Applied Mathematics, Surveying, Principles c. 52 d.

42 can the company choose from 9 men

of Transportation and Highway Engineering, Problem 8: and 6 women who qualified for the
Construction Management, and Methods Four different colored flags can be hung position?
Subject: Probability and Statistics in a row to make coded signal. How a. 680 b. 540
Problem 1: many signals can be made if a signal c. 480 d. 840
A survey of 100 persons revealed that 72 consists of the display of one or more Problem 16:
of them had eaten at restaurant P and flags? There are five main roads between the
that 52 of them had eaten at restaurant a. 64 b. 66 cities A and B, and four between B and
Q. Which of the following could not be c. 68 d. 62 C In how many ways can a person drive
the number of persons in the surveyed Problem 9: from A to C and return, going through B
group who had eaten at both P and Q? There are four balls of four different on both trips without driving on the
a. 20 b. 22 colors. Two balls are taken at a time and same road twice?
c. 24 d. 26 arranged in a definite order. For a. 260l b. 240
Problem 2: example, if a white and a red balls are c. 120 d. 160
In a commercial survey involving 1000 taken, one definite arrangement is white Problem 17:
persons on brand preference, 120 were first, red second, and another Roll a pair of dice. What is the
found to prefer brand x only, 200 prefer arrangement is red first, white second. probability that the sum of two numbers
brand y only, 150 prefer-brand z only, How many such arrangements are is 11?
370 prefer either brand x or y but not z, possible? a. 1/36 b. 1/9
450 prefer brand y or z but not x and a. 24 b. 6 c. 1/18 d. 1/20
370 prefer either brand z or x but not y. c. 12 d. 36 Problem 18:
How many persons have no brand Problem 10: In a throw of two dice, the probability of
preference, satisfied with any of the There are four balls of different colors. obtaining a total of 10 or 12 is
three brands? Two balls at a time are taken and a. 1/6 b. 1/9
a. 280 b. 230 arranged any way. How many such c. 1/12 d. 1/18
c. 180 d. 130 combinations are possible? Problem 19:
Problem 3: a. 36 b. 3 A card is drawn from a deck of 52
How many four-letter words beginning c. 6 d. 12 playing cards. Find the probability of
and ending with a vowel without any Problem 11: drawing a king or a red card.
letter repeated can be formed from the In how many ways can you invite one or α. 0.5835 b. 0.5385
word "personnel"? more of your five friends in a party? c. 0.3585 d. 0.8535
a. 40 b. 480 a. 15 b. 31 Problem 20:
c. 20 d. 312 c. 36 d. 25 The probability of getting at least 2
Problem 4: Problem 12: heads when a coin is tossed four times
Five different mathematics books, 4 In how many ways can a committee of is,
different electronics books and 2 three consisting of two chemical α. 11/16 b. 13/16
different communications books are to engineers and one mechanical engineer c. ¼ d. 3/8
be placed in a shelf with the books of the can be formed from four chemical Problem 21:
same subject together. Find the number engineers and three mechanical The probability of getting a credit in an
of ways in which the books can be engineers? examination is 1/3. If three students are
placed. a. 18 b. 64 selected at random, what is the
a. 292 b. 5760 c. 32 d. none of these probability that at least one of them got
c. 34560 d. 12870 Problem 13: a credit?
Problem 5: In Mathematics examination, a student α. 19/27 b. 8/27
The number of ways can 3 nurses and 4 may select 7 problems from a set of 10 c. 2/3 d. 1/3
engineers be seated on a bench with the problems. In how many ways can he Problem 22:
nurses seated together is make his choice? In the CE Board Examinations, the
a. 144 b. 258 a. 120 b. 530 probability that an examinee will pass
c. 720 d. 450 c. 720 d. 320 each subject is 0.8. What is the
Problem 6: Problem 14: probability that an examinee will pass at
How many permutations are there if the How many committees can be formed by least two subjects out of the three board
letters PNRCSE are taken six at a time? choosing 4 men from an organization of subjects?
a. 1440 b. 480 a membership of 15 men? α. 70.9% b. 80.9%
c. 720 d. 360 a. 1390 b. 1240 c. 85.9% d. 89.6%
Problem 7: c. 1435 d. 1365 Problem 23:
What is the number of permutations of Problem 15: From a box containing 6 red balls, 8
the letters in the word BANANA? A semiconductor company will hire 7 white balls and 10 blue balls, one ball is
a. 36 b. 60 men and 4 women. In how many ways
drawn at random. Determine the
probability that it is red or white.
a. 1/3 b. 7/12
c. 5/12 d. 1/4
Problem 24:
A bag contains 3 white and 5 black balls.
If two balls are drawn in succession
without replacement, what is the
probability that both balls are black?
a. 5/16 b. 5/28
c. 5/32 d. 5/14
Problem 25:
From a bag containing 4 black balls and
5 white balls, two balls are drawn one at
a time. Find the probability that one ball
is white and one ball is black. Assume
that the first ball is returned before the
second ball is drawn.
α. 16/81 b. 25/81
c. 20/18 d. 40/81

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