University of Bahrain

College of Science
Department of Mathematics
Revision #3 (chapter 4)
Stat 273 By Dr. Reman Abu-Shanab
1) The cumulative distribution of a discrete random variable is given by

x 0 1 2 3
F ( x) 0.1 0.5 k 1
and   1.5 .

i) The value of k is

a) 0.8 b) 0.7 c) 0.9 d) 0.6

ii) P ( X  2 )

a) 0.5 b) 0.7 c) 0.6 d) 0.4

iii)  2 is

a) 0.65 b) 2.1 c) 1.4 d) 0.46

2) If 70% of all women are employed outside the home in a sample of 11 women:

i) The probability of at least 9 are employed outside home is

a) 0.0463 b) 0.2930 c) 0.1130 d) 0.3127

ii) The probability of at most 1 are not employed outside home is

a) 0.1130 b) 0.6127 c) 0.3128 d) 0.0463

iii) The mean of the number of women that are employed outside home is

a) 6 b) 4 c) 7.7 d) 4.4

3) If a random variable X has a mean of 12 and standard deviation of 5 , what is E ( X )   2 ?

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a) 37 b) 149 c) 169 d) 17

4) A box contains 8 red and 92 white balls. 3 balls are drawn at random:

i) The mean number of the red balls drawn is

a) 0.24 b) 266.7 c) 37.5 d) 2.74

ii) Use binomial approximation to approximate probability of getting 2 white balls:

a) 0.2031 b) 0.2071 c) 0.7969 d) 0.7929

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5) If X is a binomial random variable with   3.2 and   1.6 :

i) The sample size n is

a) 61 b) 7 c) 6 d) 16

ii) The probability of success p is

a) 0.8 b) 0.5 c) 0.2 d) 0.6

6) The random
variable X has a binomial distribution with n  11 . If
P( X  8 )  P( X  7 ) .

i) p is

2 1 1 1
a) b) c) d)
3 3 2 11
ii)  is

11 22 11
a) b) c) d) 1
2 3 3
iii)  is

11 11 22 22
a) b) c) d)
2 4 3 9

x3
7) The probability distribution of a discrete random variable X is f( x) for
k
x  1,2 ,3 ,4 .
i) the value of k is

a) 36 b) 18 c) 22 d) 81

ii) the P  X  2 is

5 11 13 9
a) b) c) d)
22 26 22 26
8) Chebyshev's Theorem states that the percentage of measurements in a data set that fall within
three standard deviations of their mean is:

a) at most 11% b) at least 11% c) at most 89% d) at least 89%

9) In a study, 44% of adults questioned reported that their health was excellent. A researcher
wishes to study the health of people living close to a nuclear power plant. Among 11 adults
randomly selected from this area. Find the probability that 3 or fewer are in excellent health.

a) 0.1359 b) 0.0740 c) 0.1403 d) 0.2100

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10) Suppose a Poisson probability distribution with   11.9 provides a good approximation of
the distribution of a random variable x. Find σ for x.

a) 141.61 b) 6 c) 11.9 d) 11.9

11) According to Chebyshev's theorem P 34  X  54  0.36 , find the mean and the standard
deviation of the distribution?

a) (30,9) b) (44,8) c) (20,8) d) (44,7)

12) The cumulative distribution of a discrete random variable is given by

x 2 1 0 1
1 1 5 17
F ( x) a a  5a
6 6 12 12
The value of a is

1 5 1 1
a) b) c) d)
12 12 3 12
13) If 2% of the bolts made by an automotive factory are defective, what is the probability that in
a shipment of 80 bolts, there are 2 defective bolts? Use Poisson approximation

a) 0.0843 b) 0.8475 c) 0.5248 d) 0.2584

14) By using Chebyshev's Theorem to approximate P 50  X  90 and using   8 , the value
of K is

a) 2 b) 2.5 c) 3 d) 3.5

15) The average number of customers who enter a bank is 10 per hour. What are the chances that
2 or 3 customers will arrive in a 15-minute period?

