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1. A man has 3 jackets, 10 shirts, and 5 pairs of slacks. If an outfit consists 17. Industrial engineers are timing to workers to rank their speed at
of a jacket, a shirt, and a pair of slacks, how many different outfits can assembling computers. There are 10 workers. How many different
the man make? permutations are possible?
A. 18 B. 30 C. 100 D. 150 A. 864000 B. 86400 C. 362880 D. 3628800
_____ _____
2. A student has a choice of 5 foreign languages and 4 sciences. In how 18. The Engineering club at Midwestern University is to select a
many ways can he choose 1 language and 1 science? president, a vice president, and a secretary/treasurer from 38
A. 9 B. 10 C. 18 D. 20 members of the club. How many ways to select them.
_____ A. 73,815 B. 50,616 C. 8,436 D. 1771,560
3. There are 4 candidates for president of a club, 6 for vice-president and _____
2 for secretary. In how many ways can these three positions be filled? 19. You know that the extension of a private telephone number is 272 but
A. 12 B. 18 C. 24 D. 48 you have forgotten the last 4 digits. You can only recall that the last 4
_____ digits are 3, 6, 8, and 9 but you do not know the order. What is the
4. Peter is going to set up a stereo system by purchasing separate maximum number of telephone calls you will need to make in order
components. There are 5 different receivers, 8 different DVD players, to dial the correct number?
and 12 different speaker systems. If Peter wants one of each of these A. 20 B. 24 C. 28 D. 32
components, how many different stereo systems are possible? _____
A. 360 B. 480 C. 540 D. 620 20. How many ways can 6 persons line-up If one person insists to stand
_____ in front?
5. Next semester you are planning to take three courses—math, English, A. 80 B. 100 C. 120 D. 140
and humanities. Based on time blocks and highly recommended _____
professors, there are 8 sections of math, 5 of English, and 4 of 21. In how many different ways can one make a first, second, third, and
humanities that you find suitable. Assuming no scheduling conflicts, fourth choice among 10 firms leasing construction equipment?
how many different three-course schedules are possible? A. 3024 B. 5040 C. 3360 D. 4210
A. 17 B. 140 C. 160 D. 180 _____
_____ 22. The Beau Chene Garden Club has 12 members. They plan to elect a
6. A music school produced a number of musicians which includes 3 president, a vice-president, and a treasurer. How many different
drummers, 4 trumpet players and 5 pianists. How many different jazz outcomes are possible for the election if each member is eligible for
trios can be formed from this batch of musicians if each trio consists each office and no one can hold two offices?
of a drummer, a trumpet player and a pianist? A. 1230 B. 1320 C. 2130 D. 2310
A. 50 B. 60 C. 70 D. 80 _____
_____ 23. In how many ways can a PICE chapter with 12 directors choose a
7. There are three flights from Houston to Chicago, four flights from president, a vice-president, a secretary, a treasurer, and an auditor, if
Chicago to Memphis and five flights from Memphis to Atlanta. How no member can hold more than one position?
many choices of flights include the Houston-Chicago-Memphis- A. 792 B. 95040 C. 665280 D. 845
Atlanta connection? _____
A. 12 B. 120 C. 60 D. 150 24. Determine the number of different words of 5 letters each that can be
_____ formed with the letters of the word chromate if each letter is used not
8. To make a ham and cheese sandwich you are given a choice of 3 kinds more than once.
of ham, 5 kinds of cheese, and 2 kinds of bread. How many different A. 2670 B. 2760 C. 6270 D. 6720
sandwiches can you make? _____
A. 30 B. 10 C. 15 D. 45 25. How many numbers may be formed by using 4 out of the 5 digits 1, 2,
_____ 3, 4, 5 if the digits must not be repeated in any order?
9. How many seven-digit local telephone numbers can be formed if the A. 120 B. 130 C. 140 D. 150
first three digits are 279? _____
A. 3024 B. 6561 C. 5040 D. 10000 26. How many 4-digit numbers may be formed with the 10 digits, 0, 1, 2,
_____ 3, …, 9 if each digit is used only once in each number?
10. In a certain city in the Philippines, all seven-digit telephone numbers A. 3456 B. 4563 C. 4536 D. 5634
begin with 350. How many telephone numbers maybe assigned to _____
that city if the last four digits should not begin or end in zero? 27. It is required to seat 5 men and 4 women in a row so that the women
A. 7980 B. 8100 C. 8800 D. 9200 occupy the even places. How many such arrangements are possible?
_____ A. 120 B. 210 C. 280 D. 2880
11. The LTO issues license plates consisting of letters and numbers. There _____
are 26 letters may be repeated. There are 10 digits and the digits may 28. In how many ways can 9 different books be arranged on a shelf so that
be repeated. How many possible license plates can be issued with two 3 of the books are always together,
letters followed by three numbers? A. 4230 B. 4320 C. 30240 D. 30420
A. 746,000 B. 864,000 C. 676,000 D. 542,000 _____
_____ 29. Six different biology books, 5 different chemistry books and 2
12. In how many ways can 2 different prizes be awarded among 10 different physics books are to be arranged on a shelf so that the
contestants if both may not be give to the same person? biology books stand together, the chemistry books stand together,
A. 19 B. 45 C. 90 D. 100 and the physics books stand together. How many such arrangements
_____ are possible?
13. In how many different orders may 5 persons be seated in a row? A. 1036800 B. 1306800 C. 1360800 D. 1368000
A. 24 B. 25 C. 120 D. 3125 _____
_____ 30. In how many ways can 3 boys and 2 girls sit in a row?
14. In how many ways can 7 books be arranged on a shelf? A. 48 B. 84 C. 100 D. 120
A. 4005 B. 5050 C. 5040 D. 5400 _____
_____ 31. Six boys and four girls are to be seated on a bench. How many ways
15. Twelve different pictures are available, of which 4 are to be hung in a can they be seated if the girls must be seated next to each other?
row. In how many ways can this be done? A. 120960 B. 34560 C. 86400 D. 94350
A. 11 880 B. 12 800 C. 13 660 D. 14 600 _____
_____ 32. The number of ways can 3 nurses and 4 engineers be seated on a
16. An electronic controlling device requires six identical memory chips. bench with the nurses seated together is?
In how many ways can this mechanism be assembled using six given A. 144 B. 258 C. 720 D. 450
chips? _____
A. 720 B. 540 C. 360 D. 840 33. Five men and 3 women are to be seated on a bench. How many ways
_____ can they be seated if the men must be seated side-by-side, and also
the women?
