4 Schoo of Informs Addis Ababa University School of Information Sciences MSc... DEGREE PROGRAMME Entrance Examination, October 19, 2013 Quantitative/Analytical Ability (40%) ‘Te: 6 notes Entrance Examination 19 October, 2013, Pull Name: _ Dhdned—cetrrseaeereereen ; Choose the correct answer and write the letter of your choice in the space provided against the question. Being a careful driver, Suzy stayed at or below the speed limit while taveling down the interstate, Overall, she went an average rate of 65 mph and i took her 10°hours to complete her journey. If she traveled for 6 of her 10 hours at 70 mph, what constant speed did she go forthe remaining 4 hours to oblain the overall 65 mph average? a. 65mph —b.60mph_— 57.5. mph 4.59.5 mph ©. 62.5 mph On a recent homework assignment, 35 students ina network class got the following grades (As, 16 Bs, 7 Cs and 4 Ds). 25 of the students in the class are girls. 7 ofthe boys got a B, C, or grade, How many girls in the class got an A grade? a5 7 10 4.15 e:Iteannot be determined 3. The average (arithmetic mean) and variance of n numbers with values of k each are a k,0 — bink,k2 c-k/nnk2 —d) Cannot be determined. None 4. There are 100 employees in a conference room in New York City. You note that 99% of them are managers, How many managers would need to leave the conference in order to reduce the percentage of managers in the ball 0 98%? al b2 6.50 4.98 5, Each employee of a certain company is in cithor Department X or Department Y, and there axe thee times as many employees in Deparment X as in Department Y. The average melic mean) salary is Br. 25,000 forthe employees in Depariment X and Br. 35,000 {or the employees in Department Y. Which of the following amounts could be the average salary forall ofthe employees ofthe company”? Br, 26,000, Br. 28,000 b. Br. 29,000 d. Br. 30,000 ¢. None Page Toft‘School of nfarmaton So Entrance sum 16 If account codes for a certain company are assigned as follows: two letters and then three fone digit numbers, how many different account codes can be made? Note that English letters A-Z and digits 0-9 can be repeated. ‘i a. 1757600 8,676,000 6.260 7 4.67600 6760 7. r= $2, then 1522 3y, then ay bay ey 4. oy fe. 15y SIF the ratio of boys to girs in a classroom is 3:1, and there are 45 girs inthe e how many students are inthe classtoom? ads B75 65: 60 None ©, A handbag contains 10 balls, some white and some red. Which of the following is NOT & Possible rato of white to red balls? i bd: etl abs ©. All ae possible ratios —— 10.1 25 students in one class had an average of 99% and 20 students from another class had an average of 98%, approximacely what is the average in percent of all 45 students? a bon ©. 955 4, 95.2 28 1. What is the missing number inthe following sequence? 5,7, 11,2, 17, 19, a3 bo 213 as «no missing number 12.18 Arithmetic mean (average) of 5 consecutive integers is 12, what isthe sum ofthe least and greatest ofthe five integers a 24 bid 12 at 10 ___13.There are ten runners racing for first and second prize. How many possible outcomes are there 2. 90) b.10 6.20 2s e2 4. There are 12 more apples than oranges in @ basket of 36 apples and oranges. How many apples are inthe basket? a 12 bis om 28 636 15. The inequality coresponding tothe statement "the price is no less than 100 Bir” is a x<100 — bx2100 6 x5100 dx>100 e.None 16.A study reported that in a random sampling of 100 women over the age of 35 showed that 8 of the women were married 2 or more times. Based on the study results, how many women {na group of 5,000 women over the age of 35 would likely be maried 2 or more times? a 55 b. 150 200 4.400 ©. 600 __17.1F the average of tree numbers is V. If one of the numbers is Z and another is Y, what is ‘he remaining number? a WV-V BUS-V-Y GIN-3-¥ AIV-Z-Y eVZ-¥ Pee