STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY REVIEWER

1. Refer to the probability distribution shown below. What is the variance of the probability
distribution?
a. 4.15
b. 6.35
c. 7.50
d. 8.00
2. Refer to the probability distribution shown below. What is the mean of the probability
distribution?
a. 1.5
b. 2.0
c. 3.5
d. 4.0
3. In its standardized form, the normal distribution has a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1.
Has mean of 1 and a variance of 0. has an area equal to 0.5. cannot be used to approximate
discrete probability distributions
4. The following statement is better known as ___________. Use the formula to find the value of
unknown parts. What is the value of population standard deviation if population mean = 86, X
=110, and z = 1.6?
a. 10
b. 12
c. 15
d. 18
5. The efficiency rating of 300 faculty members of a certain college were taken and resulted in a
mean rating of 86 with a standard deviation of 4.25. Assuming that the set of data are
approximately normally distributed. How many of the faculty members have an efficiency rating
of greater than 80?
6. The average waistline of adult females in a certain city measures 27 inches, with a standard
deviation of 2 inches. Radom samples of size 49 are drawn for this population. Above what
waistline measurement can we expect to find 40% of all mean waistline measurements for
random samples of size 49?
7. The value of the cumulative standardized normal distribution at Z is 0.8770. The value of Z is
a. 0.18.
b. 0.81.
c. 1.16.
d. 1.47.
8. A company that sells annuities must base the annual payout on the probability distribution of
the length of life of the participants in the plan. Suppose the probability distribution of the
lifetimes of the participants is approximately a normal distribution with a mean of 68 years and a
standard deviation of 3.5 years. Find the age at which have ceased for approximately 86% of the
plan participants.
a. 71.74 years old
b. 71.76 years old
c. 71.78 years old
 d. 71.80 years old
9. The efficiency rating of 300 faculty members of a certain college were taken and resulted in a
mean rating of 86 with a standard deviation of 4.25. Assuming that the set of data are
approximately normally distributed. How many of the faculty members have an efficiency rating
of greater than 86?
10. What is the proportion of the area above z = - 1?
11. If three coins are tossed, which is not a possible value of the random variable for the number of
heads?
a. 4
b. 3
c. 2
d. 1
12. Given that X is a normally distributed random variable with a mean of 50 and a standard
deviation of 2, find the probability that X is between 47 and 54.
a. 0.6104
b. 0.7104
c. 0.8104
d. 0.9104
13. The following statement is better known as ___________. Use the formula to find the value of
unknown parts. What is the value of z if population mean = 53, population standard deviation =
6 and X = 44?
a. -1.4
b. -1.5
c. -1.6
d. -1.85
14. Refer to the probability distribution shown below. What is the variance of the probability
distribution?
a. 0.75
b. 1.00
c. 1.25
d. 0.50
15. he following statement is better known as ___________.As the sample size n increases, the
shape of the distribution of the sample means taken with replacement from a population with
mean m and standard deviation s will approach a normal distribution.
a. the Bayes’ Theorem
b. the Central Limit Theorem
c. the z-distribution
d. the t-distribution
16. The amount of tea leaves in a can from a particular production line is normally distributed with μ
= 110 grams and σ = 25 grams. What is the probability that a randomly selected can will
contain between 82 and 100 grams of tea leaves?
a. 0.1132
b. 0.1232
c. 0.2132
d. 0.2232
17. A machine dispenses carbonated drinks into bottles before these are sealed. While the machine
is supposed to dispense 250 mL of drink into each bottle, the actual amount of drink dispensed
is normally distributed with a mean of 245mL and a standard deviation of 6 mL. Find the
probability that a bottle randomly selected from the production output less than 235 mL of
drink.
a. 0.0475
b. 0.0575
c. 0.0675
d. 0.0775
18. The amount of tea leaves in a can from a particular production line is normally distributed
with μ = 110 grams and σ = 25 grams. What is the probability that a randomly selected can will
contain at least 100 grams of tea leaves?
a. 0.6554
b. 0.5554
c. 0.4554
d. 0.3554
19. For some value of Z, the value of the cumulative standardized normal distribution is 0.8340. The
value of Z is
a. 0.07
b. 0.37
c. 0.97
d. 1.06
20. The examination results of a large group of students in statistics are approximately normally
distributed with a mean of 60 and a standard deviation of 9. If the student is chosen at random,
what is the probability that his score is below 45?
21. the probability that the mean waistline of a random sample of 49 females is at least 28 inches is
approximately 0.
22. For some value of z, the value of the cumulative standardized normal distribution is 0.2090. The
value of z is
a. -0.81
b. -0.31
c. 0.31
d. 1.96
23. Which of the following is a continuous random variable?
a. The number of books in the library
b. The number of students in the school
c. The number of tourists each day in museum
d. The weight of grade 1 pupils
24. Which of the following is not a true statement?
a. The value of a random variable could be zero
b. Random variables can only have one value
c. The probability of the value of the random variable could be zero
d. The sum of al the probabilities in a probability distribution is always equal to one
25. Given: score = 25, samople mean = 32 and the standard deviation = 5 in the scores in a science
test. What is the corresponding z-score?