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34. In how many ways can 5 persons be seated at a round table? 51. In how many ways can a student select a set of 4 Structural Design
A. 24 B. 48 C. 72 D. 120 books and 3 Hydraulics books from a set of 9 Structural Design books
_____ and 5 Hydraulics books?
35. In how many ways can 8 persons be seated at a round table if 2 A. 1080 B. 1260 C. 1420 D. 1580
particular persons must always sit together? _____
A. 720 B. 680 C. 1440 D. 1360 52. A semiconductor company will hire 7 men and 4 women. In how many
_____ ways can the company choose from 9 men and 6 women who qualified
36. In how many ways can 4 men and 4 women be seated at a round table for the position?
if each woman is to be between two men? A. 680 B. 840 C. 480 D. 540
A. 12 B. 144 C. 288 D. 576 _____
_____ 53. In a random draw of five cards from a deck of 52 playing cards, how
37. A group of engineers are taking their dinner in a big circular table. The many ways can five red cards be drawn?
group is composed of 4 Civil Engineers, 3 Mechanical Engineers, 2 A. 32890 B. 2598960 C. 1287 D. 65780
Electrical Engineers, and 2 Electronics and Communications _____
Engineers. How many arrangements can they form if the awesome 54. In a random draw of five cards from a deck of 52 playing cards, how
CE’s want to be together side by side? many cards can be drawn consisting three aces and 2 face cards?
A. 17280 B. 2880 C. 30240 D. 20160 A. 246 B. 264 C. 426 D. 462
_____ _____
38. There are 3 copies each of 4 different books. In how many different 55. In how many ways can a person choose 1 or more of 4 electrical
ways can they be arranged on a shelf? appliances?
A. 366 900 B. 369 600 C. 396 600 D. 390 660 A. 15 B. 16 C. 17 D. 18
_____ _____
39. The Court of Appeals has 9 justices. On a certain case, the justices 56. How many ways can you invite any one or more of your eight friends
voted 5 to 4 in favor of the defendant. In how many ways could this to come in your birthday party?
have happened? A. 255 B. 243 C. 128 D. 356
A. 120 B. 126 C. 134 D. 140 _____
_____ 57. An amusement park has 20 different rides. How many different
40. How many permutations can be made from the letters of the word combinations of rides you can go on if you want to ride at least 15 of
ENGINEERING? them?
A. 39,916,800 B. 277,200 C. 55,440 D. 3,326,400 A. 21,700 B. 6196 C. 15,504 D. 32,767
____ _____
58. In how many ways can a teacher choose one or more students from
six eligible students?
A. 36 B. 46 C. 63 D. 64
41. How many distinct permutations can be formed from all the letters of _____
the word sociological? 59. How many signals can be made with 5 different flags by raising them
A. 9972900 B. 9997200 C. 99297200 D. 9979200 any number at a time?
_____ A. 235 B. 253 C. 325 D. 352
42. How many different signals, each consisting of 6 flags hung in a _____
vertical line, can be formed from 4 identical red flags and 2 identical 60. Four different colored flags can be hung in a row to make coded signal.
blue flags? How many signals can be made if a signal consists of the display of one
A. 14 B. 28 C. 48 D. 72 or more flags?
_____ A. 64 B. 66 C. 68 D. 62
43. How many different sets of 4 students can be chosen out of 17 _____
qualified students to represent a school in a mathematics contest? 61. Without repeating any digit, how many 3-digit numbers can you make
A. 2380 B. 2830 C. 3280 D. 3820 out from digits 0, 1, 3, 4, 8, 9 that are greater than 480
_____ A. 47 B. 50 C. 80 D. 120
44. In how many ways can 5 styles be selected out of 8 styles? _____
A. 52 ways B. 54 ways C. 56 ways D. 58 ways 62. Without repeating any digit, how many 3-digit numbers can you make
_____ out from digits 0, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9 that are less than 730.
45. Ayala Corporation advertised to hire financial analyst. The company A. 60 B. 64 C. 68 D. 72
received applications from 10 candidates who seem to be equally _____
qualified. The company manager has decided to call only 3 candidates 63. How many ways can 6 persons line-up if two of those persons refuse
for an interview. If she randomly selects 3 candidates from the 10, to stand next to each other?
how many total selections are possible? A. 480 B. 520 C. 360 D. 440
A. 110 B. 120 C. 130 D. 140 _____
_____ 64. In how many ways can 5 people line up to pay their electric bills, if
46. Determine the number of different triangles which can be formed by two particular persons refuse to follow each other?
joining the six vertices of a hexagon, the vertices of each triangle being A. 120 B. 72 C. 90 D. 140
on the hexagon. _____
A. 10 B. 15 C. 20 D. 25 65. A delegation of 4 students is selected each year from a college to
_____ attend the National Student Association annual meeting. In how many
47. In how many ways can 3 women be selected out of 15 women if 1 of ways can the delegation be chosen if there are 12 eligible students
the women is to be included in every selection, ways but two will not attend the meeting together?
A. 81 B. 91 C. 101 D. 111 A. 210 B. 240 C. 450 D. 540
_____ _____
48. From 6 chemists and 5 biologists, a committee of 7 is to be chosen so 66. From a group of 20 volunteers, you are choosing at least 18 to be peer
as to include 4 chemists. In how many ways can this be done? counselors. In how many ways can this be done?
A. 120 B. 135 C. 150 D. 175 A. 120 B. 190 C. 210 D. 211
_____ _____
49. Given 8 consonants and 4 vowels, how many 5-Ietter words can be 67. In how many ways can a hostess select six luncheon guests from 10
formed, each word consisting of 3 different consonants and 2 women if she is to avoid having two of them together at the luncheon?
different vowels? A. 210 B. 84 C. 140 D. 168
A. 20 430 B. 30 240 C. 40 320 D. 43 200 _____
_____ 68. In how many ways can we seat 7 people in a round table with a certain
50. In a random draw of four cards from a deck of 52 playing cards, how 3 people not in consecutive order?
many ways can the cards be drawn with exactly three club cards? A. 576 B. 3960 C. 5320 D. 689
A. 286 B. 220 C. 8800 D. 11154 _____
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69. Referring to the experiment of tossing a coin twice, let A be the event A. 1/6 B. 1/3 C. 2/3 D. 5/6
“at least one head occurs”. Which of the following gives the sample _____
space for the event A? 82. A card is drawn at random from an ordinary deck of 52 playing cards.
A. {HT} B. {TH} C. {TH, HT} D. {HT, TH, HH} Find the probability that it is an ace,
_____ A. 1/52 B. 1/26 C. 1/13 D. 1/12
70. An experiment consists of selecting three items from a box of several _____
items. The three items are classified defective (D) or non-defective 83. A card is drawn at random from an ordinary deck of 52 playing cards.
(N) as they are selected. Give the sample space for the event where it Find the probability that it is a three of clubs or a six of diamonds.
has exactly one defective? A. 1/52 B. 1/26 C. 1/13 D. 1/12
A. (NNN, NND, DNN) C. (DDD, DNN, NDD) _____
B. (DNN, NDN, NND) D. (NDD, DND, DDN) 84. A ball is drawn at random from a box containing 6 red balls, 4 white
_____ balls, and 5 blue balls. Determine the probability that it not red.
71. An experiment consists of selecting three items from a box of several A. 1/5 B. 2/5 C. 3/5 D. 4/5
items. The three items are classified defective (D) or non-defective _____
(N) as they are selected. Give the sample space for event where it has 85. Determine the probability of throwing a total of 8 in a single throw
at least two defectives in three? with two dice, each of whose faces is number from 1 to 6.
