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Saint Stanislaus College

Lower Sixth Form
CAPE Applied Mathematics Unit 1 - Paper 01
Pre-examination Test - 2015

Tutor: Rudolph Deoraj

Time: 90 minutes

Read The Following Instructions Carefully

1. Each item in this test has four suggested answers lettered (A), (B), (C), (D). Read
each item you are about to answer and decide which choice is best.

2. On your answer sheet, find the number which corresponds to your item and shade
the space having the same letter as the answer you have chosen. Look at the
sample item below.

Sample Item

The mean of 5, 7, 9, 11 and 13 is

(A) 5 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9

Sample Answer

A B C D

The best answer to this item is “9”, so answer (D) has been blackened.

3. If you want to change your answer, be sure to erase your old answer completely
and fill in your new choice.

4. When you are told to begin, turn the page and work as quickly and as carefully as
you can. If you cannot answer an item, omit it and go on to the next one. You can
come back to the harder item later.

5. You may do any rough work in this booklet.

6. The use of non-programmable calculators is allowed.

7. This test consists of 30 items. Each correct answer carries one mark.

NAME:____________________________
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1. Which of the following statements is NOT correct?

(A) A population consists only of all the persons living in an area, while a
sample is a subset of a population.

(B) A parameter is a numerical value determined from a population, while a

statistic is a numerical value determined from a sample.

(C) The number of children in a household is a discrete variable, while the

height of children in a household is a continuous variable.

(D) City of residence is a qualitative variable, while age is a quantitative

variable.

2. A company produces cartons of grapefruit juice. The volume of grapefruit juice in

the cartons is normally distributed with mean 750 ml and standard deviation 1.5
ml. The mean of a sample of 100 cartons is 751 ml. From the data above the value
of a statistic is

(A) 750 ml (B) 1.5 ml

(C) 100 (D) 751 ml

Items 3 – 5 refer to the table below which shows the number of tomatoes yielded
by each of the 20 tomato plants in a kitchen garden.

5 8 12 9 4 11 9 10 7 29
8 11 6 15 9 12 8 14 10 7

3. The mean number of tomatoes per plant is

(A) 9.2 (B) 9.7

(C) 10.2 (D) 10.7

4. The 5% trimmed mean of the number of tomatoes per plant is

(A) 8.55 (B) 9.5

(C) 11.3 (D) 12.0

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5. The mean is not an appropriate measure of central tendency for these data because

(A) the mean is not equal to a value that is in the set of data

(B) the mean is not a whole number

(C) the data set includes an outlier

(D) it is more tedious to calculate the mean than it is to calculate the mode or
median

Items 6 – 8 refer to the frequency table below which shows the marks obtained by
fifth-form students of a secondary school in a Mathematics examination.

Marks (x) 0 � x < 20 20 � x < 40 40 � x < 60 60 � x < 80 80 � x � 100

Frequency 13 25 48 33 26

6. The number of fifth-form students surveyed was

(A) 5 (B) 100

(C) 140 (D) 145

7. The percentage of students who scored 60 or more marks is approximately

(A) 22.8% (B) 17.9%

(C) 40.7% (D) 73.8%

8. The modal interval is

(A) 0 � x < 20 (B) 40 � x < 60

(C) 60 � x < 80 (D) 80 � x � 100

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9. Which one of the following statements is false?

(A) In simple random sampling each element of the population has an equal
chance of being a part of the sample.

(B) A sampling frame is required in order to conduct stratified random

sampling.

(C) With cluster sampling samples are taken from the entire cross-section of
the population.

(D) Stratified random sampling ensures that there is a proportionate

representation from among the subgroups of the population.

Items 10 – 11 refer to the stem-and-leaf diagram below.

