PRACTICE TEST

Chapter 8: Discrete Probability

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer each question below. Once you finish taking the test, check
the answers provided in the Answer Key at the end of this test.

1. The size of the sample space in the experiment of throwing two fair dice is
A: 5
B: 20
C: 36
D: none of these

2. When rolling a fair die, the probability of rolling a 5 or a 6 is

A: 1/2
B: 1/3
C: 1/6
D: none of these

3. A card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. The probability that the
drawn card is an ace is
A: 1/5
B: 1/2
C: 1/6
D: 1/13

4. In rolling two distinct fair dice, the probability that the sum of the face values is
divisible by 3 is
A: 1/2
B: 1/3
C: 1/4
D: none of these

5. The probability if a fair coin is tossed 10 times that exactly 7 heads will appear is

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 A: 0.1
B: 0.125
C: 0.1171875
D: none of these

6. The probability of not getting 2 of throwing a die, given that the face turned up is
even is
A: 2/5
B: 1/2
C: 5/6
D: 2/3

7. If the digits 0 through 9 are randomly arranged, then the probability that 2 is not
in the first position is
A: 1– (9! / 10!)
B: (8 × 9!) / 10!
C: 9! / 10!
D: none of these

8. A fair die is rolled. The probability of rolling a prime number is

A: 2/3
B: 1/3
C: 1/2
D: none of these

A card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. The probability of

9. drawing a face card or a red 10 is

A: 7/26
B: 9/26
C: 6/13
D: none of these

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10. A bag contains 5 dimes and 2 nickels. The probability of selecting 3 coins so that
the total value of the coins is 35 cents is
A: 12/35
B: 2/7
C: 4/7
D: none of these

11. A fair die is rolled. Find the odds in favor of drawing a number greater than 4.
A: 1/2
B: 1/3
C: 2/3
D: none of these

12. Let E and F be events such that Pr[E] = 0.60, Pr[F] = 0.70, and Pr[E F] =
0.85. Then Pr[E ∩ F] is
A: 0.15
B: 0.45
C: 0.25
D: none of these

13. From a well shuffled deck of 52 cards two cards are drawn in sequence without
replacement. Find the probability that the second card is an ace given that the
first card is a face card.
A: 4/51
B: 1/13
C: 3/13
D: none of these

14. Each digit of the number 7854839112764 is written on a separate piece of paper
and placed in a bad. One piece of paper is drawn at random. Find the probability
that the number on the drawn paper is 8.
A: 2/13
B: 2/9
C: 1/9
D: none of these

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15. Let E and F be events such that Pr[E] = 3/5, Pr[F] = 2/5, and Pr[E | F] = 4/7. Find
Pr[F | E].
A: 3/7
B: 8/21
C: 5/21
D: none of these

16. Suppose that A and B are independent events such that Pr[A] = 0.50 and Pr[B] =
0.40. Find Pr[A B].
A: 0.90
B: 0.70
C: 0.20
D: none of these

17. Two urns contain 3 red, 2 blue marbles, and 2 red, blue marbles, respectively. A
fair coin is tossed. If the coin turns up heads, a marble is drawn from first urn,
and if it turns up tails, a marble is drawn from second urn. The probability that
the first urn was chosen if the marble drawn is red is
A: 1/3
B: 1/2
C: 3/5
D: 3/4

18. A bag contains 5 red and 3 green marbles. Two marbles in sequence without
replacement are drawn. Find the probability that the first marble is red, given
that both are of the same color.
A: 10/13
B: 10/23
C: 13/23
D: none of these

19. Two fair dice are rolled. Find the probability that sum of the numbers rolled is 7,
given that the number on the first die is greater that the number on the second
die.
A: 5/12
B: 1/3

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 C: 1/5
D: none of these

20. Let A and B be events such that Pr[A | B] = 0.70. Then Pr[A’ | B] is
A: 0.70
B: 0.30
C: 0.40
D: none of these

21. A pop quiz contains 10 true/false questions. If a student guesses on all of the
questions, then the probability of guessing exactly 7 questions correctly is
A: 4/5
B: 0.12
C: 1/6
D: 0.117

22. A Bernoulli process consists of n = 7 trials with probability of success p = 0.40.

What is the probability of exactly 2 successes? (Round your answer to three
decimal places.)
A: 0.261
B: 0.077
C: 0.017
D: none of these

23. Ravi attends his math class with the probability 0.80. In a semester of 25 classes,
find the probability that Ravi attends 20 classes. (Round your answer to four
decimal places.)
A: 0.0018
B: 0.1960
C: 0.0642
D: none of these

24. A multiple choice exam contains 20 questions with 5 possible answers for each
question. If a student guesses on all of the answers, what is the probability of
getting exactly 8 correct answers? (Round your answer to four decimal places.)
A: 0.0541

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 B: 0.0086
C: 0.0221
D: none of these

25. Before the flu season, most elderly people get a flu shot. A new flu vaccine that
has 80% success in preventing flu is available. At a retirement home, 50 people
get this flu vaccine. The probability that at most 2 people get the flu. (Round
your answer to four decimal places.)
A: 0.0013
B: 0.0002
C: 0.0132
D: none of these

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Answers:

1. C 2. B 3. D 4. B 5. C 6. D 7. A 8. C 9. A 10. C
11. A 12. B 13. A 14. A 15. C 16. B 17. D 18. A 19. C 20. B
21. D 22. A 23. B 24. C 25. A

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