A. {NDD, DND, DDN} C. {NDD, DND, DDN, DDD} A. 1/18 B. 1/9 C. 5/36 D. 7/36
B. {DDN, DDD, NDD} D. {DDD} _____
_____ 86. Roll a pair of dice. What is the probability that the sum of two numbers
72. An experiment consists of selecting three items from a box of several is 11?
items. The three items are classified defective (D) or non-defective A. 1/36 B. 1/9 C. 1/18 D. 1/20
(N) as they are selected. Give the sample space for the event where it _____
has at most one defective? 87. In a throw of two dice, the probability of obtaining a total of 10 or 12
A. {NNN, NND, DNN} C. {DNN, NDN, NND, DDN, DND} A. 1/6 B. 1/9 C. 1/12 D. 1/18
B. {DNN, NDN, NND} D. {NNN, DNN, NDN, NND} _____
_____ 88. Eleven books, consisting of 5 engineering books, 4 mathematics
73. An experiment consists of inspecting items from a production line books, and 2 chemistry books, are placed on a shelf at random. What
until a defective (D) is found. Give the sample space for this is the probability that the books of each kind are all together?
experiment. What is the sample space of which exactly one item is A. 1/1155 B. 2/1155 C. 3/1155 D. 4/1155
inspected? _____
A. {D} B. {N} C. { } D. ∅ 89. Five red blocks and 4 white blocks are placed at random in a row.
_____ What is the probability that the extreme blocks are both red?
74. An experiment consists of inspecting items from a production line A. 2/9 B. 1/6 C. 5/18 D. 7/18
until a defective (D) is found. Give the sample space for this _____
experiment. Which outcomes are in the event of which at least two 90. Nine tickets, numbered from 1 to 9, are in a box. If 2 tickets are drawn
items are inspected? at random, determine the probability that both are odd.
A. {ND, NND, NNND, NNNND} A. 3/18 B. 5/9 C. 5/18 D. 2/9
B. {ND, DN} _____
C. {ND, NND, NNND, NNNND, …} 91. From the previous number. Find the probability that one is odd, and
D. {D, ND} one is even.
_____ A. 3/18 B. 5/9 C. 5/18 D. 2/9
75. An experiment consists of inspecting items from a production line _____
until a defective (D) is found. Give the sample space for this 92. A bag contains 6 red, 4 white, and 8 blue balls. If 3 balls are drawn at
experiment. Which outcomes are in the event of which at most five random, determine the probability that all 3 are red.
items are inspected? A. 7/204 B. 1/204 C. 5/204 D. 3/204
A. {D, ND, NND, NNND, NNNND} _____
B. {DNNNN, NDNNN, NNDNN, NNNDN, NNNND} 93. A bag contains 6 red, 4 white, and 8 blue balls. If 3 balls are drawn at
C. {NNNND, NNNDD, NNDDD, NNDDD, DDDDD} random, determine the probability that 2 are white and 1 is red.
D. {NNNND} A. 1/68 B. 3/68 C. 5/68 D. 7/68
_____ _____
76. Suppose a lot consisting of 100 items contains 5 defectives. If one item 94. Three cards are drawn from a pack of 52 cards. Determine the
is randomly selected, the probability P(item is defective) is: probability that all are aces.
A. 0.05 B. 0.5 C. 0.005 D. 0.0005 A. 1/5555 B. 1/5552 C. 1/5525 D. 1/5255
_____ _____
77. If a die is rolled 5 times, what is the probability of obtaining five 6s in 95. Three cards are drawn from a pack of 52 cards. Determine the
a row? probability that all are spades.
Ans. (1/6)⁵ A. 3/850 B. 7/850 C. 9/850 D. 11/850
_____ _____
78. A dart target board consists of a center circle having a radius of 2 96. Five cards are to be drawn from a deck of 52 playing cards. Find the
inches a square section with dimension of 6 in x 6 in and the radius of probability that all are red cards,
the biggest circle is 6 in. The three cross-sections have the same A. 0.01926 B. 0.02843 C. 0.06732 D. 0.02531
center at 0. Assuming the dart is equally likely to hit any point inside _____
the target. Find the probability that a dart thrown at the circular 97. Four cards are to be drawn from a deck of 52 playing cards. Find the
target will hit the area outside the square. probability that there are exactly two clubs.
Ans. 0.682 A. 0.12349 B. 0.21349 C. 0.23149 D. 0.21934
_____ _____
79. An employee of a large company, Toyota Motors Inc., is promoted to 98. A batch of electronic parts contains 16, which are within a power
management and will be transferred within 6 months. The employee tolerance and 4, which are not. If 3 electronic parts are selected at
is told that there is a 33% probability of being transferred to Cebu and random from the batch, compute the probability that all three are
a 50% probability of being transferred to Davao. What is the within the power tolerance.
probability that the employee will be transferred to Cebu or Davao? A. 21 B. 25/57 C. 28/57 D. 32/57
Ans. 0.83 _____
_____ 99. Three cards are drawn from a pack of 52, each card being replaced
80. In an unbiased coin toss, the probability of getting heads or tails is before the next one is drawn. Compute the probability that all are
exactly ½. A coin is tossed and one gets heads. If the coin is tossed aces.
again, the probability of getting head again is: A. 1/1297 B. 1/1279 C. 1/2179 D. 1/2197
A. ½ B. 0 C. ¼ D. ⅓ _____
_____ 100. Find the probability of drawing a 7, then a face card (K, Q or J) from a
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A. 0.0167 B. 0.0178 C. 0.0181 D. 0.0195 114. A box contains 5 defective and 195 non-defective cell phones. A
_____ quality control engineer selects two cell phones at random with
101. The probability that a certain man will be alive 25 years hence is 3/7, replacement. What is the probability that exactly one is defective?
and the probability that his wife will be alive 25 years hence is 4/5. A. 0.0245 B. 0.0490 C. 0.04875 D. 0.0244
Determine the probability that, 25 years hence, at least one of them _____
will be alive. 115. A man holds 2 of a total of 20 tickets in a lottery. If there are 2 winning
A. 3/35 B. 4/35 C. 31/35 D. 32/35 tickets, determine the probability that he has exactly one.
_____ A. 9/95 B. 12/95 C. 15/95 D. 18/95
102. A component fails a particular test (A) 15% of the time or a _____
component displays strain but does not fail the test (B) 25% of the 116. There are three candidates, A, B, and C, for an office. The odds that A
time. will win are 7 to 5, and the odds that B will win are 1 to 3. (a) What is
(a) What is the probability that the component does not fail the test? the probability that either A or B will win?
(b) What is the probability that a component works A. 7/48 B. 5/6 C. 6/48 D. 6/7
perfectly (neither displays strain nor fails the test)? _____
(c) What is the probability that the component either fails or shows 117. An urn contains 4 black balls and 6 white balls. What is the probability
strain in the test? of getting 1 black and 1 white ball in two consecutive draws from the
Answers: (a) 0.85 (b) 0.6 (c) 0.4 urn?