2 5 8 9
3 0 0 0 4 6 6 6 7 8 8 9
4 0 1 1 2 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 8
5 0 0 1 1 2 8 9
6 1 1 1 1 2 3 3
7 0 0 3
8 7
Key: 8�7 means 87

10. The smallest value shown in the stem-and-leaf diagram above is

(A) 36 (B) 25

(C) 38 (D) 39

11. The lower quartile of the data shown in the stem-and-leaf diagram above is

(A) 36 (B) 37

(C) 38 (D) 39

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12. In a histogram the frequency of a class is represented by

(A) the height of the corresponding bar

(B) the width of the corresponding bar

(C) the area of the corresponding bar

(D) the perimeter of the corresponding bar

13. For a negatively skewed distribution which of the following is true?

(A) Mean < Median < Mode

(B) Mean < Mode < Median

(C) Mode < Median < Mean

(D) Mode < Mean < Median

14. The value of the 60th percentile for a set of data is 25. This implies that

(A) 40% of the values in that set of data are smaller than 25

(B) 25% of the values in that set of data are smaller than 60

(C) 60% of the values in that set of data are greater than 25

(D) 40% of the values in that set of data are greater than 25

15. If all the values in a set of data are increased by 2 which of the following
measures would remain unchanged?

(A) The mean (B) The median

(C) The standard deviation (D) The upper quartile

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16. Two events C and D are such that P (C) = 0.48, P (D) = 0.27
and P (C � D) = 0.65.

P (C � D) =

(A) 0.1 (B) 0.1296

(C) 0.75 (D) 0.85

17. If K and L are two independent events such that P (K) = 0.3 and P (K � L) = 0.24,
then P (L) =

(A) 0.072 (B) 0.06

(C) 0.54 (D) 0.8

Item 18 refers to the Venn diagram below which shows the probabilities
associated with the events A, B and C of a possibility space S.

S
A
B

0.3 C
0.1
0.2
0.2

0.1

18. P (B) =

(A) 0.3 (B) 0.65

(C) 0.7 (D) 0.60

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19. The discrete random variable X has a probability function defined by

0.05 (6 − x ), x = 0,1, 2, 3, 4
P (X = x) = 
0 otherwise
The value of P (X < 3) is

(A 0.2 (B) 0.7

(C) 0.9 (D) 1

20. The discrete random variable Y has the following probability distribution.

Y=y -1 0 3
P (Y = y) a b 0.5

Given that E (Y) = 1.2 the value of a is

(A) -0.5 (B) 0.3

(C) 0.5 (D) 1.5

21. The continuous random variable X is uniformly distributed on the interval

2 < x < 10.

P (4 < X < 7) is

1 1
(A) (B)
3 5

3 4
(C) (D)
8 7

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22. In a game a player is allowed up to three attempts at guessing a previously

selected digit that is between 0 and 9. The following probability tree diagram
shows the probabilities associated with the possible outcomes, a correct C or
incorrect (I) guess, of each attempt.

1 C
10

1 C
9
9
10 1
I 8 C

8
9 I

7 I
8

The probability of making a correct guess BEFORE the third attempt is

(A) 0 (B) 0.1

(C) 0.2 (D) 0.7

23. A random variable X has the following probability distribution.

x 0 1 2 3 4
P (X = x) 0.12 0.2 0.36 0.2 0.12

P (0 � X < 3) =

(A) 0.12 (B) 0.32

(C) 0.68 (D) 0.88

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24. An unbiased four-sided die with faces numbered 1, 2, 3 and 4 is thrown twice and
the numbers of the faces on which the die lands are recorded. If the random
variable X denotes the sum of the scores from the two throws then

P (X = 5) =

1 1
(A) (B)
2 4

1 5
(C) (D)
8 16

25. The table below shows the number of tropical flowers used in the Mothers’ Day
bouquets at a gift shop, classified by type and colour.

Type Colour
White Red Pink
Anthurium 30 15 25
Ginger Lily 20 10 35

The probability that a randomly chosen tropical flower is a white flower or a

ginger lily is

2 4
(A) (B)
5 13

4 19
(C) (D)
27 27

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26. The following graph not drawn to scale shows the probability density function
f (x) of a continuous random variable X.

f (x)

0.25

0 x
3 5
P (X = 3) =

(A) 0 (B) 0.05

(C) 0.25 (D) 1

27. The variable Z has a standard normal distribution N (0, 1)

P (Z > 1.162) =

(A) 0.1226 (B) 0.1230

(C) 0.8770 (D) 0.8774

28. If Y is a random variable with distribution Bin (14, 0.8) then E (Y) =

(A) 2.24 (B) 2.8

(C) 8.96 (D) 11.2

29. If X has a distribution N (30, 25) then P (X > 28) =

(A) � (0.08) (B) 1 - � (0.08)

