Question 1

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Assume you are rolling two fair dice once. The probability of obtaining at least one 3 or one 4 equals _________.

Question 2

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If μ = 35.2 and s = 10, then p(X) for X £ 39 equals _________. Assume random sampling.

Question 3

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The probability of throwing two ones with a pair of dice equals _________.

 

Question 4

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The probability of randomly selecting a face card (K, Q, or J) or a spade in one draw equals _________.

Question 5

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If p(A and B) = 0, then A and B must be _________.

Question 6

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A famous hypnotist performs in Meany Hall before a crowd of 350 students and 180 non-students. The hypnotist knows from previous experience that one-half of the students and two-thirds of the non-students are hypnotizable. What is the probability that a randomly chosen person from the audience will be hypnotizable or will be a non-student?

Question 7

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If μ = 400 and s = 100 the probability of selecting at random a score less than or equal to 370 equals _________.

Question 8

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Probabilities vary between _________.

Question 9

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A sample is random if _________.

Question 10

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If you have 15 red socks (individual, not pairs), 24 green socks, 17 blue socks, and 100 black socks, what is the probability you will reach in the drawer and randomly select a pair of green socks? (Assume sampling without replacement.)

Question 11

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A certain university maintains a colony of male mice for research purposes. The ages of the mice are normally distributed with a mean of 60 days and a standard deviation of 5.2. Assume you randomly sample one mouse from the colony. The probability his age will be between 55 and 70 days is _________.

Question 12

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A certain university maintains a colony of male mice for research purposes. The ages of the mice are normally distributed with a mean of 60 days and a standard deviation of 5.2. Assume you randomly sample one mouse from the colony. The probability his age will be less than 45 days is _________.

Question 13

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When events A and B are mutually exclusive but not exhaustive, p(A or B) equals _________.

Question 14

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Let’s assume you are having a party and have stocked your refrigerator with beverages. You have 12 bottles of Coors beer, 24 bottles of Rainier beer, 24 bottles of Schlitz light beer, 12 bottles of Hamms beer, 2 bottles of Heineken dark beer and 6 bottles of Pepsi soda. You go to the refrigerator to get beverages for your friends. In answering the following question assume you are randomly sampling without replacement. What is the probability the first four bottles you select will be a Coors, a Schlitz, a Rainier, and a Coors in that order?

Question 15

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Assume you are rolling two fair dice once. The probability of obtaining a sum of 2 or 12 equals _________.

Question 16

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If the odds in favor of an event occurring are 9 to 1, the probability of the event occurring is _________.

Question 17

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Two events are mutually exclusive if _________.

Question 18

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If the probability of drawing a member of a population is not equal for all members, then the sample is said to be _________.

Question 19

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If A and B are mutually exclusive and exhaustive, then p(A and B) = _________.

Question 20

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If p(A or B) = p(A) + p(B) then A and B must be _________.

Question 21

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A priori probability refers to _________.

Question 22

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Let’s assume you are having a party and have stocked your refrigerator with beverages. You have 12 bottles of Coors beer, 24 bottles of Rainier beer, 24 bottles of Schlitz light beer, 12 bottles of Hamms beer, 2 bottles of Heineken dark beer and 6 bottles of Pepsi soda. You go to the refrigerator to get beverages for your friends. In answering the following question assume you are randomly sampling without replacement. What is the probability your first three bottles selected are Pepsi’s?

Question 23

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Suppose you are going to randomly order individuals A, B, C, D, E and F. The probability the order will begin A B _ _ _ _ is _________.

Question 24

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Which of the following are examples of mutually exclusive events?

Question 25

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The probability of correctly guessing a two digit number is _________.