BADM 299 Exam 2 (Chapters 5-8) Dr.

Frank Tian Xie

Exam 2 Review questions

If two events are complementary then we know that

A. the sum of their probabilities is one.
B. the joint probability of the two events is one.
C. their intersection has a nonzero probability.
D. they are independent events.

Find the probability that either event A or B occurs if the chance of A occurring is .5, the
chances of B occurring is .3, and events A and B are independent.
A. .80
B. .15
C. .65
D. .85

Given the contingency table shown here, find P(V).

A. .20
B. .40
C. .50
D. .80

Given the contingency table shown here, find P(A M).

A. .2500
B. .7500
C. .6250
D. .1250

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The discrete random variable X is the number of passengers waiting at a bus stop. The table
below shows the probability distribution for X. What is the expected value E(X) for this
distribution?

A. 1.1
B. 1.3
C. 1.7
D. 1.9

The binomial distribution describes the number of

A. trials to obtain the first "success" in a Bernoulli Process.
B. trials to obtain n "successes" in a Bernoulli Process.
C. "successes" or "failures" in a Bernoulli Process.
D. "successes" in n Bernoulli trials.

A random variable X is distributed binomially with n = 8 and = 0.70. The standard

deviation of the variable X is approximately
A. 0.458
B. 2.828
C. 1.680
D. 1.296

On average, an IRS auditor discovers 4.7 fraudulent income tax returns per day. On a
randomly chosen day, what is the probability that she discovers fewer than two?
A. .0518
B. .0427
C. .1005
D. .1523

The following relationship always holds true for events A and B in a sample space.
A. P(A | B) = P(B | A)
B. P(A B) = P(A | B) P(B)
C. P(A | B) = P(B | A) P(A)

How many ways can we choose 3 items at random without replacement from 5 items (A, B, C,
D, E) if the order of the selected items is not important?
A. 60
B. 120
C. 10
D. 24

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The value of 4P2 is
A. 8
B. 6
C. 24
D. 12

Which is a not a discrete random variable?

A. The number of births in a hospital on a given day.
B. The number of fives obtained in four rolls of a die.
C. The hourly earnings of a call center employee in Boston.
D. The number of applicants applying for a civil service job.

Which distribution is most nearly appropriate to describe the number of fatalities in

Wisconsin per year due to poisonous snakebites?
A. Binomial
B. Poisson
C. Uniform

A charity raffle prize is $1,000. The charity sells 4,000 raffle tickets. One winner will be
selected at random. At what ticket price would a ticket buyer expect to break even?
A. $0.50
B. $0.25
C. $ 0.75
D. $1.00

Given the contingency table shown here, find P(A2).

A. .1842
B. .1766
C. .8163
D. .0578

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Given the contingency table shown here, find P(A3 B2).

A. .3212
B. .2933
C. .0942
D. .1006

Given the contingency table shown here, does the decision to retire appear independent of the
employee type?

Survey question: Do you plan on retiring or keep working when you turn 65?

A. Yes.
B. No.

A machine dispenses water into a glass. Assuming that the amount of water dispensed follows
a continuous uniform distribution from 10 ounces to 16 ounces, what is the probability that 13
or more ounces will be dispensed in a given glass?
A. .1666
B. .3333
C. .5000
D. .6666

In Melanie's Styling Salon, the time to complete a simple haircut is normally distributed with
a mean of 25 minutes and a standard deviation of 4 minutes. What percent of customers
require less than 32 minutes for a simple haircut?
A. 95.99%
B. 99.45%
C. 97.72%
D. 45.99%

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 To estimate the average annual expenses of students on books and class materials a sample of
size 36 is taken. The mean is $850 and the standard deviation is $54. A 99% confidence
interval for the population mean is
A. $823.72 to $876.28
B. $832.36 to $867.64
C. $826.82 to $873.18
D. $825.49 to $874.51

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