_____ A. 0.24 B. 0.27 C. 0.53 D. 0.04
103. A box contains 58 red marbles, 14 yellow marbles, 28 blue marbles, _____
all the marbles are of the same size. Three marbles are drawn at 118. One bag contains 4 white balls and 2 black balls; another bag contains
random from the box, first one, then a second, and then a third. 3 white balls and 5 black balls. If one ball is drawn from each bag,
Determine the probability of getting one red marble, one yellow determine the probability that 1 is white and 1 is black.
marble, and one blue marble with replacement. A. 7/24 B. 11/24 C. 13/24 D. 17/24
A. 0.0145 B. 0.0227 C. 0.0348 D. 0.0425 _____
_____ 119. From a bag containing 4 black balls and 5 white balls, two balls are
104. A classroom contains 71 students. 10 of them are Chinese, 24 are drawn one at a time. Find the probability that one ball is white and
Japanese and 37 are Filipinos. If three students are randomly asked to one ball is black. Assume that the first ball is returned before the
get out of the room, one after the other, what are the probabilities that second ball is drawn.
all 3 students are Chinese? A. 16/81 B. 25/81 C. 20/81 D. 40/81
A. 0.00021 B. 0.00032 C. 0.0036 D. 0.0042 _____
_____ 120. One bag contains 5 white balls and 4 black balls and a second bag
105.A box contains 100 washers, 24 of which are brass, 36 copper, and the contains 2 white and 4 black balls. One ball is drawn from the second
remainder are steel. One washer is taken at random and retained, and bag and is placed unseen in the first bag. What is the probability that
a second washer similarly drawn. Determine the probability that the the ball now drawn from the first bag is white?
first is brass, and the second is copper. A. 5/21 B. 8/15 C. 23/63 D. 1/15
A. 0.1296 B. 0.0873 C. 0.0864 D. 0.1936 _____
_____ 121. One purse contains 5 dimes and 2 quarters, and a second purse
106. A box contains 74 brass washers, 86 steel washers, and 40 aluminum contains 1 dime and 3 quarters. If a coin is taken from one of the two
washers. Three washers are drawn at random from the box with purses at random, what is the probability that it is a quarter?
replacement. Find the probability that there are no aluminum A. 29/56 B. 29/65 C. 32/65 D. 23/56
washers drawn. _____
A. 0.4819 B. 0.5101 C. 0.5852 D. 0.6652 122. One purse contains 6 copper coins and 1 silver coin; a second purse
_____ contains 4 copper coins. Five coins are drawn from the first purse and
107. Nine pingpong balls number are placed in tambulo. You randomly put into the second, and then 2 coins are drawn from the second and
draw two balls. What is the probability that the first number is odd put into the first. Determine the probability that the silver coin is in
and the second number is even if there is a replacement for the first the second purse.
ball before selecting the second? A. 1/9 B. 2/9 C. 4/9 D. 5/9
A. 0.247 B. 0.274 C. 0.427 D. 0.472 _____
_____ 123. From the previous problem. Determine the probability that the silver
108. A quality engineer selects 3 iPods from a box that contains 20 iPods coin is in the second purse.
of which 3 are defective. What is the probability that the first is A. 1/9 B. 2/9 C. 4/9 D. 5/9
defective and the others are not defective? _____
A. 0.295 B. 0.204 C. 0.119 D. 0.122 124. A box contains 7 tickets, numbered from 1 to 7 inclusive. If 3 tickets
_____ are drawn from the box, one at a time, determine the probability that
109. A box contains 5 defective and 195 non-defective cell phones. A they are alternately either odd, even, odd or even, odd, even.
quality control engineer selects two cell phones at random without A. 1/7 B. 2/7 C. 3/7 D. 4/7
replacement. What is the probability that neither is defective? _____
A. 0.95063 B. 0.9505 C. 0.00066 D. 0.00051 125. The probability that A can be solve a given problem is 4/5, that B can
_____ solve it is 2/3, and that C can solve it is 3/7. If all three try, computer
110. A box contains 5 defective and 195 non-defective cell phones. A the probability that the problem will be solved.
quality control engineer selects two cell phones at random without A. 92/105 B. 97/105 C. 101/105 D. 104/105
replacement. What is the probability that both are defective _____
A. 0.00050 B. 0.0007 C. 0.00053 D. 0.00063 126. What is the probability of getting at least 1 one in 2 throws of a die?
_____ A. 11/36 B. 13/36 C. 23/36 D. 26/36
111. A box contains 5 defective and 195 non-defective cell phones. A _____
quality control engineer selects two cell phones at random with 127. The probability of A's winning a game of chess against B is 1/3. What
replacement. What is the probability that neither is defective? is the probability that A will win at least 1 of a total of 3 games?
A. 0.950625 B. 0.9505 C. 0.00066 D. 0.00051 A. 8/27 B. 11/27 C. 16/27 D. 19/27
_____ _____
112. A box contains 5 defective and 195 non-defective cell phones. A 128. Find the probability that in tossing a fair coin three times, there will
quality control engineer selects two cell phones at random with appear at least 1 head.
replacement. What is the probability that both are defective A. 7/8 B. 2/3 C. 5/8 D. 1/3
A. 0.00050 B. 0.0007 C. 0.00053 D. 0.000625 _____
_____ 129. Find the probability that in a family of 4 children there will be at least
113. A box contains 5 defective and 195 non-defective cell phones. A 1 boy. Assume that the probability of a male birth is ½..
quality control engineer selects two cell phones at random without A. 9/16 B. 11/16 C. 13/16 D. 15/16
replacement. What is the probability that exactly one is defective? _____
A. 0.0245 B. 0.0490 C. 0.0488 D. 0.0244 130. Find the probability of getting a total of 7 at least once in three tosses
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A. 91/126 B. 91/216 C. 95/126 D. 95/216 whole lot are perfect, what is the probability that the lot will be
_____ accepted?
131. If the probability that the average freshman will not complete four A. 0.581 B. 0.851 C. 0.729 D. 0.927
years of college is 1/3, what is the probability p that of 4 freshmen at _____
least 3 will complete four years of college? 147. A box contains 5 red balls, 4 white balls, and 3 blue balls. A ball is
A. 8/27 B. 11/27 C. 16/27 D. 19/27 selected at random from the box, its color is noted, and then the ball
_____ is replaced. Find the probability that out of 6 balls selected in this
132. The probability of getting exactly 2 heads in 6 tosses of a fair coin is manner, 3 are red, 2 are white, and 1 is blue.
A. 11/64 B. 13/64 C. 15/64 D. 17/64 A. 325/5184 B. 425/5184 C. 725/5184 D. 625/5184
_____ _____
133. Find the probability that in five tosses of a fair die, a 3 will appear 148. A fair is thrown 5 times. On any one throw, outcome 1 is that an even
twice. number appears, outcome 2 is that a 1 or 3 appears, and outcome 3 is
A. 625/3888 B. 265/3888 C. 345/3888 D. 435/3888 that a 5 appears. Find the probability that in the 5 throws, outcome 1
_____ occurs twice, outcome 2 occurs twice, and outcome 3 occurs once.
134. Find the probability that in five tosses of a fair die, a 5 will appear at A. 0.888143 B. 0.148838 C. 0.138848 D. 0.1888889
most once, _____
A. 1235/3888 B. 1325/3888 C. 2135/3888 D. 3125/3888 149. If a fair die is to be tossed 12 times, the probability of getting 1, 2, 3, 4,
_____ 5 and 6 points exactly twice each is
135. According to statistics 30% of smokers want to quit smoking. In a A. 0.00344 B. 0.00434 C. 0.00334 D. 0.00343
random of 12 smokers, what is the probability that the number of who _____
want to quit smoking is exactly 6? 150. Based on past experience, the makeup of Dr. Stephens’ statistics for
A. 0.0792 B. 0.0836 C. 0.0942 D. 0.0632 engineers class has consisted of 20% civil engineers, 30% chemical
_____ engineers, 40% industrial engineers, and 10% electrical engineers.
136. Sixty percent of the employees of a certain company have at least one Given that these probabilities still hold, what is the probability that
credit card. If a random sample of 12 employees, what is the her 2010 classes will consist of 25 civil engineers, 30 chemical
probability that 5 of them have at least one credit card? engineers, 40 industrial engineers, and 10 electrical engineers?
