Venn Diagram, Permutation, Combination and Probability Series

Instructions: Choose the letter of the best answer in each question.

Problem 1: EE Board October 1993

In a class 40 students, 27 like Calculus and 25 like Chemistry. How many like both Calculus
and Chemistry?

A. 10
B. 11
C. 12
D. 13

Problem 2: ECE Board November 1998

A club of 40 executives, 33 like to smoke Marlboro and 20 like to smoke Philip Morris. How
many like both?

A. 10
B. 11
C. 12
D. 13

Problem 3: GE Board February 1994

A survey of 100 persons revealed that 72 of them had eaten at restaurant P and that 52 of
them had eaten at restaurant Q. Which of the following could not be the number of persons
in the surveyed group who had eaten at both P and Q?

A. 20
B. 22
C. 24
D. 26

Problem 4: ECE Board November 1992

The probability for the ECE board examinees from a certain school to pass the subject
Mathematics is 3/7 and for the subject Communications is 5/7. If none of the examinees fails
both subject and there are 4 examinees who pass both subjects, find the number of
examinees from that school who took the examinations.

A. 20
B. 25
C. 30
D. 28
Problem 5: EE Board April 1997
In a commercial survey involving 1000 persons on brand preference, 120 were found to
prefer brand x only, 200 prefer brand y only, 150 prefer brand z only, 370 prefer either brand
x or y but not z, 450 prefer brand y or z but not x and 370 prefer either brand z or x but not
y. How many persons have no brand preference, satisfied with any of the three brands?

A. 280
B. 230
C. 180
D. 130

Problem 6: EE Board April 1997

A toothpaste firm claims that in survey of 54 people, they were using either Colgate, Hapee
or Close-up brand. The following statistics were found: 6 people used all three brands, 5
used only Hapee and Close-up, 18 used Hapee or Close-up, 2 used Hapee, 2 used only
Hapee and Colgate, 1 used Close-up and Colgate, and 20 used only Colgate. Is the survey
worth paying for?

A. Neither yes nor no

B. Yes
C. No
D. Either yes or no

Problem 7:

How many four-letter words beginning and ending with a vowel without any letter repeated
can be formed from the word “personnel”?

A. 40
B. 480
C. 20
D. 312

Problem 8:

Five different Mathematics books, 4 different electronics books and 2 different

communications books are to be placed in a shelf with the books of the same subject
together. Find the number of ways in which the books can be placed.

A. 292
B. 5760
C. 34560
D. 12870
Problem 9:

The number of ways can 3 nurses and 4 engineers be seated on a bench with the nurses
seated together is?

A. 144
B. 258
C. 720
D. 450

Problem 10: ECE Board November 1998

If 15 people won prizes in the state lottery (assuming that there are no ties), how many ways
can these 15 people win first, second, third, fourth and fifth prizes?

A. 4,845
B. 116,260
C. 360,360
D. 3,003

Problem 11: CE Board November 1996

How many 4 digit numbers can be formed without repeating any digit from the following
digits: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6?

A. 120
B. 130
C. 140
D. 150

Problem 12: EE Board June 1990

How many permutations are there if the letters PNRCSE are taken six at a time?

A. 1440
B. 480
C. 720
D. 360

Problem 13: EE Board April 1996

In how many ways can 6 distinct books be arranged in a bookshelf?

A. 720
B. 120
C. 360
D. 180
Problem 14: EE Board April 1997
What is the number of permutations of the letters in the word BANANA?

A. 36
B. 60
C. 52
D. 42

Problem 15: ME Board April 1994

A PSME unit has 10 ME’s, 8 PME’s and 6 CPM’s. If a committee of 3 members, one from
each group is to be formed, how many such committees can be formed?

A. 2,024
B. 12,144
C. 480
D. 360

Problem 16: ME Board October 1992

In how many ways can a PSME Chapter with 15 directors choose a President, a Vice
President, a Secretary, a Treasurer and an Auditor, if no member can hold more than one
position?

A. 360,360
B. 32,760
C. 3,003
D. 3,603,600

Problem 17: EE Board October 1997

Four different colored flags can be hung in a row to make coded signal. How many signals
can be made if a signal consists of the display of one or more flags?

