QUESTION PAPER

Name of the Examination: WINTER 2022-2023 – CAT-1

Course Code: MAT1011 Course Title: Applied Statistics

Set number: Date of Exam:

Duration: 90 min Total Marks: 50

Instructions: -
1) The question paper contains four questions.
2) All questions are compulsory.
3) The number of marks carried by a question/part is indicated against it.
Q.1: The frequency distribution of number of grains per earhead on 50 wheat earheads is given
below:

Classes 4-10 10-16 16-22 22-28 28-34 34-40 40-46

Frequency 2 4 10 18 8 5 3

Calculate the mean, median and mode value of this distribution.

(15 M)
Q.2: In a bolt factory machines A, B and C manufacture respectively 25%, 35% and 40% of the total.
Of their output 5, 4, 2 percent are defective bolts. A bolt is drawn at random from the product and is
found to be defective. What is the probability that it was manufactured by machine B?
(10 M)
Q.3: Two machines are in operation. Machine A produces 60% of the items whereas machine B
produces the remaining 40%. Machine A produces 4% defective items whereas machine B produces
5% defective items. An item is chosen at random, find the probability that it is defective.
(10 M)
Q.4: Let X be a random variable with probability density function as

( )

{
Find the Mathematical Expectation and Variance of the random variable X.
(15 M)

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 Name of the Examination: WINTER 2022-23-CAT-1

Course Code: MAT 1011 Course Title: Applied Statistics

Set Number: Date of Examination:
Duration: 90 minutes Total Marks: 50

1. If the median marks of 60 students from the distribution given below is 28.50.

Marks 0 − 10 10 − 20 20 − 30 30 − 40 40 − 50 50 − 60
Number of Students 5 x 20 15 y 5

(a) Find the value of x and y.

(b) Find the mean and mode of the above distribution. 7+9=16

2. A gene can be either type X or type Y , and it can be either dominant or recessive. If the gene is type
Y , then there is a probability of 0.31 that it is dominant. There is also a probability of 0.22 that a gene
is type Y and it is dominant. What is the probability that a gene is of type X? 8

3. A company sells four types of wheelchairs, with type A being 12% of the sales, type B being 34%
of the sales, type C being 29% of the sales and type D being 25% of the sales. In addition, 19% of
the type A wheelchair sales are motorized, 50% of the type B wheelchair sales are motorized, 32%
of the type C wheelchair sales are motorized, and 76% of the type D wheelchair sales are motorized.
(a) If a motorized wheelchair is sold, what is the probability that it is of type C?
(b) If a non-motorized wheelchair is sold, what is the probability that it is of type D? 6+6=12

4. The resistance X of an electrical component has a probability density function


Ax(130 − x2 ) 10 ≤ x ≤ 11
f (x) =
0 otherwise.
(a) Calculate the value of the constant A.
(b) Calculate the cumulative distribution function.
(c) What is the probability that the electrical component has a resistance between 10.25 and 10.50?
4+4+6=14

QP Mapping

Q. No. Module Number CO Mapped PO Mapped PEO Mapped PSO Mapped Marks
1 1 1 1 16
2 2 2 1, 3 8
3 2 2 1, 3 12
4 3 3 1, 2 14
 QUESTION PAPER
Name of the Examination: WINTER 2022-2023 – CAT-1
Course Code: MAT1011 Course Title: Applied Statistics

Set number: Date of Exam:

Duration: 90 Min Total Marks: 50

Instructions:
1. Assume data wherever necessary.
2. Any assumptions made should be clearly stated.
Q1. If the mean of the given frequency distribution is 35, then find the missing frequency k. Also,
calculate the median and mode of the distribution. (15M)
Class 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60
Frequency 2 4 7 k 1

Q2. A, B, C are aiming to shoot a balloon. A will succeed 4 times out of 5 attempts. The chance of
B to shoot the balloon is 3 out of 4 and that of C is 2 out 3. If the three aim the balloon
simultaneously, then find the probability that at least two of them hit the balloon. (8M)

