MAS FE Summer 2020

QN=1 (Choose 1 answer)
Suppose X is a uniform continuous random variable over the interval [40, 70]. Find
the standard deviation of X.
A. 3.03
B. 1.58
C. 8.66
D. 31.75
E. None of the other choices is correct
A manufacturer claims that the mean lifetime of its fluorescent bulbs is 1000
hours. A homeowner selects 29 bulbs and finds the mean lifetime to be 988 hours
with a standard deviation of 30 hours. Calculate the value of the test statistic to
test the manufacturer's claim at the significance level of 0.05.
A. 3.21
B. None of the other choices is correct
C. 1.96
D. -1.32
E. -2.15
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A. 0.6875
C. 0.0486
D. 0.7084
E. 0.0522
A student randomly selects 10 CDs at a store. The mean is 8.75 with a standard
deviation of 1.50. Construct a 95% confidence interval for the population standard
deviation. Assume the data are normally distributed.
A. (1.76, 3.10)
B. (1.03, 2.74)
C. (0.43, 1.32)
D. None of the other choices is correct
E. (1.43, 2.70)
In a factory three machines produce the same product. Machine A produces 20% of the
output, machine B, 30%, and machine C, 50%. The proportion of defective items
produced by these follows: machine A: 0.01, machine B: 0.05, machine C: 0.03. An
item is selected at random. Find the probability that it is defective.
A. 0.017
B. 0.419
C. 0.032
D. 0.009
The standard error of the population proportion will become larger______________
A. as the sample size increases.
B. as population proportion approaches 0.50.
C. as population proportion approaches 1.00.
D. as population proportion approaches 0.
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A. 2.5

C. 3
D. 3.25
E. 1.25
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A. 2.69
B. None of the other choices is true
C. 1.52
D. 2.06
E. -1.38
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A. None of the other choices is correct
B. 1.60
C. 2.56
D. 1.71
E. 2.45
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A. Fail to reject Ho
B. Reject Ho
The systolic blood pressure of 18-year-old women is normally distributed with a

mean of 120 mmHg and a standard deviation of 12 mmHg. What percentage of 18-year-
old women have a systolic blood pressure between 96 mmHg and 144 mmHg?
Let P(Z < -2) = 0.025 and P(Z < 0) = 0.5.
B. 99.7%
C. 68%
D. 95%
E. 99.99%
Suppose a 95% confidence interval for population mean turns out to be (1000, 2100).
To make more useful inferences from the data, it is desired to reduce the width of
the confidence interval. Which of the following will result in a reduced interval
width?
Choose the best answer.
A. Decrease the confidence level.
B. Both increase the confidence level and decrease the sample size.
C. Both increase the sample size and decrease the confidence level.
D. Increase the sample size.
The following data reflect the number of customers

who test drove new cars each day for a sample of
20 days at the Redfield Ford Dealership.
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Given these data, what is the interquartile range?
A. 4
B. 7
C. 14
E. 3
A stock analyst compares the relationship between stock prices and earnings per
share to help him select a stock for investment. What type of the description is?
A. Experiment
B. Observation study
C. Retrospective study
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A. -55.5
C. 13.8
D. 63
E. 60.9
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A. 0.375
C. 0.478
D. 0.915
E. 0.529
Find the sample standard deviation.
15 42 53
B. 19.6
C. 15.8
D. 29.1
E. 16.6
Suppose that B and C are mutually exclusive and complementary events, such that
P(B) = 0.6 and P(C) = 0.4. Consider another event A such that P(A | B) = 0.2 and
P(A | C) = 0.5. Find P(A).
A. 0.62
B. 0.32
C. 0.88
D. 0.10
Assume that male and female births are equally likely and that the birth of any
child does not affect the probability of the gender of any other children. Find the
probability of at most three boys in ten births.
A. 0.003
B. 0.172
C. None of the other choices is correct
D. 0.300
E. 0.333
Suppose X has an exponential distribution with λ = 2. Which in the following

