The Historical Note

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

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

Explanation