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Question 1
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[3-07] An office has three telephone lines. At any given time, the probability that at least one line is in use is 0.8. Find the probability that, at
any given time, all three are in use.

Select one:
0.0557

None of the others

0.0957

0.0715 

The correct answer is: 0.0715

Question 2
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[3-19] From past experience it is known that 3% of accounts in a large accounting population are in error. What is the standard deviation of
the number of accounts audited until 3 accounts in error occur?

Select one:
0.9 

56.86

0.03

The correct answer is: 56.86

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Question 3
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[4-12] Let X be a uniformly distributed random variable. Given two probabilites as follow. Find standard deviation of X.

Select one:
1500

40

11.547

None of the others 

The correct answer is: 11.547

Question 4
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[3-23] The following probability distribution has been assessed for the number of accidents that occur in a mid western city each day:Based

on the data given below, find the probability that there are at least two accidents per day.

Select one:
None of the others

0.55 

0.3

0.75

The correct answer is: 0.55

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Question 5
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[2-07] If an aircraft is present in a certain area, a radar correctly registers its presence with probability 0.99. If it is not present, the radar
falsely registers an aircraft presence with probability 0.10. We assume that an aircraft is present with probability 0.05. What is the probability
of false alarm (a false indication of aircraft presence), and the probability of missed detecation (nothing registers, even though an aircraft is
present)?

Select one:
The probability of false alarm is 0.0005 and the probability of missed detecation is 0.095

The probability of false alarm is 0.095 and the probability of missed detecation is 0.005

The probability of false alarm is 0.075 and the probability of missed detecation is 0.0005

The probability of false alarm is 0.095 and the probability of missed detecation is 0.0005 

The correct answer is: The probability of false alarm is 0.095 and the probability of missed detecation is 0.0005

Question 6
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[1-06] Which of the following is a discrete quantitative variable?

Select one:
None of the others

The volume of gasoline that is lost to evaporation during the filling of a gas tank.

The number of times a transistor in a computer memory changes state in one operation. 

The color of a student's eyes

The correct answer is: The number of times a transistor in a computer memory changes state in one operation.

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Question 7
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[4-09] Let be a cumulative distribution function of a continuous random variable X. Find P( X < 0.7).

Select one:
0.2401

0.3560 

None of the others.

0.1207

The correct answer is: 0.2401

Question 8
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[2-09] A test for a certain rare disease is assumed to be correct 95% of the time. If a person has the disease, the test results are positive with
probability 0.95 and if the person does not have the disease, the test results are negative with probability 0.95. A random person drawn from
a certain population has probability 0.001 of having the disease. Given that the person just tested positive, what is the probability of having
the disease?

Select one:
0.00095

0.0014

0.98134

0.01866 

The correct answer is: 0.01866

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Question 9
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[2-06] Suppose that P(A|B) = 0.6, P(A) = 0.5 and P(B) = 0.1. Find the value of P(B|A).

Select one:
0.06

0.30

0.20

0.12 

The correct answer is: 0.12

Question 10
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[2-10] Which of the following is always true?

Select one:
If P(A and B) = P(A or B), then A and B are independent.

If A and B are disjoint, then they cannot be independent.

If A and B are disjoint, P(A) + P(B) = 1

If P(A and B) = 0, then A and B are independent. 

The correct answer is: If A and B are disjoint, then they cannot be independent.

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Question 11
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[4-01] The time it takes to assemble a children's bicycle by a parent has been shown to be normally distributed with a mean equal to 295
minutes with a standard deviation equal to 45 minutes. Given this information, what is the probability that it will take a randomly selected
parent between 300 and 340 minutes? Let P(Z < 0) = 0.5000, P(Z < 0.11 ) = 0.5438, P(Z < 1 ) = 0.8413.

Select one:
0.18

None

0.62

0.2975 

The correct answer is: 0.2975

Question 12
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[3-05] The phone lines to an airline reservation system are occupied 40% of the time. Assume that the events that the lines are occupied on
successive calls are independent. Assume that 10 calls are placed to the airline. What is the probability that for exactly three calls the lines
are occupied?

Select one:
0.1

0.215 

None of the others

0.4

The correct answer is: 0.215

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Question 13
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[4-17] The diameters of pencils produced by a certain machine are normally distributed with a mean of 0.32 inches and a standard deviation
of 0.01 inches. What is the probability that the diameter of a randomly selected pencil will be less than 0.297 inches?