(C) � (0.04) (D) 1 - � (0.04)

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30. One percent of all the compact discs burnt by a CD-writer are faulty. Using a
binomial model the probability that there are EXACTLY THREE faulty compact
discs in a batch of 40 burnt by the CD-writer is

(A) 40
C3 (0.01)3 (0.99)37 (B) 1− [
40
C3 (0.01)3 (0.99)37 ]
(C) 40
C3 (0.99)3 (0.01)37 (D) 1− [
40
C3 (0.99)3 (0.01)37 ]

31. The Central Limit Theorem is usually applied when the sample is

(A) 50 or more (B) 5 or more

(C) 30 or more (D) 95 or more

32. The times taken by all sixth-formers at a school to complete a Statistics quiz have
a mean of 21.5 minutes and a standard deviation of 2.8 minutes. A random sample
of the times of 49 sixth-formers at this school has standard deviation of

(A) 0.4 minutes (B) 1.12 minutes

(C) 2.8 minutes (D) 0.057 minutes

33. A random sample of size 36 and mean 30 is taken from the distribution N (�, 64).
A 95% confidence interval for � is

1.645× 8 1.960 × 64
(A) 30 ± (B) 30 ±
6 6

1.960 × 8 1.645× 8
(C) 30 ± (D) 30 ±
6 36

34. The random variable Y has a χ 2 distribution with 10 degrees of freedom.

P (Y > 25.19) =

(A) 0.5 (B) 0.05

(C) 0.005 (D) 0.0005

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35. The random variable Y has a χ 2 distribution with 6 degrees of freedom. The
value of k such that P (Y � k) = 0.025 is

(A) -1.237 (B) 1.237

(C) -16.01 (D) 16.01

Items 36 – 38 refer to the information below.

It is claimed that a new drug is 90% effective in treating cases of severe acne.
When the drug is administered to a random sample of 36 persons with severe
acne, 30 are cured. With these results, the null hypothesis H0: p = 0.9 is then
tested against the alternative hypothesis H1: p < 0.9 at the 3% significance level.

36. The significance level of 3% represents

(A) the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true

(B) the probability of accepting the null hypothesis when it is true

(C) the probability of rejecting the alternative hypothesis when it is true

(D) the probability of accepting the alternative hypothesis when it is true

37. The critical region is

(A) z < -0.8340 (B) z < 0.8340

(C) z < -1.881 (D) z < 1.881

38. If the level of significance is increased

(A) the acceptance region is increased and the rejection region is decreased

(B) the acceptance region is increased and the rejection region is increased

(C) the acceptance region is decreased and the rejection region is increased

(D) the acceptance region is decreased and the rejection region is decreased

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39. In an upper-tailed hypothesis test the sign in the alternative hypothesis is

(A) not equal to (� ) (B) greater than (>)

(C) less than (<) (D) equal to (=)

40. For a symmetric 95% confidence interval the critical z-value correct to 3
significant figures is

(A) 2.07 (B) 1.96

(C) 2.17 (D) 1.65

41. For a two-tailed hypothesis test the significance region is given by

(I) z < -z1 and z > z2 (II) -z1 < z < z2

(III) z < -z1 and z > 0 (IV) z > z1

Which of the following is correct?

(A) I only (B) II only

(C) I and II only (D) I, II and III only

42. A t-test is used when

(I) the population standard deviation is unknown

(II) the sample size is less than 30

(III) The sample is taken from a normal distribution

(A) I only (B) II only

(C) I and II only (D) I, II and III only

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43 The χ 2 value for 15 degrees of freedom and 2.5% in the upper tail of a
χ 2 distribution is

(A) 1.753 (B) 2.131

(C) 2.947 (D) 3.286

44. When conducting a χ 2 test of independence with a contingency table of 3 rows

and 3 columns the number of degrees of freedom is equal to

(A) 3 (B) 4

(C) 5 (D) 6

45. The value, r, of the product-moment correlation coefficient is always

(A) 0� r� 1 (B) -1 � r � 1

(C) r<0 (D) r>0

End of Test