Module Exercise – Data Analytics 2

1. Suppose the average number of lions seen on a one-day safari is 12. Measurements of scientific systems are always subject to variation,
5, what is the probability that tourists will see fewer than four lions some more than others. There are many structures for
on the next one-day safari? measurement error, and statisticians spend a great deal of time
A. 0.256 B. 0.234 C. 0.265 D. 0.287 modeling these errors. Suppose the measurement error X of a
certain physical quantity is decided by the density function
2. A life insurance salesman sells on the average 3 life insurance
policies per week. Determine the probability that in a given week,
he will sell some policies.
A. 0.05 B. 0.95 C. 0.15 D. 0.85
Determine k that renders f(x) a valid density function.
3. Given a normal distribution of values for which the mean is 70 and A. 3/16 B. 5/8 C. 8/10 D. 1/8
the standard deviation is 4.5. Find the probability that a value is
between 65 and 80 inclusive. SITUATION. Let X be the mean of random sample size 50 drawn from a
A. 88% B. 65% C. 50% D. NOTA population with mean 112 and standard deviation 40.

4. The lifetime of a battery is normally distributed with a mean life of 13. Find the standard deviation.
40 hours and a standard deviation of 1.2 hours. Find the probability A. 5.66 B. 3.45 C. 3.45 D. 3.67
that a randomly selected battery lasts longer than 42 hours.
A. 4.8% B. 95.2% C. 45.2% D. 32.4% 14. Find the probability that X assumes a value between 110 and 114.
A. 0.8945 B. 0.2736 C. 0.8976 D. 0.7891
5. 95% of students at school are between 1.1m and 1.7m tall.
Assuming data is normally distributed with a mean of 1.4 m, 15. Find the probability that X assumes a value greater than 113.
determine the value of the standard deviation. A. 0.8972 B. 0.1235 C. 0.9876 D. 0.4286
A. 0.15 B. 0.30 C. 0.45 D. 0.60
SITUATION. Twenty air-conditioning systems designed for use by
SITUATION. On average, a certain computer part lasts ten years. The astronauts in Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft were operated for 1,000 hours
length of time the computer part lasts is exponentially distributed. at a Russian test facility. Two of the systems failed during the test—one
after 200 hours and the other after 600 hours.
6. What is the probability that a computer part lasts more than 7 years?
A. 0.497 B. 0.766 C. 0.554 D. 0.972 16. Determine the number of failures per unit of time, FR (N).
𝑛𝑜. 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠
7. Eighty percent of computer parts last at most how long? Hint: 𝐹𝑅(𝑁) = 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟
A. 16.1 B. 14.6 C. 23.6 D. 10.8 A. 0.000160 B. 0.000106 C. 0.000610 D. 0.000601

8. What is the probability that a computer part lasts between nine and 17. Determine the mean time between failures, MTBF.
11 years? A. 9400 B. 1600 C. 5300 D. 6200
A. 0.015 B. 0.648 C. 0.074 D. 0.098
18. Determine the reliability of the system after 4000 hours.
SITUATION. JK company manufactures an average of 500,000 tires A. 0.470 B. 0.779 C. 0.653 D. 0.525 .
annually. On average, 3% of the tires were manufactured with a defect.
A random sample of 500 tires were selected for quality control. 19. A mechanical component exhibits a negative exponential failure
distribution with a mean time to failure of 1000 hr. What is the
9. Calculate the mean of the defective tires in the sample. maximum operating time such that the reliability remains above
A. 15 B. 12 C. 20 D. 10 99%?
A. 3.3 B. 5.6 C. 8.1 D. 10
10. Calculate the standard deviation.
A. 2.68 B. 3.81 C. 1.86 D. 6.68 20. A lot containing 7 components is sampled by a quality inspector; the
lot contains 4 good components and 3 defective components. A
11. What is the probability that less than 7 tires will be defective in this sample of 3 is taken by the inspector. Find the expected value of
sample? the number of good components in this sample.
A. 0.864 B. 0.487 C. 0.783 D. 0.189 A. 2.5 B. 1.7 C. 3.6 D. 0.5
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21. A salesperson for a medical device company has two appointments

on a given day. At the first appointment, he believes that he has a
70% chance to make the deal, from which he can earn $1000
commission if successful. On the other hand, he thinks he only has
a 40% chance to make the deal at the second appointment, from
which, if successful, he can make $1500. What is his expected
commission based on his own probability belief? Assume that the
appointment results are independent of each other.
A. $1200 B. $1300 C. $1800 D. $1900

22. Let X be the random variable that denotes the life in hours of a
certain electronic device. The probability density function is

Find the expected life of this type of device.

A. 200 B. 300 C. 500 D. 600

23. Suppose that the number of cars X that pass through a car wash
between 4:00 P.M. and 5:00 P.M. on any sunny Friday has the
following probability distribution:

Let g(X) = 2X−1 represent the amount of money, in dollars, paid to

the attendant by the manager. Find the attendant’s expected
earnings for this particular time period.
A. $10.23 B. $8.25 C. $15.88 D. $12.67