Select one:
None of the others 

0.33

0.307

0.0107

The correct answer is: 0.0107

Question 14
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[2-23] In a pet store, there are 6 puppies, 9 kittens, 4 gerbils and 7 parakeets. If a pet is chosen at random, what is the probability of
choosing a puppy or a parakeet?

Select one:
0.5 

None of the others

11 / 26

0.25

The correct answer is: 0.5

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Question 15
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[2-11] If two balanced die are rolled, the possible outcomes can be represented as follows.Determine the probability that the sum of the

dice is 7.

Select one:
2/9

3/12

5/36

1/6 

The correct answer is: 1/6

Question 16
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[4-22] Let X be a continuous random variable with the probability density functionFind F(0.5).

Select one:
3/8

7/8

1/2 

None of the others

The correct answer is: 7/8

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Question 17
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[4-24] Letbe a cumulative distribution function of a continuous random variable X. Find P(0.2 < X < 0.5)

Select one:
0.35

0.697

0.609 

0.7

The correct answer is: 0.609

Question 18
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[3-22] The following probability distribution has been assessed for the number of accidents that occur in a mid western city each day:Based

on this probability distribution, the standard deviation in the number of accidents per day is:

Select one:
2.65

1.65 

0.12

The correct answer is: 1.65

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Question 19
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[3-15] The number of misprints on a page of the Daily Mercury has Poisson distribution with mean 1.2. Find the probability that the number
of errors on all forty pages adds up to at least 3

Select one:
Approximately 1

Approximately 0

Approximately 0.5 

None of the others

The correct answer is: Approximately 1

Question 20
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[4-13] Let X be a uniformly distributed random variable. Given two probabilites as follow. Find P(20

Select one:
0.5 x 10^-11

1.3 x 10^-11 

0.5

1.3 x 10^11

The correct answer is: 1.3 x 10^-11

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Question 21
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[3-20] From past experience it is known that 3% of accounts in a large accounting population are in error. Find the mean of the number of
account audited before two accounts in error are found.

Select one:
77.76

66.67 

67.67

76.76

The correct answer is: 66.67

Question 22
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[3-09] Compute the probability of obtaining three defectives in a sample of size 10 taken without replacement from a box of twenty
components containing four defectives.

Select one:
0.2

0.2477 

0.1477

0.1

The correct answer is: 0.2477

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Question 23
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[1-07] Jared was working on a project to look at global warming and accessed an Internet site where he captured average global surface
temperatures from 1866. Which of the four methods of data collection was he using?

Select one:
Surveying

Retrospective study 

Observation

Experimentation

The correct answer is: Retrospective study

Question 24
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[4-05] If the time it takes for a customer to be served at a fast-food chain business is thought to be uniformly distributed between 3 and 8
minutes, what is the probability that the time it takes for a randomly selected customer will be less than 5 minutes?

Select one:
0.40 

0.30

0.20

0.80

The correct answer is: 0.40

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Question 25
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[2-21] In the United States, 43% of people wear a seat belt while driving. If two people are chosen at random, what is the probability that
both of them wear a seat belt?

Select one:
57%

18% 

None of the others

86%

The correct answer is: 18%

Question 26
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[3-18] From past experience it is known that 3% of accounts in a large accounting population are in error. What is the probability that 5
accounts are audited before two accounts in error are found?

Select one:
0.0303

0.33

0.3030

0.0033 

The correct answer is: 0.0033

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Question 27
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[1-02] You want to know the mean income of the subscribers to a particular magazine. You draw a random sample of 100 subscribers and
determine that their mean income is $27,500. Then, we have: a) subscribers to the magazine, b) the sample is 100 subscribers of the sample.

Select one:
a) only

b) only 

None of the other

a) and b)

The correct answer is: a) and b)

Question 28
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[4-21] Suppose the probability density function of the length of computer cables is f(x) = 0.5 from 10 to 12 millimeters. Determine the
standard deviation of the cable length.

Select one:
37.24 

37.94

1320

100

The correct answer is: 37.94

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Question 29
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[1-12] Find the median of the following sample: 2, 3, 5, 3, 6, 8, 9, 20, 11, 4, 6.

Select one:
5

7 

The correct answer is: 6

Question 30
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[2-08] You enter a chess tournament where your probability of winning a game is 0.3 against half the players (call them type 1), 0.4 against a
quarter of the players (call them type 2), and 0.5 against the remaining quarter of the players (call them type 3). You play a game against a
randomly chosen opponent. What is the probability of winning?

Select one:
0.375 

0.925

0.775

0.837

The correct answer is: 0.375

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