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Statistical Reasoning for Everyday Life

Chapter 5 (A Normal World) Exam, form A
1) Which of the described variables is likely to have a normal or near-normal distribution?
a. The number of credits remaining until graduation for the students in a small liberal arts college
b. The heights of male students in an advanced placement mathematics class
c. The number of sixes showing when two dice are rolled
A) a B) b C) c D) None
2) Select the distribution that appears to be the most normal.

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 D) None of the distributions appear to be normal or near-normal.
3) If lightbulbs have lives that are normally distributed with a mean of 2500 hours and a standard deviation
of 500 hours, what percentage of light bulbs have a life less than 2500 hours?
A) About 25% B) About 50% C) About 75% D) About 68%
4) The lifetimes of projector bulbs of a particular type are normally distributed with a mean of 470 hours
and a standard deviation of 15 hours. Apply the 68-95-99.7 rule to answer what percentage of the bulbs
has lifetimes that lie within 2 standard deviations of the mean on either side?
5) The amount of Jen’s monthly electric bill is normally distributed with a mean of $160 and a standard
deviation of $14. Fill in the blanks by applying the 68-95-99.7 rule.
The middle 95% of her electric bills are between $ and $ .
6) The amount of Jen’s monthly phone bill is normally distributed with a mean of $50 and a standard
deviation of $10. Find the 25th percentile.

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7) The diameters of bolts produced by a certain machine are normally distributed with a mean of 0.25 inches
and a standard deviation of 0.01 inches. What percentage of bolts will have a diameter greater than 0.24
inches?
8) The diameters of pencils produced by a certain machine are normally distributed with a mean of 0.30
inches and a standard deviation of 0.01 inches. In a random sample of 460 pencils, approximately how
many would you expect to have a diameter less than 0.293 inches?
9) Which of the following statements concerning the standard normal curve is/are true (if any)?
a. The area under the standard normal curve to the left of z = 3 is zero.
b. The area under the standard normal curve between any two z-scores is greater than zero.
c. The area under the standard normal curve between two z-scores will be negative if both z-scores
are negative.
d. The area under the standard normal curve to the left of any z-score is less than 1.
A) a, b B) b, d C) a, c D) a
10) The weights of a large population of male students have a mean of 160 pounds with a standard deviation
of 15 pounds. What is the mean of the distribution of sample means for samples of 16 students?
11) The annual precipitation amounts in a certain mountain range are normally distributed with a mean of
88 inches, and a standard deviation of 10 inches. What is the likelihood that the mean annual precipitation
during 25 randomly picked years will be greater than 90.8 inches?
A) 0.4192 B) 0.5808 C) 0.0808 D) 0.9192
12) A final exam in Math 160 has a mean of 73 with standard deviation 7.73. Assume that a random
sample of 24 students is selected and the mean test score of the sample is computed. What percentage of
sample means are less than 70?
A) 19.46% B) 12.85% C) 2.87% D) 13.46%
13) What is the mean of the normal distribution shown here?

14) Estimate the relative frequency of values greater than 3 for the normal distribution displayed in
problem 13.
15) The weights of men are normally with a mean of 172 pounds and a standard deviation of 29 pounds.
What percentage of men weigh between 150 and 200 pounds?

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Statistical Reasoning for Everyday Life
Chapter 5 (A Normal World) Exam, form B
1) Which of the described variables is likely to have a normal or near-normal distribution?
a. The height (in inches) of female statistics professors.
b. The number of high school diplomas earned by Americans.
c. The number of heads that show when two coins are tossed
A) a B) b C) c D) None
2) Select the distribution that appears to be the most normal.

D) None of the distributions appear to be normal or near-normal.

3) If lightbulbs have lifespans that are normally distributed with a mean of 2500 hours and a standard
deviation of 500 hours, use the 68-95-99.7 rule to approximate the percentage of light bulbs having a
lifespan between 2000 hours and 3500 hours?
A) About 13.5% B) About 50% C) About 68% D) About 81.5%
4) The lifespan of lightbulbs of a particular type are normally distributed with a mean of 270 hours and a
standard deviation of 11 hours. Apply the 68-95-99.7 rule to answer what percentage of the bulbs have
lifespan that lie within 2 standard deviations of the mean on either side?
5) The annual precipitation for one city is normally distributed with a mean of 72 inches and a standard
deviation of 3.5 inches. Fill in the blanks by applying the 68-95-99.7 rule.
The middle 99.7% of annual precipitation rates in this city is between and inches.

