Risk Management Solutions

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Chapter 3 Risk Identification and Measurement I. Multiple Choice 1. A listing of a random variable’s possible outcomes and the respective probabilities of those outcomes is called the: a. expected value b. standard deviation c. probability distribution d. correlation Answer: c Type: K 2. Multiplying each possible outcome of a random variable by its probability of occurrence, and then adding up these results will be equal to the random variable’s: a. expected value b. standard deviation c. probability distribution d. correlation Answer: a Type: K 3. The graph above depicts the probability distributions for risks A and B. Based on the graph, which of the following statements is true? a. The expected value of loss for risk A is larger than the expected value of loss for risk B. b. The expected value of loss for risk B is larger than the expected value of loss for risk A. c. The standard deviation of expected losses for risk A is larger than the standard deviation of losses for risk B. d. The standard deviation of expected losses for risk B is larger than the standard deviation of losses for risk A. Answer: a Type: A Use this table to answer questions 4 through 7: |Loss Distribution X |Loss Distribution Y | |Outcome |Probability |Outcome |Probability | |$0 |.60 |$0 |.40 | |$1,000 |.25 |$1,000 |.50 | |$5,000 |.15 |$5,000 |.10 | 4. Which distribution has the highest expected value? a. Distribution X b.

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