A. 0.9100 B. 0.1900 C. 0.1090 D. 0.1009 A. 0. 00047 B. 0.00074 C. 0.00036 D. 0.00063
_____ _____
137. If the probability that it will rain on any given day this week is 60%, 151. The probabilities that the light bulb of the projector used in Dr.
find the probability that it will rain exactly 3 out of 7 days this week. Stephen’s statistical engineering software course will last less than 40
A. 0.1359 B. 0.1593 C. 0.1935 D. 0.1953 hours, 40 to 80 hours, or more than 80 hours are 0.3, 0.5, and 0.2. Find
_____ the probability that among 8 such bulbs, 2 will last less than 40 hours,
138. An automatic machine produces an average 10% of its components 5 will last between 40 and 80 hours, and 1 will last more than 80
outside of tolerance required. In a sample of 10 components from the hours.
machine, determine the probability of having 3 components outside A. 0.0459 B. 0.0594 C. 0.0549 D. 0.0945
of tolerance required. _____
A. 0.0475 B. 0.0574 C. 0.0745 D. 0.0754 152. A traffic engineer knows that at a certain intersection over a 24-hour
_____ period, no accidents occur within probability 0.25, one accident
139. Calculate the probability of randomly guessing at least 7 correct occurs with probability 0.60, and two or more accidents occur with
answers on a 10-question true or false quiz to get a passing a grade. probability of 0.15. What is the probability that over ten 24-hour
A. 0.127 B. 0.172 C. 0.712 D. 0.721 periods, no accidents occur 3 times, one accident occurs 6 times and
_____ two or more accidents occur once?
140. A traffic control engineer reports that 75% of the vehicles passing A. 0.01968 B. 0.25000 C. 0.01094 D. 0.09185
through a checkpoint are from within the city. What is the probability _____
that fewer than 4 of the next 9 vehicles are from out of the city? 153. A traffic engineer is studying accidents and finds that 15% are 1-car
A. 0.3483 B. 0.3834 C. 0.4833 D. 0.8343 accidents, 65% are 2-car accidents, 15% are 3-car accidents, and 5%
_____ are 4-car accidents in the area he is studying. He randomly selects 10
141. If 20% of the bolts produced by a machine are defective, determine accidents. Find the probability that in the 10 selected, 2 are 1-car
the probability that out of 4 bolts chosen at random, less than 2, bolts accidents, 5 are 2-car accidents, 2 are 3 car accidents, and 1 is 4-car
will be defective. accidents.
A. 0.1892 B. 0.2981 C. 0.8192 D. 0.9821 A. 0.0111 B. 0.0222 C. 0.0333 D. 0.0444
_____ _____
142. Teams A and B are playing in a league. They will pay each other 5 154. Items under inspection are subjected to two types of defects. About
times. If the probability that A wins a game is ⅓, what is the 70% of the items in a large lot are defect-free, 20% have a type A
probability that team A will win at least three of the five games? defect, and 10% have a type B defect. Six of the items are randomly
A. 0.12 B. 0.21 C. 0.34 D. 0.43 selected. Find the probability that 3 have no defects, 1 has a type A
_____ defect, and 2 have a type B defect.
143. It has been estimated that about 30% of frozen chicken contain A. 0.014 B. 0.023 C. 0.032 D. 0.041
enough salmonella bacteria to cause illness if improperly cooked. A _____
consumer purchases 12 frozen chickens. What is the probability that 155. Suppose only 12% of men in ancient Greece were honest. What is the
the consumer will have at least 6 contaminated chickens? probability that the first honest man he encounters will be no later
A. 0.1178 B. 0.1718 C. 0.1781 D. 0.1871 than the fourth man he meets?
_____ A. 0.3004 B. 0.4003 C. 0.5006 D. 0.6005
144. A manufacturer has the following quality control check at the end of a _____
production line: If at least eight of ten randomly picked articles meet 156. A box contains 6 blue marbles and 4 red marbles. An experiment is
all specifications, the whole shipment is approved. If, in reality, 85% performed in which a marble is chosen at random and its color
of a particular shipment meet all specifications, what is the observed, but the marble is not replaced. Find the probability that
probability that the shipment will make it through the control check? after 5 trials of the experiment, 3 blue marbles will have been chosen.
A. 0.280 B. 0.370 C. 0.820 D. 0.730 A. 5/21 B. 8/21 C. 10/21 D. 13/21
_____ _____
145. A grocery store manager notes that 35% of customers who buy a 157. A janitor with a bunch of 9 keys is to open a door but only one key can
particular product make use of a store coupon to receive a discount. open. What is the probability that he will succeed in 3 trials?
If seven people purchase the product, what is the probability that A. 0.375 B. 0.425 C. 0.333 D. 0.111
fewer than four will use a coupon? _____
A. 0.60 B. 0.70 C. 0.80 D. 0.90 158. Ten percent of the tools produced in a certain manufacturing process
_____ turn out to be defective. Find the probability that in a sample of 10
146. An inspection procedure at a manufacturing plant involves picking tools chosen at random, exactly 2 will be defective, by using the
three items at random and then accepting the whole lot if at least two Poisson distribution.
of the three items are in perfect condition. If in reality 90% of the A. 0.1398 B. 0.1839 C. 0.3198 D. 0.3918

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_____ 173. A trucking firm determines that its fleet of trucks averages a mean of
159. If the probability that an individual will suffer a bad reaction from 12.4 miles per gallon with a standard deviation of 1.2 miles per gallon
injection of a given serum is 0.001, determine the probability that out on cross-country hauls. What is the probability that one of the trucks
of 2000 individuals exactly 3 individuals will suffer a bad reaction. averages fewer than 10 miles per gallon?
A. 0.160 B. 0.170 C. 0.180 D. 0.190 A. 0.0228 B. 0.0339 C. 0.0446 D. 0.0552
_____ _____
160. From the previous problem, determine the probability that out of 174. A factory dumps an average of 2.43 tons of pollutants into a river
2000 individuals more than 2 individuals will suffer a bad reaction. every week. If the standard deviation is 0.88 tons, what is the
A. 0.232 B. 0.323 C. 0.454 D. 0.545 probability that in a week more than 3 tons are dumped?
_____ A. 0.2578 B. 0.2875 C. 0.5287 D. 0.5827
161. A manufacturer estimates that 0.25% of his output of a component _____
are defective. The components are marketed in packets of 200. Using 175. An electronic product takes an average of 3.4 hours to move through
Poisson’s distribution, determine the probability of a packet an assembly line. If the standard deviation is 0.5 hour, what is the
containing only 2 defective components. probability that an item will take between 3 and 4 hours?
