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Consider the following five random variables:
A standard normal random variable; no parameters needed.
A student's t distribution with 10 degrees of freedom; df = 10.
A Bernoulli variable that characterizes the probability of default (PD), where PD = 4%; p = 0.040
A Poisson distribution that characterizes the frequency of operational losses during the day, where lambda = 5.0
A binomial variable that characterizes the number of defaults in a basket credit default swap (CDS) of 50 bonds, each with PD = 2%; n = 50, p = 2%
Which of the above has, respectively, the lowest value and highest value as its variance among the set?
A
Standard normal (lowest) and Bernoulli (highest)
B
Binomial (lowest) and Student's t (highest)
C
Bernoulli (lowest) and Poisson (highest)
D
Poisson (lowest) and Binomial (highest)