QUIZ IN MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE EVENTS

1.     Events that do not have something in common are called _____________.

• mutually exclusive events

• not mutually exclusive events

• dependent events

• independent events

2. Which of the following are mutually exclusive events when a card is drawn at random from a standard deck of 52 cards?

• a 4 or a heart

• a 4 or a jack

• a 4 or a club

• a jack or a face card

3.     Which of the following are not mutually exclusive events when a fair die is rolled once?

• a 3 or a 6

• a 5 or an even number

• a 2 or a factor of 6

• a 6 or an odd number

4. All the following events are not mutually exclusive events EXCEPT:

• drawing an Ace or a King in a standard deck of card

• drawing a Queen or a Club in a standard deck of cards

• getting a 6 or an even number in rolling a six-sided die

• getting a prime number or an even number in rolling a six-sided die 

5. Which of these pairs of events shows a not mutually exclusive?

• Getting heads or tails on a single coin toss

• A number that is even number or numbers greater than 25 from the set of two-digit numbers from 10 to 99 inclusive

• A die rolling a number less than 5 and greater than 5

• Getting a royal card or an ace in a standard deck of cards

6. Getting a 6 or a number divisible by 3 when rolling a die

• MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE EVENTS

• NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE EVENTS

7. Getting a Jack or an Ace when picking a card from a standard deck

• MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE EVENTS

• NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE EVENTS

8. Selecting a blue or a red when picking a ball from a box that contains 10 blue balls and 15 red balls

• MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE EVENTS

• NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE EVENTS

9. Selecting a letter A or a vowel from the word PROBABILITY

• MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE EVENTS

• NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE EVENTS

10. Getting a head or tail when tossing a coin

• MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE EVENTS

• NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE EVENTS