Quiz - Topic 2

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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

Solve the problem.

1) A dot plot of the speeds of a sample of 50 cars passing a policeman with a radar gun is shown 1)
below.

What proportion of the motorists were driving above the posted speed limit of 55 miles per hour?
A) 0.64 B) 0.14 C) 7 D) 0.50

2) In a distribution that is skewed to the right, what is the relationship of the mean, median, and 2)
mode?
A) mean > median > mode B) mode > median > mean
C) median > mean > mode D) mode > mean > median

3) At the U.S. Open Tennis Championship a statistician keeps track of every serve that a player hits 3)
during the tournament. The statistician reported that the mean serve speed of a particular player
was 104 miles per hour (mph) and the standard deviation of the serve speeds was 14 mph. Using
the z-score approach for detecting outliers, which of the following serve speeds would represent
outliers in the distribution of the player's serve speeds?

Speeds: 55 mph, 118 mph, and 132 mph

A) None of the three speeds is an outlier.

B) 55 is the only outlier.
C) 55 and 118 are both outliers, but 132 is not.
D) 55, 118, and 132 are all outliers.

Answer the question True or False.

4) The slices of a pie chart must be arranged from largest to smallest in a clockwise direction. 4)
A) True B) False

5) A histogram can be constructed using either class frequencies or class relative frequencies as the 5)
heights of the bars.
A) True B) False

6) Your teacher announces that the scores on a test have a mean of 83 points with a standard deviation 6)
of 4 points, so it is reasonable to expect that you scored at least 70 on the test.
A) True B) False

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Answer Key
Testname: TOPIC 2

1) D
2) A
3) B
4) B
5) A
6) A