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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 - Statistics, Trade-Offs, and Society, Close.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is taught in elementary schools?
(a) Trigonometry.
(b) Subsets.
(c) Algebra.
(d) Algorithms.

2. What animal is used in the wildlife analogy?
(a) Fish.
(b) Bears.
(c) Rabbits.
(d) Deer.

3. What does the man carry to help with the problem?
(a) Parachute.
(b) Gum.
(c) Bomb.
(d) Thermometer.

4. Paulos often has people ask him about what?
(a) Buddhism.
(b) His family.
(c) Astrology.
(d) Education.

5. If calculated properly, the outcome of a probability will eventually equal ________.
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 0.
(d) -1.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is not mentioned as something being estimated?

2. Paulos mentions which famous structure?

3. The theory deals with what?

4. What great writer is mentioned in this chapter?

5. What is the probability of 2 people being linked by 2 intermediates?

(see the answer key)

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