STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY EXAMINATION

d. 560
A Math Professor gives the following scores to his
6. The probability of getting a credit in an
students.
examination is 1/3. If three students are
Frequency 1 2 4 6
selected at random, what is the probability that
Numbers 30 42 50 60
at least one of them get the credit?
1. Find the weighted mean of the scores.
a. 2/3
a. 56.41
b. 19/27
b. 51.85
c. 20/27
c. 56.78
d. 7/9
d. 55.34
7. In how many ways can a committee consisting of
2. Compute the standard deviation.
3 mean and 2 women be chosen from 7 men and 5
a. 8.12
women?
b. 9.13
a. 350
c. 10.12
b. 400
d. 8.33
c. 300
3. Three boys and 3 girls sit in a row. In how
d. 200
many ways can they sit if the girls are always
8. A restaurant is giving away 3 different toys with
together?
each child’s meal. What is the probability of getting
a. 144
all three toys when purchasing 5 meals?
b. 152
a. 130/243
c. 100
b. 150/243
d. 122
c. 130/243
4. In how many ways can 10 trees be planted in a
d. 112/243
circular lot?
9. With 50 questions each of which has 4 given
a. 362,880
answers, how many possible answer patterns are
b. 3,628,880
there?
c. 432,112
a. 1.27 x 1030
d. 442,122
b. 1.34 x 1030
5. A semiconductor will hire 7 men and 5 women.
c. 1.45 x 1030
In how many ways can the company choose
d. 1.45 x 1030
from 9 men and 6 women.
10. From the following tabulation, compute the
a. 678
correlation coefficient between x and y.
b. 216
X 80 84 88 92 98 104
c. 324
Y 4 8 10 8 12 14
a. 0.94 15. Median
b.0.88 a. 8
c. 0.92 b. 8.5
d. 0.88 c. 9
11. On the average, a certain intersection d. 9.5

results in 3 traffic accidents per month. 16. Mode

a. 8, and 12
What is the probability that in any given
b. 1, and 15
month at this intersection, exactly 5
c. 9, and 12
accidents will occur. d. None of the above
a. 0.0091 17. Range
b. 0.2112 a. 12

c. 0.1221 b. 13
c. 14
d. 0.1008
d. 15

12. What is the probability that less than 3 accidents

18. Q1, Q2, AND Q3
will occur?
a. 5, 8, 12
a. 0.4232
b. 6.5, 8.5, 12
b. 0.4442
c. 8, 8.5, 12
c. 0.3322
d. 8, 9, 15
d. 0.4276
Given the data set: {8, 15, 1, 12, 9, 8, 12,5}
19. Interquartile Range
Determine the following:
a. 5
13. Sample Size
b. 5.5
a. 6
c. 6
b. 7
d. 6.5
c. 8
20. Quartile Deviation
d. 9
a. 2.5
14. Mean
b. 2.75
a. 8.75
c. 3
b. 9.54
d. 3.25
c. 5.32
21. Compute the standard deviation of the following set
d. 9 of numbers. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12
a. 3.742
b. 3.451
c. 4.112
d. 4.221
22. A bag contains 3 white balls and 5 red balls. If two
balls are drawn at random in succession without
returning the first ball drawn, what is the probability that
the balls drawn are both red?
a. 3/14
b. 1/3
c. 5/14
d. 3/7