Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
GATE DA concept:random-variables PYQs
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Question 36
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Let
,
, where
is a normal random variable with mean
and variance
. The variance of
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Consider the cumulative distribution function (CDF) of a random variable
:
The value of
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A random variable
is said to be distributed as
, denoted by
, if
for
. Let
, where
,
be independent and identically distributed random variables with
. The value of
, after approximation through Central Limit Theorem, is given by
(Recall that
)Your answerChoose one option.
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For
, the floor function is denoted by
and defined as follows
where
is an integer. Let
, where
is an exponentially distributed random variable with mean
, where
denotes natural logarithm. For any positive integer
, one can write the probability of the event
as follows
The value of
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Consider the following statements:
(i) The mean and variance of a Poisson random variable are equal.
(ii) For a standard normal random variable, the mean is zero and the variance is one.
Which ONE of the following options is correct?
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Let
be a random variable uniformly distributed in the interval
and
be a random variable uniformly distributed in the interval
. If
and
are independent of each other, the probability
is _____ (rounded off to three decimal places).Log in to check the answer
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Let
be a random variable exponentially distributed with parameter
. The probability density function of
is given by:
If
, where
and
indicate the expectation and variance of
, respectively, the value of
is _____ (rounded off to one decimal place).Log in to check the answer
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Consider a joint probability density function of two random variables X and Y
Then,
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Given the following Bayesian Network consisting of four Bernoulli random variables and the associated conditional probability tables:

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The value of
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Two fair coins are tossed independently. X is a random variable that takes a value of 1 if both tosses are heads and 0 otherwise. Y is a random variable that takes a value of 1 if at least one of the tosses is heads and 0 otherwise.
The value of the covariance of X and Y is ______ (rounded off to three decimal places).
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