a) 0.0099 b) 0.4703 c) 0.0427 d) 0.0053

16) A student takes a 6 question multiple choice quiz with 4 choices for each question. If the
student guesses at random on each question,

i) the probability that the student gets exactly 5 questions correct is

4 2 4 2 5 5
 6  4   1   6  1   3   6  1   3   6  1   4 
a)      b)      c)      d)     
 4  5   5   4  4   4   5  4   4   5  5   5 

ii) the mean number of correct answers is

a) 1.5 b) 4.5 c) 24 d) 3.5

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17) The following distribution is not a probability distribution because

x 2 1 0 1 2
f ( x) 0.08 0.23 0.44 0.12 0.24

a) The values of x are negative

b) The probability values are not increasing
c) The probability values do not add to 1
d) A probability is negative

18) Which of the following random variables is not discrete?

a) The number of tails observed when a coin is tossed three times

b) The volume of petrol used by a family each week
c) The number of TV shows watched each week by a family
d) The number of children in the family who watch TV

19) When sampling is done with replacement from a finite population, the data follow

a) a Poisson distribution
b) a hypergeometric distribution
c) a binomial distribution
d) None of these

20) Which of the following could be a cumulative distribution function:

x 1 2 3 4
a)
F ( x) 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.21

b)
x 1 2 3 4
F ( x) 0.5 0.4 0.7 1

c)
x 1 2 3 4
F ( x) 0.25 0.61 0.83 1

d)
x 1 2 3 4
F ( x) 0.15 0.27 0.29 0.29

21) The probability distribution of a random variable X is shown in the table below.

x 2 1 0 1 2
f ( x) 2K 3K 0.1 3K 2K

The value of K is:

a) 0.09 b) 0.9 c) 0.01 d) 0.2

22) A random variable X has a standard deviation of 5 and  2  29 , the value of  is

a) 2 b) 24 c) 4 d)  2

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23) The cumulative distribution of a discrete random variable is given by
x 0 1 2 3
F ( x) 0.1 0.5 0.9 1

and   1.5 .
i) the  2 of this distribution is
a) 2.1 b) 0.65 c) 1.4 d) 0.46

ii) For the given distribution P 1.4  X  3.7 is equal to:

a) 0.5 b) 0.7 c) 0.1 d) 0.4

24) The discrete random variable X has the probability distribution

x 1 2 3 4
f ( x) a b 0.3 c
where a , b and c are constants.

The cumulative distribution function F ( x ) of X is given in the following table.

x 1 2 3 4
F ( x) 0.1 0.5 d 1
where d is a constant.

Then the value of a , b , c and d are

a) a  0.1, b  0.6, c  0, d  0.3

b) a  0.1, b  0.5, c  0.1, d  0.9
c) a  0.1, b  0.3, c  0.2, d  0.7
d) a  0.1, b  0.4, c  0.2, d  0.8

25) A discrete random variable X has the following probability distribution

x 3 K 9 11
f ( x) 0.15 0.19 0.26 0.4

and   8.52 .

i) the value of k is

a) 4 b) 8 c) 5 d) 7

ii) F (9.5) is equal to:

a) 0.6 b) 0.34 c) 0.66 d) 0.4

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26) According to government data, the probability that an adult was never in a museum is 60%. In
a random survey of 11 adults, what is the probability that between 2 and 4 (inclusive) were in a
museum?

a) 0.4974 b) 0.9013 c) 0.5025 d) 0.0987

27) The rate of defects among CD players of a certain brand is 0.02. Among 140 such CD players
received by a store, by using Poisson approximation the probability that there are at least two
defective CD players is

a) 0.2311 b) 0.7689 c) 0.8297 d) 0.1703

28) A Classroom contains 12 students out of which 3 are boys. Four of these students are selected
at random to form a social committee. The probability that we choose at most 2 boys is

42 13 54 8
a) b) c) d)
55 55 55 11

29) If X is a Poisson random variable with parameter   0 , and P( X  1 )  P( X  2 ) :

i)  is
a) 4 b) 3 c) 2 d) 1

ii)  2 is

a) 2 b) 1 c) 3 d) 6

iii)  is
a) 2 b) 1 c) 2 d) 0

iv) P ( X  1 )

a) 0.8647 b) 0.2642 c) 0.6321 d) 0.7293

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30) A balanced coin is tossed 144 times. According to Chebyshev's theorem P ( L  X  U )  ,
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where X is the number of heads that will be obtained, then the values of L and U are

a) L  54, U  90 b) L  66, U  78 c) L  18, U  126 d) L  36, U  108

31) The cumulative distribution of a discrete random variable is given by

x 0 1 2 3
F ( x) 0.1 0.5 0.8 1

Find P ( X  1) .

