the probability that his income will exceed Rs 17,000 assuming that the income tax is
levied at the rate of 15% on the income above Rs 15,000?
Ans: 𝑒 −100
6 For the exponential distribution defined by 𝑦 = 𝐶𝑒 −𝐶𝑥 , where 𝐶 > 0 and 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ ∞ then evaluate 𝜇2 3 L
𝟏 5
Ans:
𝑪𝟐
2 −12𝑥+13)
7 For the following normal distribution find 𝑘, 𝜇, 𝜎 if 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑘𝑒 −(9𝑥 3 L4
1
Ans: 𝑘 = 3√2𝜋 , 𝜇 = 9, 𝜎 = 3.
8 Given that X is normally distributed with 𝜇 = 1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝜎 = 2 3 L5
a) calculate P(X>2)
b) Calculate P(-2<X<3)
c) find x such that P(X>x)=0.05.
9 If X is normally distributed with mean 2 and variance 0.1, then evaluate 𝑃(|𝑋 − 2| ≥ 0.01) 3 L5
Ans: 0.9204.
10 Find the mean and variance of the exponential distribution 𝑓 (𝑥) = 1 𝑒 −(𝑥−𝑎)
𝑏 ,𝑥 > 𝑎
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𝑏
Ans: 𝑎 + 𝑏, 𝑏2

11 Find the MGF of the exponential distribution 𝑓(𝑥) = 1 𝑒 −𝑐𝑥 , 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ ∞, 𝑐 > 0, Also find its mean. 3
𝑐
12 Assume mean height of soldiers to be 68.22 inches with a variance of 10.8 inches sqaure. How many 3 L4
soldiers in a regiment of 1000 would you expect to be over 6 feet tall, given that area under the standard
normal curve between x=0 and x=0.35 is 0.1368 and between x=0 and x=1.15 is 0.3746.
Ans :

13 Students of a class were given a mechanical aptitude test. Their marks were found to be normally 3 L4
distributed with mean 60 and S.D. 5. What percent of students scored
i) more than 60 marks
ii) less than 56
iii) between 45 and 65 marks
Ans: 50%, 21.2%, 84%.

14 In a normal distribution 31% of the items are under 45 and 8% are over 64. Find the mean and SD of the 3 L5
distribution
Ans: mean=50 and SD=10.
15 The mean yield per plot of a crop is 17kg and standard deviation is 3kg. If distribution of yield per plot is 3 L4
normal, find the percentage of plots giving yields
i) Between 15.5 kg and 20kg
ii) More than 20kg.
 CHAITANYA BHARATHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Autonomous)
B.E II/IV (INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY)

SUBJECT: Probability & queuing theory

Question Bank from Unit IV

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1 The fatality rate of typhoid patients is believed to be 17.26%. In a certain year 640 patients 4 L6
suffering from typhoid were treated in a metropolitan hospital and only 63 patients died.
Can you consider the hospital efficient?
Ans: efficient
2 A cigarette manufacturing firm claims that its brand A line of cigarettes outsells its brand B 4 L6
by 8%. If it is found that 42 out of a sample of 200 smokers prefer brand A and 18 out of
another sample of 100 smokers prefer brand B, test whether the 8% difference is a valid
claim.

Ans: z=1.02

3 An ambulance service claims that it takes on the average less than 10minutesto reach its 4 L6
destination in emergency calls. A sample of 36 calls has a mean of 11 minutes and the
variance of 16 minutes. Test the claim at 0.05 level significance.
Ans: z=1.5
4 In one sample of 10 observations, the sum of the square of the deviations of the sample 4 L6
values from sample mean was 120 and in the other sample of 12 observations, it was 314.
Test whether the difference is significant at 5% level?
Ans:2.14
5 Two random samples reveal the following results: 4 L6
Sample Size Sample Mean Sum of squares of deviations from the mean
1 10 15 90
2 12 14 108
Test whether the samples came from the same normal population.
Ans:0.74
6 If 80 patients are treated with an antibiotic 59 got cured. Build a 99% confidence limits to the true 4 L6
population of cure.
Ans: (0.59,0.88)
7 A random sample of 300 shoppers at a supermarket includes 204 who regularly use cents off 4 L6
coupons. In another sample of 500 shoppers at a supermarket includes 75 regularly use cents off
coupons
(i) Construct confidence interval for the probability that any one shopper at the
supermarket, selected will regularly use cents off coupons.
(ii) Test the significance between the difference of two proportions at 5% level.

Ans : (i) (0.62, 0.74) (ii) z=15.14

8 A sample of 400 items is taken from a population whose standard deviation is 10. The 4 L6
mean of the sample is 40. Test whether the sample has come from a population with
mean 38. Also calculate 95% confidence interval for the population. Ans :cal=4 , (39.02,
40.98)
9 In a certain factory there are two independent processes for manufacturing the same 4 L4
item. The average weight in a sample of 700 items produced from one process is found
to be 250 gms with a standard deviation of 30 gms while the corresponding grams in a
sample of 300 items in other process are 300 and 40. Is there significant difference
between the mean at 1% level

