Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

ECE 413 Exams

Spring 2005

Final Examination: The Final Exam is scheduled for Friday May 6, 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. in Room 269 Everitt Laboratory.

The Conflict Final Exam is scheduled for Friday May 6, 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Room 169 Everitt Laboratory. You may not take the Conflict Exam unless you actually have a conflict on the regular exam. You must inform me by Monday May 2 noon if you have a conflict on the Final Exam, **and** provide me with a copy of your complete exam schedule.

  • You are allowed to bring TWO 8.5" by 11" sheets of notes to the exam; both sides of the sheets can be used, but the exam is closed-book and closed-notes otherwise. Electronic devices (calculators, cellphones, pagers, laptops, etc.) are neither necessary nor permitted.

  • You are expected to know what is meant by

    • a Bernoulli random variable with parameter p

    • a binomial random variable with parameters (n,p)

    • a geometric random variable with parameter p

    • a Pascal or negative binomial random variable with parameters (r,p)

    • a Poisson random variable with parameter (lambda)

    • a random variable uniformly distributed on (a,b)

    • an exponential random variable with parameter (lambda)

    • a gamma random variable with parameters (t, lambda)

    • a Gaussian random variable with mean (mu) and variance (sigma)2

    • a bivariate random variable (X,Y) uniformly distributed on a region of the plane
    and
    • jointly Gaussian random variables with means (mu)x and (mu)y respectively, variances (sigmax)2 and (sigmay)2 respectively, and correlation coefficient (rho)

    If you have forgotten the formulas for the pmf/pdf/CDF or the mean and variance of these (or do not have them written down on your sheets of notes,) you will not be given these pieces of information during the exam.

    A table of values of the unit Gaussian CDF will be supplied to you if it is needed on the exam.

Combined-section evening Hour Exams are scheduled for 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm in 269 Everitt Laboratory on Mondays February 28 and April 11. One 8.5" by 11" sheet of notes is permitted, but the exams are closed-book, closed-notes otherwise. Electronic devices (calculators, cellphones, pagers, laptops, etc.) are neither necessary nor permitted.

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