statements is TRUE?
A. All of the others
B. P(X ≤ 1) = 0.8647
C. P(X ≥ 2) = 0.0183
D. P(X ≤ 0) = 0
Recently a study of fans attending the New York Mets baseball games was conducted.
One of the variables for which data were collected from the 500 fans surveyed was
the miles from home to the stadium. The data for this variable were formulated
into 5 classes and a frequency distribution was developed. The first class
contained 247 fans and was for those traveling between 0 and 5 miles. Based on
this information what was the relative frequency distribution for the first class?
A. Can't be determined without more information.
B. 0.30
C. 0.494
D. 0.247
Data that describe a characteristic about a population is known as a ________.
A. sample
B. parameter
C. survey
D. statistic
E. None of the other choices is true
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B. 3.7674
C. 0.2326
D. 2.1628
E. 1.6046
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B. (iv)
C. (ii)
D. (iii)
E. (i)
A survey of 300 union members in New York State reveals that 112 favor the
Republican candidate for governor. Construct the 98% confidence interval for the
true population proportion of all New York State union members who favor the
Republican candidate.
A. [0.215, 0.392]
C. [0.298, 0.430]
D. [0.308, 0.438]
E. [0.273, 0.510]
The probability of winning a certain lottery is 1/51949. For people who play 560
times, find the standard deviation for the random variable X, the number of wins.
A. 0.1038
B. 0.1223
C. 0.0108
D. 0.1137

The top 14 speeds, in miles per hour, for Pro-Stock drag racing over the past two
decades are listed below. Find the median speed.
181.1 202.2 190.1 201.4 191.3 201.4 192.2 201.2 193.2 201.2 194.5 199.2
196.0 196.2
A. 201.2
B. 196.1
D. 195.8
E. 196.7
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A. 69
B. 87
C. 96
E. 68
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A. independent but not disjoint.
B. disjoint but not independent.
C. neither disjoint nor independent.
D. both disjoint and independent.
Construct a 90% confidence interval for the population mean. Assume the population
has a normal distribution. A sample of 15 randomly selected students has a grade
point average of 2.86 with a standard deviation of 0.78.
A. (2.37, 3.56)
B. (2.51, 3.21)
C. (2.41, 3.42)
E. (2.28, 3.66)
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B. {copper, sodium, potassium, uranium, zinc}
C. {nitrogen, potassium, uranium, zinc}
D. {copper, sodium, nitrogen, uranium, zinc}
E. {copper, sodium, nitrogen, potassium, uranium, zinc}
Suppose that the probability of passing the “board” examination is 0.45. This
probability does not vary with time, and that each attempt is independent of
previous attempts. What is the probability that you pass the examination on your
fifth attempt?
A. 0.8853
C. 0.0412
D. 0.1027
E. 0.3094
Suppose you and a friend each choose at random an integer from 1 to 8, where your
number is written first and your friend's number second. Which the following
statement is TRUE ?
A. P (sum of the two numbers picked is < 4) = 3/64
B. P (you pick 5 and your friend picks 8) = 1/64
C. P (both numbers match) = 8/64
D. All of the others
A class in advanced physicsis comprised of 10 juniors, 30 seniors, and 10 graduate

students. The final grades show that 3 of the juniors, 10 of the seniors, and 5 of
the graduate students received an A for the course. If a student is chosen at
random from this class and is found to have earned an A, what is the probability
that he or she is a senior?
B. 5/9
C. 4/9
D. 7/9
E. 2/9
Suppose that X has a discrete uniform distribution on the integers 0 through 15.
Determine the mean and standard deviation of Y =7X.
A. 7.5 and 3.99
B. 52.5 and 32.27
C. 7.5 and 6.34
E. 52.5 and 195.51
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A. is standard normal.

C. is normal with mean m and variance 1347.22.
D. is normal with mean 12 and variance 1347.22.
E. is normal with mean 0 and standard deviation 1347.22
An electronic scale that displays weights to the nearest pound is used to weigh
packages. The display shows only three digits. Any weight greater than the display
can indicate is shown as 999. The random variable X is the displayed weight. What
is the number of members in the sample space of X?
A. 100
B. 999
D. 900
E. 1,000
Suppose data is obtained from 20 pairs of (x,y) and the sample correlation
coefficient is 0.7. Find the type of test hypothesis if you want 95% confident that
there exist a significant positive linear correlation between x and y.
A. Left tailed t test
B. None of the other choice is correct
C. Right tailed t test
D. Two tailed z test
E. Two tailed t test
An electrical firm manufactures light bulbs that have a length of life that is
approximately normally distributed with a standard deviation of 40 hours. How large
a sample is needed if we wish to be 96% confident that our sample mean will be
within 10 hours of the true mean?
A. 49
B. 68
C. 65
D. 47
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A. P (X > 1/4) = 0.7
B. P (X > 1/4) = 0.9
C. P(X ≤ 1/4) = 0.7
D. P(X ≤ 1/4) = 0.9
Pick a bit string from the set of all bit strings of length 10. Find the
probability of getting a bit string that begins and ends with 0.
A. 1/4
C. 3/8
D. 1/2
E. 5/16
The random variable X has a binomial distribution with n = 50 and p = 0.6. Use the
normal approximation for binomial distributions to find P(X ≤ 30).
Let P(Z < 0.05) = 0.5199, P(Z < 0.144) = 0.5572, P(Z < 1) = 0.8413, P(Z <
1.44) = 0.9251.
A. 0.8413
B. 0.9251