26. What is the area between z = -2 and z = -1.5?
27. The true length of boards cut at a mill with a listed length of 10 feet is normally distributed with
a mean of 123 inches and a standard deviation of 1 inch. What proportion of the boards will be
between 121 and 124 inches?
a. 0.8185
b. 0.7185
c. 0.6185
d. 0.5185
28. A company that sells annuities must base the annual payout on the probability distribution of
the length of life of the participants in the plan. Suppose the probability distribution of the
lifetimes of the participants is approximately a normal distribution with a mean of 68 years and a
standard deviation of 3.5 years. What proportion of the plan recipients die before they reach the
standard retirement age of 65?
a. 0.1949
b. 0.1849
c. 0.1749
d. 0.1649
e. E
29. In its standardized form, the normal distribution
a. has a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1.
b. has a mean of 1 and a variance of 0.
c. has an area equal to 0.5.
d. cannot be used to approximate discrete probability distributions
30. The efficiency rating of 300 faculty members of a certain college were taken and resulted in a
mean rating of 86 with a standard deviation of 4.25. Assuming that the set of data are
approximately normally distributed. How many of the faculty members have an efficiency rating
of greater than 86?
31. Which formula gives the probability distribution shown by the table?
a. P(X) = 1 / x
b. P(X) = (2x + 1) / 6
c. P(X) = 6 / (x - 2)
d. P(X) = x / 6
32. A company that sells annuities must base the annual payout on the probability distribution of
the length of life of the participants in the plan. Suppose the probability distribution of the
lifetimes of the participants is approximately a normal distribution with a mean of 68 years and a
standard deviation of 3.5 years. Find the age at which have ceased for approximately 86% of the
plan participants.
a. 0.0128
b. 0.0228
c. 0.0328
d. 0.0428
33. The true length of boards cut at a mill with a listed length of 10 feet is normally distributed with
a mean of 123 inches and a standard deviation of 1 inch. What proportion of the boards will be
over 125 inches in length?
a. 0.01181
 b. 0.02281
c. 0.03281
d. 0.01281
e. E
34. Refer to the probability distribution shown below. What is the mean of the probability
distribution?
a. 1.5
b. 1.2
c. 1.6
d. 1.8
35. About what percentage of the area under the normal distribution lies within 1 standard
deviation below and 1 standard deviation above the mean?
36. What is the area between z = - 1.32 and z = 2.37?
37. The examination results of a large group of students in statistics are approximately normally
distributed with a mean of 60 and a standard deviation of 9. If the student is chosen at random,
what is the probability that his score is between 50 and 75?
38. Refer to the probability distribution shown below. What is the standard deviation of the
probability distribution?
a. 0.83
b. 1.83
c. 2.82
d. 2.83
39. The amount of tea leaves in a can from a particular production line is normally distributed with
mu = 110 grams and sigma = 25 grams. What is the probability that a randomly selected can will
contain between 100 and 110 grams of tea leaves?
a. 0.1454
b. 0.1554
c. 0.1654
d. 0.1754
40. Which of the following is a discrete random variable?
a. The average amount of electricity consumed.
b. The number of patients in a hospital
c. The amount of paint used in repainting a building.
d. The average weight of female
41. Which of the following about the normal distribution is not true?
a. Theoretically, the mean, median, and mode is the same.
b. About 2/3 of the observations fall within plus/minus 1 standard deviation from the
mean.
c. It is a discrete probability distribution.
d. Its parameters are the mean, µ, and standard deviation, σ.
42. If a particular set of data is approximately normally distributed, we would find that
approximately.
a. 2 of every 3 observations would fall between ±1 standard deviation around the mean.
b. 4 of every 5 observations would fall between plus/minus 1.28 standard deviations
around the mean.
 c. 19 of every 20 observations would fall between ±2 standard deviations around the
mean.
d. All the above.
43. Under the standard normal distribution, what is the z-value that corresponds to an area of
0.4750?
a. ±2.58
b. ± 2.33
c. ±1.96
d. ± 1.645
44. he expression below is referred to as:
a. Mean of the sampling distribution.
b. Standard deviation of the raw score distribution.
c. Mean of the sampling distribution of proportions.
d. Standard error of the sampling distribution of means.
45. The examination results of a large group of students in statistics are approximately normally
distributed with a mean of 60 and a standard deviation of 9. If the student is chosen at random,
what is the probability that his score is above 73?
46. The following statement is better known as Use the formula to find the value of unknown parts.
What is the value of X if population mean = 70 population standard deviation = 10 and z = 1.5?
a. 65
b. 75
c. 80
d. 85
47. In a standard normal distribution, then mean is _____ and the standard deviation is ______
48. The efficiency rating of 300 faculty members of a certain college were taken and resulted in a
mean rating of 86 with a standard deviation of 4.25. Assuming that the set of data are
approximately normally distributed. How many of the faculty members have an efficiency rating
of between 80 and 90?
49. The average waistline of adult females in a certain city measures 27 inches, with a standard
deviation of 2 inches. Radom samples of size 49 are drawn for this population. Find the
probability the mean waistline of a random sample of 49 females is at least 28 inches.
50. A machine dispenses carbonated drinks into bottles before these are sealed. While the machine
is supposed to dispense 250 mL of drink into each bottle, the actual amount of drink dispensed is
normally distributed with a mean of 245mL and a standard deviation of 6 mL. Find the
probability that a bottle randomly selected from the production output contains between 240
and 260 mL of carbonated drink.
a. 0.7404
b. 0.7809
c. 0.7709
d. 0.7609
e. E