Palestine Polytechnic University

College of Applied Sciences

Department of Mathematics
Probability and Statistics
Final Exam
Date: 14/5/2019 Form A Time:120 min.
.................... :‫الشعبة‬ .................... :‫المدرس‬ .................... :‫االسم‬
Question # Q1/20 Q2/6 Q3/6 Q4/9 Q5/6 Q6/6 Q7 or Q8/7 Sum/6
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Grade

Q1: (20 points)

For each question, choose the correct answer from the multiple-choice list and then
write your answers in the table below.

1) If a 6-member club needs to elect a chair and a treasurer, how many different
ways can these two to be elected
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

2) Let and be two events such that , , and

. Then
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d) None

3) In a certain assembly plant, two machines, and , make 35% and 65%,
respectively, of the products. It is known from past experience that 4% and
3% of the products made by each machine, respectively, are defective. If a

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 product was chosen randomly and found to be defective. The probability that
it was made by machine
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
4) From a sack of fruit containing 3 oranges, 2 apples, and 3 bananas, a random
sample of 4 pieces of fruit is selected. If is the number of oranges and
is the number of apples in the sample. Then

(a)

(b)

(c)
(d) None

5) Let X be a random variable with probability distribution. Then

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d) None

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6) Let be a sample variance of size 10 which is taken from a population that

has a normal distribution with . Then the value of such that

is
(a) 14.684
(b) 40.789
(c) 4.186
(d) None

7) Given a normal distribution with and . Then the value of

that has of the total area to its right is
(a) 16.48
(b) 16.80
(c) 48.88
(d) None

8) For a continuous random , the probability of a single value ,

is always
(a) 0
(b) 0.5
(c) 1
(d) Between 0 and 1

9) The value of such that with degree of freedom 15 is

(a) 2.145
(b) 2.131
(c) 2.120
(d) 1.753

10) The value of a sample statistic is called the ………………. Of the

corresponding population parameter
(a) Confidence level

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 (b) Sample size
(c) Point estimate
(d) Confidence interval

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Q2: (6 points)
If you draw 4 cards from a standard deck. Find

(1) Probability that you get at least 3 clubs?

(2) Probability that you get 2 clubs and two kings?

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Q3: (6 points)
A magazine reported that 6% of American drivers read the newspaper while
driving. If 500 drivers are selected at random, find the probability that less than 40
read the newspaper while driving.

Q4: (9 points)
A soft-drink machine is regulated so that it discharges an average of 200 ml per
cup. If the amount of drink is normally distributed with a standard deviation equal
to 15 ml.
(1) What is the probability that a cup will contain more than 224 ml?

(2) What is the probability that a cup contain between 191 and 209 ml?
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(3) How many cups will probably overflow if 230ml cups are used for the next
1000 drinks?

Q5: (6 points)
The height of students is approximately normally distributed with a mean of 174.5
centimeters and a standard deviation of 6.9 centimeters. If 200 random samples of
size 25 are drawn from this population and the means recorded. Find

(a) The mean and standard deviation of the sampling distribution of .

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(b) Approximately how many samples from the 200 samples, their sample means
falling below 172 centimeters.

Q6: (6 points)
A random sample of 10 chocolate energy bars of a certain brand has, on average,
230 calories per bar, with a standard deviation of 15 calories. Construct a 99%
confidence interval for of this brand of energy bar. Assume that the distribution
of the calorie content is approximately normal.

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Q7: (7 points) ( ‫ ربى‬.‫)خاص لطالب ا‬
A random sample of 20 students yielded a mean of and a variance of
for scores on a college placement test in mathematics. Assuming the scores
to be normally distributed, construct a 98% confidence interval for .

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Q8: (7 points) ( ‫ محمد‬.‫)خاص لطالب ا‬
A random sample of 64 bags of white cheddar popcorn weighed, on average, 5.23
ounces with a standard deviation of 0.24 ounce. Test the hypothesis that μ = 5.5
ounces against the alternative hypothesis, μ < 5.5 ounces, at the 0.05 level of
significance.

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The end of the exam

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