Practice Set for (Paid Course) JSO/ASO

(Statistics) Test- 12
By
L1 Classes Prayagraj
Time: 1:00 hour mm: 100

1. If two events A and B are independent 5. If two events are independent, what is
and P(A)=0.3, P(B)=0.4, what is P(A∩B)? the probability that both will not occur?
a) 0.7 P(A)=0.3, P(B) = 0.4
b) 0.3 a) 0.72
c) 0.12 b) 0.42
d) 0.4 c) 0.18
Answer: (c) 0.12 d) 0.6
2. What is the probability of flipping a coin Answer: (b) 0.42
twice and getting heads both times? 6. A test for a disease has a sensitivity of
a) 0.5 95% and a specificity of 90%. If 2% of
b) 0.25 the population has the disease, what is
c) 0.75 the probability of having the disease if
d) 0.125 the test is positive?
Answer: (b) 0.25 a) 0.5
3. If P(A)=0.6 and P(B)=0.5, and A and B b) 0.17
are independent, what is P(A∪B)? c) 0.66
a) 0.9 d) 0.25
b) 1.1 Answer: (b) 0.17
c) 0.8 7. If P(A∣B) =0.8, P(B)=0.5, and P(A)=0.4,
d) 1 find P(B∣A) using Bayes’ theorem.
Answer: (c) 0.8 a) 0.5
4. Two dice are rolled. What is the b) 0.8
probability of getting a 6 on the first die c) 1.0
and an even number on the second? d) 0.25
a) 1/12 Answer: (a) 0.5
b) 1/6 8. A medical test has a false positive rate
c) 1/36 of 5% and a false negative rate of 2%. If
d) 1/3 1% of the population has the disease,
Answer: (a) 1/12
 what is the probability of not having the 12.In a lottery where 5 numbers are
disease given a negative test result? chosen from a set of 50, what is the
a) 0.98 probability of picking exactly one
b) 0.99 winning number?
c) 0.95 a) 1/50
d) 0.97 b) 0.25
Answer: (b) 0.99 c) 5/50
9. If P(A)=0.2, P(B)=0.5, P(B∣A)=0.6, find d) Depends on total combinations
P(A∣B) using Bayes’ theorem. Answer: (d) Depends on total
a) 0.12 combinations
b) 0.24 13.What is the probability of flipping a coin
c) 0.048 5 times and getting exactly 3 heads?
d) 0.24 a) 5/32
Answer: (a) 0.12 b) 10/32
10.A company receives 40% of parts from c) 20/32
Supplier A, 60% from Supplier B. d) 30/32
Supplier A has a defect rate of 2%, and Answer: (b) 10/32
Supplier B has a defect rate of 3%. If a 14.Two cards are drawn from a standard
randomly selected part is defective, deck with replacement. What is the
what is the probability it came from probability of drawing two hearts?
Supplier A? a) 1/4
a) 0.40 b) 1/16
b) 0.25 c) 1/13
c) 0.50 d) 1/8
d) 0.33 Answer: (a) 1/4
Answer: (d) 0.33 15.If two events A and B are mutually
11.What is the probability of rolling two exclusive, and P(A)=0.3, P(B)=0.4, find
six-sided dice and getting the same P(A∪B).
number on both? a) 0.7
a) 1/36 b) 0.3
b) 1/12 c) 1.0
c) 1/6 d) 0.12
d) 1/3 Answer: (a) 0.7
Answer: (c) 1/6
16.Two dice are rolled. What is the b) 3/25
probability that the sum is 10, given c) 36/100
that the first die shows a 5? d) 1/5
a) 1/6 Answer: (a) 9/25
b) 1/36 21.The probability of hitting a target is
c) 1/3 0.6. What is the probability of hitting
d) 1/2 the target at least once in two
Answer: (a) 1/6 attempts?
17.A coin is tossed 4 times. What is the a) 0.84
probability of getting at least one tail? b) 0.36
a) 15/16 c) 0.16
b) 1/2 d) 0.4
c) 7/8 Answer: (a) 0.84
d) 1/4 22.A spinner has 8 equal sections
Answer: (a) 15/16 numbered 1 to 8. What is the
18.The probability of event A is 0.4, and B probability of landing on an even
is 0.6. If they are independent, find number?
P(A∪B). a) 1/2
a) 1.0 b) 3/4
b) 0.24 c) 1/8
c) 0.76 d) 1/4
d) 0.9 Answer: (a) 1/2
Answer: (d) 0.76 23.A die is rolled twice. What is the
19.If P(A)=0.3 and P(B∣A) =0.7, and A and probability that the sum is greater
B are independent, what is P(B)? than 9?
a) 0.3 a) 1/6
b) 0.7 b) 5/36
c) 0.21 c) 1/4
d) 0.5 d) 1/3
Answer: (b) 0.7 Answer: (a) 1/6
20.A bag contains 6 red balls and 4 green 24.A test has 3 multiple-choice questions,
balls. Two balls are drawn with each with 4 options. What is the
replacement. What is the probability probability of guessing all three
both are red? answers correctly?
a) 9/25 a) 1/64
 b) 1/12 29.In a group of 10 students, what is the
c) 1/16 probability of selecting 2 students
d) 1/32 randomly?
