Tutorial Past Year Questions (Probability & Tree Diagram) : Odl Week 11: 4 - 7 JUNE 2020

STA108 ODL WEEK 11: 4 – 7 JUNE 2020
Submission Date: 31 May 2020 (Sunday – Before 5pm)
TUTORIAL PAST YEAR QUESTIONS

(PROBABILITY & TREE DIAGRAM)
DEC 2019
3 2
1) The events A and B are such that P(A  B) = and P(A) = . Find P(A ' B) . [ 1/5 ]
5 5
2) Tania has three options to go to work where she can drive her own car, take the train or grab
car. The probability that she will choose each option is 40%, 50% and 10%, respectively. If she
drives her own car to work, there is 45% chance of arriving late at her workplace and only 30%
if she took the train. However, if she uses the grab car, the probability she will arrive on time is
75%.
a) Draw a tree diagram for the above situation.
b) Calculate the probability that Tania will on time at her workplace. [ 0.645 ]
c) Given that in a particular day she was late, find the probability that she took a grab car on
that day. [ 0.704 ]
JUNE 2019
1) A and B are independent events with P(A  B) = 5/9 and P(A  B’) = 3/10. Find:
a) P(B) [ 23/90 ]
b) P(A’  B’), given P(A) = 1/5. [ 427/450 ]
2) Faizal wants to apply for a graduate school at University T. from the previous records, 42% of
the applications to the university had been accepted. It is also known that 70% of these
students who had been accepted to the university passed the entrance exam while 40% of the
students who were not accepted passed the entrance exam.
a) Draw a tree diagram to represent the above situation.

b) Find the probability that a student passed the entrance exam. [ 0.526 ]
c) Faizal took the entrance exam and he failed. What is the probability that he will be accepted
into the graduate school at University T? [ 0.2658 ]
1
JAN 2018
1) Given that P(A) = 0.6, P(B | A) = 0.3 and P(A’ | B’) = 0.45, find:
a) P(A  B) [ 0.18 ]
b) P(B) [ 0.2364 ]
c) P(A  B) [ 0.6564 ]
2) The table below shows the number of cars using fuel from three different oil companies for
three different car brands in a particular week.
Oil Company
Car Brand
Petronas Petron Shell
Perodua 100 80 110
Chevrolet 48 32 55
Volkswagen 35 26 44
A car is selected at random. Determine:

a) The probability that a car uses fuel from Petron, given that the car is Chevrolet. [ 0.237 ]
b) The probability that a car uses fuel from Shell or a car is from Perodua brand. [ 0.734 ]
MAC 2017
1) Given that P(M) = 0.6, P(M  N) = 0.4 and P(M  N) = 0.7, calculate:
a) P(N) [ 0.5 ]
b) P(M’  N’) [ 0.3 ]
c) P(N’ | M’) [ 0.75 ]
2) From past experience, the probability that a new employee in a company who can perform well
in his daily tasks is 0.85 if he has attended the in-house training and 0.36 if he has not attended
the training. There is a 77% of new employees have attended the training.

b) Find the probability that a new employee can complete his works satisfactorily. [ 0.7373 ]
c) If the new employee can perform well in his daily tasks, what is the probability that he is
untrained? [ 0.1123 ]
2
OCT 2016
1) A and B are two independent events. Given that P(A) = 0.7 and P(A  B) = 0.3, calculate:
a) P(B) [ 0.4268 ]
b) P(A | B) [ 0.7 ]
2) Professor Z has been teaching statistics course for many years. He knows from experience
that 80% of the students will complete the assigned problems. Among those who complete the
assigned problems, 90% will pass the course and among those students who do not complete
their assigned problems, 40% will pass the course.

b) A student is chosen at random from Professor Z’s class. Calculate the probability that he
will pass the course. [ 0.8 ]
c) A student took the course last semester from Professor Z and received a passing grade.
What is the probability that he completed the assignment? [ 0.9 ]
SEPT 2015
1) Given that P(A | B) = 5/12, P(B) = 3/5 and P(A  B’) = 2/5. Find:
a) P(A  B) [ 1/4 ]
b) P(A’  B) [Hint: Use a Venn Diagram] [ 3/5 ]
c) P(A’ | B) [ 7/12 ]
d) Determine whether A and B are mutually exclusive events. [ Not M.E ]
2) The probability that a group of students will pass subjects Probability, Chemistry and Physics
are 25%, 35% and 40% respectively. It shows that female students will pass these three
subjects are 80%, 90% and 70% respectively.
a) Draw a tree diagram to illustrate the above situation.

b) Find the probability that a male student will pass all these three subjects. [ 0.205 ]
c) Find the probability that a student will pass Chemistry given that the student is a female.

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STA108 ODL WEEK 11: 4 – 7 JUNE 2020

Submission Date: 31 May 2020 (Sunday – Before 5pm)

TUTORIAL PAST YEAR QUESTIONS

a) Draw a tree diagram to represent the above situation.

A car is selected at random. Determine:

a) Draw a tree diagram to represent the above situation.

a) Draw a tree diagram to represent the above situation.

a) Draw a tree diagram to illustrate the above situation.

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