Prob&Stats Problems PDF
Prob&Stats Problems PDF
Prob&Stats Problems PDF
He has I bltlt' shirl. I gr...-n shirt. 1 hlu,· littt. 1 gr...-n starf. I blue pair of pa111,_ end
1 grfi'n p11ir of pi111 ts
Tomas selects one or these garments at random Let A be the event that he selects a blue garment
and let B be the event that he chooses a shirt
~ P( A I B) P( A). the probab1l1ty that Tomes selects a blue garment given that he hes chosen a
shirt is equal to the probability that Tomas selects a blue garmenL
P(B I A) - P(B). the probab11,ty that Tomas selects a Shirt given that he has chosen a blue
garment 1s equal to the probabthty that Tomas selects a Shn1.
P(A and B) P(A) · P(B) . the probl!b1lity that Tomas selects a blue garment that ,s a shirt is
equal to the probabthty that Tomas selects a blue garment mulbpl1ed by the probab1lrty that he
selects a shirt
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Compound Probability
A lottery draw consists of picking balls
numbered 1 through 60 from a rotating
drum. What is the probability of drawing the
#20 ball or an odd numbered ball during the
first draw?
a) 29/60
b) 1/60
c) 30/60
d) 31/60
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Conditional Probability
Given the EIT exam has an 50% pass rate, and
5% of the people who take the exam have
previously failed. What is the probability of
passing the exam on the first go around, if the
probability of passing the exam for those who
have previously failed is 80%.
a) about 48%
b) about 50%
c) about 60%
d) about 54%
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Independent Events
If a baseball player has a probability of 0.25
for hitting a pitched ball, what is the
approximate probability that the player will
miss three pitches in a row? (Probability of
missing the first pitch, second pitch, and the
third pitch)
a) 0.58
b) 0.42
c) 0.25
d) 0.75
Discrete Distributions
• Consider the following discrete probability
distribution
• X 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12
P[X] 1/36 2/36 3/36 4/36 5/36 6/36 5/36 4/36
3/36 2/36 1/36
Which one of the following statements is incorrect?
• a) Sum of all P{X} = 1
• b) P{2} = 1/36
• c) P{7} + P{11} = 8/36
• d) P{5.5} = 1/4
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Mean, Mode, Median
• A medical study focusing on when people first develop heart
problems has recorded the following data:
• a) by the age of 65
• b) by the age of 40
• c) by the age of 60
• d) by the age of 50
Sample Mean
The following data was recorded from a laboratory
experiment.
Number 1 2 3 4 5 6
Data 22 25 24 25 21 27
What is the sample mean of the recorded data?
• a) 3.5
• b) 6.0
• c) 4.0
• d) 4.8
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Sum of RV
Four resistors from a batch of 100-watt resistors are
connected in series. The resistors have mean
resistance of 100 ohms with a standard deviation
of 1 ohm. What will be the standard deviation of
the series resistance of the four resistors?
• a) 100 ohms
• b) 4 ohms
• c) 2 ohms
• d) 16 ohms
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Binomial Distribution
An auto dealer orders 50 new automobiles for
resale. If 1% of the automobiles produced are
shipped defective, what is the approximate
probability that the auto dealer will receive at
least one defective automobile?
a) 50%
b) 35%
c) 30%
d) 25%
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Normal Distribution
The results if the EIT exam had indicated a
mean score of 68 and standard deviation of
14. Assuming a normal distribution, what
percent of the people scored above 95 ?
• a) around 7.5%
• b) about 5%
• c) a little more than 2.5%
• d) a little less than 2.5%
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Normal Distribution
A printed circuit board manufacturer produces 1000
boards per day having a mean impedance value of
100 ohms. QA tests indicate 80% of the boards
produced have an impedance between 95 and 105
ohms. If the minimum acceptable impedance range
is from 90 ohms to 110 ohms, how many boards are
rejected per day? Assume a normal distribution of
impedances.
• a) 1
• b) 10
• c) 100
• d) 11
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Confidence Interval
Four resistors from a batch of 100-watt resistors are
connected in series. The resistors have mean
resistance of 100 ohms with a standard deviation
of 1 ohm. What is the 95% confidence limit for the
total series resistance of the four resistors?
• a) 396.1 to 403.9
• b) 398.2 to 402.8
• c) 402.2 to 404.8
• d) 396.0 to 404.0
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• a) 172 to 178
• b) 170 to 180
• c) 173 to 179
• d) 171 to 179
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The final scores on a test are normally
distributed with a mean of 72 and a
standard deviation of 10. What is most
nearly the probability that a student's
score will be between 65 and 78?
A. 0.4196
B. 0.4837
C. 0.5161
D. 0.6455
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