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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

List the outcomes comprising the specified event.

1) When a quarter is tossed four times, 16 outcomes are possible. 1)

HHHH HHHT HHTH HHTT

HTHH HTHT HTTH HTTT
THHH THHT THTH THTT
TTHH TTHT TTTH TTTT

Here, for example, HTTH represents the outcome that the first toss is heads, the next two tosses are
tails, and the fourth toss is heads. List the outcomes that comprise the event of obtaining the same
face on the first three tosses.
A) HHHH, TTTT
B) HHH, TTT
C) HHHH, HHHT, TTTH, TTTT
D) HHHT, TTTH
E) HHHT, TTTH, HTTT, THHH

SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.

Provide an appropriate response.

2) The census reported the frequencies in the following table for occupations of Americans 16 years 2)
and older.

a. Find the probability that a randomly selected worker is in an occupation other than farming,
fishing, or forestry.
b. Given that a randomly selected worker is in service or in sales and office, find the
probability they are in sales and office.

Select the
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
most
appropriate
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3) For two events A and B, P(A) = 0.4, P(B) = 0.3, and P(A and B) = 0. It follows that A and B are
A) disjoint but not independent.
B) complementary. 3)
C) independent but not disjoint.
D) neither disjoint nor independent.
E) both disjoint and independent.

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4) Mr. Smithʹs gardener is not dependable; the probability that he will forget to water the rosebush 4)
during Smithʹs absence is 2/3. The rosebush is in questionable condition anyhow; if watered, the
probability of its withering is 1/2, but if it is not watered, the probability of its withering is 3/4.
Upon returning, Smith finds that the rosebush has withered. What is the probability that the
gardener did not water the rosebush?
A) None of these.
B) 2
3
C) 1
2
D) 3
4
E) 1
3

5) You flip a coin x number of times and calculate the probability of heads as (number of heads)/x. What 5)
happens to this probability as x gets larger?
A) It gets larger B) It stays the same, 0.50
C) It gets closer and closer to 0.50 D) It gets smaller

Find the indicated probability.

6) If two balanced die are rolled, the possible outcomes can be represented as follows. 6)

(1, 1) (2, 1) (3, 1) (4, 1) (5, 1) (6, 1)

(1, 2) (2, 2) (3, 2) (4, 2) (5, 2) (6, 2)
(1, 3) (2, 3) (3, 3) (4, 3) (5, 3) (6, 3)
(1, 4) (2, 4) (3, 4) (4, 4) (5, 4) (6, 4)
(1, 5) (2, 5) (3, 5) (4, 5) (5, 5) (6, 5)
(1, 6) (2, 6) (3, 6) (4, 6) (5, 6) (6, 6)

Determine the probability that the sum of the dice is 7.

7 2 1
A) C) D)
18 9 6
B) E)
36 3
6

List the outcomes comprising the specified event.

7) Three board members for a nonprofit organization will be selected from a group of five people. The board 7)
members will be selected by drawing names from a hat. The names of the five possible board members are
Allison, Betty, Charlie, Dave, and Emily. The possible outcomes can be represented as follows.

ABC ABD ABE ACD ACE

ADE BCD BCE BDE CDE

Here, for example, ABC represents the outcome that Allison, Betty, and Charlie are selected to be on the
board. List the outcomes that comprise the event that Betty and Emily are selected.
A) ABE, BCE, BDE
B) ABC, ABD, ABE, ACE, ADE, BCD, BCE, BDE, CDE
C) ABE, BDE
D) BE
E) ABE, BCE
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Draw a Venn diagram and shade the described events.
8) From a finite sample, events A, B, and C are disjoint. Shade the collection A or B or C. 8)
A) B)

C) D)

Find the probability of the given event.

9) A random spinner has equal-sized regions numbered 1 through 18. The spinner stops on an even number or a 9)
multiple of 3.

1 2 1
A) B) C) 15 D) 1 E)
2 3 3

Determine whether the events are disjoint.

10) A card is selected randomly from a deck of 52. The events A, B, and C are defined as follows. 10)

A = event the card selected is a heart

B = event the card selected is a club
C = event the card selected is an ace

Are the events A, B, and C disjoint?

A) No B) Yes

SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.

Provide an appropriate response.

11) A production process of computer parts uses two machines, one old machine and one new machine. 11)
If the old machine is used, the probability that a defective part is produced is 0.13. If the new
machine is used, the probability that a defective part is produced is 0.04. Moreover, the new
machine produces parts 4 times as fast as the old machine does. What is the probability that a
randomly selected part produced by this process is defective?

