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

1) 3)
A) 0.06 B) 0.20 C) 0.74 D) 0.26

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A) 0.24 B) 0.75 C) 0.49 D) 0.25 .
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A) 0.3413 B) 0.4207 C) 0.8413 D) 0.1587

5) 5)
A) 0.4969 B) 0.9938 C) 0.4938 D) 0.0062

6) 6)
A) 0.9878 B) 0.5122 C) 0.4878 D) 0.2439

7) 7)
A) 0.0854 B) 0.1709 C) 0.8291 D) 0.4878

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 8) Find the area under the standard normal curve to the left of z = -0.7. 8)
A) 0.1210 B) 0.2580 C) 0.7580 D) 0.2420

9) Find the area under the standard normal curve to the right of z = 1.6. 9)
A) 0.0274 B) 0.9452 C) 0.4452 D) 0.0548

10) Find the area under the standard normal curve that lies between z = 1.8 and z = 2. 10)
A) 0.0132 B) 0.5228 C) 0.9868 D) 0.4772

11) Find the area under the standard normal curve that lies outside the interval between 11)
z = -2.2 and z = -1.3.
A) 0.0829 B) 0.9171 C) 0.4032 D) 0.5968

12) Find the z-score for which the area to the left is 0.79. 12)
A) 0.64 B) 0.58 C) 1.04 D) 0.81

13) Find the z-score for which the area to the right is 0.07. 13)
A) 1.59 B) 1.35 C) 1.74 D) 1.48

14) Find the z-scores that bound the middle 74% of the area under the standard normal curve. 14)
A) -1.24, 1.24 B) -0.99, 0.99 C) -1.07, 1.07 D) -1.13, 1.13

15) Find z0.09. 15)

A) 1.44 B) 1.34 C) 1.51 D) 1.08

16) A normal population has a mean μ = 34 and standard deviation σ = 11. What proportion 16)
of the population is less than 41?
A) 1.0000 B) 0.2611 C) 0.7389 D) 0.8106

17) A normal population has a mean μ = 30 and standard deviation σ = 7. What is the 17)
probability that a randomly chosen value will be greater than 31?
A) 0.4443 B) 0.7881 C) 0.5557 D) 0.7580

18) A normal population has a mean μ = 27 and standard deviation σ = 9. What proportion of 18)
the population is between 26 and 31?
A) 0.7862 B) 0.6700 C) 0.4562 D) 0.2138

19) A normal population has a mean μ = 10 and standard deviation σ = 2. What is the 86th 19)
percentile of the population?
A) 12.16 B) 10.94 C) 13.38 D) 9.73

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20) A bottler of drinking water fills plastic bottles with a mean volume of 999 milliliters (mL) 20)

and standard deviation 4 mL. The fill volumes are normally distributed. What proportion
of bottles have volumes greater than 994 mL?
A) 0.8944 B) 1.0000 C) 0.9599 D) 0.8925

21) A bottler of drinking water fills plastic bottles with a mean volume of 994 milliliters (mL) 21)
and standard deviation 5 mL. The fill volumes are normally distributed. What proportion
of bottles have volumes less than 995 mL?
A) 1.0000 B) 0.5793 C) 0.5596 D) 0.9974

22) A bottler of drinking water fills plastic bottles with a mean volume of 993 milliliters (mL) 22)
and standard deviation 6 mL. The fill volumes are normally distributed. What proportion
of bottles have volumes between 991 mL and 997 mL?
A) 0.3377 B) 0.3707 C) 0.7486 D) 0.3779

23) The weights of 6-week-old poults (juvenile turkeys) are normally distributed with a mean 23)
9.1 pounds and standard deviation 2.4 pound(s). Find the 13th percentile of the weights.
A) 7.03 lb B) 5.75 lb C) 6.39 lb D) 7.67 lb

24) The weights of 6-week-old poults (juvenile turkeys) are normally distributed with a mean 24)
9.1 pounds and standard deviation 2.4 pounds. Find the first quartile of the weight.
A) 7.49 lb B) 8.99 lb C) 6.74 lb D) 8.24 lb

