Exam

Name___________________________________

TRUE/FALSE. Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.

1) True or False: Theoretically, the mean, median, and the mode are all equal for a normal 1)
distribution.

2) True or False: Any set of normally distributed data can be transformed to its standardized form. 2)

3) True or False: The "middle spread," that is the middle 50% of the normal distribution, is equal to 3)
one standard deviation.

4) True or False: A normal probability plot may be used to assess the assumption of normality for a 4)
particular set of data.

5) True or False: If a data set is approximately normally distributed, its normal probability plot would 5)
be S-shaped.

SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.

6) The probability that a standard normal variable Z is positive is ________. 6)

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

7) In its standardized form, the normal distribution 7)

A) has an area equal to 0.5.
B) has a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1.
C) has a mean of 1 and a variance of 0.
D) cannot be used to approximate discrete probability distributions.

8) Which of the following about the normal distribution is not true? 8)

A) Its parameters are the mean, µ and standard deviation, .
B) Theoretically, the mean, median, and mode are the same.
C) It is a discrete probability distribution.
2
D) About of the observations fall within ±1 standard deviation from the mean.
3

9) The value of the cumulative standardized normal distribution at Z is 0.8770. The value of Z is 9)
A) 0.18. B) 1.47. C) 1.16. D) 0.81.

10) The value of the cumulative standardized normal distribution at Z is 0.6255. The value of Z is 10)
A) 0.40. B) 0.32. C) 0.16. D) 0.99.

SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.

11) Given that X is a normally distributed variable with a mean of 50 and a standard deviation 11)
of 2, find the probability that X is between 47 and 54.

1
 12) A company that sells annuities must base the annual payout on the probability distribution 12)
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 would
receive payments beyond age 75?

13) A company that sells annuities must base the annual payout on the probability distribution 13)
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 payments have ceased
for approximately 86% of the plan participants.

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

14) If we know that the length of time it takes a college student to find a parking spot in the library 14)
parking lot follows a normal distribution with a mean of 3.5 minutes and a standard deviation of 1
minute, find the probability that a randomly selected college student will find a parking spot in the
library parking lot in less than 3 minutes.
A) 0.3085 B) 0.3551 C) 0.2674 D) 0.1915

15) If we know that the length of time it takes a college student to find a parking spot in the library 15)
parking lot follows a normal distribution with a mean of 3.5 minutes and a standard deviation of 1
minute, find the probability that a randomly selected college student will take between 2 and 4.5
minutes to find a parking spot in the library parking lot.
A) 0.7745 B) 0.2255 C) 0.0919 D) 0.4938

16) If we know that the length of time it takes a college student to find a parking spot in the library 16)
parking lot follows a normal distribution with a mean of 3.5 minutes and a standard deviation of 1
minute, 75.8% of the college students will take more than how many minutes when trying to find a
parking spot in the library parking lot?
A) 3.2 minutes B) 4.2 minutes C) 2.8 minutes D) 3.4 minutes

17) Suppose the probability of a car accident taking place anywhere on a 20-mile stretch of highway is 17)
the same. Which of the following distributions would you use to determine the probability that a
car accident will occur somewhere between the 5-mile and 15-mile posts of the highway?
A) Normal distribution B) Poisson distribution
C) Uniform distribution D) Exponential distribution

18) The weight of a randomly selected cookie from a production line can most likely be modeled by 18)
which of the following distributions?
A) Poisson distribution B) Uniform distribution
C) Exponential distribution D) Normal distribution

19) A wheel spinning game is played with a special wheel with 24 equal segments that determine the 19)
dollar values of a single spin. Which of the following distributions can best be used to compute the
probability of winning a specific dollar value in a single spin?
A) Normal distribution B) Exponential distribution
C) Binomial distribution D) Uniform distribution

2
SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.

20) A food processor packages orange juice in small jars. The weights of the filled jars are 20)
approximately normally distributed with a mean of 10.5 ounces and a standard deviation
of 0.3 ounce. Find the proportion of all jars packaged by this process that have weights that
fall above 10.95 ounces.

TRUE/FALSE. Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.

21) True or False: The probability that a standard normal variable, Z, is between 1.50 and 2.10 is the 21)
same as the probability Z is between -2.10 and -1.50.

22) True or False: The probability that a standard normal variable, Z, falls between -2.00 and -0.44 is 22)
0.6472.

23) True or False: A worker earns $15 per hour at a plant in China and is told that only 2.5% of all 23)
workers make a higher wage. If the wage is assumed to be normally distributed and the standard
deviation of wage rates is $5 per hour, the average wage for the plant is $7.50 per hour.

SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.

24) The amount of tea leaves in a can from a particular production line is normally distributed 24)
with µ = 110 grams and = 25 grams. What is the probability that a randomly selected can
will contain at least 100 grams of tea leaves?

25) The amount of tea leaves in a can from a particular production line is normally distributed 25)
with µ = 110 grams and = 25 grams. What is the probability that a randomly selected can
will contain less than 100 grams of tea leaves?

26) The amount of tea leaves in a can from a particular production line is normally distributed 26)
with µ = 110 grams and = 25 grams. What is the probability that a randomly selected can
will contain between 100 and 110 grams of tea leaves?

27) You were told that the amount of time lapsed between consecutive trades on the New York 27)
Stock Exchange followed a normal distribution with a mean of 15 seconds. You were also
told that the probability that the time lapsed between two consecutive trades to fall
between 16 to 17 seconds was 13%. The probability that the time lapsed between two
consecutive trades would fall below 13 seconds was 7%. What is the probability that the
time lapsed between two consecutive trades will be between 13 and 14 seconds?

