ID: ______________31211023586_____________________

Name:________Nguyễn Lương Mỹ Linh___________________________

MULTIPLE CHOICE.    Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

The collection of all possible events is called

1)

___B____
A)
a joint probability.

B)

a sample space.
C)
the null set.

D)

a simple probability.

If two events are mutually exclusive, what is the probability that one or the other occurs?

2)

___A____
A)
0
B)
0.50
C)
1.00
D)
Cannot be determined from the information given

If two events are mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive, what is the probability that both occur?

3)

___D____
A)
0
B)
0.50
C)
1.00
D)
Cannot be determined from the information given
 4)
A survey of banks revealed the following distribution for the interest rate being charged on a home loan (based on a 30-
year mortgage with a 10% down payment).

Interest Rate 4.90% to 5.00% to 5.10% to 5.20% to 5.30% and

4.99% 5.09% 5.19% 5.29% above
Probability 0.12 0.23 0.24 0.35 0.06

If a bank is selected at random from this distribution, what is the chance that the interest rate charged on a home loan will
exceed 5.19%?
4)

___B____
A)
0.06

B)

0.41

C)

1.00

D)

0.59

The employees of a company were surveyed on questions regarding their educational background (college degree or no
college degree) and marital status (single or married). Of the 600 employees, 400 had college degrees, 100 were single, and
60 were single college graduates. The probability that an employee of the company is single or has a college degree is

5)

__C_____
A)
0.25.

B)

0.10.

C)

0.733.

D)

0.667.

According to a survey of American households, the probability that the residents own 2 cars if annual household income
is over $50,000 is 80%. Of the households surveyed, 60% had incomes over $50,000 and 70% had 2 cars. The probability
that the residents do not own 2 cars if annual household income is not over $50,000 is
6)

___A____
A)
0.45.

B)

0.70.

C)

0.12.

D)

0.18.

A company has 2 machines that produce widgets. An older machine produces 23% defective widgets, while the new
machine produces only 8% defective widgets. In addition, the new machine produces 3 times as many widgets as the
older machine does. Given a randomly chosen widget was tested and found to be defective, what is the probability it was
produced by the new machine?

7)

___B____
A)
0.15

B)

0.511

C)

0.489

D)

0.08