Practice 1
Practice 1
Practice 1
a) A large lot of RAM chips is known to contain a small number of ROM chips. Three chips
are chosen at random from this lot and each is checked to see whether it is a ROM or a
RAM.
b) A box of 10 chips is known to contain one defective and nine good chips. Three chips are
chosen at random from this box and tested.
2. When a computer goes down, there is 75% chance that it is due to an overload and 15% chance
that it is due to a software problem. There is 85% chance that it is due to an overload or a software
problem.
3. Among employees of a certain firm, 70% know C/C++, 60% know Fortran, and 50% know both
languages. What proportion of programmers:
4. The primary computer system is backed up by two secondary systems. They operate indepen-
dently of one another, and each is 90% reliable. What is the probability that
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5. A student takes a quiz consisting of 5 multiple choice questions. Each question has 3 possible
answers. If a student is guessing the answers at random, and the answers to different questions
are independent, find the probability of giving at least one correct answer.
6. A sprinkler system has three activation devices, D1, D2, and D3, which operate independently.
In case of fire, if at least one device operates correctly, the sprinkler system is turned on. In case
of fire, D1, D2, and D3 operate correctly with probabilities 0.80, 0.92, and 0.85, respectively.
Find the probability that, in case of fire, the sprinkler system will come on.
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9. Out of six computer chips, two are defective. If two chips are randomly chosen for testing (with-
out replacement), compute the probability that both of them are defective. List all the outcomes
in the sample space.
10. A computer program is tested by 5 independent tests. If there is an error, these tests will discover
it with probabilities 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, and 0.5, respectively. Suppose that the program contains
an error. What is the probability that it will be found