THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING

question 30

Multiple Choice

THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING:
Suppose you know that the number of complaints coming into a phone center averages 4.2 every ten minutes.Assume that the number of calls follows the Poisson distribution.
-The listing of all possible outcomes of an experiment and their corresponding probability of occurrence is called a(n) :

• A)random variable.
• B)objective probability.
• C)probability distribution.
• D)hypergeometric function.

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Definitions:

Atrial Natriuretic Peptide

A hormone produced by the heart that regulates blood pressure and fluid balance.

Calcitonin

A hormone produced by the thyroid gland that helps regulate calcium levels in the blood.

Melatonin

A hormone produced by the pineal gland that regulates sleep and wakefulness cycles in the body.

Circadian Rhythms

Natural, internal processes that regulate the sleep-wake cycle and repeat roughly every 24 hours.