A. 0.578 B. 0.758 C. 0.0785 D. 0.0857 A. 0.37607 B. 0.67307 C. 0.70367 D. 0.77603
_____ _____
162. If 3% of the electric bulbs manufactured by a company are defective, 176. The mean weight of 500 male students at a certain college is 151 lb
find the probability that in a sample of 100 bulbs, 4 bulbs will be and the standard deviation is 15 lb. Assuming that the weights are
defective. normally distributed, find how many students weigh between 120
A. 0.168 B. 0.178 C. 0.718 D. 0.816 and 155 lb
_____ A. 280 B. 300 C. 320 D. 340
163. From the previous problem, find the probability that in a sample of _____
100 bulbs, more than 5 bulbs will be defective. 177. The mean inside diameter of a sample of 200 washers produced by a
A. 0.0398 B. 0.0839 C. 0.0893 D. 0.0983 machine is 0.502 inches and the standard deviation is 0.005 inches.
_____ The purpose for which these washers are intended allows a maximum
164. A manufacturer estimates that 1.5% of his output of a small item is tolerance in the diameter of 0.496 to 0.508 inches, otherwise the
defective. Find the probabilities that in a pack of 200 items, three or washers are considered defective. Determine the percentage of
more are defective. defective washers produced by the machine, assuming the diameters
A. 0.224 B. 0.423 C. 0.1494 D. 0.577 are normally distributed.
_____ A. 21% B. 23% C. 25% D. 28%
165. The number of cars entering the tool plaza on a bridge during the hour _____
after midnight follows a Poisson distribution with a mean of 20. What 178. A large batch of electric light bulbs has a mean time of failure of 2400
is the probability that 17cars will pass through the toll plaza during hours and a standard deviation of 320 hours. If a random sample of
that hour on any given night. 40 light bulbs is drawn from the batch, determine the probability that
A. 6.7% B. 7.6% C. 8.9% D. 9.8% the mean time of failure will be less than 2300 hours.
_____ A. 0.032 B. 0.015 C. 0.024 D. 0.047
166. The number of road construction projects that take place at any one _____
time in a certain city follows a Poisson distribution with a mean of 3. 179. A large batch of electric light bulbs has a mean time of failure of 2400
Find the probability that exactly five road construction projects are hours and the standard deviation of 60 hours for a batch of 4200
currently taking place in this city. bulbs. How many light bulbs will likely last more than 2500 hours?
A. 0.100532 B. 0.100819 C. 0.200521 D. 0.200829 A. 201 B. 256 C. 183 D. 154
_____ _____
167. The number of road construction projects that take place at any one 180. In normal random distribution, it is found out that the mean is 80 and
time in a certain city follows a Poisson distribution with a mean of 7. standard deviation is 5, which of the following ranges in which 84%
Find the probability that more than four road construction projects of the data lies?
are currently taking place in the city. A. 60 - 80 B. 65 - 85 C. 70 - 90 D. 75 – 95
A. 0.728 B. 0.782 C. 0.827 D. 0.872 _____
_____ 181. What is the standard deviation of the normal distribution that
168. Suppose the number of babies born during an 8-hour shift at a approximates a binomial distribution consisting of 119 trials within
hospital's maternity wing follows a Poisson distribution with a mean probability of 0.70 of success?
of 6 an hour. Find the probability that five babies are born during a A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6
particular 1-hour period in this maternity wing. _____
A. 0.1303 B. 0.1404 C. 0.1505 D. 0.1606 182. Compute the standard deviation of the normal distribution that
_____ approximates a binomial distribution. There are 60 trials with a
169. The university policy department must write, on average, five tickets probability of failure of 0.25.
per day to keep department revenues at budgeted levels. Suppose the A. 2.45 B. 3.35 C. 4.25 D. 5.15
number of tickets written per day follows a Poisson distribution with _____
a mean of 8.8 tickets per day. Find the probability that less than six 183. Of the coral reef species on the Great Barrier Reef off Australia, 73%
tickets are written on a randomly selected day from this distribution. are poisonous. If at mist boat taking divers to different points off the
A. 0.1248 B. 0.1284 C. 0.1428 D. 0.1482 reef encounters an average of 25 coral reef species, what are the mean
_____ and standard deviation for he expected number of poisonous species
170. A lathe machine in a mechanical shop breaks down an average of 4 seen?
times per year. Using Poissons distribution, find the probability that A. μx = 6.75, σx = 4.93 C. μx = 18.25, σx = 4.93
at most 1 breakdown will occur each year. B. μx = 18.25, σx = 2.22 D. μx = 18.25, σx = 8.88
A. 0.1079 B. 0.1709 C. 0.1907 D. 0.1970 _____
_____ 184. A die is tossed 120 times. Find the probability that the face 4 will turn
171. Communications engineers have determined that lifetimes of Ace cell up 18 times or less, assuming the die is fair.
phones are normally distributed with a mean equal to 60 months and A. 0.3557 B. 0.5337 C. 0.5773 D. 0.7553
a standard deviation equal to 5 months. What is the probability that a _____
cellphone of this type has lifetime less than 55 months? 185. A fair coin is tossed 500 times. Find the probability that the number
A. 0.29602 B. 0.84134 C. 0.34134 D. 0.15866 of heads will not differ from 250 by more than 10.
_____ A. 0.2586 B. 0.5268 C. 0.6528 D. 0.8265
172. The amount of time that a teenager plays videogames in any given _____
week is normally distributed. If a teenager plays videogames an 186. If 60% of the population support massive federal budget cuts, what is
average of 15 hours per week with a standard deviation of 3 hours, the probability that in a survey of 250 people at most 155 people
what is the probability of a teenager playing videogames between 9 support such cuts?
and 21 hours? A. 0.6711 B. 0.7611 C. 0.7822 D. 0.8722
A. 94.5% B. 95.4% C. 96.5% D. 97.9% _____
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187. Health official from DOH who have studied a particular virus say that 200. In a certain region of the country it is known from experience that the
50% of all the Filipino people have had the virus. If a random of 144 probability of selecting an adult over 40 years of age with a cancer is
people is taken, what is the probability that fewer than 60 had the 0.02. If the probability of a doctor correctly diagnosing a person with
virus? a cancer as having the disease is 0.78 and the probability of
A. 0.023 B. 0.032 C. 0.045 D. 0.054 incorrectly diagnosing a person without cancer as having the disease
_____ is 0.06, what is the probability that a person is diagnosed as having
188. Among 10,000 random digits, find the probability that the digits 3 cancer?
appear at most 950 times. A. 16.28% B. 7.44% C. 10.34% D. 22.88%
A. 0.4467 B. 0.4647 C. 0.4746 D. 0.4764 _____
_____ 201. A plant has three suppliers. S1 supplies 30% of the parts of the plant,
189. In 2017, about 1 in 43 births resulted in twins. If a barangay has 2150 S2 supplies 50% of the parts, and S3 supplies the remaining 20%. One
births that year, find the probability that between 29 and 50 of them percent of the parts supplied by S1 are defective, two percent of the
were twins. parts supplied by S2 are defective, and three parts supplied by S3 are
A. 0.4789 B. 0.4987 C. 0.7489 D. 0.7984 defective. Given that the part was defective, what is the probability
_____ that it came from supplier S3?
190. One thousand copper rods have the properties shown in the table. A. 0.5263 B. 0.4737 C. 0.1579 D. 0.3158
Diameter _____
202. A Ford has engines in three sizes. Of the Ford cars sold, 50% have the
Length Too thin OK Too thick
smallest engine, 40% have the medium engine. Of the cars with the
Too short 10 5 5 smallest engine, 15% fail an emissions test within two years of
OK 40 902 7 purchase. The failure figure for medium size engines is 10%, and the
Too long 4 20 7 failure figure for the largest engines is 5%. What is the probability that
If the rod meets the length specifications, find the probability the rod this Ford will fail the emissions test within two years?