Ans: Cal=19.43

10 A coin was tossed 960 times and returned heads 183 times. Test the hypothesis that the 4 L6
coin is unbiased. Use a 0.05 level of significance Ans: Cal=19.25
11 In a random sample of 1000 persons from town A, 400 are found to be consumers of 4 L4
wheat. In a sample of 800 from town B, 400 are found to be consumers of wheat. Do
these data reveal a significant difference between town A and Town B, so far the
proportion of wheat consumers is concerned? Ans: Cal=4.24
12 4 L6
The heights of 10 males of a given locality are found to be
70,67,62,68,61,68,70,64,64,66 inches. Is it reasonable to believe that the average height
is greater than 64 inches? Test at 5% significance level. Ans: Cal=1.9

13 4 L5
Determine the maximum difference that we can expect with probability 0.95 between the
means of samples of sizes 10 and 12 from a normal population if their standard
deviations are found to be 2 and 3 respectively. Ans: Cal=2.43
14 Pumpkins were grown under two experimental conditions. Two random samples of 11 4 L6
and 9 pumpkins, show the sample S.D of their weights as 0.8 and 0.5 respectively. Test
the
hypothesis that the true variances are equal . Ans: Cal=2.5
15 In the population, the average IQ is 100 with a standard deviation of 1.5. A team of 4 L5
scientists wants to test a new medication to see if it has either a positive or negative
effect on intelligence, or no effect at all. A sample of 30 participants who have taken the
medication has a mean of 140. Did the medication affect intelligence? Ans:14.6 ,(H0
rejected)

16 In a sample of 1000 people in Hyderabad, 540 are rice eaters and the rest are wheat 4 L6
eaters. Can we assume that both rice and wheat are equally popular in this city at 1%
level of significance? Ans:2.532, accepted
17 Twenty people were attacked by a disease and only 18 survived. Will you reject the 4 L5
hypothesis that the survival rate, if attacked by this disease, is 18% in favour of the
hypothesis that it is more, at 5% level . ans:.633 accept

18 Fit a Poisson distribution for the following distribution and also test the goodness of fit. 4 L6

X: 0 1 2 3 4 5 Total

F: 142 156 69 27 5 1 400

Ans: Poisson fit for the given data is correct

19 In a study of Intelligence, a group of 5 students of class IX studying in Arts, Commerce 4 L6
and Science stream were selected by using random method of sample selection. An
intelligence test was administered to them and the scores obtained are as under.
Determine, whether the three groups differ in their level of intelligence.

S.No Arts Group Commerce Group Science Group

Intelligence scores Intelligence scores Intelligence scores

1 15 12 12

2 14 14 15

3 11 10 14

4 12 13 10

5 10 11 10

Ans: Null hypothesis is rejected.

20 Twelve dice were thrown 4096 times and a throw of 6 was considered a success. The 4 L6
observed frequencies were as given below:

No. of 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 and
successes over

frequency 447 1147 1180 796 380 115 25 8

Test whether the dice were unbiased.

Ans: the dice were unbiased.

 CHAITANYA BHARATHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
(Autonomous)
B.E II/IV (INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY)

SUBJECT: Probability & queuing theory

Question Bank from Unit V

CO BT
1 Briefly explain the main characteristics of queueing system 5 L5
2 Establish the probability distribution formula for Pure-Death Process 5 L6

3 Explain about (𝑀|𝑀|1): (𝑁|𝐹𝐶𝐹𝑆) model 5 L6

4 A car park contains 5 cars. The arrival of cars is Poisson with a mean rate of 10 per hour. The 5 L6
length of time each car spends in the car park has negative exponential distribution with mean 2
hours. How many cars are in the car park on average & estimate the probability of a newly arriving
customer finding the car park full & having to park his car elsewhere?
5 In a telephone exchange the arrival of calls follows the Poisson distribution with an average of 8 5 L5
minutes between two consecutive calls. The length of a call is 4 minutes. Determine
(a) The Probability that the call arriving at the booth will have to wait
(b) The average queue length that forms from time to time
(c) The probability that an arrival will have to wait more than 10 minutes before the phone is
free.
6 Consider a box office ticket window being manned by a single sever. Customer arrive to purchase tickets 5 L5
according to Poisson input process with a mean rate of 30 per hour. The time required to serve a customer
has an exponential distribution with a mean of 910 seconds. Determine the following
(a) Fraction of the time the server is busy
(b) The average number of customers queueing for service.
7 In a public Telephone booth the arrivals are on the average 15 per hour. A call on the average take 3 minutes. 5 L4
If there is just one phone. Find (1) expected number of callers in the booth at any time.(2) The proportion
of the time the booth is expected to be idle
8 A computer shop has a laser printer. The jobs for laser printing are randomly distributed, approximately a 5 L4
Poisson distribution with mean service rate of 10 jobs per hour. Since job pages vary in length, the jobs
arrive at a rate of 6 per hour during the entire 8 hours work a day. If the laser printer is valued Rs 30/- per
hour, determine (a) The present time an arriving job has to wait. (b) Average system time.(c) Average idle
time cost of the printer per day.
9 In a colour TV manufacturing plant, a loading unit takes exactly 10 minutes to load two TV sets in to a 5 L4
wagon & again comes back to the position to load another set of TV’s. if the arrival of TV’s is a Poisson
stream at an average of 2 TV’s every 20 minutes. Calculate the average waiting time of 2 TV sets in a
stationary state.