A multiple choice examination has 5 ques...

A multiple choice examination has 5 questions . Each question has three alternative answers of which exactly one is correct . The probability that a student will get 4 or more correct answers just by guessing is :

`1//3`

`1//5`

`3//5`

`1//15`

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