QM120 - Exercises For Chapter 4
QM120 - Exercises For Chapter 4
QM120 - Exercises For Chapter 4
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1) If a sample space contains only two equally likely outcomes , what is the probability that they both 1)
occur?
A) 0.50
B) 0.25
C) 1.00
D) Cannot be determined from the information given.
E) 0
2) Which number could be the probability of an event that is almost impossible to occur? 2)
A) 0.51 B) 0.10 C) 0.01 D) 0.99 E) 1.01
3) In a sample of 750 of its online customers, a department store found that 420 were men. Use this 3)
information to estimate the probability that a randomly selected online customer is a man.
A) 0.42 B) 0.47 C) 0.56 D) 0.44 E) 0.51
4) Which of the following assignments of probabilities to the sample points A, B, and C is valid if A, 4)
B, and C are the only sample points in the experiment?
1 1 1
A) P(A) = , P(B) = , P(C) =
6 3 2
2 2 3
B) P(A) = , P(B) = , P(C) =
6 6 6
1 4
C) P(A) = 0, P(B) = , P(C) =
6 6
1 1 1
D) P(A) = , P(B) = , P(C) =
10 10 10
1 1 3
E) P(A) = - , P(B) = , P(C) =
4 2 4
1 1 1
5) Given that P(A or B) = , P(A) = , and P(A and B) = , find P(B). 5)
4 6 7
47 19 17 23
A) B) C) D)
84 84 168 84
6) P(A) = 0.29 and P(B) = 0.17. If A and B are mutually exclusive, P(A|B) =? 6)
A) 0.00 B) 0.46 C) 0.12 D) 0.29
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8) The distribution of Masterʹs degrees conferred by a university is listed in the table. 8)
Major Frequency
Mathematics 216
English 207
Engineering 86
Business 176
Education 243
What is the probability that a randomly selected student graduating with a Masterʹs degree has a
major of Education?
A) 0.355 B) 0.262 C) 0.004 D) 0.738
1 2
12) If A and B are independent events, with P(A) = , P(B) = , find P(A ∪ B). 12)
5 5
3 3 13 3
A) . B) . C) . D) .
5 25 25 10
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16) The random variable x represents the number of cars per household in a town of 1000 households. 16)
Find the probability of randomly selecting a household that has more than two cars.
Cars Households
0 125
1 428
2 256
3 108
4 83
A) 0.428 B) 0.125 C) 0.553 D) 0.809 E) 0.191
3 2 5
18) For two events, A and B, P(A) = , P(B) = , and P(A | B) = . Find P(A ∩ B). 18)
4 3 6
9 5 1 5 1
A) B) C) D) E)
10 9 2 8 3
Age of Car (in years)
Make 0 - 2 3 - 5 6 - 10 over 10 Total
Foreign 38 22 10 30 100
Domestic 45 26 13 16 100
Total 83 48 23 46 200
A car was randomly selected from the lot. Given that the car selected was a foreign car, what is the
probability that it was less than or equal to 2 years old?
2 38 62 31 19
A) B) C) D) E)
5 117 117 50 50
1 1 1
20) Given that P(A or B) = , P(A) = , and P(A and B) = , find P(A∩B). 20)
6 7 8
73 5 25 1 31
A) B) C) D) E)
168 6 168 16 168
If a student is chosen at random, find the probability of getting someone who is a man or a
Regular Smoker
A) 1 B) 0.504 C) 0.918 D) 0.803 E) 0.197
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An auto assembly worker requires 2 electrical fuses for each vehicle. The supplier of the fuses has informed the plant
manager that 6% of all the fuses they produce are defective. Assume that the assembly worker selects the 2 fuses for any
vehicle at random and independently of each other.
22) What is the probability that any vehicle will have at least one defective fuse? 22)
A) .1715
B) .0036
C) .1855
D) 0.1164
E) .0025
Product Preference
Gender A B C
Male 80 20 10
Female 200 70 120
Given that a randomly selected person is a female, the probability that the selected person will
prefer product A is:
A) 0.16 B) 0.51 C) 0.56 D) 0.18 E) 0.286
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29) A study was recently done in which 500 people were asked to indicate their preferences for one of 29)
three products. The following table shows the breakdown of the responses by gender of the
respondents.
Product Preference
Gender A B C
Male 80 20 10
Female 200 70 120
Given that a randomly selected person prefer product B , the probability that the selected person is
a female is:
A) 0.31. B) 0.78 C) 0.86 D) 0.92 E) 0.24.
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36) A survey of magazine subscribers showed that during the past 12 months 45.8% rented a car for 36)
business reasons, 54% rented a car for personal reasons, and 30% rented a car for both business
and personal reasons. What is the probability that a subscriber rented a car during the past 12
months for business or personal reasons?
A) .302 B) .986 C) .866 D) .698
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46) An aerospace company has submitted bids on two separate contracts, A and B. The company has a 46)
50% chance of winning contract A and a 40% chance of winning contract B. Furthermore, it
believes that winning contract A is independent of winning contract B. What is the probability that
the company will win at least one of the two contracts?
A) 0.75 B) 0.90 C) 0.37 D) 0.70
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54) A group of volunteers for a clinical trial consists of 83 women and 78 men. 21 of the women and 54)
20 of the men have high blood pressure. If one of the volunteers is selected at random find the
probability that the person is a woman given that they have high blood pressure.
A) 0.512 B) 0.488 C) 0.256 D) 0.247 E) 0.124
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63) There are 200 students in a particular graduate program at a state university. Of them, 110 are 63)
female and 125 are out-of-state students. Of the 110 females, 70 are out -of-state students. The
events ʺfemaleʺ and ʺout-of-state studentʺ are ____________
A) mutually exclusive B) independent
C) dependent D) disjoint
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Answer Key
Testname: QM120_EXERCISES FOR CHAPTER 4
1) E
2) C
3) C
4) A
5) B
6) A
7) C
8) B
9) A
10) A
11) A
12) C
13) C
14) E
15) A
16) E
17) A
18) B
19) E
20) B
21) B
22) D
23) E
24) B
25) D
26) B
27) D
28) B
29) B
30) C
31) C
32) C
33) B
34) C
35) D
36) D
37) B
38) B
39) A
40) A
41) A
42) C
43) C
44) A
45) A
46) D
47) B
48) B
49) C
50) B
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Answer Key
Testname: QM120_EXERCISES FOR CHAPTER 4
51) E
52) A
53) B
54) A
55) A
56) B
57) D
58) D
59) A
60) A
61) C
62) D
63) C
64) A
65) D
66) B
67) C
68) C
69) E
70) D
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