1.

Which of the following can’t be a

probability?
A. 1/3 C. 15%
B. 9/5 D. 0.7
Answer: B
2. Which refers to two events that
may occur at the same time?
A. Dependent Events C. Mutually Exclusive
B. Independent Events D. Mutually Inclusive

Answer: D
3. Which of the two events are
mutually exclusive?
A. Rolling a die and getting an even number or a 6.
B. Tossing two coins and getting two heads or two tails.
C. Drawing a card from a deck and getting a king and a club.
D.Rolling two dice and getting doubles or getting a sum of 8.

Answer: B
4. A card is chosen at random from a standard deck
of cards. What is the probability of choosing a queen
or a heart?

A. B. C. D.

Answer: C
5. A pouch contains 10 candies of the same shape
and size. Five candies are mints, 4 are toffees and 1
is chocolate. If one candy is picked at random, what
is the probability that it is a mint or a chocolate?
A. B. C. D.

Answer: C
6. A class has 17 boys and 13 girls. The teacher selected
4 boys and 5 girls as contestants in a quizbee. If a
student is selected at random from the class, what is the
probability of choosing a girl or a quizbee contestant?

A. B. C. D.

Answer: C
7. What is the size of the sample space when three
distinct fair coins were tossed simultaneously?

A. 2 B. 4 C.6 D. 8

Answer: D
8. A coin is tossed 4 times. What is the probability of
getting at least one tail?

A. B. C. D.

Answer: C
9. Based on meteorological records, the probability that it
will snow in a certain town on January 1st is 0.315. Find
the probability that in a given year it will not snow on
January 1st in that town.

A. 0.685 B. 3.175 C.0.460 D. 1.315

Answer: A
10. Which of the following illustrate a
combination?
A. Determining the winners of Math Quiz Bee. 3
B. Forming a right triangle using 5 points
C. Electing president, vice president and secretary
D. Arranging 5 people in a row

Answer: B
11. How many different 4-digit even numbers can be
formed from the digits 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, and 9 if no repetition
is not allowed?

A. 1680 B. 840 C.420 D. 120

Answer: D
12. Find the number of distinguishable permutations of
the letters of the word PASS.

A. 4 B. 12 C.36 D. 144

Answer: B
13. Ms. De Leon wants to produce different sets of test
questions for her essay test. If she plans to do this by
putting together 3 out of 5 questions she prepared, how
many different sets of questions could she construct?

A. 10 B. 20 C.60 D. 80

Answer: A
14. If P(9, r) = 3024, what is r ?

A. 2 B. 4 C.5 D. 6

Answer: B
15. In a town fiesta singing competition with 12
contestants, in how many ways can the organizer
arrange the first three singers?

A. 132 B. 990 C.1320 D. 1716

Answer: C
16. If a combination lock must contain 5 different
digits, in how many ways can a code be formed from
the digits 0 to 9
A. 15 120 C. 151 200
B. 30 240 D. 1 000 000

Answer: B
17. Which refers to the product of positive
integer n and all the positive integers less
than n?
A. Powers of n C. n-factors
B. Multiples of n D. n factorial

Answer: D
18. Which of the following is NOT a
permutation of the letters E, F, G, H?

A. EFGH C. EEFG
B. FEGH D. HGFE

Answer: C
19. Which refers to two different
arrangements of objects where some of
them are identical?
A. Distinguishable Permutation
B. Unique Combination
C. Circular Permutation
D. Circular Combination
Answer: A
20. In how many ways can the first,
second, and third place winners be
selected from 8 contestants?
A. 336 C. 540
B. 512 D. 624

Answer: A
21. How many different 7-letter words can
be formed from the letters in the word
EXTREME?
A. 540 C. 720
B. 620 D. 840

Answer: D
22. A chemist is making a solution of 6
chemicals in water. How many possible orders
are there to add the chemicals one at a time?

A. 540 C. 720
B. 620 D. 840

Answer: C
23. What is the value of 5P5 + 5P4?

A. 240 C. 36
B. 125 D. 18

Answer: A
24. If P(n, 3) = 720, what is the value of n?

A. 7 C. 10
B. 9 D. 12

Answer: C
25. Given x = P(n, n) and y = P(n, n – 1), what
can be concluded about x and y?