meets the diameter specifications. A. 0.12 B. 0.20 C. 0.18 D. 0.22
A. 0.94 B. 0.95 C. 0.96 D. 0.97 _____
_____ 203. If the probability of a spacecraft being struck by exactly one cosmic
191. From the previous problem. If the meets the diameter specifications, particle during and Earth-Neptune roundtrip is identical to its
find the probability the rod meets the length specifications. probability of not being struck at all, what is this probability?
A. 0.94 B. 0.95 C. 0.96 D. 0.97 A. 0.368 B. 0.135 C. 0.513 D. 0.638
_____ _____
192. On the East Coast, it is known from health records that the probability 204. On a university campus, 60%, 30%, and 10% of the computers use
of selecting an adult over 40 years of age with cancer is 0.05. The Windows, Apple, and Linux operating systems, respectively. A new
probability of diagnosing a person with cancer as having the disease virus affects 3% of the Windows, 2% of the Apple, and 1% of the Linux
is 0.78 and the probability of incorrectly diagnosing a person without operating systems. What is the probability a computer on this campus
cancer as having the disease is 0.06. Find the probability that a person has the virus?
is diagnosed as having cancer. A. 0.036 B. 0.025 C. 0.063 D. 0.052
A. 0.0390 B. 0.0570 C. 0.0960 D. 0.0620 _____
_____ 205. A chemical supply company ships a chemical in 5-gallon drums. X
193. From the previous problem. Find the probability that a person represents the number of drums ordered by a randomly chosen
diagnosed as having cancer actually has the disease? customer. X has the following distribution.
A. 0.59375 B. 0.40625 C. 0.3690 D. 0.2755 X 1 2 3 4 5
_____ P(X) .1 .1 .2 .2 .4
194. Suppose that, in a certain part of the world, any 50-year period the Find the mathematical expectation of X.
probability of a major plague is .39, the probability of a major famine A. 3.2 B. 3.5 C. 3.7 D. 3.9
is .52, and the probability of both a plague and a famine is .15. What is _____
the probability of a famine given that there is a plague? 206. The group of engineers decide to play the game of craps. A pair of dice
A. .288 B. .385 C. .513 D. .760 is rolled in this game and the sum to appear on the dice is of interest.
_____ What is the mathematical expectation of the sum to appear when the
195. A process manufactures aluminum cans. The probability that a can dice are rolled?
has a flaw on the side is 0.02, the probability that it has a flaw on the A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8
top is 0.03, and the probability that it has a flaw on the top and the _____
side is 0.01. What is the probability that a can will have flaw on its 207. How many people would you expect to meet before you met one who
side, given that it has a flaw on the top? was born on a Wednesday?
A. 3/50 B. 1/25 C. 1/2 D. 1/3 A. 6 B. 7 C. 10 D. 14
_____ _____
196. A box contains black chips and red chips. A person draws two chips 208. The number of defective welds in a length of pipe 0 through 6 with the
without replacement. If the probability of selecting a black chip and a following probabilities.
red chip is 15/56 and the probability of drawing a black chip on the
first draw is 3/4, what is the probability of drawing a red chip on the X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
second draw, if you know the first chip drawn was black? P(X) 0.60 0.30 0.05 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01
A. 3/14 B. 5/14 C. 9/14 D. 11/14
_____ Find the expected value of the number of defective welds.
197. The probability that a student takes chemistry and is on the honor A. 0.52 B. 0.55 C. 0.59 D. 0.61
rolls is 0.042. The probability that a student is on the honor roll is _____
0.21. What is the probability that the student is taking chemistry, 209. The probability that a relay remains open is 0.5. An electrical circuit
given that the student is on the honor roll? consist of three such relays. The number of relays that remain open in
A. 0.10 B. 0.20 C. 0.30 D. 0.40 three are 0, 1, 2, or 3. The number of relays that remain open is
_____ represented by X. The number of relays that remain open has the
198. In a certain college, 5% of the men and 2% of the women took following values with the probabilities.
engineering. Furthermore, 60% of the students are men. If a student X 0 1 2 3
is selected at random, and is found to be an engineering student, what
is the probability that the student is a man? P(X) 0.125 0.375 0.375 0.125
A. 15/19 B. 3/10 C. 16/19 D. 4/13 Find the expected value of the number of open relays.
_____ A. 1.00 B. 1.25 C. 1.50 D. 1.75
199. At the Pine Valley Country Club, 32% of the members play golf and _____
are female. Also, 80% of the members play golf. If a member of the 210. A game is played as follows. You pay $1 to play. A coin is flipped four
club is selected at random, find the probability that the member is times. If four tails or four heads are obtained, you get your 1$ back
female give that the member plays golf. plus $5 more. Otherwise you forfeit your $1. What it the mathematical
A. 0.10 B. 0.20 C. 0.30 D. 0.40 expectation?
_____ A. 0.25 B. 0.75 C. -0.25 D. 0.50
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_____ _____
211. An engineering company prepares an estimate for a job. The cost of 212. Assuming that each packet of cigarettes from a certain manufacturer
preparing the estimate is P10,000. The amount of profit over and contains, as a premium, one of a set of 52 playing cards, and that these
above the P10,000 is P25,000, if their estimate is accepted. The cars are distributed among the packets at random (the number of
probability that their estimate will be accepted is 0.70 and the packets available being infinite), what is the average minimum
probability that their estimate will not be accepted is 0.30. What is the number of packets that must be purchased in order to obtain a
expected profit? complete set of cards?
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A. 91/126 B. 91/216 C. 95/126 D. 95/216 whole lot are perfect, what is the probability that the lot will be
_____ accepted?
131. If the probability that the average freshman will not complete four A. 0.581 B. 0.851 C. 0.729 D. 0.927
years of college is 1/3, what is the probability p that of 4 freshmen at
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_____
least 3 will complete four years of college? 147. A box contains 5 red balls, 4 white balls, and 3 blue balls. A ball is
A. 8/27 B. 11/27 C. 16/27 D. 19/27§ YCX (2/3)×14;) selected at random from the box, its color is noted, and then the ball
_____ is replaced. Find the probability that out of 6 balls selected in this
132. The probability of getting exactly 2 heads in 6 tosses of a fair coin is manner, 3 are red, 2 are white, and 1 is blue.