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6) At one college, GPAs are normally distributed with a mean of 2.9 and a standard deviation of 0.6. Find
the 70th percentile.
7) The volumes of soda in quart soda bottles are normally distributed with a mean of 32.3 oz and a standard
deviation of 1.2 oz. What is the probability that the volume of soda in a randomly selected bottle will be
less than 32 oz?
8) The systolic blood pressures of the patients at a hospital are normally distributed with a mean of 136 mm
Hg and a standard deviation of 12 mm Hg. Find the two blood pressures having these properties: the
mean is midway between them and 76.98% of all blood pressures are between them.
9) Which of the following statements concerning areas under the standard normal curve is/are true?
a. If a z-score is negative, the area to its right is greater than 0.5
b. If the area to the right of a z-score is less than 0.5, the z-score is negative.
c. If a z-score is positive, the area to its left is less than 0.5
A) a, c B) b, c C) a, b D) a
10) The mean score on the exit examination for an urban high school is 63 with a standard deviation of 8.
What is the mean of the distribution of sample means with a sample size of 9?
11) The weights of the fish in a certain lake are normally distributed with a mean of 20 lb and a standard
deviation of 6. If 9 fish are randomly selected, what is the likelihood that the mean weight will be between
17.6 and 21.6 lb?
A) 0.9370 B) 0.6800 C) 0.6730 D) 0.0968
12) A study of the amount of time it takes a mechanic to rebuild the transmission for a 1992 Chevrolet
Cavalier shows that the mean is 8.4 hours and the standard deviation is 1.77 hours. Assume that a random
sample of 40 mechanics is selected and the mean rebuild time of the sample is computed. Assuming the
mean times are normally distributed, what percentage of sample means are greater than
9.1 hours?
A) 65.54% B) 34.46% C) 0.62% D) 99.38%
13) What is the mean of the normal distribution shown here?

14) Estimate the relative frequency of values less than 3 for the normal distribution displayed in problem
13.
15) The weights of normal men are normally distributed with a mean of 172 pounds and a standard
deviation of 29 pounds. What percentage of men weigh between 160 and 200 pounds?

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Statistical Reasoning for Everyday Life
Chapter 5 (A Normal World) Exam, form C
1) Which of the described variables is likely to have a normal or near-normal distribution.
a. The heights of corn stalks in one row of corn that is half a mile long
b. The numbers of viewers of each of the channels from 202 to 550 on Direct TV at 7:00 PM CDT
on the third Thursday of November 2016 (349 data values)
c. The number of minutes that students have spent in Antarctica.
A) a B) b C) c D) None
2) Select the distribution that appears to be the most normal.

3) If lightbulbs have lifespans that are normally distributed with a mean of 2500 hours and a standard
deviation of 500 hours, approximately what percentage of light bulbs have a lifespan of more than
3000 hours?
A) About 84% B) About 68% C) About 32% D) About 16%
4) The systolic blood pressure of 18-year-old women is normally distributed with a mean of 120 mm Hg
and a standard deviation of 12 mm Hg. Apply the 68-95-99.7 rule to answer what percentage of 18- year-
old women have a systolic blood pressure that is within 3 standard deviations of the mean on either side?
5) The annual precipitation for one city is normally distributed with a mean of 28 inches and a standard
deviation of 3.4 inches. Fill in the blanks by applying the 68-95-99.7 rule.
The middle 95% of annual precipitation rates in this city is between and inches.

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6) Assume that women have heights that are normally distributed with a mean of 63.6 inches and a standard
deviation of 2.5 inches. Find the 60th percentile.
7) A bank’s loan officer rates applicants for credit. The ratings are normally distributed with a mean of 200
and a standard deviation of 50. If an applicant is randomly selected, find the probability of a rating that
is between 225 and 275.
8) A math teacher gives two different tests to measure students’ aptitude for math. Scores on the first test
are normally distributed with a mean of 24 and a standard deviation of 4.5. Scores on the second test
are normally distributed with a mean of 70 and a standard deviation of 11.3. Assume that the two tests
use different scales to measure the same aptitude. If a student scores 29 on the first test, what would be
his equivalent score on the second test? (That is, find the score that would put him in the same percentile.)
9) The area under the standard normal curve between 1 and 2 is equal to 0.1359. Scores on a particular
aptitude test are normally distributed with a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 10. Which of the
following are equal to 13.59%?
A) The percentage of scores between 120 and 130
B) The percentage of scores between 110 and 120
C) The percentage of scores between 80 and 90
D) The percentage of scores between 90 and 120
10) The mean score on the exit examination for an urban high school is 63 with a standard deviation of 9.
What is the standard deviation of the distribution of sample means with a sample size of 9?
11) The scores on a certain test are normally distributed with a mean score of 58 and a standard deviation
of 4. What is the likelihood that a sample of 90 students will have a mean score of at least 58.4216?
A) 0.8413 B) 0.3413 C) 0.3174 D) 0.1587
12) A study of the amount of time it takes a mechanic to rebuild the transmission for a 2008 Ford Ranger
shows that the mean is 8.4 hours and the standard deviation is 1.77 hours. Assume that a random sample
of 40 mechanics is selected and the mean rebuild time of the sample is computed. Assumingthe mean
times are normally distributed, what percentage of sample means are greater than 7.7 hours?
A) 0.62% B) 34.46% C) 65.54% D) 99.38%
13) What is the mean of the normal distribution shown here?

