POST TEST

Multiple Choice

1. Statement 1: The term "given" simply means the probability of an event, if the
event has already happened.
Statement 2: The probability of an outcome (A) occurring given that another
event (B) has also occurred.

a. Only statement 1 is true

b. Only statement 2 is true
c. Both statements are true
d. Both statements are false

2. Statement 1: P(A|B) = (A), dependent event.

Statement 2: P(A|B) ≠ (B), dependent event.

a. Only statement 1 is true

b. Only statement 2 is true
c. Both statements are true
d. Both statements are false

3. Statement 1: P(A|B) = (A), Statistical Independence.

Statement 2: P(A ∩ B) = P (A) x P (B), Statistical Independence.

a. Only statement 1 is true

b. Only statement 2 is true
c. Both statements are true
d. Both statements are false

4. How is the probability of an event typically expressed in terms of numerical

measure?

a. Between 0% and 50%

b. Between -1 and 0
c. Between 1 and 10
d. Between 0 and 1

5. Statement 1: The intersection of two events in probability theory is denoted as

A ∪.
Statement 2: In probability theory, the intersection of events is denoted as A∩B.

a. Both Statements are correct.

b. Statement 1 is true.
c. Both statements are incorrect.
 d. Statement 2 is true.

6. In the context of assigning probabilities, which method is most commonly used to

estimate the probability of rare events that are difficult to predict?

a. The Empirical Classical method

b. The Subjective method
c. The Priori Classical method
d. The Experimental Classical method

7. Statement 1: Contingency table displays frequencies for combinations of two

categorical variables.
Statement 2: In contingency tables, the values at the row and column
intersections are frequencies for each unique combination of the three variables.

a. Only statement 1 is true

b. Only statement 2 is true
c. Both statements are true
d. Both statements are false

8. Statement 1: Multiplication rule of probability states that whenever an event is the

intersection of two other events, that is, events A and B need to occur
simultaneously.
Statement 2: Conditional Probability is a concept that allows you to calculate the
probability of two events occurring together.

a. Only statement 1 is true

b. Only statement 2 is true
c. Both statements are true
d. Both statements are false

9. Statement 1: Tossing a coin is an example of a random experiment

Statement 2: A sample point is one of the possible outcomes of the experiment
a. Only statement 1 is true
b. Only statement 2 is true
c. Both statements are true
d. Both statements are false

10. Statement 1: Mutually exclusive only two outcome can happen

Statement 2: The set of outcomes from an experiment is known as sample space

a. Only statement 1 is true

b. Only statement 2 is true
c. Both statements are true
d. Both statements are false