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MCA
Semester IV
MCA412 Probability and Statistics - 4 Credits
(Book ID – B1779)
Model Question Paper
Duration: 3 hours Total marks 70
Section A
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
[Please answer ALL the following questions, each question carries TWO marks] (2*10=20 marks)
6. What is the probability of the event that an even number appears when
tossing a fair dice?
A. 1/2
B. 1/6
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C. 1/4
D. 2/3
7. ‘A’ speaks truth in 50% cases and ‘B’ in 60% cases. In what % of cases are
they likely to contradict each other in stating the same fact?
A. 1/3
B. 1/2
C. 3/10
D. 1/5
10. A pair of fair dice is tossed. What is the probability that the maximum of the two numbers is
greater than 4?
A. 4/36
B. 20/36
C. 2/36
D. 6/36
Section B
SHORT ANWER QUESTIONS (5 Marks each)
(Please answer any FOUR questions) (4*5=20 Marks)
1. Find the mean and Standard deviation of a normal distribution in which 31% of items are
under 45 and 8% of over 64.
2. When a sample is taken from an infinite population, what happen to the standard error of
the mean, if the sample size is decreased from 800 to 200?
6. Find the probability of getting at least 55 heads when 100 coins are tossed using Normal
distribution.
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Section C
1. What is a control chart? Explain briefly the construction and uses of mean chart, p-chart and
range chart.
3. Find the probability that by guess work a student can correctly answer 25 to 30 questions in a
multiple choice quiz consisting of 80 questions. Assume that in each question with four choices
only one choice is correct and student has no knowledge of the subject.
4. If the population is 3, 7, 9, 11, 15 i) List all possible samples of size 3 that can be taken without
replacement from the finite population. ii) Calculate the mean of each of the sampling distribution
of means. iii) Find the standard deviation of sampling distribution of means.
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Answer Keys (Section A)