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In how many ways can 7 scientists be assigned to one triple and two double hotel
rooms?
a. 24 b. 105 c. 210 d. 12
2. Registrants at a large convention are offered 6 sightseeing tours on each of three
days. In how many ways can a person arrange to go on a sightseeing tour planned
by this convention?
a. 216 b. 18 c. 36 d. 108
3. In a regional spelling bee, the 8 finalists consists of 3 boys and 5 girls. Find the
number of sample points in the sample space S for the number of possible orders
at the conclusion of the contest for the first 3 positions.
a. 336 b. 168 c 84 d. 56
4. A college plays 12 football games during a season. In how many ways can the team
end the season with 7 wins, 3 losses and 2 ties?
a. 7920 b. 60480 c 42 d. 2438
5. The following data represent the length of life, in years, measured to the nearest
tenth, of 30 similar fuel pumps: 2.0, 3.0, 0.3, 3.3, 1.3, 0.4, 0.2, 6.0, 5.5, 6.5, 0.2,
2.3, 1.5, 4.0, 5.9, 1.8, 4.7, 0.7, 4.5, 0.3, 1.5, 0.5, 2.5, 5.0, 1.0, 6.0, 5.6, 6.0, 1.2, and
0.2. Compute the sample standard deviation.
a. 2.01 b. 2.56 c. 1.89 d. 2.23
6. If each coded item in a catalog begins with 3 distinct letters followed by 4 distinct
non-zero digits, find the probability of randomly selecting one of these coded
items with the first letter a vowel and the last digit even.
a. 12/117 b. 10/117 c. 8/117 d. 6/117
7. A pair of dice is tossed. What is the probability of getting at most a total of 5?
a. 5/18 b. ¼ c. ½ d. 3/8
8. The probability that an American industry will locate in Munich is 0.7, the
probability that it will locate in Brussels is 0.4, and the probability that it will
locate in either Munich or Brussels or both is 0.8. What is the probability that the
industry will locate in neither city?
a. 0.3 b. 0.2 c. 0.1 d. 0.4
9. In a game of Yahtzee, where 5 dice are tossed simultaneously, find the probability
of getting four of a kind.
a. 1/2 b. 7/16 c. 3/8 d. 5/16
10. Suppose that we have a fuse box containing 20 fuses, of which 5 are defective. If
2 fuses are selected at random and removed from the box in succession without
replacing the first, what is the probability that both fuses are defective?
a. 2/19 b. 1/10 c. 1/19 d. 1/20
11. The probability that a doctor correctly diagnoses a particular illness is 0.7. Given
that the doctor makes an incorrect diagnosis, the probability that the patient enters
a law suit is 0.9. What is the probability that the doctor makes an incorrect
diagnosis and the patient sues?
a. 0.63 b. 0.37 c. 0.27 d. 0.77
12. An allergists claims that 50% of the patients she tests are allergic to some type of
weed. What is the probability that exactly 3 of her next 4 patients are allergic to
weeds?
a. ¼ b. ½ c. 1/8 d. 3/16
13. Two cards are drawn in succession from a deck without replacement. What is the
probability that both cards are greater than 2 and less than 8?
a. 0.1333 b. 0.1133 c. 0.1433 d. 0.2133
14. A contractor wishes to build 9 houses, each different in design. In how many
ways can he place these houses on a street if 6 lots are on one side of the street
and 3 lots are on the opposite side?
a. 84 b. 362,880 c. 4320 d. 8820
15. Find the number of ways that 6 teachers can be assigned to 4 sections of an
introductory psychology course if no teacher is assigned to more than one section.
a. 320 b. 360 c. 720 d. 120
16. A manufacturer of electronic components is interested in determining the lifetime
of a certain type of battery. Samples, in hours of life, are as follows: 123, 116,
122, 110, 175, 126, 125, 111, 118 & 117. Find the sample mean and median.
a. 123.4, 122 b. 123.4, 120 c. 124.3, 120 d. 124.3, 122
17. If S = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,} and A = {0, 2, 4, 6, 8}, B = {1, 3, 5, 7, 9}, C =
{2, 3, 4, 5}, and D = {1, 6, 7}, list the elements of the set of event ( S ∩C)’.
a. {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9} b. {7, 8, 9} c. {0, 1, 6, 7, 8, 9} d. {2, 3, 4, 5}
18. In how many ways can 6 people be lined up to get on a bus if 3 specific persons
insist on following each other?
a. 144 b. 72 c. 36 d. 720
19. What is the probability of getting a total of 7 or 11 when a pair of fair dice is
tossed?
a. 1/9 b. 5/36 c. 7/36 d. 2/9
20. In a certain assembly plant, three machines, B1, B2, and B3, make 30%, 45% and
25%, respectively of the products. It is known from the past experience that 2%,
3%, and 2% of the products made by each machine, respectively, are defective.
Suppose that a finished product is randomly selected and found to be defective,
what is the probability that it was made by machine B3?
a. 9/49 b. 10/49 c. 8/49 d. 11/49