Winter 2014 - BE 2100

Quiz 1 A1

Name ______________________________ AccessID# ________________________

Fill your answers (A, B, C,.) below in the space provided. (Answers written any where else
would not be considered)

1. _____________ 2. ______________ 3. ______________ 4. ______________



A sample of 12 data points is collected from a larger population.


3 7 1 4 11 1 3 6 2 5 1 4

1. Find the Median from the above data set.
A) 2 B) 3.5 C) 4 D) 5 E) 5.5


2. What is the calculated value of the sample variance?

A) 1.7 B) 2.9 C) 4.9 D) 8.7 D) 24.7




3. What is the z value of 4 in the above dataset (Hint: )

A) -2 B)-1 C) 0 D) 1 E) 2


A sample of 15 data points is collected from a larger population.

2 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9

4. Calculate the upper outer fence of the box plot of the above dataset

A) 3 B) 5 C) 7 D) 15 E) 16






Quiz 2(a1)


Name _______________________ ID # ________________________

1. _________
2. _________
3. _________

4. _________
5. _________

Balance Total
Age of Account $0 - $199 $200-$499 $500 or more
Less than 3 years 700 100 400
3 or more years 200 400 200
Total 2000

1. The checking accounts of a bank are categorized by age of account and balance in
account. 2000 accounts are randomly selected and categorized as in the above table.
What is the conditional probability that the account has a balance under $200, given that
it is less than 3 years old?
a.

b.

c.

d.

2. Following previous problem, find P($500 or more 0 - 3 years).
a.

b.

c.

d.

3. Suppose that a sample space S consists of four simple events: A, B, C, and D. That is S =
{A, B, C, D}. If P(A) = .4, P(B) = .3, P(C) = .2, what is P(D)?
a. b. c. d.

4. 500 adult males classified by their weight as follows:
Weight in Pounds
130-149 150-169 170-189 190-209 >=210
Number of adults 30 60 135 175 100
Using the table, find for a randomly selected individual from this population the probability that
his weight is more than 190 pounds (two categories: 190-209 and >=210)
a. 0.35 b. 0.55 c. 1 d. 0.2

5. (Bonus problem) If P(A) = 0.6 and P(B) = 0.2 and if A and B are independent events,
then P(A B)=?
a. 0.65
b. 0.12
c. 0.68
e. 0.80


Winter 2014 - BE 2100
Quiz 3
a1

Name ______________________________ AccessID# ________________________

Fill your answers(A, B, C,.) below in the space provided. (Answers written any where else
would not be considered)

1. _____________ 2. ______________ 3. ______________ 4. ______________




# of goals 3 4 5 6
P(x) 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.1


3. The Table above shows the number of goals that may be scored by FC Barcelona in the next
soccer match with their corresponding probabilities. What is the variance of the FC
Barcelona goals?
A) 0.64 B) 0.74 C)0.84 D) 0.90 E)0.94


4. There are six colored cards in a bag. Two of them are red and the rest of them are green. We
are supposed to draw five cards one by one (by putting the card we draw to the bag again).
What is the probability that we come up with a red card at least once?

A) 0.57 B) 0.65 C) 0.75 D)0.80 E) 0.87


5. Dr. Mike teaches a large class with more than 100 students. He has found that on average
four students arrive for every office hour he schedules. Because these students arrive
independently of one another, he feels that random number of students who stop in follows
the Poisson distribution. Find the probability that during an office hour, at least one student
step in.

A) 0.99 B) 0.98 C) 0.95 D)0.90 E) 0.88



4. The average number of homes sold by a company is 3 homes per day. What is the probability
that exactly 14 homes will be sold next week (5 business days)?

A) 0.10
B) 0.20
C) 0.30
D) 0.40
E) 0.50