A. 64
B. 66
C. 68
D. 62

Problem 18: EE Board June 1990, EE Board April 1993, CHE Board May 1994
In how many ways can 4 boys and 4 girls be seated alternately in a row of 8 seats?

A. 1152
B. 2304
C. 576
D. 2204
Problem 19: EE Board October 1997

There are four balls of four different colors. Two balls are taken at a time and arranged in a
definite order. For example, if a white and red balls are taken, one definite arrangement is
white first, red second, and another arrangement is red first, white second. How many such
arrangements are possible?

A. 24
B. 6
C. 12
D. 36

Problem 20:

How many different ways can 5 boys and 5 girls form a circle with boys and girls alternate?

A. 28,800
B. 2,880
C. 5,600
D. 14,400

Problem 21: EE Board October 1997

There are four balls of different colors. Two balls at a time are taken and arranged any way.
How many such combinations are possible?

A. 36
B. 3
C. 6
D. 12

Problem 22: EE Board March 1998

How many 6-number combinations can be generated from the numbers from 1 to 42
inclusive, without repetition and with no regards to the order of the numbers?

A. 850,668
B. 5,245,786
C. 188,848,296
D. 31,474,716
Problem 23:

Find the total number of combinations of three letters, J, R, T taken 1, 2, 3 at a time.

A. 7
B. 8
C. 9
D. 10

Problem 24: ME Board October 1997

In how many ways can you invite one or more of your five friends in a party?

A. 15
B. 31
C. 36
D. 25

Problem 25: CHE November 1996

In how many ways can a committee of three consisting of two chemical engineers and one
mechanical engineer can be formed from four chemical engineers and three mechanical
engineers?

A. 18
B. 64
C. 32
D. None of these

Problem 26: EE Board April 1995

In Mathematics examination, a student may select 7 problems from a set of 10 problems. In
how many ways can he make his choice?

A. 120
B. 530
C. 720
D. 320

Problem 27: EE Board April 1997

How many committees can be formed by choosing 4 men from an organization of a
membership of 15 men?

A. 1390
B. 1240
C. 1435
D. 1365
Problem 28: ECE Board April 1998
A semiconductor company will hire 7 men and 4 women. In how many ways can the
company choose from 9 men and 6 women who qualified for the position?

A. 680
B. 540
C. 480
D. 840

Problem 29: ECE Board April 1994

There are 13 teams in a tournament. Each team is to play with each other only once. What
is the minimum number of days can they all play without any team playing more than one
game in any day?

A. 11
B. 12
C. 13
D. 14

Problem 30: EE Board October 1996

There are five main roads between the cities A and B, and four between B and C. In how
many ways can a person drive from A to C and return, going through B on both trips without
driving on the same road twice?

A. 260
B. 240
C. 120
D. 160

Problem 31: EE Board April 1991

There are 50 tickets in a lottery in which there is a first and second prize. What is the
probability of a man drawing a prize if he owns 5 tickets?

A. 50%
B. 25%
C. 20%
D. 40%
Problem 32:

Roll a pair of dice. What is the probability that the sum of two numbers is 11?
A. 1/36
B. 1/9
C. 1/18
D. 1/20

Problem 33:

Roll two dice once. What is the probability that the sum is 7?

A. 1/6
B. 1/8
C. 1/4
D. 1/7

Problem 34:

In a throw of two dice, the probability of obtaining a total of 10 or 12 is?

A. 1/6
B. 1/9
C. 1/12
D. 1/18

Problem 35:

Determine the probability of drawing either a king or a diamond in a single draw from a pack
of 52 playing cards

A. 2/13
B. 3/13
C. 4/13
D. 1/13

Problem 36:

A card is drawn from a deck of 52 playing cards, Find the probability if drawing a king or a
red card.

A. 0.5835
B. 0.5385
C. 0.3585
D. 0.8535
Problem 37: CE Board November 1998

A coin is tossed 3 times. What is the probability of getting 3 tails up?

A. 1/8
B. 1/16
C. 1/4
D. 7/8

Problem 38: EE Board April 1996

The probability of getting at least 2 heads when a coin is tossed four times is?

