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INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one answer
for each item by shading the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided.
STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED.
1. The probability that a certain kind of component will survive a shock test is 75%. Find the probability
that at least 2 of the next 4 components tested survived.
A. 0.9961 B. 0.7383 C. 0.0352 D. 0.9492
2. Using the previous problem, find the expected number of components that will survive on the next 100
trials.
A. 25 B. 75 C. 60 D. 100
3. Balls in an urn contains green, red, and blue balls in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3. Determine the probability that
in 6 draws, there will be 1 green, 2 red, and 3 blue balls chosen.
A. 0.2357 B. 0.1967 C. 0.1389 D. 0.4875
4. Lots of 40 components each are deemed unacceptable if they contain 3 or more defectives. The procedure
for sampling a lot is to seclect 5 components at random and to reject the lot if a defective is found. What
is the probability that exactly 1 defective is found in the sample if there are 3 defectives in the entire
lot?
A. 0.6791 B. 0.2526 C. 0.3648 D. 0.5679
5. Shaq is a bad free throw shooter. He only makes 1 in every 3 shots. What is the probability that his
5th made shot is at the 10th shot?
A. 0.0014 B. 0.0678 C. 0.0346 D. 0.0683
6. For a certain manufacturing process, it is known that, on the average, 1 in every 100 items is defective.
What is the probability that the fifth item inspected is the first defective item found?
A. 0.009606 B. 0.003457 C. 0.000234 D. 0.197601
7. During a laboratory experiment, the average number of radioactive particles passing through a counter
in 1 millisecond is 4. What is the probability that 6 particles enter the counter in 2 milliseconds?
A. 0.1221 B. 0.3467 C. 0.4174 D. 0.9483
8. The discrete probability distribution of X, the number of imperfections per 10 meters of a synthetic fabric
x 0 1 2 3 4
in continuous rolls of uniform width, is given by: . Determine
f (x) 0.41 0.37 0.16 0.05 0.01
the mean of the distribution.
A. 0.88 B. 0.34 C. 1.00 D. 1.63
9. Using the previous question, find the probability P (x < 3).
A. 0.94 B. 0.99 C. 0.78 D. 0.68
10. Suppose that a large conference room at a certain company can be reserved for no more than 4 hours.
Both long and short conferences occur quite often. In fact, it can be assumed that the length X of a
conference has a uniform distribution on the interval [0, 4]. Determine the probability that any given
conference lasts at least 3 hours.
1 3 3 1
A. B. C. D.
8 5 4 4
11. 1500 incoming freshmen took a university entrance exam and their scores were normally distributed with
a mean of 67 and standard deviation of 10. Determine the number of students that scored from 50 to
70.
A. 0.57 B. 0.67 C. 0.77 D. 0.87
12. A pair of dice is rolled 180 times. What is the probability that a total of 7 occurs between 33 and 41
times inclusive?
A. 0.47 B. 0.38 C. 0.26 D. 0.52

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13. Suppose that telephone calls arriving at a switchboard follow an exponential distribution with an average
of 5 calls coming per minute. What is the probability that more than 3 calls per minute will occur in
the next observation?
A. 0.451 B. 0.549 C. 0.362 D. 0.638
( √
k x, 0 < x < 1
14. Consider the density function f (x) = . Determine the probability P (0.3 < x < 0.6).
0, elsewhere
A. 0.3004 B. 0.3612 C. 0.3011 D. 0.3678

15. The average zinc concentration recovered from a sample of measurements taken in 36 different locations
in a river is found to be 2.6 grams per milliliter. Find the 95% confidence interval for the mean zinc
concentration in the river if the population standard deviation is 0.3 gram per milliliter. Take z0.025 =
1.96.
A. 1.648 < x < 3.425 B. 2.502 < x < 2.698 C. 2.312 < x < 4.278 D. 2.001 < x < 2.785

