Problems1. (24 points total, 4 points each) True/False Questions. Circle either True or False. (a) True or False: A probability density function fX(x) for a continuous random variable X can take values greater than 1. (b) True or False: A cumulative distribution function (CDF) FZ(z) can take values greater than 1. (c) True or False: The integral of the probability density function fX(x), over −∞ < x < ∞, is always equal to 1. (d) True or False: The probability that X = 1, for a discrete random variable X, is the probability mass function fX(x), evaluated at x = 1. (e) True or False: E?X2?is equal to (E [X])2 for any continuous random variable X. (f) True or False: For a Binomial random variable K, which represents the number of successes in n trials where each trial is a success with probability p, the expected value E [K] is equal to np. 2. (6 points) Circle the one correct answer: Let X be a random variable with standard deviation σX and mean µX. What is NOT a valid expression for the variance of X? (a) E?X2? (b) (σX)2 (c) Eh(X − µX)2i (d) E?X2?− (µX)2 3. (6 points) Circle the one correct answer: We flip a fair coin 10 times. What is the probability of getting 5 tails? (a) 10 5? 1 210 (b) 10! 5! ? 1 210 (c) 0.5 (d) 0.1 (e) 1 210 4. (6 points) Circle the one correct answer: For continuous random variables X and Y , we find that E [X] = 1.0, E [Y ] = 4.0, E [XY ] = 5.0, E?X2?= 1.5, and E?Y 2?= 20.0. What is the correlation coefficient ρXY ? (a) 0.354 (b) 0.5 (c) 0.707 (d) 1.0 (e) 2.0 5. (16 points total) Random variable X is Gaussian with mean 2.0 and standard deviation 4.0. (a) (7 points) Find P [X 7.5]. Answer: (b) (9 points) Find a value d such that P [2.0 − d < X < 2 + d] = 0.90. Answer: ECE 3530 / CS 3130 Spring 2014 5 6. (14 points) Let X have the pdf: f(x) =? 3 x4 , x 1 0, o.w. (a) Find Var [X]. Answer: 7. (28 points total) There are three true/false questions, and one multiple choice question on an exam. Let X be the number of true/false questions a student answers correctly, and let Y be the number of multiple choice questions the student answers correctly. From data, we determine the joint pmf fX,Y (x,y) is as follows: fX,Y (x,y) X = 0 X = 1 X = 2 X = 3 Y = 0 0.04 0.08 0.06 0.07 Y = 1 0.02 0.12 0.30 0.31 (a) (6 points) What is fX(3)? Answer: (b) (6 points) What is fX|Y (x = 3|y = 1)? Answer: (c) (12 points) What is the covariance of X and Y ? Answer: (d) (4 points) True or False: X and Y are independent. Answer:
