Question 1
Enter the coalition function for the game [61;40,40,30,10] and answer the given sub-questions:
How many symmetric players are in this game: _______________

The IIT Madras BS Game Theory and Strategy (Game Theory) End Term paper sat on 31 Aug 2025, in the May 2025 term, set QDB3: 37 questions for 45 marks in 180 minutes. Every question is below with its answer. Take it as a timed mock test to be marked, or read it through first.
Enter the coalition function for the game [61;40,40,30,10] and answer the given sub-questions:
How many symmetric players are in this game: _______________
Correct answer: 3
Enter the coalition function for the game [61;40,40,30,10] and answer the given sub-questions:
Which player is the null player in this game? ____________
Correct answer: 4
Enter the coalition function for the game [61;40,40,30,10] and answer the given sub-questions:
Correct answer: 3
Enter the coalition function for the game [61;40,40,30,10] and answer the given sub-questions:
Correct answer: 3
Enter the coalition function for the game [61;40,40,30,10] and answer the given sub-questions:
Correct answer: 3
Enter the coalition function for the game [61;40,40,30,10] and answer the given sub-questions:
Correct answer: 0
Consider the market for a single network good as discussed in the lecture, and write a different consumer's utility function for joining the network as capturing the idea that it may be more plausible that a user who has a higher value for the standalone component of a technology also assigns more importance to the size of its network (i.e., consumers differ in their valuation of both the standalone and the network benefits). Here, is the standalone benefit, measures the network effect, is the expected number of users joining the network and is uniformly distributed on the unit interval.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Correct answer
Consider the market for a single network good as discussed in the lecture, and write a different consumer's utility function for joining the network as capturing the idea that it may be more plausible that a user who has a higher value for the standalone component of a technology also assigns more importance to the size of its network (i.e., consumers differ in their valuation of both the standalone and the network benefits). Here, is the standalone benefit, measures the network effect, is the expected number of users joining the network and is uniformly distributed on the unit interval.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
The maximum value of p to have buyers will be
Correct answer
Consider the market for a single network good as discussed in the lecture, and write a different consumer's utility function for joining the network as capturing the idea that it may be more plausible that a user who has a higher value for the standalone component of a technology also assigns more importance to the size of its network (i.e., consumers differ in their valuation of both the standalone and the network benefits). Here, is the standalone benefit, measures the network effect, is the expected number of users joining the network and is uniformly distributed on the unit interval.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Correct answer
Consider the market for a single network good as discussed in the lecture, and write a different consumer's utility function for joining the network as capturing the idea that it may be more plausible that a user who has a higher value for the standalone component of a technology also assigns more importance to the size of its network (i.e., consumers differ in their valuation of both the standalone and the network benefits). Here, is the standalone benefit, measures the network effect, is the expected number of users joining the network and is uniformly distributed on the unit interval.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Correct answer
Consider the market for a single network good as discussed in the lecture, and write a different consumer's utility function for joining the network as capturing the idea that it may be more plausible that a user who has a higher value for the standalone component of a technology also assigns more importance to the size of its network (i.e., consumers differ in their valuation of both the standalone and the network benefits). Here, is the standalone benefit, measures the network effect, is the expected number of users joining the network and is uniformly distributed on the unit interval.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Correct answers
Consider the market for a single network good as discussed in the lecture, and write a different consumer's utility function for joining the network as capturing the idea that it may be more plausible that a user who has a higher value for the standalone component of a technology also assigns more importance to the size of its network (i.e., consumers differ in their valuation of both the standalone and the network benefits). Here, is the standalone benefit, measures the network effect, is the expected number of users joining the network and is uniformly distributed on the unit interval.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
The fulfilled-expectations demand curve in this setting will be
Correct answer
Suppose a search engine has two ad slots that it can sell. Slot a has a clickthrough rate of 10 and slot b has a clickthrough rate of 5. There are three advertisers who are interested in these slots. Advertiser x values click at 3 per click, advertiser y values click at 2 per click, and advertiser z values click at 1 per click.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Total valuation of socially optimal allocation will be ___________
Correct answer: 40
Suppose a search engine has two ad slots that it can sell. Slot a has a clickthrough rate of 10 and slot b has a clickthrough rate of 5. There are three advertisers who are interested in these slots. Advertiser x values click at 3 per click, advertiser y values click at 2 per click, and advertiser z values click at 1 per click.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
VCG price for slot a will be ___________
Correct answer: 15
Suppose a search engine has two ad slots that it can sell. Slot a has a clickthrough rate of 10 and slot b has a clickthrough rate of 5. There are three advertisers who are interested in these slots. Advertiser x values click at 3 per click, advertiser y values click at 2 per click, and advertiser z values click at 1 per click.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
VCG price for slot b will be __________
Correct answer: 5
Calculate the Shapley value of the following game and answer the given subquestions.
