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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

C) P(X > 6)= 0.07

B) P(X 6)= 0.93

D) P(X 3)= 0.64

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

D) P(2 X5)= 0.33

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

18) WhatisthevalueofksuchthatP(59<X< k)= 0.54?

A) 65.8

B) 66.9

19) Whatproportionofthetotalareaunderthenormalcurveiswithin twostandarddeviationsofthemean?

A) About95%

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?

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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

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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