A. 11/64 B. 13/64 C. 15/64 D. 17/64 6010.51^0.5
"
A. 325/5184 B. 425/5184 C. 725/5184 D. 625/5184 ÷ ÷ ✗
✗
¥
_____ _____
133. Find the probability that in five tosses of a fair die, a 3 will appear 148. A fair is thrown 5 times. On any one throw, outcome 1 is that an even
twice. number appears, outcome 2 is that a 1 or 3 appears, and outcome 3 is
A. 625/3888 B. 265/3888 C. 345/3888 D. 435/3888 that a 5 appears. Find the probability that in the 5 throws, outcome 1
_____ occurs twice, outcome 2 occurs twice, and outcome 3 occurs once.
134. Find the probability that in five tosses of a fair die, a 5 will appear at A. 0.888143 B. 0.148838 C. 0.138848 D. 0.1888889
most once, _____
A. 1235/3888 B. 1325/3888 C. 2135/3888 D. 3125/3888 149. If a fair die is to be tossed 12 times, the probability of getting 1, 2, 3, 4,
_____ 5 and 6 points exactly twice each is
135. According to statistics 30% of smokers want to quit smoking. In a A. 0.00344 B. 0.00434 C. 0.00334 D. 0.00343
random of 12 smokers, what is the probability that the number of who _____
want to quit smoking is exactly 6? 150. Based on past experience, the makeup of Dr. Stephens’ statistics for
A. 0.0792 B. 0.0836 C. 0.0942 D. 0.0632 engineers class has consisted of 20% civil engineers, 30% chemical
_____ engineers, 40% industrial engineers, and 10% electrical engineers.
136. Sixty percent of the employees of a certain company have at least one Given that these probabilities still hold, what is the probability that
credit card. If a random sample of 12 employees, what is the her 2010 classes will consist of 25 civil engineers, 30 chemical
probability that 5 of them have at least one credit card? engineers, 40 industrial engineers, and 10 electrical engineers?
A. 0.9100 B. 0.1900 C. 0.1090 D. 0.1009 A. 0. 00047 B. 0.00074 C. 0.00036 D. 0.00063
_____ _____
137. If the probability that it will rain on any given day this week is 60%, 151. The probabilities that the light bulb of the projector used in Dr.
find the probability that it will rain exactly 3 out of 7 days this week. Stephen’s statistical engineering software course will last less than 40
A. 0.1359 B. 0.1593 C. 0.1935 D. 0.1953 hours, 40 to 80 hours, or more than 80 hours are 0.3, 0.5, and 0.2. Find
_____ the probability that among 8 such bulbs, 2 will last less than 40 hours,
138. An automatic machine produces an average 10% of its components 5 will last between 40 and 80 hours, and 1 will last more than 80
outside of tolerance required. In a sample of 10 components from the hours.
machine, determine the probability of having 3 components outside A. 0.0459 B. 0.0594 C. 0.0549 D. 0.0945
of tolerance required. _____
A. 0.0475 B. 0.0574 C. 0.0745 D. 0.0754 152. A traffic engineer knows that at a certain intersection over a 24-hour
_____ period, no accidents occur within probability 0.25, one accident
139. Calculate the probability of randomly guessing at least 7 correct occurs with probability 0.60, and two or more accidents occur with
answers on a 10-question true or false quiz to get a passing a grade. probability of 0.15. What is the probability that over ten 24-hour
A. 0.127 B. 0.172 C. 0.712 D. 0.721 periods, no accidents occur 3 times, one accident occurs 6 times and
_____ two or more accidents occur once?
140. A traffic control engineer reports that 75% of the vehicles passing A. 0.01968 B. 0.25000 C. 0.01094 D. 0.09185
through a checkpoint are from within the city. What is the probability _____
that fewer than 4 of the next 9 vehicles are from out of the city? 153. A traffic engineer is studying accidents and finds that 15% are 1-car
A. 0.3483 B. 0.3834 C. 0.4833 D. 0.8343 accidents, 65% are 2-car accidents, 15% are 3-car accidents, and 5%
_____ are 4-car accidents in the area he is studying. He randomly selects 10
141. If 20% of the bolts produced by a machine are defective, determine accidents. Find the probability that in the 10 selected, 2 are 1-car
the probability that out of 4 bolts chosen at random, less than 2, bolts accidents, 5 are 2-car accidents, 2 are 3 car accidents, and 1 is 4-car
will be defective. accidents.
A. 0.1892 B. 0.2981 C. 0.8192 D. 0.9821 A. 0.0111 B. 0.0222 C. 0.0333 D. 0.0444
_____ _____
142. Teams A and B are playing in a league. They will pay each other 5 154. Items under inspection are subjected to two types of defects. About
times. If the probability that A wins a game is ⅓, what is the 70% of the items in a large lot are defect-free, 20% have a type A
probability that team A will win at least three of the five games? defect, and 10% have a type B defect. Six of the items are randomly
A. 0.12 B. 0.21 C. 0.34 D. 0.43 selected. Find the probability that 3 have no defects, 1 has a type A
_____ defect, and 2 have a type B defect.
143. It has been estimated that about 30% of frozen chicken contain A. 0.014 B. 0.023 C. 0.032 D. 0.041
enough salmonella bacteria to cause illness if improperly cooked. A _____
consumer purchases 12 frozen chickens. What is the probability that 155. Suppose only 12% of men in ancient Greece were honest. What is the
the consumer will have at least 6 contaminated chickens? probability that the first honest man he encounters will be no later
A. 0.1178 B. 0.1718 C. 0.1781 D. 0.1871 than the fourth man he meets?
_____ A. 0.3004 B. 0.4003 C. 0.5006 D. 0.6005
144. A manufacturer has the following quality control check at the end of a _____
production line: If at least eight of ten randomly picked articles meet 156. A box contains 6 blue marbles and 4 red marbles. An experiment is
all specifications, the whole shipment is approved. If, in reality, 85% performed in which a marble is chosen at random and its color
of a particular shipment meet all specifications, what is the observed, but the marble is not replaced. Find the probability that
probability that the shipment will make it through the control check? after 5 trials of the experiment, 3 blue marbles will have been chosen.
A. 0.280 B. 0.370 C. 0.820 D. 0.730 A. 5/21 B. 8/21 C. 10/21 D. 13/21
_____ _____
145. A grocery store manager notes that 35% of customers who buy a 157. A janitor with a bunch of 9 keys is to open a door but only one key can
particular product make use of a store coupon to receive a discount. open. What is the probability that he will succeed in 3 trials?
If seven people purchase the product, what is the probability that A. 0.375 B. 0.425 C. 0.333 D. 0.111
fewer than four will use a coupon? _____
A. 0.60 B. 0.70 C. 0.80 D. 0.90 158. Ten percent of the tools produced in a certain manufacturing process
_____ turn out to be defective. Find the probability that in a sample of 10
146. An inspection procedure at a manufacturing plant involves picking tools chosen at random, exactly 2 will be defective, by using the
three items at random and then accepting the whole lot if at least two Poisson distribution.
of the three items are in perfect condition. If in reality 90% of the A. 0.1398 B. 0.1839 C. 0.3198 D. 0.3918