A. 11/16
B. 13/16
C. 1/4
D. 3/8

Problem 39:

A fair coin is tossed three times. What is the probability of getting either 3 heads or 3 tail?

A. 1/8
B. 3/8
C. 1/4
D. 1/2

Problem 40: ECE Board March 1996

The probability of getting a credit in an examination is 1/3. If three students are selected at
random, what is the probability that at least one of them got a credit?

A. 19/27
B. 8/27
C. 2/3
D. 1/3

Problem 41:

There are 3 questions in a test. For each question is awarded for a correct answer and none
for a wrong answer. If the probability that Janine correctly answers a question in the test is
2/3, determine the probability that she gets zero in the test.

A. 8/27
B. 4/9
C. 1/30
D. 1/27
Problem 42: EE Board April 1991
In the ECE Board Examinations, the probability that an examinee will pass each subject is
0.8. What is the probability that an examinee will pass at least two subjects out of three
board subjects?

A. 70.9%
B. 80.9%
C. 85.9%
D. 89.6%

Problem 43:

In a multiple choice test, each question is to be answered by selecting 1 out of 5 choices of

which only 1 is right, If there are 10 questions in a test, what is the probability of getting 6
right of pure guesswork?

A. 10%
B. 6%
C. 0.44%
D. 0.55%

Problem 44: ME Board April 1994

From a box containing 6 red balls, 8 white balls and 10 blue balls, one ball is drawn at
random. Determine the probability that is red or white.

A. 1/3
B. 7/12
C. 5/12
D. 1/4

Problem 45: EE Board October 1990

From a bag containing 4 black balls and 5 white balls, two balls are drawn one at a time.
Find the probability that both balls are white. Assume that the first ball is returned before the
second ball is drawn.

A. 25/81
B. 16/81
C. 5/18
D. 40/81
Problem 46: CE Board May 1996
A bag contains 3 white and 5 black balls. If two balls are drawn in succession without
replacement, what is the probability that both balls are black?
A. 5/16
B. 5/28
C. 5/32
D. 5/14

Problem 47: ME Board April 1996

An urn contains 4 black balls and 6 white balls. What is the probability of getting 1 black and
1 white ball in two consecutive draws from the urn?

A. 0.24
B. 0.27
C. 0.53
D. 0.04

Problem 48: EE Board October 1990

From a bag containing 4 black balls and 5 white balls, two balls are drawn one at a time.
Find the probability that one ball is white and one ball is black. Assume that the first ball is
returned before the second ball is drawn.

A. 16/81
B. 25/81
C. 20/81
D. 40/81

Problem 49: EE Board October 1997

A group of 3 people enter a theatre after the lights had dimmed. They are shown to the
correct group of 3 seats by the usher. Each person holds a number stub. What is the
probability that each is in the correct seat according to the numbers on seat and stub?

A. 1/6
B. 1/4
C. 1/2
D. 1/8
Problem 50:

From 20 tickets marked with the first 20 numerals, one is drawn at random. What is the
chance that it will be a multiple of 3 or of 7?

A. 1/2
B. 8/15
C. 3/10
D. 2/5

Problem 51
How permutation can be made out of the letters in the world island taking four letters at a
time?
A. 360
B. 720
C. 120
D. 24

Problem 52 (CE November 1996)

How many 4 digit number can be formed without repeating any digit, from the following digit
1,2,3,4 and 6.

A. 150
B. 120
C. 140
D. 130

Problem 53
How many permutations can made out of the letters of the word ENGINEERING?

A. 39,916,800
B. 277,200
C. 55,440
D. 3,326,400

Problem 54
How many ways can 3 men and 4 women be seated on a bench if the women to be
together?

A. 720
B. 576
C. 5040
D. 1024
Problem 55
In how many ways can 5 people line up to pay their electric bills?

A. 120
B. 1
C. 72
D. 24

Problem 56
In how many ways can 5 people line up to pay their electric bills, if two particular persons
refuse to follow each other?

A. 120
B. 72
C. 90
D. 140

Problem 57
How many ways can 7 people be seated at a round table?

