CHECC1 Comprehensive Course 1 Quiz no.

College Algebra

1. If , then f(-1) =
A. 1 B. -1 C. 9 D. 8

2. Which of these values satisfies the inequality ?

A. 5 B. 0 C. -2 D. -6

3. The domain of the function is given by

A. 5 B. 0 C. -2 D. -6

4. The lines x=3 and y=-2 are

A. Parallel B. Perpendicular
C. Neither parallel nor perpendicular D. None of the above

5. The equation has no solution if k=

A. 0 B. 3 C. 1 D. -1

6. Which of the following statements is ALWAYS true?

A. A function is not a relation. B. Every function is a relation.
C. Every relation is a function. D. A relation is not a function.

7. Which of these inequalities have no solutions?

A. B. C. D.

8. A system of two linear equations with two variables is independent if it has

A. Two solutions B. One solution
C. No solutions D. Many solutions

9. The lines and are parallel if a=

A. -4 B. 4 C. -3 D. 3

10. Which of these points is on the graph of the equation ?

A. (2,3) B. (0,3) C. (-1,3) D. (3,0)

11. Solve the inequality:

12. A rectangular field has a perimeter of 104 meters. The length of the table is 12 meters more than its
width. Find the length and width of this field.
 is the equation of line L.
13. Find the x-intercept.
14. Find the slope of the line.
15. Graph.

16-20. A and B working together can do a job in 10 days. It takes A 5 days longer than B to do the job when
each works alone. How many days would it take each of them, working alone, to do the job?
Probability and Statistics

1. Which of the following cannot be a probability?

A. -0.0001 B. 0.5 C. 0 D. 20%

2. Two dice are rolled. Find the probability that the sum is less than 13.
A. 1 B. 0.25 C. 0 D. 1/12

3. A jar contains 3 red marbles, 7 green marbles and 10 white marbles. If a marble is drawn from the jar
at random, what is the probability that this marble is white?
A. 1 B. 1/25 C. 1/2 D. 1/12

4. How many lines can you draw using 3 non collinear (not in a single line) points A, B and C on a plane?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

Two data sets representing two populations are given below:

A: {2, 3, 5, 8, 10} B: {3, 4, 6, 9, 11}

5. What is the mean and standard deviation for data set A?

A. Mean = 5.6, StdDev = 3.0 B. Mean = 5.6, StdDev = 3.0
C. Mean = 5.6, StdDev = 3.0 D. Mean = 5.6, StdDev = 3.0

6. What is the mean and standard deviation for data set B?

A. Mean = 5.6, StdDev = 3.0 B. Mean = 5.6, StdDev = 3.0
C. Mean = 5.6, StdDev = 3.0 D. Mean = 5.6, StdDev = 3.0

7. A measure of the degree of relationship, association, or dependence of the classifications in a

contingency table is called
A. Operating Characteristic Curves B. Coefficient of Contingency
C. Chi-Square Test D. Ratios of Variance

8. In a math exam, the students in class A scored 55, 72, 96, 92, 87, 52, 92, 45, 58, 77, 86, 80 and the
students in class B scored 55, 67, 75 , 95, 82, 86, 38, 90, 42, 56, 82, 96. What is the mean (average) score
of each class?
A. Median (A) = 73.4, Median (B) = 71 B. Median (A) = 73.4, Median (B) = 71
C. Median (A) = 74.3, Median (B) = 72 D. Median (A) = 72.4, Median (B) = 74

9. The heights, in centimeters, of a group of 11 children of different ages are follows: 110, 105, 126, 65,
134, 102, 78, 80, 119, 67, 88. What is the median height of this group of children?
A. 134 B. 102 C. 105 D. 67

10. A class scored 96, 20, 20, 45, 40, 32, 97, 100, 98, 45, 90, 35 and 91 in an exam.
Which measure should be used to describe the data?
A. Mean B. Median C. Mode D. Standard Deviation
11-13. A marble is drawn at random from a box containing 10 red, 30 white, 20 blue, and 15 orange
marbles. Find the probability that it is (a) orange or red, (b) not red or blue, (c) not blue, (d) white, (e) red,
white, or blue.

14-16. A population of 7 numbers has a mean of 40 and a standard deviation of 3. If samples of size 5 are
drawn from this population and the variance of each sample is computed, find the mean of the sampling
distribution of variances if sampling is (a) with replacement, (b) without replacement.

17-20. An instructor has two classes, A and B, in a particular subject. Class A has 16 students while class B
has 25 students. On the same examination, although there was no significant difference in mean grades,
class A had a standard deviation of 9 while class B had a standard deviation of 12. Can we conclude at the
(a) 0.01, (b) 0.05 level of significance that the variability of class B is greater than that of A? (c) What is the
P value of the test?