WorksheetsDiscrete distributions
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 2hrs 5mins
For a probability distribution, P(0) = 0.05, P(1) = 0.1, P(2) = 0.25, P(3) = 0.2, P(4) = 0.3 and P(5) = 0.1. What is P(X > 3)?
0.1
0.3
0.4
0.6
For a random distribution, P(X) = nCx(6, x) 0.75x 0.256 - x. What is P(2)?
0.033
0.099
0.297
0.890
For a probability distribution, P(0) = 0.1, P(1) = 0.15, P(2) = 0.2, P(3) = 0.3, P(4) = 0.2 and P(5) = 0.1. What is E(X)?
2
2.25
2.5
2.75
For a probability distribution, P(0) = 0.1, P(1) = 0.15, P(2) = 0.2, P(3) = 0.3, P(4) = 0.2 and P(5) = 0.1. What is Var(X), rounded to 2 decimal places?
1.79
3.25
6.60
9.35
What is k for the probability distribution P(x) = (x3 + 1)/k for x = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4?
35
70
105
140
For a random variable X following Poisson distribution, Lambda = 7. What is P(X > 5)?
0.1730
0.3007
0.6993
0.8270
For a random variable X following Poisson distribution, Lambda = 10. What is the probability of X is at most 2?
0.0005
0.0028
0.9972
0.9995
For a random variable X following Poisson distribution, Lambda = 4. What is P(X at least 2)?
0.9084
0.7619
0.2381
0.0916
For a random variable X following Binomial distribution, n = 12, p = 0.8. What is P(X = 9)?
0.0213
0.7251
0.4417
0.2362
For a random variable X following Binomial distribution, n = 10, p = 0.3. What is P(x < 4)?
0.6496
0.8497
0.1503
0.3504
For a random variable X following Binomial distribution, n = 9, p = 0.7. What is P(x >= 6)?
0.2703
0.4628
0.5372
0.7297
On average, 2 accidents occur every week at exit 123. What is the probability of more than 10 accidents in a 4-week period?
0.3001
0.2834
0.1841
0.1119
3 bank robberies occur every month in a town in Brazil, what is the probability of less than 40 robberies in a year?
0.7771
0.7263
0.2737
0.2229
2% of the Samsung phones are found with defective batteries. Of 10 phones tested, what is the probability that at most 1 found with defective batteries?
0.0162
0.1829
0.8171
0.9838
Per the last census, 15% of the working women have 2 jobs. If 20 women in a community are chosen randomly, what is the probability that exactly 4 of them work 2 jobs?
0.1821
0.2293
0.7707
0.8179
For a random variable X following Poisson distribution, Lambda = 3.1. What is P(x >= 2)?
0.5988
0.8153
0.4012
0.1847
For a random variable X following Binomial distribution, n = 5, p = 0.6. What is P(x <= 3)?
0.6826
0.3174
0.6630
0.3370
Sarah makes 3 spelling errors, on average, every 10 words, randomly and independently. In a 50-word extract, what is the probability of more than 20 spelling errors?
0.9170
0.8752
0.0830
0.0380
Snowfall occurs randomly and independently in a Minnesota city during winter. On average, it snows twice a week. What is the probability of 5 snowfalls in 2 weeks?
0.0361
0.1563
0.1755
0.0842
Traffic flow is traditionally modelled as a Poisson distribution. An engineer monitors the traffic flowing through an intersection with an average of 6 cars per minute. What is the probability of no cars through the intersection within 30 seconds?
0.0498
0.0025
0.1503
0.3679
The sheriff’s office receives on average 9 calls every night. If a night is chosen at random what is the probability of receiving less than 3 calls?
0.0043
0.9938
0.9957
0.0062
Number of births in a local hospital follows Poisson distribution with average 2.6 per day. What is the probability of at least 20 births in a week?
0.2854
0.3669
0.6331
0.7146
A student takes 10 question quiz, with 5 options for each question. He needs to get 6 of them correct to pass the quiz. If he is sure about 4 of the answers, what is the probability of his passing the quiz?
0.3446
0.1028
0.0170
0.0064
On average, 8 speeding tickets are issued by Officer Milton during his 12-hour duty. What is the probability him issuing at most 3 tickets during 6 pm to 9 pm?
0.1429
0.6767
0.8571
0.3233
Approximately 12% of the high school students drop out without earning high school diploma. If 15 high school students are chosen, what is the probability of not more than 2 dropping out without high school diploma?
0.2654
0.4476
0.5524
0.7346
