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Associateship (ASA)
3 hours·30 multiple-choice·300 study hours
Score 0/0 · 9 MC
  1. P · Q1
    Multiple choice
    General probability & random variables

    30% of drivers are high-risk with an annual accident probability of 0.20; the remaining 70% are low-risk with probability 0.05. A randomly chosen driver has an accident this year. Calculate the probability the driver is high-risk.

  2. P · Q2
    Written answer
    General probability & random variables

    Let X1,,XnX_1,\dots,X_n be i.i.d. Uniform(0,θ)(0,\theta). Derive the distribution of M=maxiXiM=\max_i X_i and its expected value. Comment on whether MM is an unbiased estimator of θ\theta and propose a correction.

  3. P · Q3
    Multiple choice
    General probability & random variables

    Annual claim totals for a book of business are normally distributed with mean 1,000 and standard deviation 150. Calculate the probability that claims exceed 1,200.

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