STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY EXAMINATION

6. The probability of getting a credit in an

A Math Professor gives the following scores to his
examination is 1/3. If three students are selected
students.
at random, what is the probability that at least
Frequency 1 2 4 6
one of them get the credit?
Numbers 30 42 50 60
a. 2/3
1. Find the weighted mean of the scores.
b. 19/27
a. 56.41
c. 20/27
b. 51.85
d. 7/9
c. 56.78
7. In how many ways can a committee consisting of 3
d. 55.34
mean and 2 women be chosen from 7 men and 5
2. Compute the standard deviation.
women?
a. 8.12
a. 350
b. 9.13
b. 400
c. 10.12
c. 300
d. 8.33
d. 200
3. Three boys and 3 girls sit in a row. In how many
8. A restaurant is giving away 3 different toys with
ways can they sit if the girls are always together?
each child’s meal. What is the probability of getting
a. 144
all three toys when purchasing 5 meals?
b. 152
a. 130/243
c. 100
b. 150/243
d. 122
c. 130/243
4. In how many ways can 10 trees be planted in a
d. 112/243
circular lot?
9. With 50 questions each of which has 4 given
a. 362,880
answers, how many possible answer patterns are
b. 3,628,880
there?
c. 432,112
a. 1.27 x 1030
d. 442,122
b. 1.34 x 1030
5. A semiconductor will hire 7 men and 5 women.
c. 1.45 x 1030
In how many ways can the company choose
d. 1.45 x 1030
from 9 men and 6 women.
10. From the following tabulation, compute the
a. 678
correlation coefficient between x and y.
b. 216
X 80 84 88 92 98 104
c. 324
Y 4 8 10 8 12 14
d. 560
a. 0.94
b.0.88 a. 8
c. 0.92 b. 8.5
d. 0.88 c. 9
11. On the average, a certain intersection d. 9.5

results in 3 traffic accidents per month. What 16. Mode

a. 8, and 12
is the probability that in any given month at
b. 1, and 15
this intersection, exactly 5 accidents will
c. 9, and 12
occur. d. None of the above
a. 0.0091 17. Range
b. 0.2112 a. 12

c. 0.1221 b. 13
c. 14
d. 0.1008
d. 15

12. What is the probability that less than 3 accidents

18. Q1, Q2, AND Q3
will occur?
a. 5, 8, 12
a. 0.4232
b. 6.5, 8.5, 12
b. 0.4442
c. 8, 8.5, 12
c. 0.3322
d. 8, 9, 15
d. 0.4276
Given the data set: {8, 15, 1, 12, 9, 8, 12,5} 19. Interquartile Range
Determine the following: a. 5
13. Sample Size b. 5.5
a. 6 c. 6
b. 7 d. 6.5
c. 8 20. Quartile Deviation
d. 9 a. 2.5
14. Mean b. 2.75
a. 8.75 c. 3
b. 9.54 d. 3.25
c. 5.32 21. Compute the standard deviation of the following set of
d. 9 numbers. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12
a. 3.742
b. 3.451
15. Median c. 4.112
d. 4.221
22. A bag contains 3 white balls and 5 red balls. If two
balls are drawn at random in succession without returning
the first ball drawn, what is the probability that the balls
drawn are both red?
a. 3/14
b. 1/3
c. 5/14
d. 3/7