QUIZ # 2

STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY

1. What must be the value of the probability of
each random variable?
• A.
• B.
• C.
• D.
 2. What is the sum of the probabilities of all
values of the random variable?
• A.
• B.
• C.
• D.
 Refer to the given problem in answering numbers 3-4
3. If two balls are drawn in succession without replacement from an urn
containing 4 red balls and 5 blue balls. If the value of the random variable X
represents the number of blue balls. What is the probability of getting two
blue balls?

• A. ½
• B. 1/3
• C. ¼
• D. 1/8
 4. Which probability distribution represents
the given problem?
• A. X 0 1 2
P(X) ½ ¼ ¼

• B. X 0 1 2
P(X) ¼ ½ ¼

• C. X 0 1 2 3
P(X) 1/8 3/8 3/8 1/8

• D. X 0 1 2 3
P(X) 3/8 1/8 3/8 2/8
5. Which of the following values is not the value
of the probability of the random variable?

• A. 1.01
• B. 1
• C. 0.50
• D. 0.05
6. If , what are the possible values of X for
it to be a probability distribution?
• A. 0, 2, 3
• B. 1, 1, 2
• C. 2, 3, 4
• D. 1, 2, 3
 7. Which of the following table represents
probability distribution?
• A. X 0 1 2 3
P(X) 0.11 0.15 0.42 0.44

• B. X 1 3 5 7
P(X) 1/3 ½ 1/3 1/3

• C. X 1 2 3 4

P(X) 0.32 0.28 0.28 0.12

• D. X 0 2 4 6
P(X) 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5
8. Which of the following values can serve
as the values of a probability distribution?
• A. P(1)= 0.42, P(2)= 0.31, P(3)= 0.37
• B. P(1)= 9/14, P(2)= 4/14, P(3)= 1/14
• C. P(1)= 0.08, P(2)= 0.12, P(3)= 1.03
• D. P(1)= 10/33, P(2)= 12/33, P(3)= 10/33
9. The following table shows the probability distribution
of a discrete random variable x. Find the value of n.
X 2 4 6
P(X) 0.4 0.25 n

a. 0.15
b.0.25
c. 0.28
d.0.35
 10. Which formula gives the probability
distribution shown by the table?
X 2 3 6
P(X) ½ 1/3 1/6

a.P(X)= 1/x
b.P(x)= x/6
c.P(x)= 6/x
d.P(x)= 1/6