Answer: (a) 1/64 a) 1/90
25.What is the probability of drawing a b) 1/45
card that is a face card (jack, queen, or c) 1/10
king) from a deck of 52 cards? d) Depends on the sample size
a) 1/4 Answer: (b) 1/45
b) 3/13 30.If P(A∪B) =0.7, P(A)=0.4, and P(B)=0.5,
c) 1/13 find P(A∩B).
d) 1/3 a) 0.2
Answer: (b) 3/13 b) 0.1
26.A coin is tossed 10 times. What is the c) 0.3
probability of getting exactly 5 heads? d) 0.5
a) 0.24 Answer: (b) 0.2
b) 0.5 31.The odds of an event happening are 3
c) 0.15 to 5. What is the probability of the
d) 0.62 event occurring?
Answer: (a) 0.24 a) 3/8
27.If P(A∩B) =0.15, P(A)=0.3, and b) 3/5
P(B)=0.5, are A and B independent? c) 3/10
a) Yes d) 3/6
b) No Answer: (a) 3/8
c) both 32.If P(A)=0.8 and P(B∣A) =0.4, what is
d) none P(A∩B)?
Answer: (a) Yes a) 0.3
28.What is the probability of drawing two b) 0.32
aces from a deck of 52 cards without c) 0.12
replacement? d) 0.6
a) 1/221 Answer: (b) 0.32
b) 1/13 33.If P(A∣B) =0.75, P(B)=0.2, find P(A∩B).
c) 2/13 a) 0.15
d) 3/51 b) 0.25
Answer: (a) 1/221 c) 0.6
 d) 0.75 a) 0.45
Answer: (a) 0.15 b) 0.35
34.What is the probability of drawing a c) 0.25
red king from a deck of cards? d) 0.15
a) 1/52 Answer: (b) 0.35
b) 2/52 39.What is the probability of randomly
c) 1/26 selecting a day that falls on a weekend
d) 1/13 in a week?
Answer: (c) 1/26 a) 2/7
35.In a class of 30 students, 12 are boys b) 5/7
and 18 are girls. What is the c) 1/2
probability of selecting a girl? d) 1/7
a) 2/5 Answer: (a) 2/7
b) 3/5 40.A coin is flipped 3 times. What is the
c) 1/2 probability of getting no heads?
d) 1/3 a) 1/8
Answer: (b) 3/5 b) 1/4
36.What is the probability of rolling a 5 or c) 1/2
a 6 on a single die? d) 3/8
a) 1/3 Answer: (a) 1/8
b) 1/6 41.If P(A∩B) =0.12 and P(B)=0.4, what is
c) 1/2 P(A∣B)?
d) 2/6 a) 0.3
b) 0.5
Answer: (a) 1/3
c) 0.25
37.A bag contains 3 red balls and 5 blue d) 0.12
balls. What is the probability of not Answer: (a) 0.3
selecting a red ball? 42.Two cards are drawn from a standard
a) 3/8 deck without replacement. What is the
b) 5/8 probability the second card is a heart,
c) 1/8 given the first card was also a heart?
a) 12/51
d) 7/8
b) 13/52
Answer: (b) 5/8 c) 1/4
38.If the probability of an event is 0.65, d) 11/52
what is the probability of its Answer: (a) 12/51
complement?
43.In a box of 10 bulbs, 3 are defective. If b) 1/3
a bulb is randomly chosen and found c) 6/45
to be defective, what is the probability d) 1/4
that the next bulb is also defective? Answer: (a) 4/15
a) 3/10 48.A deck of cards is shuffled. What is the
b) 2/9 probability of drawing a king and then
c) 1/3 a queen in succession without
d) 1/9 replacement?
Answer: (b) 2/9 a) 1/663
44.If P(A∣B) =0.8, P(B)=0.6, and b) 4/663
P(A∩B)=0.48, find P(A). c) 1/169
a) 0.6 d) 2/169
b) 0.8 Answer: (b) 4/663
c) 0.48 49.The probability of getting a 2 or a 5
d) 1.0 when rolling a die is:
Answer: (a) 0.6 a) 1/6
45.A factory produces 60% of its items b) 1/3
from Machine A and 40% from c) 1/2
Machine B. Machine A has a 5% defect d) 2/6
rate, and Machine B has a 10% defect Answer: (d) 2/6
rate. What is the probability an item 50.In a class of 20 students, 12 like math,
selected at random is defective? 15 like science, and 10 like both. What
a) 0.06 is the probability a randomly selected
b) 0.08 student likes neither subject?
c) 0.07 a) 0.15
d) 0.1 b) 0.1
Answer: (c) 0.07 c) 0.05
46.What is the probability of rolling a sum d) 0.2
of 8 with two dice? Answer: (b) 0.1
a) 5/36
b) 7/36
c) 9/36
d) 1/6
Answer: (a) 5/36
47.A bag contains 4 white balls and 6
black balls. Two balls are drawn one
after the other without replacement.
What is the probability that both are
white?
a) 4/15