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1. The area under the standard normal curve where P( Z < +1.52) is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

.9357*
.4357
.5643
.0643

2. The area under the standard normal curve where P(Z > +1.62) is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

.8948
.4474
.0162
.0526*

3. The probability that an observation taken from a standard normal population:

P( -1.14 < Z < +1.14):
a.
b.
c.
d.

.8729
.5084
.7458*
.9838

4. The P(1.02 < Z < 2.40)

a.
b.
c.
d.

.0612
.7523
.1880
.1457*

5. The electronic data transmission lines are said to have a transmission rate of 12
(000,000) bits per second; with a standard deviation of 2 (000,000) bits per
second and follow a normal distribution. If you test one of the lines, what is the
probability of finding a line with a transmission rate of less than 10 (000,000) bits
per second.
a.
b.
c.
d.

.9664
.1587*
.3413
.0898

6. Spiral Everglo Bulbs are known to have a mean of life of 500 hours and a
standard deviation of 40 hours. What percentage of bulbs sold would you expect
to last more than 400 hours?
a. 6.68%
b. 15.87%
c. 99.38%*
d. 42.32%
7. Amadeus Cheese is really good and Whole Foods (WF) is always running out of
stock. From the data they have collected they sell an average of 140 pounds per
month with a standard deviation 20 pounds. If WF wants to meet demand 95% of
the time, what quantity should they bring in for the months sales?
a.
b.
c.
d.

173*
164
147
136

8. WF decided to investigate their data and sampled for 9 months and concluded
with the mean was really 148 pounds with a known std. deviation of 20. The
analysts have been asked how confident they are in this estimate of the mean; so
they established a 95% confidence interval (CI). The upper limit of this CI is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

153
157
161*
168

9. Refer to #9 above. Management decided that they did not like an error of thirteen
pounds, so they came back to the analysts and asked how many months they
would have to sample to get an error of 10 pounds (@ 95% CI)? You being a
great & highly paid analyst said________ months.
a.
b.
c.
d.

22
16*
12
10

10. If there is an 80% probability that of Z being between Z and +Z centered about
the mean; then the value of Z is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

1.28*
1.42
2.20
0.74

11. The Mentoring Group give an exam to make sure those who apply are qualified as
tutors. The mean score is 84 with a standard deviation of 12. It is decided that
they will accept for interviews those applicants above the 35th percentile. What is
the cutoff score for acceptance?
a.
b.
c.
d.

91.3
88.4
79.3*
72.7

12. If you have a t distribution with df = 9 and t = 2.821; what % of values do you
expect to lie above this value?
a.
b.
c.
d.

28.1%
67.0%
83.4%
01.0%*

13. For a t distribution with 14 degrees of freedom and 90% of the area is to the right
of the t value; the t value is ______________.
a.
b.
c.
d.

-1.345*
-2.145
+1.372
+2.681

14. Good Argentinean Malbec has become very popular. The average price is
$9.00/bottle. The known std. dev. is $6.00. What is the probability of selecting a
bottle at random that has a price less than $12.00? (Assume Normal)
a. .6915*
b. .1519
c. .3285
d. .8285
15. Given the data in Question #14 above, what is the probability of selecting 4
bottles that have an average price greater than $11.00? Assume Normal.
a.
b.
c.
d.

0.1514
0.4772
0.2514*
0.9772

16. 200 students take the American Society for Quality Six Sigma Exam. The scores
follow a normal distribution with an average score of 75 and a known standard
deviation of 10. What is the probability of a student selected at random scoring
more than 80? Use the Z table
a.
b.
c.
d.

.2043
.5497
.3085*
.8000

17. Marcia is making a marketing decision and surveys nine super markets and finds
that they buy and average of 60 cases of Marcias Canned Macadamia Nuts per
week. The known standard deviation is 10 cases/week. Marcia has decided that if
the error term is more than 6 at the 90% confidence level she will do more
sampling.
a. Sample more
b. Dont sample more*
18. Using the data in Question # 17 above, would your decision change at the 95%
confidence level; should you sample more or not?
a. Sample more*
b. Dont sample more
19. A fine foods store sells very good capers and is concerned about its inventories;
therefore the manager has estimated the mean monthly sales units and built a 95%
confidence interval about the mean. The Lower Limit is 260 units and the Upper
Limit is 360 units. Assume a normal distribution. The mean is?
a.
b.
c.
d.

620
310*
286
Not enough information to tell

20. Gourmet Shack sells an average of 55 packages daily of excellent English Stilton
Cheese. The sales have a standard deviation of 10 packages per day and sales
follow a normal distribution. If the inventory manager keeps 75 packages on
hand, what percentage (%) of demand do you expect to meet?
a. 75.83%
b. 84.22%
c. 97.72%*
d.100.00 %

21. For a standard normal distribution what is the probability that 1.0< Z <3.0
a.
b.
c.
d.

.1574*
.3413
.4987
.8444

22. A random sample of 25 observations is taken on assembly times for calculators

and the mean time is found to be 31.6 minutes with a sample standard deviation of
4 minutes, The lower bound of a 80% confidence interval is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

31.81
29.90
30.55*
24.21

23. Choose the statement that is true.

a. When using a sample standard deviation, you should use the Z, Standard
Normal Table, to construct a confidence interval for the population mean.
b. The wider your confidence interval, the more faith you have in your point
estimate of the mean.
c. A 90% confidence interval for the population mean will be more narrow
than a 95% confidence interval for the population mean.*
d. If you re sampling for means and you cut the sample size in half, the
standard deviation of the means will be cut in half.

24. Assume that a 90% Confidence Interval on the mean is to be constructed with a
maximum error E = 6 units. The population standard deviation is 30. What is the
minimum sample size required to meet these specifications?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30
35
40
50 will be plenty*

25. If a sample size of 100 was necessary to estimate the mean of a normal population
of bagged dog food to within 1.2 ounces, with a 95% confidence interval, what is
the value of the standard deviation?
a.
b.
c.
d.

1.14
5.12
7.00
6.12*

26. The mean life of a television 120 months with a variance of 196 months. If a
sample of 64 televisions is selected randomly, what is the probability that the
sample mean would differ from the true mean by less than 5 months?
a.
b.
c.
d.

0.4979
0.9958*
0.0021
0.0042