A. x = y C. x≠y
B. x > y D. x < y

Answer: A
26. How many different teams of 5 people
can be formed from a pool of 11 people?
A. 145 C. 324
B. 228 D. 462

Answer: D
27. In how many ways can 3 girls and 4 boys
can be chosen from a group of 5 girls and 8
boys?
A. 345 C. 700
B. 540 D. 840

Answer: C
28. There are 11 different food items in buffet. A
customer is asked to get a certain number of items.
If the customer has 462 possible ways as a result,
which of the following did he possibly do?
A. Choose 4 out of 11 C. Choose 8 out of 11
B. Choose 6 out of 11 D. Choose 7 out of 11

Answer: A
29. What is C(n,n)?
A. n C. 1
B. r D. Cannot be determined

Answer: C
30. If C(n,r) = 35, which are possible
values of n and r?
A. n=6, r=4 C. n=8, r=3
B. n=7, r=3 D. n=9, r=3

Answer: B
31. Which of the following situations does
NOT illustrate a combination?
A. Choose six songs out of twenty to download
B. Five out of 13 students will ride in a car instead of a van
C. Three students in a class of fifteen to sit in a specific seat
D. Four out of ten patients are called to remind them of
their appointment

Answer: C
32. Which is the appropriate definition for
the union of two events A and B?
A. The set of all basic outcomes contained within both A
and B.
B. The set of all basic outcomes in either A or B, or both.
C. The set of all possible outcomes.
D. Can’t be determined due to lack of data

Answer: B
33. Which of the following is an
experiment?
A. Choosing a card from a deck of cards.
B. Tossing a coin.
C. Rolling a die.
D. All of the above
Answer: D
34. If (𝑨 𝖴 𝑩) = 0.64 and Event A and B are
mutually exclusive, which of the following
could be possible probabilities for A and B?
A. 𝑃(𝐴) = 0.8 , 𝑃(𝐵) = 0.8
B. P(𝐴) = 0.42 , 𝑃(𝐵) = 0.22
C. 𝑃(𝐴) = 0.64 , 𝑃(𝐵) = 0.64
D. 𝑃(𝐴) = 0.64 , 𝑃(𝐵) = 0.64
Answer: B
35. Suppose you roll two fair dice simultaneously. What
is the probability of getting a double (two of the same
number) or having a sum of ten?

A. B. C. D.

Answer: D
36. The probability that a student plays basketball is 0.2.
The probability that a student likes pizza is 0.9. What is
the probability that a student selected at random plays
basketball and likes pizza?

A. B. C. D.

Answer: A
37. In a town fiesta singing competition with 12
contestants, in how many ways can the organizer
arrange the first three singers?

A. B. C. D.

Answer: C
38. What is P(8, 5)?
A. B. C. D.

Answer: D
39. Using the digits 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and
7, how many three-digit numbers are
possible if repetition of digits is
allowed?
A. B. C. D.

Answer: A
40. How many ways can a person
select 7 television commercials from
11 television commercials?
A. B. C. D.

Answer: A
41. A spinner is divided into 16 equal sectors numbered
from 1 to 16. What is the probability that when it is spun,
it will stop at an even number or a multiple of 3?

A. B. C. D.

Answer: B
42. A coin is tossed 4 times. What is the probability of
getting at least one tail?

A. B. C. D.

Answer: C
43. A cooler contains different kinds of drinks: 4 orange
juices, 3 bottled waters and 5 sodas. What is the
probability of getting an orange juice or a soda?

A. B. C. D.

Answer: A
44. If the probability that it will rain
tomorrow is 0.39, what is the
probability that it will not rain
tomorrow?
A. -0.39 B. 1.39 C.0.39 D. 0.61

Answer: D
45. A box contains 15 red balls, 15 green balls, 15 black
balls, 3 silver balls and 2 gold balls. What is the
probability that a person would draw a silver or gold ball
from the box?
A. B. C. D.

Answer: A
46. Which of these is a simple event?

A. picking a red and yellow ball

B. roll a die and get a 2
C. draw a king and a diamond
D. get an average of 90 and rank first in school

Answer: B
47. What is the probability of a impossible
event?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. none

Answer: A
48. Matt likes to wear colored shirts. He has 10 in the
closet. Three of these are blue, four are of different
shades of red, and the rest are of different colors. What
is the probability that he will wear a blue or red shirt?

A. + B.+ C. D.

Answer: B
49. What 49. Let A = {9, 10, 12, 14} and B =
{10, 11, 12, 13, 14}, find (A ∩ B). the
probability of a impossible event?
A. {10, 12}
B. {10, 11, 12}
C. {10, 12, 14}
D. {11, 12, 14}

Answer: C
50. Each of the letters of the word “IMPOSSIBLE” are
written on a card and placed in a table facing down.
Which of the following is the probability that a consonant
letter be chosen?
A. B. C. D.

Answer: B