Question 10

A zipper manufacturer has found that 1.5% of its zippers are defective. The
company
produces 500 zippers per day. Using the continuity correction, what is the
probability that 10
or more defective zippers will be found in a days production?
(a) 0.179
(b) 0.364
(c) 0.136
(d) 0.269
(e) 0.231

Question 11
A university researcher wants to sample 5% of all students in the current offering
of
STAT11048. She randomly selects 5% of all male students and 5% of all female
students to
constitute the sample STAT11048 students. Which sampling method is she
using?
(a) non-probability sampling
(b) simple random sampling
(c) systematic sampling
(d) stratified random sampling
(e) cluster sampling

Question 12
Which of the following is a correct statement about the sampling distribution of
the sample
mean X ?
(a) If X has a normal distribution, then the sampling distribution of the sample
mean X will
only be normal if n 30 .
(b) The sampling distribution of the sample mean X is always approximately
normal.
(c) The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of X is always equal to the

population standard deviation divided by the square root of the sample size.
(d) The mean of the sampling distribution of X is always equal to the population
mean.
(e) We dont need to take random samples of size n to create the sampling
distribution of
the sample mean X . We just need to take large samples.
Questions 13 to 15 refer to the following information:
The HRM department of a company with a very large workforce is to conduct a
sample survey
of weekly overtime earnings of its employees. Historical records indicate that the
number of
hours worked overtime per worker per week has a mean of 10 hours and a
standard deviation
of 4 hours.

Question 13
If 64 employees are surveyed, what is the probability that the average number of
hours worked
overtime (for the sample of 64 employees) is less than 11 hours.
(a) 0.9772
(b) 0.4772
(c) 0.0987
(d) 0.5987
(e) cannot be determined unless the number of hours worked overtime is
normally
Distributed

Question 14
If 16 employees are surveyed, what is the probability that the average number of
hours worked
overtime (for the sample of 16 employees) is less than 11 hours.
(a) 0.8413
(b) 0.3413
(c) 0.0987
(d) 0.5987

(e) cannot be determined unless the number of hours worked overtime is

normally
Distributed

Question 15
If a random sample of 10 employees were surveyed, then the standard error of
the sample
mean would be:
(a) 1.0
(b) 0.4
(c) 1.265
(d) 1.6
(e) Cannot be determined as the sample size is too small (n < 30)

Question 16 and 17 refer to the following information

To determine the fuel economy (in litres per 100 km) for a new SUV model, a car
company
recorded the fuel consumption and distance travelled of nine (9) SUVs driven on
urban roads.
The fuel economy of each of the nine SUVs was as follows:
7.4 7.1 7.8 7.6 7.2 7.5 7.0 7.4 7.6
Assume that the variable fuel economy is approximately normally distributed.

Question 16
The best point estimates of the mean ( ) and standard deviation ( ) for the
variable fuel
economy are respectively (Note that you have to calculate the best point
estimates of
and using the random sample of 9 SUVs).
(a) 7.4, 0.245
(b) 7.4, 0.06
(c) 7.4, 0.26
(d) 7.4, 0.0675
(e) Cannot be determined as the sample size is too small (n < 30)

Question 17
What is the 90% confidence interval for the population mean of the variable fuel
economy?

(a) 7.27, 7.53

(b) 7.20, 7.60
(c) 7.11, 7.69
(d) 7.24, 7.56
(e) Cannot be determined as the sample size is too small (n < 30)

Question 18
A sample of 900 iPhone plan holders of a particular mobile phone provider was
randomly
selected to ascertain the data usage of clients with an 8GB monthly data plan.
The average
monthly usage of the 900 iPhone users was 7.1 GB and the sample standard
deviation was 2.4
GB. Calculate the 95% confidence interval for the population mean data usage
per month
using this sample.
(a) 7.02, 7.18
(b) 6.94, 7.26
(c) 2.40, 11.80
(d) 6.97, 7.23
(e) Cannot be determined unless monthly data usage is normally distributed.
Question 19
In evaluating the effectiveness of the state rehabilitation program, a survey of 49
prisoners
(from the large population of state prisoners) found that 35 percent were repeat
offenders.
What is the 90 percent confidence interval for the population proportion of
repeat offenders
for this sample of prisoners?
(a) 0.216, 0.484
(b) 0.516, 0.784
(c) 0.538, 0.762
(d) 0.238, 0.462
(e) Cannot be calculated from the information given

Question 20
A manufacturer of fishing rods makes their rods from a composite material that is
baked for a
given amount of time and at a given temperature. The standard deviation of the
breaking
strength of the rods is 2.25 kg. What size sample must be taken in order that the
total width of
the 95% confidence interval for the population mean will not be greater than 0.3
kg.
(a) 865
(b) 217
(c) 4416
(d) 3458
(e) 30