Q3. Of the three men, the chances that a politician, a business man or an academician will be
appointed as a vice-chancellor (VC) of a university are 0.5, 0.3, 0.2 respectively. Probability
that research is promoted by these persons if they are appointed as VC are 0.3, 0.7, 0.8
respectively.
a) Find the probability that research is promoted. (6M)
b) If the research is promoted, what is the probability that VC is an academician? (6M)

Q4. The diameter of an electric cable is assumed to be continuous random variable 𝑥 with
probability density function
6𝑥(1 − 𝑥), 0≤𝑥<1
𝑓(𝑥) = {
0, 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒

a) Justify that 𝑓(𝑥) is a probability density function. (5M)

b) Find the mean and variance of the distribution. (8M)
c) Find 𝑃(0 ≤ 𝑥 < 0.5) (2M)

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 Name of the Examination: WIN 2023 CAT1

Course Code: MAT1011 Course Title: Applied Statistics

Set Number: Date of Exam:

Duration: 90 mins Full Marks: 50 marks

Instructions: Answer all questions and assume data wherever necessary.

1. Find the mean, median, mode(by combined formula) from the following data.
class groups 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90
[5+5+5=15]
frequencies 5 9 13 21 20 15 8 3

2. The probability that an American industry will locate in Shanghai, China is 0.7, the probability that
that it will locate in Beijing, China is 0.4 and the probability that it will locate in either in Shanghai
or Beijing or both is 0.8. What is the probability that the industry will locate

(a) in both cities?

(b) in neither city?
(c) in Shanghai but not in Beijing? [10]

3. A construction company employs two sales engineers. Engineer1 does the work of estimating cost for
70% of the jobs bid by the company. Engineer 2 does the work for 30% of jobs bid by the company.
It is known that the error rate for engineer1 is such that 0.02 is the probability of an error when he
does the work, whereas the probability of an error in the work of engineer2 is 0.04. Suppose a bid
arrives and a serious error occurs in estimating cost. Which engineer would you guess did the work?
Explain and show all work. [10]

4. Let X be the possible number of defective computers purchased by the school, which has a probability
distribution f (x) = c(x2 + 4), for x = 0, 1, 2, 3.

(a) Find the value of the constant c.

(b) Find the cumulative distribution function.
(c) Find P (X ≥ 0).
(d) Evaluate the expectation of g(X) = 2 + 3X 2 . [7]

5. On a laboratory assignment, if the equipment is working, the density function of the observed out-
come, X is (
k(1 − x), 0 < x < 1
f (x) =
0, otherwise.

(a) Find the value of k.

(b) Find the cumulative distribution function.
(c) Given that X ≥ 0.5, what is the probabilty that X will be less than 0.75? [8]

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 QUESTION PAPER
Name of the Examination: WINTER 2022-2023 – CAT-1
Course Code: MAT1011 Course Title: Applied Statistics

Set number: Date of Exam:

Duration: 90 min Total Marks: 50

Instructions:
1. Assume data wherever necessary.
2. Any assumptions made should be clearly stated.

Q1. Find the mean, median and mode of age of the people (in years) for the following data:

Age (in years) 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70

No. of people 3 5 20 10 5
(5+5+5=15M)
Q2. From a deck of 52 cards, 3 cards are drawn successively, without replacement. The first card
drawn is a red queen, the second card is a 9 or a king and the third card is greater than 4 but less
than 8. Assuming that the occurrence of these three events are dependent on each other, find the
probability of these three events occurring simultaneously. (5M)

Q3. Assume that four food inspectors at D-mart are performing the task of stamping the expiry date
on each packet of food products. Varun, who stamps 20% of the packets, fails to stamp the expiry
date once in every 200 packets; Shyam, who stamps 60% of the packets, fails to stamp the expiry
date once in every 100 packets; Raghavi, who stamps 15% of the packets, fails to stamp the expiry
date once in every 90 packets, and Puja, who stamps 5% of the packets, fails to stamp the expiry
date once in every 200 packets. If a customer makes a complaint that one of his/her packets does
not show the expiry date, what is the probability that it was inspected by:
(a) Varun?
(b) Shyam?
(c) Raghavi? (5+5+5=15)

Q4. The amount of time in hours that a semi-conductor device works before breaking down is a
continuous random variable having probability density function defined by:
 100 x

f ( x)    e x0
0 x 0

(a) Find the value of  .

