Statistics

Quiz on Normal Distribution Teacher: Mr. Iqbal Shoukat

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1. On the basis of chance, the probability of obtaining a value which falls between z = .50
and z = l.00 under the standard normal curve is approximately: 
a. 5 in a hundred  b. 34 in a hundred  c. l5 in a hundred  d. 20 in a hundred 
2. For a normal distribution with a mean of 55 and a standard deviation of 4, what is the
probability of selecting a score either greater than 56 or less then 5l? 
a. 0.7574  b. 0.0637  c. 0.2426  d. 0.5600 
3. At z-score 2.5 the standard normal curve is the same height as at z-score: 
a. 0  b. -2.5  c. 5.2  d. 5.2 
4. The test scores of 600 students are normally distributed with a mean of 76 and a standard
deviation of 8. The instructor in the class had decreed that l0% of the students will fail the
test. What score is at the upper limit of the range which defines failure? 
a. 86.24  b. 76.32  c. 65.76  d. 72.82 
5. What proportion of cases in a normally distributed population will have z-scores greater
than l.0 or less than -l.0? 
a. .l0  b. 0.32  c. 0.50  d. 0.68 
6. A given distribution has a mean of 50. A score of 43 has a corresponding z-score of l.94.
What is the standard deviation (to the nearest hundredth)? 
a. 3.6  b. l2.96  c. 3.6  d. None of these. 
7. Given a normal distribution with a mean of 80 and a standard deviation of 5, we know
that approximately what percent of the values are between 70 and 90? 
a. 68  b. 95  c. 99  d. 99.7 
8. What is the probability that a value picked at random from the standard normal
distribution will be between -1.96 and 1.96? 
a. 0.997  b. 0.90  c. 0.68  d. 0.95 
9. Entrance examination scores made by students at a certain university are normally
distributed with a mean of 600 and a standard deviation of 100. Approximately what
proportion of the scores are greater than 900? 
a. 0.005  b. 0.05  c. 0.0013  d. 0.10 
10. The test scores of 600 students are normally distributed with a mean of 76 and a standard
deviation of 8. The number of students scoring 90 and above is: 
a. 175  b. 24  c. 276  d. 576 
11. Which of the following statements is true? 
a. There are an infinite number of normal distributions. 
b. The area under a normal curve is approximately equal to 1. 
c. For the standard normal distribution, it is impossible to have a z value of 10.8. 
d. A normal distribution can always be used to accurately approximate a binomial
probability value. 
12. The test scores of 600 students are normally distributed with a mean of 76 and a standard
deviation of 8. The number of students scoring between 70 and 82 is: 
a. 328  b. 164  c. 260  d. 272 
13. Suppose X is a random variable with mean = 190 and standard deviation = 10. For a
sample of n = 25, which of the following statements is equivalent to P(mean(x) > 195)? 
a. P(z < 2.5)  b. P(z > 2.5)  c. P(z < 1)  d. P(z > 1) 
14. For a t distribution, 90% of the area lies under the curve and between t = 1.89 and t =
1.89 if DF =? 
a. 2  b. 3  c. 7  d. 8 
15. T scores are normal scores with a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10. What
percent of the T scores would be expected to fall between T scores of 40 and 60? 
a. 20  b. 34  c. 50  d. 68 
16. As the standard deviation of a normal distribution increases, the height of the normal
curve increases. 
a. True  b. False 
17. Normal distributions are discrete distributions. 
a. True  b. False 
18. The area under any normal curve is equal to 1. 
a. True  b. False 
19. In order to compute probabilities associated with a non-standard normal distribution, one
must first convert to the standard normal distribution. 
a. True  b. False 
20. The probability that the value of a normal random variable falls within one standard
deviation of the mean is .5. 
a. True  b. False 
21. If X is a normal random variable, then P(X = 2 0r x = -2) is approximately equal to 95%. 
a. True  b. False 
22. The mode of a normal distribution is the point on the horizontal axis where the normal
curve is highest. 
a. True  b. False 
23. For any normal distribution, the square of the mean is equal to the product of the median
and the mode. 
a. True  b. False 
24. P(Z > 2.3) = P(Z < -2.3) 
a. True  b. False 
25. As DF gets large, the t distributions approach the standard normal distribution. 
a. True  b. False