A. Directions: Choose the letter that corresponds to your answer.

Write the chosen letter on

a separate sheet of paper.

1. Nestor Milk Powder is sold in packets with an advertised mean weight of 1.5kgs. The

standard deviation is known to be 184 grams. A consumer group wishes to check the

accuracy of the advertised mean and takes a sample of 52 packets finding an

average weight of 1.49kgs. What is the set of hypotheses that should be used to test

the accuracy of advertised weight?

(a) H0:μ = 1.5; H1: μ ≠ 1.5 (c) H0: x=1.49; H1: x ≠1.49

(b) H0:μ = 1.5; H1: μ < 1.5 (d) H0: x=1.5;H1: x<1.5

2. A manufacturer of car batteries claims that his product will last at least 4 years on

average. A sample of 50 is taken and the mean and standard deviation are found.

The test statistic is calculated to be -1.656. Using a 5% level, what is the conclusion?

(a) there is sufficient evidence for the manufacturer’s claim to be considered correct

(b) there is insufficient evidence for the manufacturer’s claim to be considered

correct

(c) there is sufficient evidence for the manufacturer’s claim to be considered

incorrect

(d) there is insufficient evidence for the manufacturer’s claim to be considered

incorrect

3. A house cleaning service claims that it can clean a four-bedroom house in less than

2 hours. A sample of n = 36 houses is taken, and the sample mean is found to be

1.97 hours and the sample standard deviation is found to be 0.1 hours. Using a 0.05

level of significance the correct conclusion is:

(a) reject the null because the test statistic (-1.8) is < the critical value (-1.64).

(b) do not reject the null because the test statistic (-1.8) is < the critical value (- 1.64).
(c) reject the null because the test statistic (-1.8) is > the critical value (-1.96).

(d) do not reject the null because the test statistic (-1.8) is > the critical value (- 1.96).

For items 4 and 5, refer to the following information:

4. The null and alternate hypotheses are:

(a) Ho :x=4.5,Ha :x>4.5 (c) Ho :μ=4.75Ha:μ>4.75

(b) Ho :μ≥4.5Ha :μ<4.5 (d) Ho :μ=4.5Ha :μ>4.5

Previously, an organization reported that teenagers spent 4.5 hours per week, on

average, on the phone. The organization thinks that, currently, the mean is higher.

Fifteen (15) randomly chosen teenagers were asked how many hours per week

they spend on the phone. The sample mean was 4.75 hours with a sample

standard deviation of 2.0. Conduct a hypothesis test.

5. At a significance level of a = 0.05, what is the correct conclusion?

(a) There is enough evidence to conclude that the mean number of hours is more

than 4.75.

(b) There is enough evidence to conclude that the mean number of hoursis more

than 4.5.

(c) There is not enough evidence to conclude that the mean number of hours is more

than 4.5.

(d) There is not enough evidence to conclude that the mean number of hours is more

than 4.75.