LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, IKORODU

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES

2ND SEMESTER EXAMINATION. 2023/2024 SESSION
COURSE LEVEL: 100 STA 112 PROBABILITY THOERY I
COURSES UNITS: 3 B.Sc Computer Science, Mathematics , Statistics and B.Eng. Engrg.
TIME ALLOWED 1 HOUR
S/N QUESTION OPTIONS ANSWER
A B C D
In a class of 100 students, 50 students are studying geography while 40 students are
1 studying mathematics while 20 are studying both. Find the probability that a student 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.9 0.3
chosen at random is studying neither Geography nor mathematics.
The probability that a man and his wife will be alive in twenty years times are 0.6
2 and 0.7 respectively. What is the probability that one of them will not be alive in 0.56 0.46 0.23 0.65 0.46
twenty years’ time?
There are 5 red pens, 7 blue pens and 6 green pens in a packet. What is the ⅛
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probability of a boy picking a white pen?
½ ¼ 0 0

A committee of 4boys and 3girls is to be formed from a club of 10 boys and 8 girls. In
4 432 456 4531 4704 432
how many ways can this be done if a particular boy must be on it?
5 In how many ways can 9 people be seated if 3 chairs are available? 501 502 503 504 504
How many 5-letter code words can be formed from the letters of the word
6 6720 4500 2410 4212 6720
MATRICES?
7 Find the number of permutation of the letters of the word WORLD 25 50 100 120 120
8 If n
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contains two at
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time, thecandidates
which number obtained is 20. Find
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6 n. 5 10 15 40 5
9 questions are compulsory, in how many ways can each candidate select her 40 25 15 10 15
questions?
10 If 3(nP2+24)=2nP2. Find the positive value of n. 6 7 8 9 8

11 In how many ways can 8 men be seated at a round table, if 2 particular men refuse to 3600 342 543 450 3600
sit together?
12 In how arrangements are there using all the letters of the word CALCULUS? 240 3600 120 5040 5040
13 In a basket of 6 grapes, 11 bananas and 13 oranges. If one fruit is picked at random,
what is the probability that the fruit is either a grape or a banana?
14 The letters of the word BOOK be arranged? 24 6 2 12 12
15 A fair die with faces numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 is tossed twice. What is the probability
of obtaining a total score of 8 or 11.
16 A fair die with faces numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. What is the probability of obtaining a
total score of at least 3.
The probability that applicants are successful in an interview for a job are 1/3, 2/3
17 and 1/4 respesctiveful. If the three are invited for the interview. What is the
probability that all are successful?.

18 There are six seats in a railway carriage. In how many different ways can four people 240 120 360 320 360
occupy them?
19 Simplify 12C10 + 12C9. 259 345 286 540 286
20 In how many ways can 5 footballers be selected from a team of 12 players? 432 342 279 729 729
Normal exponential Poisson
21 Which of the following probability distributions is a discrete probability distribution. distribution distribution Poisson distribution Beta distribution distribution
22 The two parameters of a binomial distribution are:
 A random variable that assumes a finite or countable number of numerical values is continuous quantitative discrete random qualitative discrete random
23 called-------- random variable variable variable variable. variable
Probability mass probability density distribution probability
24 If X is a continuous random variable, f(x) is said to be a ------------- function function marginal function function. density function
A variable whose numerical value depends on the outcome of a chance experiment is called Quantitative continuous discrete variable random variable.
25 a --- variable variable random variable
measure of
Measure of measure of central measure of correlation measure of central
26 A statistical measure that determines the centre of a distribution is called ------------ dispersion tendency variation coefficient. tendency

Which of the followings is one of the conditions to be satisfied in a discrete probability

27 distrbution.

------------ is an example of a continuous probability distribution. Binomial poisson Hyper-geometric Normal

28 distribution distribution Normal distribution distribution distribution
Gamma Gaussian Weibull Gaussian
A normal distribution is normally called ------------------
29 distribution Beta distribution distribution distribution distribution
30 If a die is thrown five times, calculate the probability of getting exactly one ‘ six ‘. 0.3564 0.4019 0.7854 0.0234 0.4019
31 If a fair coin is tossed six times, find the probability of obtaining exactly four heads. 0.2344 0.5742 0.5673 0.4532 0.2344

Any characteristic or property that can be measured is called --------- Non-numeric

32 Numeric variable variable extraneous variable None of the options Numeric variable
normal random discrete random binomial random continuous random normal random
33 A random variable X having the bell shaped distribution is called ------------- variable variable variable variable. variable
Given the mean and variance of a binomial random variable X as 8 and 6 respectively. Find
34 the paramters n and p. n = 28 , p = 0.25 n = 32, p = 0.25 n = 30, p = 0.5 n =31, p= 0.5 n = 32, p = 0.25
35 If Z is a standard normal variable , find b such that 2.58 1.96 1.56 2.65 1.96
36 A variable X follows poisson distribution with mean 16. Find the Probability 0.1876 0.1908 0.2357 0.2341. 0.1908
37 If the graph of the normal distribution is bell shaped, it is called ---------- Normal curve Quadratic curve Cubic curve L-shape. Normal curve

If a die is thrown five times. Find the variance of obtaining a ‘ Six ‘ in this experiment.
38 0.6944 0.1667 0.8333 0.6754. 0.6944
In sampling with replacement, the possible ways of selecting the samples from the
39 population can be obtained by ----------
The difference between the population parameter and the estimated value derived from the Transcription Measurement
40 sample is called -------- error Biased error Sampling error error Sampling error
41 A numerical value derived or computed from the sample data is known as -------- Parameter Point estimate Statistic Estimator. Statistic
A population comprises numbers 2, 5 and 8. Consider all possible samples of size 2 when
42 sampling is done with replacement. Calculate the mean of the population. 3 2 5 4 5
43 The characteristics function of the population is known as ………… Statistic Parameter Census Sample. Parameter
44 In a discrete probability distribution, the sum of all probabilities is always 1 0 undefined infinite 1
45 What is the probability of getting a no greater than 6 on a fair die? 1 0 1/3 1/6 0

46 Given that P(A)=⅔, P(B) = 3/5 and P(AuB)=13/15 The events A and B are Equally likely Independent Mutually exclusive Exhaustive Mutually exclusive

47 For two mutually exclusive events A and B if P(A) = 3/4 and P(B) = 1/6, then P(A or B) is 11/12 5/12 7/8 N/A 11/12
48 Two dice are thrown simultaneously, the probability of obtaining a total sum 8 is (A) 1/6 (B) 5/6 (C) 5/36 (D) 7/36 1/7

49 For two mutually exclusive events A and B, if P(A) = 0.4 and P(B) = 0.3, then P (A or B) is 0.6 0.58 0.7 0.75 0.7
P (A + B) = P (A) P (A + B) = P (A) P (A + B) = P (A) P P (A + B) = P (A)
50 If the events A and B are mutually exclusive, then + P (B) – P (B) (B) P (A + B) = 0 + P (B)