25) The weights of 6-week-old poults (juvenile turkeys) are normally distributed with a mean 25)
8.6 pounds and standard deviation 1.9 pounds. A turkey farmer wants to provide a
money-back guarantee that her 6-week poults will weigh at least a certain amount. What
weight should she guarantee so that she will have to give her customer's money back only
1% of the time?
A) 4.17 lb B) 3.34 lb C) 5.00 lb D) 4.59 lb

26) A sample of size 70 will be drawn from a population with mean 24 and standard 26)
deviation 10. Find the probability that x will be between 22 and 25.
A) 0.2005 B) 0.7521 C) 0.7326 D) 0.0475

27) A sample of size 40 will be drawn from a population with mean 98 and standard 27)
deviation 24. Find the 21st percentile of x.
A) 94.9 B) 93.8 C) 91.4 D) 90.8

28) A sample of size 42 will be drawn from a population with mean 34 and standard 28)
deviation 8. Find the probability that x will be greater than 36.
A) 0.0749 B) 0.9474 C) 0.0351 D) 0.0526

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29) A sample of size 39 will be drawn from a population with mean 26 and standard 29)

deviation 14. Find the probability that x will be less than 29.
A) 0.9099 B) 0.8770 C) 0.0901 D) 0.8925

30) A certain car model has a mean gas mileage of 29 miles per gallon (mpg) with a standard 30)
deviation 5 mpg. A pizza delivery company buys 38 of these cars. What is the probability
that the average mileage of the fleet is greater than 27.8 mpg?
A) 0.9306 B) 0.0465 C) 0.9535 D) 0.8599

31) A certain car model has a mean gas mileage of 31 miles per gallon (mpg) with a standard 31)
deviation 3 mpg. A pizza delivery company buys 35 of these cars. What is the probability
that the average mileage of the fleet is between 30.9 and 31.2 mpg?
A) 0.7690 B) 0.4207 C) 0.6517 D) 0.2310

32) The mean number of pets per household is 3.25 with standard deviation 1.3. A sample of 32)
59 households is drawn. Find the 74th percentile of the sample mean.
A) 4.11 B) 2.70 C) 3.86 D) 3.36

33) A ferry will safely accommodate 66 tons of passenger cars. Assume that the mean weight 33)
of a passenger car is 1.7 tons with standard deviation 0.5 tons. If a random sample of 36
cars are loaded onto the ferry, what is the probability that the maximum safe weight will
be exceeded?
A) 0.0384 B) 0.0548 C) 0.0668 D) 0.9452

34) The mean annual income for people in a certain city (in thousands of dollars) is 42, with a 34)
standard deviation of 38. A pollster draws a sample of 40 people to interview. What is the
probability that the sample mean income is less than 35 (thousands of dollars)?
A) 0.0934 B) 0.1446 C) 0.1210 D) 0.8554

35) The mean annual income for people in a certain city (in thousands of dollars) is 40, with a 35)
standard deviation of 35. A pollster draws a sample of 48 people to interview. What is the
probability that the sample mean income is between 34 and 45 (thousands of dollars)?
A) 0.1611 B) 0.2781 C) 0.8389 D) 0.7219

36) The mean annual income for people in a certain city (in thousands of dollars) is 38, with a 36)
standard deviation of 31. A pollster draws a sample of 43 people to interview. Find the
68th percentile of the sample mean.
A) 38.7 thousand dollars B) 42.3 thousand dollars
C) 37.7 thousand dollars D) 40.2 thousand dollars

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37) Use the Central Limit Theorem to find the indicated probability. The sample size is n, the 37)
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population proportion is p, and the sample proportion is p.
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n = 180, p = 0.29; P( p < 0.34)
A) 0.9525 B) 0.9463 C) 0.9306 D) 0.9474

