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Independent and Dependent Events

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A five turning up in rolling a die once and a tail showing up in tossing a coin once.

a)

Independent Event

b)

Dependent Event

2.

Drawing two cards from a standard deck of cards one card after the other without replacement.

a)

Dependent Event

b)

Independent Event

3.

A coin is tossed six times. What is the probability that all results are tails?

a)

1/7

b)

1/14

c)

1/64

d)

1/128

4.

Drawing a face card from a standard deck of cards, returning it, and drawing another a numbered card

a)

Dependent Event

b)

Independent Event

5.

Which of the following is an example of an independent events?

a)

A 6 followed by a 2 turning up in rolling a die twice.

b)

Drawing a Jack of clover first and then a queen of hearts in the second draw without replacement.

c)

Selecting a male and a female from a class of 50 students to attend a symposium.

d)

Drawing a black marble first and followed by a white marble from a bag that contains three black and four white marbles.

6.

A tail showing up in tossing a coin once and a six turning up in rolling a die once.

a)

Independent Event

b)

Dependent Event

7.

Drawing a black marble and a yellow marble one at a time from a bag of marbles containing two black marbles and four yellow marbles without replacement

a)

Independent Event

b)

Dependent Event

8.

A die is tossed once and a spinner with 8 congruent sectors each of which is numbered from 1 to 8 is spun once. What is the probability of an even number turning up and the spinner stops at an odd number?

a)

1

b)

1/2

c)

1/3

d)

1/4

9.

A jar contains five blue balls, and three red balls. Two balls are drawn at random from the jar, one at a time without replacement. Find the probability that the first ball drawn is blue and the second ball is red.

a)

15/56

b)

8/15

c)

24/35

d)

13/21

10.

Two events such that each event affects the occurrence of the other are called _______________?

a)

Dependent events

b)

Inclusive Events

c)

Independent events

d)

Mutually Exclusive events