Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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| What is the probability of rolling a single die to a number
greater than 4? | | | |
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A student is taking a 3 question
multiple choice quiz. Each question has 4 options. First, determine the number of
possible answer responses.
What is the probability that a student completely guesses on every
question on the quiz and makes a perfect score of a 100%?
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a. | 1.56% | c. | 25.0% | b. | 8.33% | d. | 33.3% |
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Alex went bowling. He
managed to get 3 strikes after 15 attempts. If you were to suggest the probability that he gets
a strike on his next attempt, what type of probability would you be using?
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a. | Subjective Probability | c. | Theoretical Probability
| b. | Empirical Probability | d. | Authentic
Probability |
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Jessica doesn’t have any
idea of what the answer is on one of her multiple choice questions like this problem. The
problem has 4 possible choices. After she guesses the answer, she realized that she has a 25%
chance of getting that question correct. What type of probability did she
use?
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a. | Subjective Probability | c. | Theoretical Probability
| b. | Empirical Probability | d. | Authentic
Probability |
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| A mechanic tells a customer that
replacing the tensioner on the timing belt has about an 80% chance of fixing the problem with the
car. What type of probability is the mechanic using? | | | |
a. | Subjective Probability | c. | Theoretical Probability
| b. | Empirical Probability | d. | Authentic
Probability |
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| A school administrator tells
everyone in the building that they will be having a fire drill randomly sometime during the school
day which is from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. If second period is from 9:20 a. m. to 10:10 a.m.,
what is the probability of the fire drill happening during second period? | | | |
a. | 11.9% | c. | 16.7% | b. | 14.3% | d. | 21.2% |
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| What is the
complement of event of a teacher randomly calling on a student that is a
male? | | | |
a. | Calling on a male student | c. | Calling on any
student | b. | Calling on a female student | d. | Calling on a teacher |
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