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AAI Junior Executive (ATC) Sequences and Series — practice questions — page 2

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Match each historical figure to their contributionRead the answer and worked solution →The Historical NoteRead the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: notation with meaningRead the answer and worked solution →Order the reasoning: from a partition to a posteriorRead the answer and worked solution →Tap every quantity that is a probabilityRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the odd one outRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reason: the multiplication ruleRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: the Historical NoteRead the answer and worked solution →Sort each statement by which idea it describesRead the answer and worked solution →

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Match each historical figure to their contribution

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Matching pairs
  1. Left
    Pascal and Fermat
    Right
    letters of 1654 founding the subject
  2. Left
    Huygens
    Right
    first book on probability
  3. Left
    Jacob Bernoulli
    Right
    Ars Conjectandi, and the binomial distribution
  4. Left
    Kolmogorov
    Right
    the axiomatic theory of probability
From the Historical Note that closes the chapter. Source: syllabus Maths Part II, Ch 13 Probability.

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The Historical Note

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  1. Question
    Who is credited with the axiomatic theory of probability?
    Choices
    1. Galileo
    2. Huygens
    3. Kolmogorov
    Correct choice
    Kolmogorov
  2. Question
    Ars Conjectandi was written by
    Choices
    1. Jacob Bernoulli
    2. Pascal
    3. Fermat
    Correct choice
    Jacob Bernoulli
  3. Question
    The Pascal-Fermat letters were written around
    Choices
    1. 1477
    2. 1654
    3. 1713
    Correct choice
    1654
  4. Question
    Which distribution is credited to Jacob Bernoulli?
    Choices
    1. Normal
    2. Poisson
    3. Binomial
    Correct choice
    Binomial
Dates and works exactly as syllabus records them. Source: syllabus Maths Part II, Ch 13 Probability.

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Flip and pair: notation with meaning

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Matching pairs
  1. A
    P(E|F)
    B
    probability of E given F
  2. A
    P(E ∩ F)
    B
    both E and F occur
  3. A
    P(E ∪ F)
    B
    E or F occurs
  4. A
    E′
    B
    E does not occur
  5. A
    S
    B
    the sample space
The chapter's notation. Source: syllabus Maths Part II, Ch 13 Probability.

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