38) Use the Central Limit Theorem to find the indicated probability. The sample size is n, the 38)
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population proportion is p, and the sample proportion is p.
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n = 160, p = 0.29; P( p > 0.3)
A) 0.3897 B) 0.6103 C) 0.3300 D) 0.3483

39) Use the Central Limit Theorem to find the indicated probability. The sample size is n, the 39)
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population proportion is p, and the sample proportion is p.
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n = 117, p = 0.83; P(0.79 < p < 0.88)
A) 0.1251 B) 0.9251 C) 0.0749 D) 0.8000

40) For a particular diamond mine, 76% of the diamonds fail to qualify as "gemstone grade". 40)
A random sample of 96 diamonds is analysed. Find the mean μ ^.
p
A) 0.24 B) 0.96 C) 0.044 D) 0.76

41) For a particular diamond mine, 80% of the diamonds fail to qualify as "gemstone grade". 41)
A random sample of 113 diamonds is analysed. Find the mean σ ^ .
p
A) 0.038 B) 0.80 C) 0.20 D) 0.96

42) For a particular diamond mine, 77% of the diamonds fail to qualify as "gemstone grade". 42)
A random sample of 112 diamonds is analysed. Find the probability that more than 81%
of the sample diamonds fail to qualify as gemstone grade.
A) 0.8729 B) 0.8438 C) 0.1562 D) 0.1271

43) For a particular diamond mine, 82% of the diamonds fail to qualify as "gemstone grade". 43)
A random sample of 90 diamonds is analysed. Find the probability that the proportion of
the sample diamonds that fail to qualify as gemstone grade is between 0.78 and 0.88.
A) 0.8389 B) 0.9306 C) 0.7695 D) 0.1611

44) For a particular diamond mine, 75% of the diamonds fail to qualify as "gemstone grade". 44)
A random sample of 110 diamonds is analysed. Find the probability that less than 81% of
the sample diamonds fail to qualify as gemstone grade.
A) 0.0735 B) 0.9452 C) 0.9265 D) 0.0548

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45) At a cell phone assembly plant, 77% of the cell phone keypads pass inspection. A random 45)

sample of 98 keypads is analysed. Find the mean μ ^.

p
A) 0.96 B) 0.23 C) 0.77 D) 0.043

46) At a cell phone assembly plant, 80% of the cell phone keypads pass inspection. A random 46)
sample of 116 keypads is analysed. Find the mean σ ^.
p
A) 0.20 B) 0.037 C) 0.80 D) 0.96

47) At a cell phone assembly plant, 81% of the cell phone keypads pass inspection. A random 47)
sample of 97 keypads is analysed. Find the probability that more than 85% of the sample
keypads pass inspection.
A) 0.8413 B) 0.1587 C) 0.1423 D) 0.8577

48) At a cell phone assembly plant, 77% of the cell phone keypads pass inspection. A random 48)
sample of 111 keypads is analysed. Find the probability that the proportion of the sample
keypads that pass inspection is between 0.72 and 0.8.
A) 0.7734 B) 0.8944 C) 0.6677 D) 0.1056

49) At a cell phone assembly plant, 83% of the cell phone keypads pass inspection. A random 49)
sample of 192 keypads is analysed. Find the probability that less than 86% of the sample
keypads pass inspection.
A) 0.8665 B) 0.1038 C) 0.1335 D) 0.8962

50) A public relations firm found that only 9% of voters in a certain state are satisfied with 50)
their U.S. senators. How large a sample of voters should be drawn so that the sample
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proportion p of voters who are satisfied with their senators is approximately normally
distributed?
A) 112 B) 10 C) 11 D) 125

51) A public relations firm found that only 88% of voters in a certain state are satisfied with 51)
their state representative. How large a sample of voters should be drawn so that the
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sample proportion p of voters who are satisfied with their representative is approximately
normally distributed?
A) 101 B) 12 C) 10 D) 84

52) Use the normal approximation to find the indicated probability. The sample size is n, the 52)
population proportion of successes is p, and X is the number of successes in the sample.
n = 96, p = 0.42: P(X > 45)
A) 0.1611 B) 0.1292 C) 0.8708 D) 0.1423

