Probability Quiz

1. This branch of mathematics is concerned with analyzing the chance that a particular event will occur.

• Algebra

• Geometry

• Probability

• Statistics

This is the set of all possible outcomes.

• event

• experiment

• sample point

• sample space

The result of a single trial of a probability experiment is called___________.

• event

• outcome

• sample point

• sample space

This is any subset of the sample space of a probability experiment.

• event

• experiment

• outcome

• sample space

Which of the following is the sample space of the experiment tossing a die?

• S = {6}

• S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}

• S = {1, 2, 3}

• S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}

Suppose you toss two fair coins once, how many possible outcomes are there

• 1

• 2

• 4

• 8

In drawing a card from a deck of 52 cards, which of the following cannot be a sample point?

• Ace of hearts

• King

• Jack of diamonds

• Queen of spades

Flipping a coin, rolling a die, rotating a spinner and predicting the weather are all examples of ______.

• event

• experiment

• outcome

• sample point

Sam has 6 red marbles and 2 green marbles in a bag. What is the likelihood of choosing a green marble?

• certain

• likely

• impossible

• unlikely

A spinner has 7 equal sectors numbered 1 to 7. If you spin the spinner, then which of the following is a certain event?

• Landing on a number less than 7.

• Landing on a number less than 8.

• Landing on a number greater than 1.

• Landing on a number greater than 7.