COMM2152A11: Quiz 2 (From 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6 until 5 p.m. Friday, Oct.

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Quiz 2 (From 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6 until 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7)

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If two events are mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive, what is the probability that both occur?

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a. Cannot be determined from the information given

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b. 0.50

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c. 1.00

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d. 0

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If A and B are independent events with P(A) = 0.60 and P(A | B) = 0.60, then P(B) is:

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a. 1.00

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b. 0.36

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c. Cannot be determined with the information given

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d. 0.60

Correct
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A company has 2 machines that produce widgets. An older machine produces 23% defective widgets, while the new
machine produces only 8% defective widgets. In addition, the new machine produces 3 times as many widgets as the
older machine does. Given that a widget was produced by the new machine, what is the probability it is not defective?
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a. 0.92

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b. 0.50

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c. 0.94

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d. 0.06

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e. None of the other answers are correct

Correct
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A recent survey showed that 15% of computer programmers have experienced some form of wrist pain from typing, and
that 25% are taking aspirin daily. Six percent of all programmers have both experienced some form of wrist pain from
typing and taken aspirin on a daily basis.
What is the probability that a programmer does not have wrist pain or does not take aspirin on a daily basis?
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a. 0.94

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b. 0.85

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c. None of the other answers are correct

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d. 0.75

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e. 0.66

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The manager of a used car lot took inventory of the automobiles on his lot and constructed the following table based on
the age of each car and its make (foreign or domestic):

If a car were randomly selected from the lot, what is the probability that it is either a foreign car or less than 3 years
old?
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a. None of the other answers are correct

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b. 0.50

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c. 0.725

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d. 0.18

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e. 0.405

Incorrect
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If P(A) = 0.84, P(B) = 0.76 and P(A B) = 0.90, then P(A B) is:

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a. 0.06

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b. 0.70

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c. 0.82

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d. None of the other answers are correct

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e. 0.14

Correct
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A survey of recent e-commerce start-up firms was undertaken at an industry convention. Representatives of the firm
where asked for the geographic location of the firm as well as the firm's outlook for growth in the coming year. The
results are provided below.

Are the events firm from the South and expects high growth statistically independent?
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a. Maybe

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b. No

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c. Unable to tell from the data

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d. Yes

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A company has 2 machines that produce widgets. An older machine produces 23% defective widgets, while the new
machine produces only 8% defective widgets. In addition, the new machine produces 400 widgets and the older machine
produces 100 widgets. What is the probability that a randomly chosen widget produced by the company is not defective?
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a. 0.1175

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b. None of the other answers are correct

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c. 0.89

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d. 0.310

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e. 0.11

Correct
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In a recent survey of college students, students where asked about their use of the Internet for research. The
information was displayed in the table below. Let A be the event that the student was a business major. Let B be the
event that the student uses the Internet for research.
Use Internet for research
0.35
0.25

Business Students
Education Students

Don't Use Internet

0.22
0.18

Which of the following is true?

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a. P(A BC) = 0.16

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b. P(A | BC) < P(B | AC)

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c. P(A B) = 0.6

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d. None of the other answers are correct

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e. Events A and B are independent

Incorrect
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If two events are mutually exclusive, what is the probability that one or the other occurs?

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a. 1.00

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b. Cannot be determined from the information given

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c. 0

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d. 0.50

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