a) 0.10 b) 0.20 c) 0.30 d) 0.40

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32) A box has 6 red marbles, 8 blue marbles, and 2 yellow marbles. If 4 marbles are randomly
selected with replacement, then the probability that 3 marbles are red is
a) 0.1318 b) 0.1099 c) 0.0330 d) 0.0275

33) Patients arrive at a hospital accident and emergency at an average rate of 6 patients per hour.
Then the probability of at least one patient arrive in 40 minutes is

a) 0.9826 b) 0.9817 c) 0.9663 d) 0.9975

34) A test consists of 10 true/false questions. To pass the test a student must answer at least 9
questions correctly. If a student guesses on each question, what is the probability that the
student will pass the test?

a) 0.001 b) 0.011 c) 0.999 d) 0.010

35) According to a college survey, 22% of all students work full time. Find the standard deviation
for the number of students who work full time in samples of size 16.

a) 1.88 b) 2.75 c) 3.52 d) 1.66

36) The mean number of traffic accidents that occur on a particular stretch of road during a
month is 7.5. Find the probability that exactly four accidents will occur on this stretch of road
each of the next two months.

a) 0.1458 b) 0.0053 c) 0.0729 d) 0.0007

37) The random variable X represents the number of tests that a patient entering a clinic will
have along with the corresponding probabilities. Find the mean and standard deviation for the
random variable X .

x 0 1 2 3 4
3 5 6 2 1
f ( x)
17 17 17 17 17
a) mean: 1.59; standard deviation: 1.09.
b) mean: 2.52; standard deviation: 1.93.
c) mean: 3.72; standard deviation: 2.52.
d) mean: 1.59; standard deviation: 3.72.

38) Based on past experience, only 0.5% of the invoices of a company contain an error. Out of the
1,500 invoices that the company will issue, what is the approximate probability that at least 4
invoices will contain an error?( Hint: Poisson Approximation)

a) 0.1321 b) 0.9409 c) 0.8679 d) 0.0591

39) Let X be a random variable with distribution function given by

x 0 1 2 3 4
F ( x) 0.20 0.50 K 0.95 1
and P  X  2  0.3 . The value of K is

a) 0.6 b) 0.8 c) 0.7 d) 0.9

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40) number of medical tests that a patient will have on entering a hospital is a random variable X
which can take on the values 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4. If P  X  4  0.74 and P  X  2  0.43 , find
P  X  3 .
a) 0.17 b) 0.83 c) 0.26 d) 0.31

41) The number of medical tests that a patient will have on entering a hospital is a random
variable X which can take on the values 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4. If P  X  3  0.16 and
P  X  4  0.71 , find. P  X  2 .
a) 0.29 b) 0.13 c) 0.45 d) 0.55

42) On a multiple choice test given to 200 psychology students the TA notes a class average of 75
percent and a standard deviation of 2.0 percent. Based on Chebyshev’s theorem minimum
number of students who could have received marks between 70 and 80?

a) 168 b) 32 c) 120 d) 80

43) In a lot of 200 bolts, 40 of them are defective. 8 bolts are drawn at random with without
replacement. Find the probability of getting less than 2 defective bolts (use binomial
approximation).

a) 0.4997 b) 0.5033 c) 0.5003 d) 0.4967

44) Among the 120 applicants for a job, only 80 are actually qualified. If five of the applicants are
randomly selected for an in-depth interview, find the probability that only two of the five will
be qualified for the job by using binomial approximation.

a) 0.8354 b) 0.1638 c) 0.8362 d) 0.1646

45) A discrete random variable X has the following probability distribution

x 0 1 2 3 4 5
f ( x) a 0.15 0.1 b 0.11 b

i) If F ( 2.8)  0.45 , then the value of a is

a) 0.35 b) 0.2 c) 0.3 d) 0.6

ii) If   2.15 , then the value of b is

a) 0.29 b) 0.13 c) 0.17 d) 0.55

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46) For a binomial distribution with p  and   , the standard deviation is
5 5
6 36 5 24
a) b) c) d)
5 25 6 25
47) The average number of goals scored at each game by a certain hockey team is 5 goals per
game. Find the probability that the team will score more than three goals during a game.

a) 0.2650 b) 0.7350 c) 0.8753 d) 0.1247