a) A tree diagram is hard to explain in words, but I'm not sufficiently computer literate to provide a drawing.
So: let the diagram start at point A.
From A, there are two paths, one is a successful path to B (with value 0.75) and the other is an unsuccessful path to C (with value 0.25).
There is no path from B because there is no need to take another test.
From point C, there are two paths, one is a successful path to D (with value 0.60) and the other is an unsuccessful path to E (with value 0.40)
There are no paths from D or E.
b) The only way for a student to fail is to go from A to C (0.25) and from C to E (0.40). To find the probability for going from A to E is 0.25 x 0.40 = 0.10.
c) Since the protability of failing is 0.10, the probability of succeeding is 0.90.
The probability of all succeeding is 0.90 x 0.90 x 0.90 = 0.729.