University of Bahrain

College of Science
Department of Mathematics
Revision #4 (Chapter 5)
Stat 273 By Dr. Reman Abu-Shanab
1) Let the probability density function of a random variable X is given as
 Kx 2 , 1  x  3
f ( x)  
 0, elsewhere
Then the value of K is

26 1 3
A) B) 26 C) D)
3 26 26

3 2
 ( x  1), 1 x  2
2) A random variable X has probability density function: f ( x)   4

 0, elsewhere
Then P ( X  1.4) is equal to

A) 0.2720 B) 0.7280 C) 0.8640 D) 0.1360

3) The distribution function of a continuous random variable X is

 0, x0

F ( x )  2 x 2  x 3 , 0 x1
 1, x1

The variance of X ,  2 , is

43 2 43 7
A) B) C) D)
720 5 300 30

4) The distribution function of a continuous random variable X is

 0, x0
 3x
 , 0 x1
 8
 x  2
F ( x)   , 1 x  2
 8
x  4
 12 , 2 x8

 1, x8
Evaluate P 1  x  7

11 1 1 13
A) B) C) D)
12 2 6 24

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 1
 13 , 0 x1

x
5) A random variable X has probability density function: f ( x)   , 1 x  5
 13
 0, elsewhere


Then the cumulative distribution F ( x ) at 1  x  5 is equal to

x2  1 x x2 x2 x2  5
A) B)  C) D)
26 13 26 26 26

6) If Z is a standard normal variable such that P  1.2  Z  Z 0   0.8527 , the value of Z 0 is

A)  1.39 B) 1.39 C) 1.85 D)  1.85

7) If Z is a standard normal variable such that P  Z 0  Z  1.2  0.8527 , the value of Z 0 is

A)  1.39 B) 1.39 C) 1.85 D)  1.85

8) If Z is a standard normal variable , the value of P  Z 0.22  Z  Z 0.62  is

A) 0.16 B) 0.40 C) 0.84 D) 0.60

9) If X is normally distributed with   20 and   5 such that P  X  x0   0.0129 , then the

value of x 0 is

A)  8.85 B) 31.15 C) 8.85 D)  31.15

10) If X is normally distributed with   7 such that P  X  6.42  0.5910 , then the standard
deviation of X is

A) 2.52 B) 1.67 C) 1.25 D) 0.63

11) If X is normally distributed with   2 such that P  X  11.26  0.6480 , then the mean of X is

A) 9.6 B) 10 C) 10.2 D) 10.5

12) If X is normally distributed with   20 and   5 such that P  X  x0   0.8997 , then the
value of x 0 is

A)  13.6 B) 26.4 C) 13.6 D)  26.4

13) Suppose X has a binomial distribution with n  100 and p  0.1 . Using the normal
approximation, find P ( X  9) .

A) 0.4364 B) 0.3085 C) 0.4325 D) 0.3707

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14) A bank's loan officer rates applicants for credit. The ratings are normally distributed with a mean
of 200 and a standard deviation of 60. If an applicant is randomly selected, find the probability of
a rating that is between 130 and 240.

A) 0.8684 B) 0.6224 C) 0.8696 D) 0.6276

15) If Z   1.545 , then the value of  is

A) 0.0668 B) 0.0606 C) 0.0612 D) 0.0618

16) If Z  1.925 , then the value of  is

A) 0.0287 B) 0.0268 C) 0.0271 D) 0.0274

17) If X is normally distributed with mean  and variance  2 , then evaluate P  X    0.57 

A) 0.2843 B) 0.5686 C) 0.7157 D) 0.4314

18) If X is normally distributed with mean zero and variance  2 , then evaluate P  2.3  X  0
A) 0.0107 B) 0.9893 C) 0.4893 D) 0.5107

19) If X is a binomial random variable with n  50 and p  0.2 , use the normal approximation
to find P ( X  13) 

A) 0.0755 B) 0.3600 C) 0.0483 D) 0.0819

20) The distribution function of a continuous random variable X is

 0, x1


F ( x )  k x 2  2 x  3 ,  1 x  4
 1, x4

Then the value of k is
1 1
A) 20 B) C) 21 D)
20 21
21) In standard normal distribution, the value of Z 0.18 is

A) 0.92 B) 0.915 C) 0.91 D) 0.29


22) If Z is a standard normal variable , the value of P Z  Z 0.05  is
A) 0.95 B) 0.1 C) 0.9 D) 0.05


23) If Z is a standard normal variable , the value of P Z  Z 0.05  is
A) 0.95 B) 0.1 C) 0.9 D) 0.05

24) If X is normally distributed with mean zero and variance  2  4 , then evaluate P  X  2.2
A) 0.2321 B) 0.8643 C) 0.2713 D) 0.1357

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25) Suppose X is normally distributed with mean 80 and standard deviation 5. Without using tables,
determine the approximate value of P(65 < X < 95).

A) at most 0.32 B) at least 0.89 C) at least 0.32 D) at most 0.89

26) The scores on a quiz are normally distributed with a mean of 64 and standard deviation of 12. Then
the score would be necessary to score at the 60th percentile is

A) 67 B) 65 C) 64 D) 62

x
 , 0 x4 1
27) If X has density function f ( x )   8 , find C such that P ( X  C ) 
0, 4
elsewhere

A)  2 B) 2 C) 4 D)  2

28) If a fair coin is tossed 100 times, use the normal approximation to estimate the probability of getting
at least 60 heads.

A) 0.0228 B) 0.0179 C) 0.0287 D) 0.4713

29) The lengths of human pregnancies are normally distributed with a mean of 268 days and a standard
deviation of 15 days. What is the probability that a randomly selected pregnancy lasts at least 300
days?

A) 0.4834 B) 0.9834 C) 0.0179 D) 0.0166

30) Find the z-score in the standard normal distribution such that the area to the left of Z is 0.8729

A) z  1.14 B) z  0.80 C) z  0.81 D) z  1.14

31) Find the z-score in the standard normal distribution such that the area to the right of Z is 0.88

A) z  1.175 B) z  0.88 C) z  0.88 D) z  1.17

32) What z value corresponds to 17% of the data between the mean and the z value?

A) 0.52 B) 0.44 C) 1.25 D) 2.10

6 x(1  x ), 0  x  1
33) Scores on a test are given by f ( x)   , where X represents the
 0, elsewhere
proportion of questions a student answers correctly. Any score above 0.45 is a passing mark.
i) the probability that a student passes the test is

A) 0.3521 B) 0.4252 C) 0.6480 D) 0.5748

ii) the probability that a student fails the test is

A) 0.3521 B) 0.4252 C) 0.6480 D) 0.5748

iii) If 9 students take the test, the probability that exactly 6 pass the test is

A) 0.2712 B) 0.0435 C) 0.2328 D) 0.0943