Practice Quiz 3: Discrete Distributions 22/08/20, 2'57 PM

Practice Quiz 3: Discrete Distributions

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Q.1 Which of the following is a characteristic of an experiment where the 1/1

binomial probability distribution is applicable? *

The experiment has at least two possible outcomes

Exactly two outcomes are possible on each trial

The trials are dependent on each other

The probabilities of the outcomes changes from one trial

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Q.2 Four percent of the customers of a mo!gage company default on 1/1

their payments. A sample of "ve customers is selected. What is the
probability that exactly two customers in the sample will default on their
payments? *

0.2592

0.0142

0.9588

0.7408

Q.3 In the textile industry, a manufacturer is interested in the number of 1/1

blemishes or #aws occurring in each 100 feet of material. The probability
distribution that has the greatest chance of applying to this situation is
the *

Normal distribution

Binomial distribution

Poisson distribution

Uniform distribution

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Q.4 The student body of a large university consists of 60% female 1/1
students. A random sample of 8 students is selected. What is the
probability that among the students in the sample at least 6 are male? *

0.0413

0.0079

0.0007

0.0499

Q.5 The random variable x is the number of occurrences of an event over 1/1
an interval of ten minutes. It can be assumed that the probability of an
occurrence is the same in any two-time periods of an equal length. It is
known that the mean number of occurrences in ten minutes is 5.3. The
probability that there are less than 3 occurrences in ten minutes is *

0.0659

0.0948

0.1239

0.1016

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Q.6 A salesperson contacts eight potential customers per day. From past 1/1
experience, we know that the probability of a potential customer making
a purchase is 0.10. What percentage of the day will the salesperson not
make a sale? *

40

43.05

48.25

50

Q.7 Shoppers enter Paci"c Mall at an average of 120 per hour. What is the 1/1
probability that at least 35 shoppers will enter the mall between 5:00 and
5:10 p.m.? *

0.0015

0.0007

0.0045

0.345

Statement for Questions 8 to 9: A car dealer has seven cars to sell before the end
of the month by contacting prospective customers one by one. Each customer
has an independent 0.30 probability of buying a car on being contacted by the
dealer.

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Q.8 If the dealer has enough time to contact only 20 customers, how 0/1
con"dent can she be of selling all four cars within the available time? *

29.2%

39.2%

44.5%

48.5%

Correct answer

39.2%

Q.9 If the dealer wants to be at least 80% con"dent of selling all the cars 0/1
within the available time, how many customers should be contacted? *

26

27

28

29

Correct answer

29

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