1.

A SET OF NUMERICAL VALUES

ASSIGNED TO A SAMPLE SPACE IS CALLED
A. RANDOM SAMPLE
B. RANDOM PROCESS
C. RANDOM VARIABLE
D. RANDOM EXPERIMENT
2. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS
A TRUE STATEMENT
A. RANDOM VARIABLES CAN ONLY HAVE ONE VALUE
B. THE VALUE OF RANDOM VARIABLE COULD NOT BE ZERO
C. THE PROBABILITY OF ALL THE VALUE OF A RANDOM VARIABLE
COULD BE ZERO
D. THE SUM OF ALL PROBABILITIES IN A PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION
IS NOT EQUAL TO ONE
3. IF A COIN IS TOSSED, WHAT ARE THE POSSIBLE
VALUES OF THE RANDOM VARIABLE FOR THE
NUMBER OF TAILS
A. 0, 1
B. 0, 1, 2
C. 1, 2, 3
D. 0, 1, 2, 3
FOR NUMBERS 4-9, SUPPOSE
YOU TOSSED THREE COINS
4. WHAT ARE THE SAMPLE SPACES
FOR THE EXPERIMENT ABOVE?
A. HHH, TTT
B. TTT, HHH, TTH, THT, HTH
C. TTT, HHH, HHT, THT, HTH
D. TTT, TTH, THT, HTT, HHT, HTH, THH, HHH
5. HOW MANY POSSIBLE OUTCOMES WILL
OCCUR FROM THE EXPERIMENT ABOVE?
A. 2
B. 4
C. 6
D. 8
6. WHAT ARE THE POSSIBLE VALUES OF
THE RANDOM VARIABLE FOR THE
NUMBER OF HEADS?
A. 0, 1
B. 0, 1, 2
C. 1, 2, 3
D. 0, 1, 2, 3
7. WHAT ARE THE POSSIBLE VALUES OF
THE RANDOM VARIABLE FOR THE
NUMBER OF TAILS?
A. 0, 1
B. 0, 1, 2
C. 1, 2, 3
D. 0, 1, 2, 3
8. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A
POSSIBLE VALUE OF THE RANDOM
VARIABLE FOR THE NUMBER OF HEADS?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
9. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A
POSSIBLE VALUE OF THE RANDOM
VARIABLE FOR THE NUMBER OF TAILS?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
 FOR 10-11. YOU DECIDE TO CONDUCT A SURVEY OF
FAMILIES WITH 2 CHILDREN. YOU ARE INTERESTED IN
COUNTING THE NUMBER OF BOYS (OUT OF 2 CHILDREN)
IN EACH FAMILY
10. IS THE ABOVE EXPERIMENT “COUNTING THE
NUMBER OF BOYS (OUT OF 2 CHILDREN) IN
EACH FAMILY” A RANDOM VARIABLE?
A. YES, IT IS A RANDOM VARIABLE
B. NO, IT IS NOT A RANDOM VARIABLE
C. MAYBE
D. IT CANNOT BE DETERMINED
 11. IF THE STATEMENT ABOVE SHOWS A
RANDOM VARIABLE, THEN WHAT ARE THE
POSSIBLE VALUES?
A. ITS VALUE CAN BE 1 OR 2
B. ITS VALUE CAN BE 0, 1, OR 2
C. ITS VALUE CAN BE 2 OR 4
D. NONE, SINCE IT IS NOT A RANDOM VARIABLE
 FOR NUMBERS 12-13. SUPPOSE TWO BALLS
ARE DRAWN IN A SUCCESSION WITHOUT
REPLACEMENT FROM AN URN CONTAINING 6
BLUE BALLS AND 5 RED BALLS.
12. HOW MANY POSSIBLE OUTCOMES
WILL OCCUR FROM THE EXPERIMENT?
A. 2
B. 4
C. 6
D. 8
13. LET Z BE THE RANDOM VARIABLE REPRESENTING
THE NUMBER OF BLUE BALLS. WHAT ARE THE
POSSIBLE VALUES OF THE RANDOM VARIABLE?
A. 0, 1
B. 0, 1, 2
C. 1, 2, 3
D. 0, 1, 2, 3
 FOR NUMBERS 14-15. SUPPOSE 3 LAPTOPS ARE
TESTED. LET D REPRESENT THE DEFECTIVE LAPTOP
AND N FOR THE NON-DEFECTIVE LAPTOP.
14. HOW MANY POSSIBLE OUTCOMES
WILL OCCUR FROM THE EXPERIMENT?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 8
D.9
 15. IF WE LET X BE THE RANDOM VARIABLE
REPRESENTING THE NUMBER OF NON-DEFECTIVE
LAPTOPS. WHAT ARE THE POSSIBLE VALUES OF THE
RANDOM VARIABLES?
A. 0, 1
B. 0, 1, 2
C. 1, 2, 3
D. 0, 1, 2, 3