ISYE 2027 TEST 2 DISTRIBUTION
EXAMPLES QUESTIONS & VALID
COMPLETE ANSWERS
Poisson - correct answer ✔✔The number of red cars arriving in the next half hour?
Geometric - correct answer ✔✔The number of cars until the first red car?
Poisson - correct answer ✔✔The number of letters I receive between 7 pm and 8 pm this
evening?
Geometric - correct answer ✔✔The number of letters I receive starting from 7 pm until I receive
a letter with an attachment
Binomial - correct answer ✔✔The number of letters out of the next 25 that have attachments
Geometric - correct answer ✔✔The number of eggs weighted until an egg exceeds 65 grams
Poisson - correct answer ✔✔The number of specks of pepper in one cubic inch of an omelet
Continuous - correct answer ✔✔The combined volume of 100 yolks plus whites
Binomial - correct answer ✔✔The number of Black Bean Crunch Wrap Supremes in the next 15
Crunch Wrap Supremes
Continuous - correct answer ✔✔The time it takes one email to travel between a sender and
receiver
EXAMPLES QUESTIONS & VALID
COMPLETE ANSWERS
Poisson - correct answer ✔✔The number of red cars arriving in the next half hour?
Geometric - correct answer ✔✔The number of cars until the first red car?
Poisson - correct answer ✔✔The number of letters I receive between 7 pm and 8 pm this
evening?
Geometric - correct answer ✔✔The number of letters I receive starting from 7 pm until I receive
a letter with an attachment
Binomial - correct answer ✔✔The number of letters out of the next 25 that have attachments
Geometric - correct answer ✔✔The number of eggs weighted until an egg exceeds 65 grams
Poisson - correct answer ✔✔The number of specks of pepper in one cubic inch of an omelet
Continuous - correct answer ✔✔The combined volume of 100 yolks plus whites
Binomial - correct answer ✔✔The number of Black Bean Crunch Wrap Supremes in the next 15
Crunch Wrap Supremes
Continuous - correct answer ✔✔The time it takes one email to travel between a sender and
receiver