A. 5040
B. 120
C. 720
D. 840

Problem 58
In how many relative orders can we seat 7 people at a round table with a certain people side
by side.

A. 144
B. 5040
C. 720
D. 1008

Problem 59
In how many ways can we seat 7 people in a round table with a certain 3 people not in
consecutive order?

A. 576
B. 3960
C. 5320
D. 689
Problem 60
The captain of a baseball team assigns himself to the 4th place in the batting order. In how
many ways can he assign the remaining places to his eight teammates if just three men are
eligible for the first position?

A. 2160
B. 40320
C. 5040
D. 15120

Problem 61
In how many ways can PICE chapter with 15 directors choose a president, a vice-president,
a secretary, a treasurer, and an auditor, if no member can hold more than one position?

A. 630630
B. 3300
C. 5040
D. 15120

Problem 62
How many ways can a committee of five be selected from an organization with 35
members?

A. 324632
B. 425632
C. 125487
D. 326597

Problem 63
How many line segments can be formed by 13 distinct point?

A. 156
B. 36
C. 98
D. 78

Problem 64
In how many ways can a hostess select six luncheon guests from 10 women if she is to
avoid having particular two of them together at the luncheon?

A. 210
B. 84
C. 140
D. 168
Problem 65 (ECE April 1998)
A semiconductor company will hire 7 men and 4 women. In how many ways can the
company choose from 9 men and 6 women who qualified for the position?

A. 680
B. 840
C. 480
D. 540

Problem 66
How many ways can you invite one or more of five friends to a party?

A. 25
B. 15
C. 31
D. 62

Problem 67
A bag contains 4 red balls, 3 green balls, and 5 blue balls. The probability of not getting a
red ball in the first draw is:

A. 2
B. 2/3
C. 1
D. 1/3

Problem 68
Which of the following cannot be a probability?

A. 1
B. 0
C. 1/e
D. 0.434343

Problem 69 (CE May 1996)

A bag contains 3 white and 5 black balls. If two balls are drawn in succession without
replacement, what is the probability that both balls are black?

A. 5/28
B. 5/16
C. 5/32
D. 5/14
Problem 70
A bag contains 3 white and 5 red balls. If two balls are drawn at random, find the probability
that both are white.

A. 3/28
B. 3/8
C. 2/7
D. 5/15

Problem 71
In problem 70, find the probability that one ball is white and the other is red.

A. 15/56
B. 15/28
C. ¼
D. 225/784

Problem 72
In the problem 70, find the probability that all are of the same color.

A. 13/30
B. 14/29
C. 13/28
D. 15/28

Problem 73
The probability that both stages of a two-stage rocket to function correctly is 0.92. The
reliability of the first stage is 0.97. The reliability of the second stage is:

A. 0.948
B. 0.958
C. 0.968
D. 0.8924

Problem 74
Ricky and George each throw dice. If Ricky gets a sum of four what is the probability that
George will get less than of four?

A. ½
B. 5/6
C. 9/11
D. 1/12
Problem 75
Two fair dice are thrown. What is the probability that the sum of the dice is divisible by 5?

A. 7/36
B. 1/9
C. 1/12
D. ¼

Problem 76 (ME April 1996)

An um contains 4 black balls and 6 white balls. What is the probability of getting one black
ball and white ball in two consecutive draws from the urn?

A. 0.24
B. 0.27
C. 0.53
D. 0.04

Problem 77
If three balls in drawn in succession from 5 white and a second bag, find the probability that
all are of one color, if the first ball is replaced immediately while the second is not replaced
before the third draw.

A. 10/121
B. 18/121
C. 28/121
D. 180/14641

Problem 78
A first bag contains 5 white balls and 10 black balls. The experiment consists of selecting a
bag and then drawing a ball from the selected bag. Find the probability of drawing a white
ball.

A. 1/3
B. 1/6
C. 1/2
D. 1/8

Problem 79
In problem 78, find the probability of drawing a white ball from the first bag.

A. 5/6
B. 1/6
C. 2/3
D. 1/3
Problem 80
If seven coins are tossed simultaneously, find the probability that will just have three heads.