28) You were told that the amount of time lapsed between consecutive trades on the New York 28)
Stock Exchange followed a normal distribution with a mean of 15 seconds. You were also
told that the probability that the time lapsed between two consecutive trades to fall
between 16 to 17 seconds was 13%. The probability that the time lapsed between two
consecutive trades would fall below 13 seconds was 7%. What is the probability that the
time lapsed between two consecutive trades will be between 14 and 15 seconds?

3
 29) You were told that the amount of time lapsed between consecutive trades on the New York 29)
Stock Exchange followed a normal distribution with a mean of 15 seconds. You were also
told that the probability that the time lapsed between two consecutive trades to fall
between 16 to 17 seconds was 13%. The probability that the time lapsed between two
consecutive trades would fall below 13 seconds was 7%. The probability is 20% that the
time lapsed will be shorter than how many seconds?

30) You were told that the amount of time lapsed between consecutive trades on the New York 30)
Stock Exchange followed a normal distribution with a mean of 15 seconds. You were also
told that the probability that the time lapsed between two consecutive trades to fall
between 16 to 17 seconds was 13%. The probability that the time lapsed between two
consecutive trades would fall below 13 seconds was 7%. The middle 60% of the time
lapsed will fall between which two numbers?

31) You were told that the mean score on a statistics exam is 75 with the scores normally 31)
distributed. In addition, you know the probability of a score between 55 and 60 is 4.41%
and that the probability of a score greater than 90 is 6.68%. What is the probability of a
score between 60 and 75?

32) You were told that the mean score on a statistics exam is 75 with the scores normally 32)
distributed. In addition, you know the probability of a score between 55 and 60 is 4.41%
and that the probability of a score greater than 90 is 6.68%. What is the probability of a
score between 55 and 90?

33) You were told that the mean score on a statistics exam is 75 with the scores normally 33)
distributed. In addition, you know the probability of a score between 55 and 60 is 4.41%
and that the probability of a score greater than 90 is 6.68%. The middle 86.64% of the
students will score between which two scores?

34) The amount of time necessary for assembly line workers to complete a product is a normal 34)
variable with a mean of 15 minutes and a standard deviation of 2 minutes. The probability
is ________ that a product is assembled in less than 20 minutes.

35) The amount of time necessary for assembly line workers to complete a product is a normal 35)
variable with a mean of 15 minutes and a standard deviation of 2 minutes. So, 90% of the
products require more than ________ minutes for assembly.

36) The amount of time necessary for assembly line workers to complete a product is a normal 36)
variable with a mean of 15 minutes and a standard deviation of 2 minutes. So, 60% of the
products would be assembled within ________ and ________ minutes (symmetrically
distributed about the mean).

37) The amount of time necessary for assembly line workers to complete a product is a normal 37)
variable with a mean of 15 minutes and a standard deviation of 2 minutes. So, 70% of the
products would be assembled within ________ minutes.

Suppose the time interval between two consecutive defective light bulbs from a production line has a uniform distribution
over an interval from 0 to 90 minutes.

38) What is the mean of the time interval? 38)

4
 39) What is the standard deviation of the time interval? 39)

40) What is the probability that the time interval between two consecutive defective light bulbs 40)
will be exactly 10 minutes?

41) What is the probability that the time interval between two consecutive defective light bulbs 41)
will be between 10 and 35 minutes?

42) The probability is 75% that the time interval between two consecutive defective light bulbs 42)
will fall between which two values that are the same distance from the mean?

A recent survey revealed that an American's Christmas spending averaged $830. Use this as the population mean
American's Christmas spending. Suppose Americans' Christmas spending is normally distributed with a standard deviation
of $220.
43) For a randomly chosen American, what is the probability that he/she will spend less than 43)
$1,000 on Christmas spending?

44) For a randomly chosen American, what is the probability that he/she will spend between 44)
$500 and $1,000 on Christmas spending?

45) For a randomly chosen American, the probability is 0.9 that he/she will spend less than 45)
how much on Christmas?

46) For a randomly chosen American, the probability is 0.1 that he/she will spend less than 46)
how much on Christmas?

47) The middle 50% of Americans will spend how much on Christmas? 47)

48) What percentage of Americans will spend at least $950 on Christmas? 48)

49) What percentage of Americans will spend no more than $350 on Christmas? 49)

50) What percentage of Americans will spend less than $650 or more than $1,200 on Christmas 50)
spending?

5
Answer Key
Testname: CH6

1) TRUE
2) TRUE
3) FALSE
4) TRUE
5) FALSE
6) 0.50
7) B
8) C
9) C
10) B
11) 0.9104
12) 0.0228
13) 71.78 years old
14) A
15) A
16) C
17) C
18) D
19) D
20) 0.0668
21) TRUE
22) FALSE
23) FALSE
24) 0.6554
25) 0.3446
26) 0.1554
27) 13% or 0.13
28) 30% or 0.30
29) 14 seconds
30) 14 seconds and 16 seconds
31) 43.32% or 0.4332
32) 91.05% or 0.9105
33) 60 and 90
34) 0.9938
35) 12.44
36) 13.32 and 16.68 or 13.31 and 16.69
37) 16.0488 using Excel or 16.04 using Table E.2
38) 45
39) 25.9808
40) 0.0
41) 0.2778
42) 11.25 and 78.75
43) 0.7802
44) 0.7134
45) $1,111.94
46) $548.06
47) Between $681.61 and $978.39
48) 0.2927
49) 0.0146
50) 0.2529
6