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53) Use the normal approximation to find the indicated probability. The sample size is n, the 53)
population proportion of successes is p, and X is the number of successes in the sample.
n = 83, p = 0.35: P(X ≤ 27)
A) 0.3594 B) 0.3936 C) 0.3446 D) 0.6406

54) Use the normal approximation to find the indicated probability. The sample size is n, the 54)
population proportion of successes is p, and X is the number of successes in the sample.
n = 103, p = 0.62: P(X ≥ 61)
A) 0.7517 B) 0.7611 C) 0.2743 D) 0.7257

55) Use the normal approximation to find the indicated probability. The sample size is n, the 55)
population proportion of successes is p, and X is the number of successes in the sample.
n = 94, p = 0.65: P(X < 67)
A) 0.8621 B) 0.8888 C) 0.1210 D) 0.8790

56) Use the normal approximation to find the indicated probability. The sample size is n, the 56)
population proportion of successes is p, and X is the number of successes in the sample.
n = 76, p = 0.45: P(26 < X < 36)
A) 0.3821 B) 0.0375 C) 0.6179 D) 0.5804

57) Use the normal approximation to find the indicated probability. The sample size is n, the 57)
population proportion of successes is p, and X is the number of successes in the sample.
n = 86, p = 0.68: P(54 ≤ X ≤ 61)
A) 0.6330 B) 0.2420 C) 0.1251 D) 0.7580

58) A gardener buys a package of seeds. Eighty-five percent of seeds of this type germinate. 58)
The gardener plants 110 seeds. Approximate the probability that fewer than 85 seeds
germinate.
A) 0.9964 B) 0.0036 C) 0.0082 D) 0.9918

59) A gardener buys a package of seeds. Eighty-two percent of seeds of this type germinate. 59)
The gardener plants 130 seeds. Approximate the probability that 99 or more seeds
germinate.
A) 0.9884 B) 0.9842 C) 0.9803 D) 0.9678

60) A gardener buys a package of seeds. Seventy-five percent of seeds of this type germinate. 60)
The gardener plants 90 seeds. Approximate the probability that the number of seeds that
germinate is between 57.5 and 72.5 exclusive.
A) 0.0104 B) 0.8539 C) 0.8643 D) 0.1461

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61) Airlines often sell more tickets for a flight than there are seats because some ticket 61)
holders do not show up for the flight. Assume that an airplane has 170 seats for
passengers and that the probability that a person holding a ticket appears for the flight is
0.93. If the airline sells 176 tickets, what is the probability that everyone who appears for
the flight will get a seat?
A) 0.9515 B) 0.9608 C) 0.9778 D) 0.9625

62) The following dotplots each illustrate a sample. Which sample can be treated as 62)
approximately normal?
A)

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C)

D)

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63) The following boxplots each illustrate a sample. Which sample can be treated as 63)
approximately normal?
A)

B)

C)

D)

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64) The following histograms each illustrate a sample. Which sample can be treated as
approximately normal?
A)

B)

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D)

65) The following stem-and-leaf plots each illustrate a sample. Which sample can be treated 65)
as approximately normal?
A) B)

C) D)

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66) The following normal quantile plots each illustrate a sample. Which sample can be treated 66)
as approximately normal?
A)

B)

C)

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Answer Key
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1) B
2) C
3) C
4) C
5) B
6) C
7) B
8) D
9) D
10) A
11) B
12) D
13) D
14) D
15) B
16) C
17) A
18) D
19) A
20) A
21) B
22) D
23) C
24) A
25) A
26) B
27) A
28) D
29) A
30) A
31) D
32) D
33) B
34) C
35) D
36) D
37) C
38) A
39) D
40) D
41) A
42) C
43) C
44) C
45) C
46) B
47) B
48) C
49) A
50) A

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51) D
52) D
53) A
54) A
55) D
56) D
57) A
58) C
59) D
60) B
61) C
62) D
63) B
64) B
65) D
66) D

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