A. 33/128
B. 35/128
C. 30/129
D. 37/129

Problem 81
If seven coins are tossed simultaneously, find the probability that there will be at least six
tails.

A. 2/128
B. 3/128
C. 1/16
D. 2/16

Problem 82 (CE November 1998)

A face of a coin is either head or tail. If three coins are tossed, what is are the probability of
getting three tails?

A. 1/8
B. ½
C. ¼
D. 1/6

Problem 83
The face of a coin is either head or tail. If three coins are tossed, what is the probability of
getting three tails or three heads?

A. 1/8
B. ½
C. ¼
D. 1/6

Problem 84
Five fair coins were tossed simultaneously. What is the probability of getting three heads and
two tails?

A. 1/32
B. 1/16
C. 1/8
D. ¼
Problem 85
Throw a fair coin five times. What is the probability of getting three heads and two tails?

A. 5/32
B. 5/16
C. 1/32
D. 7/16

Problem 86 (ECE March 1996)

The probability of getting credit in an examination is 1/3. If three students are selected at
random, what is the probability that at least one of them got a credit?

A. 19/27
B. 8/27
C. 2/3
D. 1/3

Problem 87
There are three short questions in mathematics test. For each question, one (1) mark will be
awarded for a correct answer and no mark for a wrong answer. If the probability that Mary
correctly answers a question in a test is 2/3, determine the probability that Mary gets two
marks.

A. 4/27
B. 8/27
C. 4/9
D. 2/9

Problem 88
A marksman hits 75% of all his targets. What is the probability that he will hit exactly 4 of his
next ten shot?

A. 0.01622
B. 0.4055
C. 0.004055
D. 0.001622

Problem 89
A two-digit number is chosen randomly. What is the probability that it is divisible by 7?
A. 7/50
B. 13/90
C. 1/7
D. 7/45
Problem 90
One box contains four cards numbered 1, 3,5,and 6. Another box contains three cards
numbered 2, 4, and 7. One card is drawn from each bag. Find the probability that the sum is
even.

A. 5/12
B. 3/7
C. 7/12
D. 5/7

Problem 91
Two people are chosen randomly from 4 married couples. What is probability that they are
husband and wife?

A. 1/28
B. 1/14
C. 3/28
D. 1/7

Problem 92
One letter is taken from each of the words PARALLEL and LEVEL at random. What is the
probability of getting the same letter?

A. 1/5
B. 1/20
C. 3/20
D. ¾

Problem 93
In a shooting game, the probability that Botoy and Toto will hit a target is 2/3 and ¾
respectively. What is the probability that the target is hit when both shoot at it once?

A. 13/5
B. 5/13
C. 7/12
D. 11/12

Problem 94
A standard deck of 52 playing cards is well shuffled. The probability that the first four cards
dealt from the deck will be four aces is closes to:

A. 4 x 10-6
B. 2 x 10-6
C. 3 x 10-6
D. 8 x 10-6
Problem 95
A card is chosen from pack of playing cards. What is the probability that it is either red or a
picture card?

A. 8/13
B. 10/13
C. 19/26
D. 8/15

Problem 96
In a poker game consisting of 5 cards, what is the probability of holding 2 aces and 2
Queens?

A. 5! /52!
B. 5/52
C. 33/54145
D. 1264/45685

Problem 97
Dennis Rodman sinks 50% of all his attempts. What is the probability that he will make
exactly 3 of his next 10 attempts?

A. 1/256
B. 3/8
C. 30/128
D. 15/128

Problem 98
There are 10 defectives per 1000 items of a product in long run. What is the probability that
there is one and only one defective in random lot of 100?

A. 0.3697
B. 0.3967
C. 0.3796
D. 0.3679

Problem 99
The UN forces for Bosnia uses a type of missile that hits the target with a probability of 0.3.
How many missiles should be fired so that there is at least an 80% probability of hitting the
target?

A. 2
B. 4
C. 5
D. 3
Problem 100 (ME April 1997)
In a dice game, one fair is used. The player wins P20.00 if he rolls either 1 or 6. He losses
P10.00 if he turns up any other face. What is the expected winning for one roll of the die?

A. P40.00
B. P0.00
C. P20.00
D. P10.00

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