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1) Thefinishingprocessonnewfurnitureleavesslightblemishes.Thetablebelowdisplaysamanagersprobability
assessmentofthenumberofblemishesinthefinishofnewfurniture.
NumberofBlemishes
Probability
0
0.34
1
0.25
2
0.19
3
0.11
4
0.07
5
0.04
Onaverage,howmanydefectswouldweexpectonapieceoffurniture?
A) 0.28
B) 0.85
C) 0.77
D) 1.44
2) Considerthefollowingprobabilitydistribution.Whichofthefollowingistrue?
x
P(x)
0
0.05
1
0.16
A) P(2<X<5)=0.42
2
0.19
3
0.24
4
0.18
5
0.11
6
0.05
7
0.02
3) Considerthefollowingprobabilitydistribution.Whichofthefollowingistrue?
x
P(x)
0
0.07
1
0.19
A) P(X3)=0.51
2
0.23
3
0.17
4
0.16
5
0.14
6
0.04
C) P(X > 3)= 0.51
B) P(X< 6)= 1
THENEXTQUESTIONSAREBASEDONTHEFOLLOWINGINFORMATION:
Theprobabilitythatapersoncatchesacoldduringthecoldandfluseasonis0.4.Assumethat10peoplearechosenatrandom.
4) Whatistheprobabilitythatexactlyfourofthemwillcatchacold?
A) 0.242
B) 0.251
C) 0.502
D) 0.751
5) Whatistheprobabilitythatfourormoreofthemwillcatchacold?
A) 0.312
B) 0.715
C) 0.546
D) 0.618
6) Onaverage,howmanyofthesetenpeoplewouldyouexpecttocatchacold?
A) 4
B) 2
C) 3
D) 1
THENEXTQUESTIONSAREBASEDONTHEFOLLOWINGINFORMATION:
Acerealmanufacturerproducesacerealthatclaimstocontain16ouncesineachbox.Asampleofboxesresultsinthefollowing
table.
14
15
16
17
WeightinOunces
Probability
0.10
0.30
0.40
0.20
7) Whatisthemeanweightofthesampleofcerealboxes?
A) 15.7
B) 15.5
C) 16.5
D) 16.0
8) Whatisthestandarddeviationoftheweightofcerealintheboxes?
A) 1.25
B) 0.81
C) 0.90
D) 1.19
THENEXTQUESTIONSAREBASEDONTHEFOLLOWINGINFORMATION:
Supposeyouknowthatthenumberofcomplaintscomingintoaphonecenteraverages4.2everytenminutes.Assumethatthe
numberofcallsfollowsthePoissondistribution.
9) Whatistheprobabilitythattherearethreeorfewercallsduringthenexttenminutes?
A) 0.395
B) 0.425
C) 0.372
D) 0.211
10) Whatistheprobabilitythatthereareexactlyfourcallsduringthenexttenminutes?
A) 0.156
B) 0.134
C) 0.194
D) 0.172
THENEXTQUESTIONSAREBASEDONTHEFOLLOWINGINFORMATION:
Thenumberofaccidentsonaparticularhighwayaverage4.4peryear.AssumethatthenumberofaccidentsfollowsaPoisson
distribution.
11) Whatistheprobabilitythatthereareexactlyfouraccidentsnextyear?
A) 0.286
B) 0.375
C) 0.504
D) 0.192
12) Whatistheprobabilitythattherearemorethanthreeaccidentsnextyear?
A) 0.389
B) 0.512
C) 0.440
D) 0.641
THENEXTQUESTIONSAREBASEDONTHEFOLLOWINGINFORMATION:
Inanofficeof18people,thereare7menand11women.Asub -committeeoffourpeoplewillbeformedfromthisgroup.
13) Whatistheprobabilitythatthesub-committeecontainstwomenandtwowomen?
A) 0.755
B) 0.377
C) 0.261
D) 0.522
14) Howmanydifferentwayscanyouselectfourpeoplefromagroupof18?
A) 3280
B) 1386
C) 3060
D) 1584
THENEXTQUESTIONSAREBASEDONTHEFOLLOWINGINFORMATION:
Thefollowingtabledisplaysthejointprobabilitydistributionoftwodiscreterandomvariables XandY.Whatisthecovariance
betweenXandY?
15) DeterminethemarginalprobabilitydistributionforX.
16) DeterminethemarginalprobabilitydistributionforY.
THENEXTQUESTIONSAREBASEDONTHEFOLLOWINGINFORMATION:
LettherandomvariableXfollowanormaldistributionwithameanof61.7andastandarddeviationof5.2.
17) WhatisthevalueofksuchthatP(X>k)= 0.63?
A) 59.984
B) 67.576
C) 62.830
D) 66.446
C) 63.7
D) 64.6
B) 66.9
B) About50%
C) About68%
2
D) About99.7%
THENEXTQUESTIONSAREBASEDONTHEFOLLOWINGINFORMATION:
Thenumberofordersthatcomeintoamail-ordersalesofficeeachmonthisnormallydistributedwithameanof298andastandard
deviationof15.4.
