The prefactor is the MGF of an independent variable Z equal to 2 with probability 3/4 and 0 with probability 1/4. Thus Y has the law of X+Z. Var Z=4(3/4)(1/4)=3/4,so Var Y=1/4+3/4=**1**.
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