D. 0.5572
E. 0.5199
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A. 16
B. 9.8
C. 7.4
D. 1.57
E. None of the other choices is true
Which of the following is a discrete quantitative variable?
A. The distance you drove yesterday.
B. The number of employees of an insurance company.
C. The Dow Jones Industrial average.
D. The volume of water released from a dam.
The number of lightning strikes in a year at the top of a particular mountain has a
Poisson distribution with a mean of 3.9. Find the probability that in a randomly
selected year, the number of lightning strikes is 2.
A. 0.1539
B. 0.2001
C. 0.2617
E. 0.0128
A population of Australian Koala bears has a mean height of 20 inches and a

standard deviation of 4 inches. You plan to choose a sample of 64 bears at random.
What is the probability of a sample mean between 20 and 21.
Let P(Z < 0) = 0.5, P(Z < 0.6) = 0.5228 and P(Z < 2) = 0.9772.
A. 0.4772
B. 0.5228
C. 0.5
D. 0.9772
Find the normal-curve area between z = -1.48 and z = 0.
Let P(Z<0) = 0.5; P(Z < -1.48) = 0.0694.
A. 0.4306
B. 0.8712
C. 0.1288
E. 0.5694
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A. 0.76
B. 1
C. 0
D. 0.6

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B. (iii)
C. (ii)
D. (i)
A company is established in two cities, Ha Noi and Ha Nam. The total number of
staff members is 30, of which only 17 are based in Ha Noi. If 6 of the total of 30
staffs are randomly selected to attend a course on VAT, what is the probability
that two of them are from Ha Noi?
A. 0.6539
C. 0.1173
D. 0.5488
E. 0.1638

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E. None of the other choices is correct

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B. None of the other choices is correct

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B. None of the other choices is correct

QN=4 (Choose 1 answer)

D. None of the other choices is correct

QN=5 (Choose 1 answer)

E. None of the other choices is correct

QN=6 (Choose 1 answer)

The standard error of the population proportion will become larger______________

A. as the sample size increases.

B. as population proportion approaches 0.50.

C. as population proportion approaches 1.00.

D. as population proportion approaches 0.

QN=7 (Choose 1 answer)

B. None of the other choices is correct

QN=8 (Choose 1 answer)

B. None of the other choices is true

QN=9 (Choose 1 answer)

A. None of the other choices is correct

QN=10 (Choose 1 answer)

QN=11 (Choose 1 answer)

The systolic blood pressure of 18-year-old women is normally distributed with a

Let P(Z < -2) = 0.025 and P(Z < 0) = 0.5.

A. None of the other choices is correct

QN=12 (Choose 1 answer)

Choose the best answer.

A. Decrease the confidence level.

D. Increase the sample size.

QN=13 (Choose 1 answer)

The following data reflect the number of customers

Given these data, what is the interquartile range?

D. None of the other choices is correct

QN=15 (Choose 1 answer)

B. None of the other choices is correct

QN=16 (Choose 1 answer)

B. None of the other choices is correct

QN=17 (Choose 1 answer)

Find the sample standard deviation.

QN=18 (Choose 1 answer)

E. None of the other choices is correct

QN=19 (Choose 1 answer)

C. None of the other choices is correct

QN=20 (Choose 1 answer)

Suppose X has an exponential distribution with λ = 2. Which in the following

A. All of the others

QN=21 (Choose 1 answer)

A. Can't be determined without more information.

E. None of the other choices is correct

QN=22 (Choose 1 answer)

Data that describe a characteristic about a population is known as a ________.

E. None of the other choices is true

QN=23 (Choose 1 answer)

A. None of the other choices is correct

QN=24 (Choose 1 answer)

A. None of the other choices is correct

QN=25 (Choose 1 answer)

B. None of the other choices is correct

QN=26 (Choose 1 answer)

E. None of the other choices is correct