20) Whatistheprobabilitythatinaparticularmonththeofficereceivesmorethan310orders?
A) 0.2826
B) 0.7823
C) 0.7174
D) 0.2177
21) Theprobabilityis0.3thatthesalesofficereceiveslessthanhowmanyorders?
A) 290.0
B) 285.1
C) 306.0
D) 310.9
THENEXTQUESTIONSAREBASEDONTHEFOLLOWINGINFORMATION:
YouhaverecentlyjoinedaWeightWatchersclub.Supposethatthenumberoftimesyouexpecttovisittheclubinamonthis
representedbyanormallydistributedrandomvariablewithameanof12andastandarddeviationof2.50.
22) Overthecourseofthenextyear,whatistheprobabilitythatyouaveragemorethan13visitstotheclub?
A) 0.1554
B) 0.0823
C) 0.3446
D) 0.4177
23) Theprobabilityis85%thatyouaveragelessthanhowmanyvisitstotheclubpermonthoverthecourseofnextyear?
A) 11.75
B) 12.50
C) 11.50
D) 12.75
THENEXTQUESTIONSAREBASEDONTHEFOLLOWINGINFORMATION:
Supposethat20%ofallinvoicesareforamountsgreaterthan$800.Arandomsampleof50invoicesistaken.
24) Whatistheprobabilitythatmorethan22.7%ofthese50invoicesareformorethan$800?
A) 0.3156
B) 0.1368
C) 0.2266
D) 0.2734
25) Whatistheprobabilitythatatleast25%ofthese50invoicesareformorethan$800?
A) 0.3106
B) 0.8894
C) 0.1894
D) 0.8106
THENEXTQUESTIONSAREBASEDONTHEFOLLOWINGINFORMATION:
Supposeyouflipacoinfourtimes.Foreveryhead,youreceiveonepoint,andforeverytail,youloseonepoint.
26) Developthesamplingdistributionforthemeannumberofpointsyoureceivefromflippingfourcoins.
27) Whatisthestandarderrorforthesamplingdistribution?
28) Whatistheprobabilitythatthemeannumberofpointsyoureceiveonfourflipsis0.5?
29) Whatistheprobabilitythatthemeannumberofpointsyoureceiveonfourflipsis0?
THENEXTQUESTIONSAREBASEDONTHEFOLLOWINGINFORMATION:
Youhaverecentlyjoinedacountryclub.Supposethatthenumberoftimesyouexpecttoplaygolfinamonthisrepresentedbya
normallydistributedrandomvariablewithameanof10andastandarddeviationof2.4.
30) Overthecourseofthenextyear,whatistheprobabilitythatyouaveragemorethan11gamesamonth?
31) Overthecourseofthenextyear,theprobabilityis85%thatyouaveragelessthanhowmanygamespermonth?
THENEXTQUESTIONSAREBASEDONTHEFOLLOWINGINFORMATION:
Ithasbeenfoundthat62.1%ofallunsolicitedthirdclassmaildeliveredtohouseholdsgoesunread.Overthecourseofamonth,a
householdreceives100piecesofunsolicitedmail.
32) Whatisthemeanofthesampleproportionofpiecesofunreadmail?
33) Whatisthevarianceoftheproportion?
34) Whatisthestandarderrorofthesampleproportion?
35) Whatistheprobabilitythatthesampleproportionisgreaterthan0.60?
AnswerKey
Testname:STAT201BASIC
1) D
2) A
3) A
4) B
5) D
6) A
7) A
8) C
9) A
10) C
11) D
12) D
13) B
14) C
15)
x
P(x)
1
0.17
2
0.38
3
0.45
0
0.28
1
0.26
2
0.46
16)
y
P(y)
17) A
18) B
19) A
20) D
21) A
22) B
23) D
24) A
25) C
26)
x
0.5
0.5
P(x)
0.0625
0.25
0.375
0.25
0.0625
27) X=E(X)=xP(x) =0
2
2
X =x 2P(X)- X =0.25
Hence,thestandarderrorforthesamplingdistributionofsamplemeans= X=0.5.
28) P(X=0.5)=0.25
29) P(X=0)=0.375
30) =10,=2.4,n=12
P(X>11)=P(Z>1.44)=1-0.9251=0.0749
31) =10,=2.4,n=12
P(X<a)=0.85P(Z<
a-10
a-10
)=0.85
=1.04a=10.721
0.6928
2.4/ 12
32) =P=0.621
5
AnswerKey
Testname:STAT201BASIC
33) =P(1-P)/n=(0.621)(0.379)/100=0.00235
34) P^= 0.00235=0.0485
^
35) P(P)>0.60)=P(Z>0.43)=0.6664