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Question 1 - 10
If three coins are tossed, find the
mean of the number of heads that
occur?
Number of Heads X
3

Probability P(X)
3/8
1/8

1/8

3/8

Answer 1 10

= 1 1/5
OR 1.5

Question 1 - 20
The probability that a player will get
5 to 10 questions right on a trivia
quiz are shown below. Find the mean,
variance, and standard deviation for
the distribution.
X
5
6
7
8
9
10
P(X)
0.1

0.05

0.2

0.4

0.1

0.15

Answer 1 20

= 7.4
= 1.84
= 1.356

Question 1 - 30
A survey from Teenage Research
Unlimited found that 30% of teenage
costumers receive their spending
money from part-time jobs. If 5
teenagers are selected at random,
find the probability that 3 of them
will have part-time jobs.

Answer 1 30
P(3)=
5!
(0.3)^3(0.7)^2= 0.132
(5-3)!3!

Question 1 - 40
A sales firm receives, on average, 3
calls per hour on its toll- free number.
For any given hour, find the
probability that it will receive at
MOST 3 phone calls?

Answer 1 40
P(0) +P(1) +P(2) +P(3)
= 0.0498 +0.1494 +0.2240
+0.2240
= 0.6472

Question 1 - 50
Suppose we select 5 cards from an
ordinary deck of playing cards
without replacement. What is the
probability of obtaining 2 or fewer
hearts?

Answer 1 50
b = 52; since there are 52 cards in a
deck.
a = 26; since there are 26 red cards
in a deck.
n = 5; since we randomly select 5
cards from the deck.
x = 2; since 2 of the cards we select
are red.
P(x)=

Question 2 - 10
Read the problem below and
determine which probability
distribution you would use to find the
answer.
What is the probability of flipping a coin 3
times and landing on heads twice?
A)Binomial B)Multinomial C)Poisson
D)Hypergeometric

Answer 2 10

Binomial
Distribution

Question 2 - 20
Read the problem below and
determine which probability
distribution you would use to find the
answer.
A wallet contains 3 $100 bills and 5 $1 bills.
You randomly choose 4 bills without
replacement. What is the probability that
you will choose exactly 2 $100 bills?
A)Binomial B)Multinomial C)Poisson D)Hypergeometric

Answer 2 20

Hypergeometri
c

Question 2 - 30
Read the problem below and
determine which probability
distribution you would use to find the
answer.
It has
been discovered that 2% of all
American births result in twins. If a random
sample of 8000 births is taken, find the
probability that 200 births would result in
twins?
A)Binomial B)Multinomial C)Poisson D)Hypergeometric

Answer 2 30

Binomial
Distribution

Question 2 - 40
Read the problem below and determine
which probability distribution you
would use to find the answer.
A life insurance salesman sells on the
average 3 life insurance policies per
week. Calculate the probability that in a
given week he will sell 2 policies?
A)Binomial B)Multinomial C)Poisson
D)Hypergeometric

Answer 2 40

Poisson

Question 2 - 50
Read the problem below and determine
which probability distribution you would
use to find the answer.
In a certain town, 40% of the eligible
voters prefer candidate A, 10% prefer
candidate B, and the remaining 50% have
no preference. You randomly sample 10
eligible voters. What is the probability that
4 will prefer candidate A, 1 will prefer
candidate B, and the remaining 5 will have
no preference?

Answer 2 50

Multinomial

Question 3 - 10
The expected Value of a random
variable can be thought of as the
long-run average.
TRUE OR FALSE????

Answer 3 10

TRUE

Question 3 - 20
The number of courses a student is
taking this semester is an example of
a continuous random variable.
TRUE OR FALSE????

Answer 3 20

FALSE

Question 3 - 30
When a binomial distribution is used,
the outcomes must be dependent.
TRUE OR FALSE????

Answer 3 30

FALSE

Question 3 - 40
A hypergeometric distribution is used
when sampling is done without
replacement.
TRUE OR FALSE????

Answer 3 40

TRUE

Question 3 - 50
In a Poisson Distribution, you round
your answer to the third decimal
place.
TRUE OR FALSE????

Answer 3 50

FALSE

Question 4 - 10
Compute the probability of X
successes, using Table B. (Binomial
Distribution)
n= 2

p=0.30

X= ???

Answer 4 10

X= 0.420

Question 4 - 20
Find the probability using the Poisson
Distribution.
X= 5 = 4

P(5;4)=???

Answer 4 20

P(5;4) =
0.1563

Question 4 - 30
Use the Hypergeometric Distribution
to find the probability.
a= 2

b=8

n=5
X=1
P(X)= ????

n-X= 4

Answer 4 30

P(X)= 5/9 OR .
5555

Question 4 - 40
Use the multinomial formula and find
the probabilities for each.
n= 6
X 1= 3 X 2= 2 X 3= 1
P1= 0.5 P2= 0.3 P3= 0.2

Answer 4 40

P(X)= 0.135

Question 4 - 50
Find the mean, variance, and
standard of a binomial distribution
when
n= 1000 and p = 0.1

Answer 4 50

Mean= 100
Variance= 90
Standard
Deviation= 9.5

Question 5 - 10
The

mean for a binomial variable can

be found by using the formula np.
TRUE OR FALSE?

Answer 5 10

TRUE

Question 5 - 20
Use the Poisson Distribution for find
the following probability.
X= 10 = 7 P(10;7)= ???

Answer 5 20

P(10;7)= 0.071

Question 5 - 30
If 40% of all commuters ride to work
in carpools, find the probability that if
8 workers are selected, 5 will ride in
carpools.
P(X)= ????

Answer 5 30

P(X) = 0.124

Question 5 - 40
Calculate the probability:

(4C2)(48C1)
(52C3)

Answer 5 40

P(X)= 0.013

Question 5 - 50
Two balls are drawn at random from
an urn containing 4 red balls and 6
black balls. What is the expected
number of red balls?

Answer 5 50