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Given the contingency table shown here, find P(V | S).

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a. .2639
b. .0475
c. .4144

d. .1900

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Given the contingency table shown here, find P(A2).

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a. .1842
b. .1766
c. .8163
d. .0578

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Given the contingency table shown here, find P(A1 B2).

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a. .0933

b. .3854
c. .3182
d. .0300

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From the following tree, find the probability that a randomly-chosen person will get the flu.

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a. .0700
b. .8100
c. .7000

d. .1900

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Given the contingency table shown here, find P(B).

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a. .45
b. .25
c. .22
d. .85

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Given the contingency table shown here, what is the probability that a mother smoked during pregnancy if
her education level was below high school?

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a. .3503

b. .3804
c. .0907
d. .2385

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Regarding probability, which of the following is correct?
Select one:
a. The union of events A and B consists of all outcomes in the sample space that are contained in both
event A and event B.
b. When two events A and B are independent the joint probability of the events can be found by multiplying

the probabilities of the individual events.

c. The probability of the union of two events can exceed one.

d. When events A and B are mutually exclusive, then P(A B) = P(A) + P(B).

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Ramjac Company wants to set up k independent file servers, each capable of running the company's
intranet. Each server has average "uptime" of 98%. What must k be to achieve 99.999% probability that the
intranet will be "up?"
Select one:
a. 4
b. 2

c. 3
d. 1

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Given the contingency table shown here, find P(V×).

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a. .15
b. .30

c. .80
d. .50

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Debbie has two stocks, X and Y. Consider the following events:
X = the event that the price of stock X has increased
Y = the event that the price of stock Y has increased
The event "the price of stock X has increased and the price of stock Y has not increased" may be written as
Select one:

a. X ′ Y

b. X Y

c. X Y′

d. X Y′

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Oxnard Casualty wants to ensure that their e-mail server has 99.98 percent reliability. They will use several
independent servers in parallel, each of which is 95 percent reliable. What is the smallest number of
independent file servers that will accomplish the goal?
Select one:
a. 3
b. 1
c. 4

d. 2

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Which statement is false?
Select one:
a. If P(A) = .05 then the odds against event A's occurrence are 19 to 1.
b. The number of permutations of 5 things taken 2 at a time is 20.

c. If A and B are mutually exclusive events then P(A B) = 0.

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Given the contingency table shown here, find P((A1 A2).

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a. .38

b. .00
c. .28
d. .09

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Given the contingency table shown here, find P(A M).

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a. .360
b. .583
c. .396

d. .210

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Independent events A and B would be consistent with which of the following statements:
Select one:
a. P(A) = .4, P(B) = .5, P(A B) = .2

b. P(A) = .4, P(B) = .3, P(A B) = .5

c. P(A) = .5, P(B) = .4, P(A B) = .3

d. P(A) = .3, P(B) = .5, P(A B) = .4

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Given the contingency table shown here, find P(A2 | B3).

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a. .1842
b. .0685

c. .1893
d. .3721

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From the following tree, find the probability that a randomly-chosen person will get the flu vaccine and
will also get the flu.

Select one:
a. .7000
b. .1000
c. .1900

d. .0700

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Find the probability that either event A or B occurs if the chance of A occurring is .5, the chances
of B occurring is .3, and events A and B are independent.
Select one:
a. .85

b. .15
c. .65
d. .80

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Given the contingency table shown here, if a call is sampled at random, find the marginal probability that
the call is long distance.

Select one:
a. .6250

b. .3750
c. .4000
d. 300/500

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From the following tree, find the probability that a randomly-chosen person will not get a vaccination and
will not get the flu.
Select one:
a. .1900

b. .1800
c. .7000
d. .6000

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