Find the probability that
(b) the device will work between 50 and 150 hours before breaking down.
(c) it will work for less than 100 hours. (5+5+5=15M)

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 Name of the Examination: CAT 1 (Winter Sem. 2022-23)
Corse Code: MAT1011 Course Title: Applied Statistics
Set number: Date of exam:
Duration: 90 minutes Total marks: 50
Instruction:
1. All questions are compulsory.
2. Assume data whenever necessary.
3. Any assumptions made should be clearly stated.

Q (1)
The following data represents the survey regarding the heights of 51 buildings
near the peripheral area of Vijayawada airport:

Height 135-140 140-145 145-150 150-155 155-160 160-165

(in cm)
No. of 4 7 18 11 6 5
buildings

Verify that the relation, 𝑀𝑜𝑑𝑒 = 3 𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 – 2 𝑀𝑒𝑎𝑛 is valid for the above
grouped data.

15 Marks

Q (2)
A witness to a crime scene briefly notices the convict who escaped. While
enquired, the witness says the convict person is a female. Testing the witness
under similar conditions shows the witness correctly identifies gender of a person
80% of the time. According to the current population survey, 90% people of the
city are male and 10% are female.
Using Bayes’ theorem, find the probability that the escaped person was actually
female?
10 Marks
Q (3)
The probability that a married man watches a certain television show is 0.4, and
the probability that a married woman watches the show is 0.5. The probability
that a man watches the show, given that his wife does, is 0.7.
Find the probability that;
i. a married couple watches the show
ii. a wife watches the show, given that her husband does
iii. at least one member of a married couple will watch the show.
10 Marks

Q (4)
An NRI decided to put his land properties out on auction and estimated a
reasonable bid amount at the auction. The person has determined that the
density function of winning (low) bid is,
5 2𝑎
𝑓(𝑥) = {8𝑎 , 5
≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2𝑎
0, 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒
i. Find the cumulative distribution function 𝐹(𝑥).
ii. Use 𝐹(𝑥) to determine the probability that the winning bid is less than
the person’s preliminary estimation 𝑎.
15 Marks

QP Mapping

Module CO PO PEO PSO

Q. No. Marks
Number Mapped Mapped Mapped Mapped
Q1 1 1 1,3 15
Q2 2 1 1,3 10
Q3 2 1 1,3 10
Q4 3 2 1,2 15
 QUESTION PAPER
Name of the Examination: CAT1 (Winter 2022-2023)
Course Code: MAT1011 Course Title: Applied Statistics

Set Date of Exam:

Duration: 90 min Total Marks: 50
Instructions:
 Assume data wherever necessary.
 Any assumptions made should be clearly stated.
1. The given random data set is: 46, 11, 12, 18, 52, 45, 44, 14, 18, 44, 33, 51, 32, 22, 21, 23,
15, 16, 29, 41, 42, 43, 47, 52, 53, 55, 57, 34, 35, 25.
Now solve the following questions: [08M+08M]
I. Find the Mean, Median, and Mode of the given data set. Also, interpret your
observation by comparing the above results.
II. Transform the given data set into a group data set by considering the first class interval
will be (10-20). Then, find the Median for the group data. Compare the median for the
discrete data with the group data and suggest which one is more accurate.

2. Two National parties are competing for the PM position in India. The probability that the
Congress party and the BJP party will win are 0.7 and 0.3 respectively. Further, if the
congress party wins, the probability of introducing a new product is 0.6 and the
corresponding probability is 0.4 if BJP wins. Therefore, find the probability that the new
product was introduced by BJP if they win the election. [10M]

3. Four cards are drawn from a pack of cards, Find the probability that [10M]
I. That all are diamonds.
II. There are two spades and two hearts.

