Question

If an event has only one sample point then it is called _________________

(a) simple event

(b) compound event

(c) impossible event

(d) sure event

This question was posed to me during an interview for a job.

My enquiry is from Probability in chapter Probability of Mathematics – Class 11

Answer 1

Correct choice is (a) simple event

The explanation: If an event has only one sample point then it is called simple event.

e.g. All heads on tossing n coins.