16. Due to the decrease in the interest rates, the ABC Bank received a lot of mortgage applications. A recent
sample of 50 mortgage loans resulted in an average loan amount of Php 250k. Assume a population
standard deviation of Php 20k. For the next customer who fills out a mortgage application, find a 95%
prediction interval for the loan amount. Take z0.025 = 1.96.
A. 204k < x < 296k B. 241k < x < 299.5k C. 210.4k < x < 289.6k D. 210k < x < 269.9k

17. In a random sample of 500 families owning television sets in the city of San Fernando, La Union, it is
found that 340 watch Movie A. Find the 99% confidence interval for the actual proportion of families
with television sets in this city that watch Movie A. Use z0.005 = 2.58.
A. 0.56 < p < 0.79 B. 0.34 < p < 0.71 C. 0.63 < p < 0.73 D. 0.46 < p < 0.75
18. An object oscillates with simple harmonic motion according to the equation x = 2 cos πt. Determine the
amplitude, frequency, and period of motion
A. 4.2, 1.357 Hz, 6.6 sec B. 2, 0.5 Hz, 2 sec C. 3.3, 0.944 Hz, 4.3 sec D. 1.6, 0.78 Hz, 3.8 sec
19. An elastic cord vibrates with a frequency on 3 Hz when a mass of 0.60 kg is hung from it. What will its
frequency be if only 0.38 kg hands from it?
A. 2.3 Hz B. 3.8 Hz C. 4.2 Hz D. 1.9 Hz

20. A simple pendulum is used in a physics laboratory experiment to obtain an experimental value for
the gravitational acceleration. A particular student measures the length of the pendulum to be 0.6
m, displaces it 100 mm from the equilibrium position, and releases it. Using a stopwatch, the student
determines that the period of the pendulum is 1.55 sec. Determine the experimental value of the
gravitational acceleration.
A. 9.85 m/s2 B. 12.77 C. 10.46 D. 11.31
21. A cord of mass 0.65 kg is stretched between two supports 30 m apart. If the tension in the cord is 150
N, how long will it take a pulse to travel from on support to another?
A. 0.25 sec B. 0.44 C. 0.19 D. 0.36
22. The intensity of an earthquake wave is measured to be 2 × 106 J/m2 at a distance of 48 km from the
source. What was the intensity when it passed a point only 1 km from the source? Hint: k = Ir2
A. 4.6 × 109 J/m2 B. 5.7 × 109 C. 3.1 × 109 D. 2.5 × 109
23. A 220 kg wooden raft floats on a lake. When a 75 kg man stands on the raft, it sinks 4 cm deeper into
the water. When he stops off, the raft vibrates for a while. What is the frequency of vibration?
A. 0.6 Hz B. 2.2 C. 1.0 D. 1.4

24. Determine the speed of sound through a long aluminum rod. The elastic modulus of aluminum is
70 × 109 N/m2 and the density is 2.7 × 103 kg/m3 .
A. 4488 m/s B. 6230 C. 3347 D. 5090

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25. The mass of one of the small spheres of a Cavendish balance is 0.01 kg, the mass of the nearest large
sphere is 0.5 kg, and the center-to-center distance between them is 0.05 m. Find the gravitational force
between the two spheres given that G = 6.67 × 10−11 N · m2 /kg 2 .
A. 1.33 × 10−10 N B. 2.13 × 10−10 C. 3.78 × 10−10 D. 8.31 × 10−10
26. A horizontal, parallel-sided plate of glass having a refractive index of 1.52 is in contact with the surface
of water in a tank. A ray coming from above in air makes an angle of incidence of 35.0◦ with the normal
to the top surface of the glass. What angle does the ray refracted into the water make with the normal
to the surface? Use index of refraction of 1.333 for water.
A. 35◦ B. 17◦ C. 30◦ D. 41◦
27. A concave mirror forms an image, on a wall 3 m in front of the mirror of a headlamp filament 10 cm in
front of the mirror. What if the focal length of the mirror?
A. 3.2 cm B. 9.7 C. 1.7 D. 6.7

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