1. A - This question involves the concept of Thinning a Poisson.
2. B
3. A - Many people left this and #4 blank.
4. E - See comment for #3
5. A
6. E - Using the formula gives -40,000. However the formula is valid only for
Aplha > 1. Using the Integral gives infinity. (I have not done the integral
myself).
7. C This is been questioned by a handful of people.
8. B This one has been debated heavily.
9. D A handfull of people claim that E is the solution
10. A
11. E
12. C
13. D
14. D
15. E
16. D
17. B
18. A - There seems to a 50/50 split on this question with answer C
19. D
20. C - According to H&K, #2 is correct. According to Mahler, the VAr is only
estimated by the Rao-Cramer Lower bound. If Mahler is correct the solution is
A.
21. D
22. D
23. - I have seen arguments for B, D and E
24. C
25. C - Very few people answered this with any degree of confidence
26. E - See comments for #25
27. C
28. C - This has gotten some attention, but no one has been able to support
another solution.
29. D
Please comment on the open question so that we can hopefully piece this
together. Also, any educated guesses on the # of points needed to pass?