14) Estimate the relative frequency of values less than 4 for the normal distribution displayed in problem
13.
15) The weights of men are normally distributed with a mean of 172 pounds and a standard deviation of 29
pounds. What percentage of men weigh between 160 and 180 pounds?

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Statistical Reasoning for Everyday Life
Chapter 5 (A Normal World) Exam, form D
1) Which one of the described variables is likely to have a normal or near-normal distribution?
A) The results of throwing a die 1000 times
B) The lengths of randomly selected white pine needles
C) The number of people standing in line at five cash registers
2) Which set of data represented by the three histograms below most likely came from a normal
distribution?
A)
Frequency

B)
Frequency

C)
Frequency

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3) If light bulbs have lifespans that are normally distributed with a mean of 2500 hours and a standard
deviation of 500 hours, what percent of the bulbs will not last as long as 2000 hours?
4) Standard used car prices are based on the assumption that a car will be driven an average of 12,000 miles
per year. If the standard deviation is 2000 miles, approximately what percent of cars will be driven
between 8000 and 16,000 miles per year? Apply the 68-95-99.7 rule to answer this.
5) There are over 1200 species of inchworms indigenous to North America. Some have been taken to the
space station while others provided the idea for neon inchworms from the Jelly Belly Candy Company.
One species has a mean length of 0.98 inches and a standard deviation of 0.05 inches. Fill in the blanks
by applying the 68-95-97.5 rule.
The lengths of the middle 99.7% of these worms will be between and inches.
6) Assuming that the lengths of the inchworms in Problem 5 are normally distributed, find the 80th
percentile of the lengths.
7) For a randomly selected inchworm from a normal population with mean 0.98 inches and standard
deviation 0.05 inches, find the probability that its length will be between 0.93 inches and 1.02 inches.
8) Many colleges require SAT scores of high school students for admission. The scores on each part of the
test range from 200 to 800. In one year, the mean verbal score was 431 with a standard deviation of
119, while the mean mathematical score was 472 with a standard deviation of 128. Find the percentile
for a verbal score of 550. Then find the score on the mathematics portion of the test that has the same
percentile.
9) Which of the following statements about the standard normal distribution are always true?
a) If b is less than c, then the area to the left of b is less than the area to the left of c.
b) If a z-score is negative, then the area to the left of the z-score is negative.
c) If a z-score is positive, then the area to the right of the z-score is positive.
d) If the area to the right of a z-score is positive, then the z-score is positive.
A) a, b B) a, c C) a, d D) a, c, d
10) Salesmen for the ABC Plastics Company drive an average of 240 miles per day with a standard deviation
of 36 miles. If samples of 25 daily mileages are taken, what is the standard deviation of the distribution
of sample means?
11) A rocket club makes its own rockets. The rockets go to a mean height of 1100 feet with a standard
deviation of 60 feet. If the club fires 36 rockets, what is probability that the mean height of the rockets
will be greater than 1080 feet?
12) The mean life of a set of AAA batteries used in a handheld GPS (Global Positioning System) unit is 8
hours with a standard deviation of 0.5 hours. Assuming that the battery lives are normally distributed,
if a class uses 16 of these units on a field trip, approximately how many will still be working after 8.25
hours?
13) What is the mean of the normal distribution shown here?

14) Estimate the relative frequency of values less than 5 for the normal distribution displayed in problem 13.
15) The weights of men are normally distributed with a mean of 172 pounds and a standard deviation of 29
pounds. What percentage of men weigh between 160 and 190 pounds?

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