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STA 112 Tutorial Questions

The document consists of multiple-choice and essay questions related to probability and statistics, covering topics such as conditional probability, binomial distributions, normal distributions, and expected values. It includes various scenarios involving computers, flights, and random variables, requiring calculations of probabilities and expectations. The questions test understanding of statistical concepts and their applications in real-world situations.

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STA 112 Tutorial Questions

The document consists of multiple-choice and essay questions related to probability and statistics, covering topics such as conditional probability, binomial distributions, normal distributions, and expected values. It includes various scenarios involving computers, flights, and random variables, requiring calculations of probabilities and expectations. The questions test understanding of statistical concepts and their applications in real-world situations.

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Multiple Choice Questions

1. Given two events A and B, the conditional probability of A given B is:


P( A  B)
A. P( A B) 
P( B)
P( A  B)
B. P( A B) 
P( B)
P( A  B)
C. P( A B) 
P( A)
P( A  B)
D. P( B A) 
P( A)
2. There are 50 computers in a computer lab. 6 of them have problems with their operating
systems. If 10 computers are randomly selected for inspection, what is the probability that it
contains all the faulty computers?
A. 0.00001322
B. 0.008543
C. 0.0006872
D. 0.005218
3. There are 50 computers in a computer lab. 6 of them have problems with their operating
systems. If 10 computers are randomly selected for inspection, what is the probability that it
contains 2 of the faulty computers?
A. 0.2588
B. 0.0658
C. 0.1652
D. 0.7351
4. 95% of flights depart on time. 80% of flights arrive on time. 70% of flights depart on
time and arrive on time. If you are to meet a flight that departed on time, what is the
probability that it will arrive on time?
A. 0.7368
B. 0.8333
C. 0.8326
D. 0.8421
5. 95% of flights depart on time. 80% of flights arrive on time. 70% of flights depart on
time and arrive on time. If you have met a flight, and it arrived on time, what is the
probability that it departed on time?
A. 0.8750
B. 0.9375
C. 0.8333
D. 0.9500
6. A coin is tossed 7 times. What is the probability of having 3 heads?
A. 0.2734
B. 0.1367
C. 0.5238
D. 0.2437
7. Given that a particular Computer Engineer is known to have probability 0.9 of correctly
diagnosing a computer hardware problem, what is the probability that he will give the
right diagnosis on 10 out of 12 computers given to him by a client?
A. 0.2301
B. 0.2824
C. 0.7711
D. 0.8100
8. Given that a particular Computer Engineer is known to have probability 0.9 of correctly
diagnosing a computer hardware problem, what is the probability that he will give the
right diagnosis on at least 10 out of 12 computers given to him by a client?
A. 0.8891
B. 0.2301
C. 0.6464
D. 0.8092
9. Assume that a couple has 0.25 probability of having a child with genotype SS. What is the
probability that the 3rd child of the family will be the first SS-genotype child in the family?
A. 0.1406
B. 0.0469
C. 0.0569
D. 0.1138
10. An experiment was performed once with only 2 possible outcomes “low speed” or “high speed”.
The probability of the outcome being “low speed” follows a ____________ distribution.
A. Bernoulli
B. Binomial
C. Hypergeometric
D. Normal
11. The number of different combinations of n different objects taking r at a time, with
repetition, is
A. (n + r -1)!/(n-1)!r!
B. (n+r-1)!/(n-r-1)!r!
C. n!/(n-r+1)!r!
D. n!/(n-r)!r!
12. In a particular group of students, only 80%, 64% and 85% pass programming courses A,
B, and C respectively. If a student is selected at random from the group of students,
what is the probability that the student pass at least one of the programming courses?
A. 0.9892
B. 0.0108
C. 0.5648
D. 0.0106
13. Suppose an opinion poll is conducted in 3 states on the re-opening of schools during the
covid-19 pandemic. In state A, 50% of voters support re-opening, instate B, 60% support
re-opening, while that of state C is 35%. The percentage of the total population of the
three states that comes from each state are 40%, 25% and 35% respectively. Given that a
respondent supports re-opening of schools, what is the probability that he comes from
state B?
A. 0.15
B. 0.3175
C. 0.1225
D. 0.60
14. The probability distribution of the random variable X is given by

X : 0 1 2 3 4

P(X): 0.12 C2/2 0.5 0.24 0.12

Obtain the value of C


A. 0.2
B. 0.04
C. 0.98
D. 0.4
15. A random variable is normally distributed with mean 8 and variance 36. What is the
probability of having a value less than or equal to 10 for this random variable?
A. 0.9995
B. 0.3707
C. 0.6282
D. 0.3696

Essay Questions

1. A random variable V , monthly sales of laptop computers by a sales rep, is normally distributed
with mean 17 and standard deviation 1. Obtain the following probabilities:
(a) P(14  V  17)
(b) P (V  15)
2. In each of the following functions, obtain E ( X )

(a) f ( x) 
 4  x  5  , for x  2,3,...,8
16
(b) f ( x)  2 x, 0  x 1
3. Let X have an exponential distribution with mean of   15. Compute P(10  X  20)
x
4. Given a function f ( x)  , x  1, 2,3, 4, obtain E ( x 2  3x)
10
5. Assume that the number of students who are very good programmers in Redeemer’s universities
in each session is normally distributed with mean 4 and standard deviation 1.2. Assume also that
the condition for participation in a national IT competition is that the university have at least 5
students who are good programmers. What is the probability that the university will be
represented in the completion?
6. Obtain mean and variance of the Bernoulli distribution.
7. Define the following in mathematical form
(i) Expected value of X and Y , if they are both jointly distributed continous
random variables with probability density function f ( x, y )
(ii) Conditional distribution of X given Y
8. The probability density function of a certain variable X is given as
 a (1 x ) ,0  x  1

0, elsewhere
Obtain:
(i) a (ii) P(0  X  0.5) (iii) P(0  X  0.8)
9. Define the following terms:
(a) Discrete random variables
(b) Continuous random variables
10. In a software laboratory, 55% of the computers are Hp while the remaining 45% are Dell
computers. 10% of the Hp computers and 5% of the Dell computers have mathlab
software. If a computer is selected at random and found to have mathlab software, find
the probability that it is HP computer.
11. Given that a particular type of electric bulb has probability 0.6 of a life span of 3 years, if
a man buys 10 of such electric bulbs, what is the probability that 4 of them will last up to
3 years?
12. Assume that only 25% of undergraduates in a class got a programming assignment right.
What is the probability that the fifth person checked by the lecturer is the first person to
get it right? What is the name given to this probability function?
13. The average number of calls received by Mrs XYZ within one hour is 3. If she forgets her
phone at home on a particular day and only got it back after one hour, what is the
probability that she would have 2 missed calls?

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