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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1 2
12) If A and B are independent events, with P(A) = , P(B) = , then P(A or B) 12)

5 5
A) cannot be determined from the given information.
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B) equals .
5
13
C) equals .
25
3
D) equals .
25
3
E) equals .
10

Draw a Venn diagram and shade the described events.

13) From a finite sample, events A, B, and C are not disjoint. Shade the collection A and B and C. 13)
A) B)

C) D)

Answer true or false.

14) Two trials are independent if they have no outcomes in common. 14)
A) False B) True

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List the outcomes comprising the specified event.
15) When a coin is tossed two times, the possible outcomes are 15)
HH HT TH TT
where ʺHʺ represents a head and ʺTʺ represents a tail. List the outcomes that comprise the
complement of the event A = at least one head appears.
A) TT
B) HT, TH
C) TT, HH
D) TT, HH, HT, TH
E) HH, HT, TH

Suppose P(C) =0 .048, P(M and C) = 0.044, and P(M or C) = 0.524. Find the indicated probability.
16) P(M) 16)
A) 0.472 B) 0.480 C) 0.524 D) 0.528 E) 0.520

SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.

Provide an appropriate response.

17) When entering data into a computer, the probability that a student will make at most three mistakes 17)
per 1,000 keystrokes is 0.71, and the probability of making anywhere from 4 to 6 mistakes per
1,000 keystrokes is 0.22. Find the probabilities that in 1,000 keystrokes the student will make

a. at most 6 mistakes
b. more than 3 mistakes

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

18) According to a survey, 41.5% of babies born in the U.S. were still being breastfed at 6 months of 18)
age. If 4 children who are born in the U.S. are randomly selected, what is the probability that none
of them are breastfed for at least 6 months?
A) none of these
B) 0.12
C) 0.585
D) 1
E) 0.03

Solve the problem.

19) Find the probability that in a class of 26 students, at least two have the same birthday. Express the 19)
probability as a decimal rounded to four decimal places.
A) 0.5982 B) 0.5687 C) 0.4018 D) 0.6269

20) A patient is told that a test for a certain disease is 92% accurate. The way this is worded, this could mean that 20)
(a) 92% of those with the disease test positive, (b) 92% of those without the disease test negative, (c) 92%
of those who test positive have the disease, or (d) 92% of those who test negative do not have the disease.
Let D denote {person has the disease}, and let P denote {person tests positive}. Using these events and their
complements, express as a conditional probability the event that a person who tests positive does not have
the disease.
A) P(D Pc) B) P(Dc Pc) C) P(P Dc) D) P(Pc D) E) P(Dc P)

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21) A prix fixed menu offers a choice of 2 appetizers, 4 main courses and 3 desserts. If a tree diagram 21)
is used to list all possible meal combinations from the prix fixed menu, how many branches will
there be?
A) 8
B) 12
C) 9
D) 24
E) none of these

List the outcomes comprising the specified event.

22) When a quarter is tossed four times, 16 outcomes are possible. 22)

HHHH HHHT HHTH HHTTHTHH

HTHT HTTH HTTT THHH THHT
THTH THTT TTHHTTHT TTTH TTTT

Here, for example, HTTH represents the outcome that the first toss is heads, the next two tosses are tails,
and the fourth toss is heads. List the outcomes that comprise the event of tossing exactly three tails.
A) HTTT, THTT, TTTH
B) HTTT, THTT, TTHT, TTTH, TTTT
C) HTTT, THTT, TTHT, TTTH
D) TTTH
E) THTT, TTHT, TTTH

Provide an appropriate response.

23) Ten white balls, 20 blue balls and 20 red balls are placed in an urn. If two balls are drawn, with replacement, 23)
what is the probability of drawing two white balls?
A) 0.04 B) 0.01 C) 0.36 D) 0.037

Draw a tree diagram to represent the problem. At the end of each branch use symbols to represent the event that the branch
corresponds to and give the probability of the event.
24) Two cards are selected randomly without replacement from a standard deck of 52 cards. The color of each 24)
card (red or black) is recorded. Draw a tree diagram showing the possible outcomes and their probabilities
for this problem.
A)

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C)

D) None of these

Find the probability using complements.

25) Suppose that on a particular multiple choice question, 96% of the students answered correctly. What is the 25)
probability that a randomly selected student answered the question incorrectly?
A) 0.96 B) 1.04 C) 24.00 D) 0.04 E) 0.48

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Answer Key
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1) C
2) a. 0.9927; b. 0.6423
3) A
4) D
5) C
6) D
7) A
8) D
9) B
10) A
11) P(D) = P(N and D) + P(O and D) = 0.032 + 0.026 = 0.058
12) C
13) B
14) A
15) A
16) E
17) a. 0.93; b. 0.29
18) B
19) A
20) E
21) D
22) C
23) A
24) A
25) D

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