S1 = _____________
Correct answer: 5
Calculate the Shapley value of the following game and answer the given subquestions.
S2 = _____________
Correct answer: 5
Calculate the Shapley value of the following game and answer the given subquestions.
S3 = _____________
Correct answer: 0
A cable TV station wants to connect three new customers to its network. The connections to the network are described in the following tree graph:
Calculate the distribution of the costs among the three players if all three decide to connect to the network.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
The cost to be paid by player 1 will be _____________
Correct answer: 6
A cable TV station wants to connect three new customers to its network. The connections to the network are described in the following tree graph:
Calculate the distribution of the costs among the three players if all three decide to connect to the network.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
The cost to be paid by player 2 will be ____________
Correct answer: 30
A cable TV station wants to connect three new customers to its network. The connections to the network are described in the following tree graph:
Calculate the distribution of the costs among the three players if all three decide to connect to the network.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
The cost to be paid by player 3 will be ____________
Correct answer: 30
Three machines, A, B, and C, produce respectively 50%, 30% and 20% of the total no. of items of a factory. The percentages of defective output of these machines are 3%, 4% and 5%.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
If an item is selected at random, the probability that the item is defective is ______________
Correct answer: 0.0375 (accepted within ±0.0025)
Three machines, A, B, and C, produce respectively 50%, 30% and 20% of the total no. of items of a factory. The percentages of defective output of these machines are 3%, 4% and 5%.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Suppose an item is selected at random and found to be defective. The probability that the item was produced by machine A will be ____________
Correct answer: 0.4025 (accepted within ±0.0025)
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Correct answer: 50
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Correct answer: 66.75 (accepted within ±0.25)
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Correct answer: 4444
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
How many pure strategy equilibria are there in this game?
Correct answer: 3
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
In one of these pure NEs, all three players enter the market
TRUE
FALSE
Correct answer
FALSE
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
There is a symmetric mixed strategy equilibrium where all three players enter with the same probability (say p). Find the value of p
1/5
3/5
4/5
2/5
Correct answer
4/5
A man dies, leaving an estate worth 500 units. The deceased has two creditors; one’s claim is 400 units, and the other’s claim, 300 units. The division of the estate between them is carried out according to the contested garment principle.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Creditor 1 with claim 400 units gets
Correct answer: 300
A man dies, leaving an estate worth 500 units. The deceased has two creditors; one’s claim is 400 units, and the other’s claim, 300 units. The division of the estate between them is carried out according to the contested garment principle.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Creditor 2 with claim 300 units gets
Correct answer: 200
Five bidders with private valuations uniformly distributed between 0 and 1 participate in a sealed bid first price auction. Assuming that everyone is playing the symmetric equilibrium bidding strategy answer the given sub-questions:
Optimal bid for a bidder with valuation 0.6 will be
0.4
0.48
0.5
0.55
Correct answer
0.48
Five bidders with private valuations uniformly distributed between 0 and 1 participate in a sealed bid first price auction. Assuming that everyone is playing the symmetric equilibrium bidding strategy answer the given sub-questions:
The expected revenue of the seller in this auction scenario will be
4/5
3/5
2/3
2/5
Correct answer
2/3
Suppose 5 numbers are drawn independently from the uniform distribution on the interval [0, 1] and then sorted from smallest to largest. The expected value of the number in second position on the list is
5/6
2/3
1/2
1/3
Correct answer
1/3
In weighted majority game [7; 5, 1, 3, 4]
Player 1 is null player
Player 2 is null player
Player 3 is null player
Player 4 is null player
Correct answer
Player 2 is null player
Consider following two statements:
1. Crowd can be never be wrong even if everyone in the crowd is rational and everyone takes the same action.
2. Aggregate behaviour of many people with limited information can never produce very accurate results.
Which statement(s) is (are) true?
Only 1
Only 2
Both the Only 1 & Only 2
None
Correct answer
None
Choose the correct alternative .
A stable matching system is necessarily a system under which everyone is satisfied.
A matching system is stable when an unmatched pair may find it beneficial to deviate from the matching and form their own match.
Both a stable matching system is necessarily a system under which everyone is satisfied & a matching system is stable when an unmatched pair may find it beneficial to deviate from the matching and form their own match.
None
Correct answer
None