4. A random variable has a density function [14M]

0 0 x
 3
x 0  x 1
 A) Find the Constant R.
f ( x)   Rx 1 x  2 B) Find the P(1<x<3)
 x2 2 x3 C) Find P(x<3)
 D) Find P(x>2)
0 3 x
 Name of the Examination: WINTER 2022-2023-CAT-1
Course Code: MAT1011 Course Title: Applied Statistics
Set number: Date of Exam:
Duration: 90 min Total marks: 50
Instructions:
1. Assume data wherever necessary.
2. Any assumptions made should be clearly stated.
1. A stopwatch was used to find the time that it took a group of students to run 100 m.
Time (seconds) 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35
Frequency 5 12 18 13 2

(a) Estimate the median.

(b) Estimate the mean.
(c) Is the median in the modal class?
(d) Is the median greater or less than the mean? (15 marks)
2. A car repair can be performed either on time or late and either satisfactorily or unsatisfactorily. The
probability of a repair being on time and satisfactory is 0.26. The probability of a repair being on
time is 0.74. The probability of a repair being satisfactory is 0.41. What is the probability of a
repair being late and unsatisfactory? (8 marks)
3. The weather on a particular day is classified as either cold, warm, or hot. There is a probability of
0.15 that it is cold and a probability of 0.25 that it is warm. In addition, on each day it may either
rain or not rain. On cold days there is a probability of 0.30 that it will rain, on warm days there is a
probability of 0.40 that it will rain, and on hot days there is a probability of 0.50 that it will rain. If
it is not raining on a particular day, what is the probability that it is cold? (12 marks)
4. Suppose that the random variable X is the time taken by a garage to service a car. These times are
distributed between 0 and 10 hours with a cumulative distribution function
F(x) = A + B ln(3x + 2), for 0 ≤ x ≤ 10.
(a) Find the values of A and B and sketch the cumulative distribution function.
(b) What is the probability that a repair job takes longer than two hours?
(c) Construct the probability density function. (15 marks)

QP Mapping

Module PO PEO
Q. No. CO Mapped PSO Mapped Marks
Number Mapped Mapped

1 1 1 1 15
2 2 2 1,3 8
3 2 2 1,3 12
4 3 3 1,2 15
 QUESTION PAPER
Name of the Examination: WINTER 2022-2023 – CAT-1
Course Code: MAT1011 Course Title: Applied Statistics

Set number: Date of Exam:

Duration: 90 minutes Total Marks: 50

Instructions:
1. Assume data wherever necessary.
2. Any assumptions made should be clearly stated.
Q1. The weight of the 40 college students at state university are given in the following table:
Weight 118-126 127-135 136-144 145-153 154-162 163-171 172-180
Number of 3 5 9 12 5 4 2
students
Compute arithmetic mean, median, mode for the given data. (15M)
Q2. For married couples living in a certain suburb, the probability that the husband will vote on a
bond referendum is 0.21, the probability that the wife will vote on the referendum is 0.28, and
the probability that both the husband and the wife will vote is 0.15. What is the probability that
(a) at least one member of a married couple will vote?
(b) A wife will vote, given that her husband will vote?
(c) A husband will vote, given that his wife will not vote? (10M)
Q3. 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.
(a) Find the probability of receiving a complaint.
(b) Find the probability that the complaint was from a customer serviced by the contractor.
(10M)
Q4. Suppose the measurement error X of a certain physical quantity is decided by the density function
𝑘(3 − 𝑥 2 ), − 1 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 1,
𝑓(𝑥) = {
0, 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒.
(a) Determine 𝑘 that renders 𝑓(𝑥) a valid density function.
(b) Find the probability that the error in measurement is less than 1/2. (10M)
Q5. Suppose that the number of cars 𝑋 that pass through a car wash between 4:00 P.M. and 5:00
P.M. on any sunny friday has the following probability distribution:
𝑋 4 5 6 7 8 9
P(𝑋 = 𝑥) 1/12 1/12 1/4 1/4 1/6 1/6

Let 𝑔(𝑋) = 2𝑋 − 1 represent the number of attendants needed by the manager for a car wash.
Find the expected number of attendants required for car wash between this particular time
period. (5M)
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