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1.

In a raffle, the prizes include the first prize of Php 3000, five second
prizes of Php 1000 each, and twenty third prizes of Php 100 each. In
all, 10,000 tickets are sold at Php 1.50 each. What is the expected net
winnings of one person who buys one ticket?
a. 1.0 c. -0.5
b. 0 d. -1.0

2. A computer technician notes that 40% of computers fail because of the


hard-drive, 25% because of the monitor, 20% because of the disk drive,
and 15% because of the microprocessor. If the problem is not in the
monitor, what is the probability that is in the hard-drive?
a. 0.0150 c. 0.4000
b. 0.1500 d. 0.5333

3. Suppose we have a random variable x where the probability is associated


with the value 10Ck(0.37)k(0.63)10-k, for k = 0 to 10. What is the mean?
a. 6.3 c. 3.6
b. 3.7 d. 7.3

4. You have just stepped into the tub to take a shower when one of your
contact lenses fall out and luckily, you have not yet turned on the
shower. Assuming that the lens is equally likely to land anywhere on or
inside the tub having a dimension of 50 inches by 26 inches with a drain
of diameter of 2 inches, determine the probability that it landed on
the drain?
a. 0.002417 c. 0.007142
b. 0.004217 d. 0.001472

5. The Court of Appeals has 9 justices. On a certain case, the justices


voted to 5:4 in favor of the defendant. In how many ways could this
have happened?
a. 15120 c. 5
b. 126 d. 120

6. Based on data from previous examinations, the expected percentage of


Civil Engineering Licensure Examination passers this April 2023 is 40%.
If 15,000 has successfully applied for this exam, but only 50% of these
applicants will actually take the board exam, how many are expected to
pass?
a. 3000 c. 5000
b. 4000 d. 6000

7. A batch of electronics parts contain 16, which are within a power


tolerance, and 4, which are not. If 3 electronics parts are selected at
random from the batch, compute the probability that all three are within
the power tolerance.
a. 0.6140 c. 0.4912
b. 0.5833 d. 0.4200

8. You are buying a new car. There are seven different colors to choose
from and ten different types of optional equipment you can buy. You can
choose only one color for your car and can afford two of the options.
How many combinations are there for your car?
a. 14 c. 210
b. 52 d. 315

9. A certain type of missile hits its target with a probability of 0.3.


How many missiles should be fired so that there is at least 80%
probability of hitting a target?
a. 2 c. 4
b. 3 d. 5

10. The probability of event x happening is 3/5. The probability of event


y happening is 2/3. What is the probability that only x will happen?
a. 1/5 c. 3/5
b. 2/5 d. 4/5

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