1.

An outlier is a value that is:

A) very small or very large relative to the majority of the values in a data set
B) either 100 units smaller or 100 units larger relative to the majority of the values in a data
set
C) greater than the mean of a data set
D) none of these
2. The value of the middle term in a ranked data set is called:
A) the mean
B) the standard deviation
C) the mode
D) the median
The annual salaries of six employees of a company are as follows:
$22,000 $35,000 $22,000 $46,000 $57,000 $72,000
3. The mean salary of these employees is:
A) $42,333
B) $40,500
C) $53,000
D) $22,000
4. The median salary of these employees is:
A) $42,330
B) $40,500
C) $53,000
D) $22,000
5. The mode of salaries for these employees is:
A) $42,330
B) $40,500
C) $53,000
D) $22,000
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6. The measurement units of the variance are always:
A) the same as those of the original data
B) the square of the measurement units of the original data
C) 50% of the measurement units of the original data
D) none of these
7. The quartiles divide a ranked data set into:
A) 2 equal parts
B) 4 equal parts
C) 100 equal parts
D) 10 equal parts
The waiting times (in minutes) for 11 customers at a supermarket are 13, 9, 5, 15, 4, 7, 9, 11, 14,
2, and 6.
8. The first quartile for these data is:
A) 11
B) 5
C) 6
D) 7
9. The second quartile for these data is:
A) 13
B) 11
C) 5
D) 9
10. The third quartile for these data is:
A) 11
B) 13
C) 9
D) 15
11. The approximate value of the 60th percentile for these data is:
A) 13
B) 7
C) 11
D) 9
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12. The percentile rank of the customer who waited six minutes is:
A) 33.67
B) 21.54
C) 27.27
D) 47.81
13. Which of the following does a box-and-whisker plot not show?
A) spread of the data
B) percent of the data within two standard deviations of the mean
C) center of the data set
D) skewness of the data set
14. The points-per-game totals for a particular basketball league over a single season has a
mean of 155 and a variance of 36. Using Chebyshev's theorem, the percentage of games
in which between 143 and 167 points were scored is at least:
A) 25%
B) 50%
C) 75%
D) 100%
15. You collect the following data, which represent a bank's certificate of deposit (CD) rates
in each of the last 12 weeks.
What is the coefficient of variation of these data?
A) .417%
B) .029%
C) 2.9%
D) 1.554%
16. A compound event includes:
A) at least three outcomes
B) at least two outcomes
C) one and only one outcome
D) all outcomes of an experiment
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5.08% 5.15% 5.08%
4.74% 4.68% 4.88% 4.95% 4.90% 5.01%
4.96% 4.99% 5.11%
17. A box contains a few red and a few white marbles. Two marbles are randomly drawn
from this box and the color of these marbles is observed. The total number of outcomes
for this experiment is:
A) eight
B) four
C) six
D) two
18. The numerical measure of the likelihood that a specific event will occur is called:
A) the sample space
B) a sample point
C) an event
D) the probability of an event
19. The classical probability approach is applied to an experiment that:
A) cannot be repeated
B) has equally likely outcomes
C) does not have more than two outcomes
D) has all independent outcomes
20. The conditional probability of event A given that event B has already occurred is
written as:
A) P(A or B)
B) P(B|A)
C) P(A and B)
D) P(A|B)
21. The marginal probability is the probability of:
A) a sample space
B) an outcome when another outcome has already occurred
C) an event without considering any other event
D) an experiment calculated at the margin
The following table gives the two-way classification of 500 students based on sex and whether
or not they suffer from math anxiety.
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Suffer From Math Anxiety
Gender Yes No
Male 160 80
Female 175 85
22. If one student is randomly selected from these 500 students, the probability that this
selected student is a female is:
A) .480
B) .653
C) .520
D) .347
23. If one student is randomly selected from these 500 students, the probability that this
selected student suffers from math anxiety is:
A) .670
B) .275
C) .333
D) .330
24. If one student is randomly selected from these 500 students, the probability that this
selected student suffers from math anxiety given that he is a male is approximately:
A) .333
B) .673
C) .327
D) .667
25. If one student is randomly selected from these 500 students, the probability that this
selected student is a female given that she does not suffer from math anxiety is
approximately:
A) .649
B) .327
C) .889
D) .515
26. Events "Yes" and "No" are:
A) mutually exclusive events
B) mutually nonexclusive events
C) subjective events
D) conditional events
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27. The joint probability of two events A and B is that:
A) either event A happens or event B happens
B) neither of the events A and B happens
C) both events A and B happen
D) none of these
28. The probability that a randomly selected college student is a part-time student is .18.
The probability of the complementary event of this event is:
A) .18
B) .64
C) .82
D) cannot find
29. When rolling a pair of fair dice, what is the probability that the sum of the dice on one
roll will be seven?
A) 1/6
B) 1/12
C) 1/36
D) 5/36
30. An experiment is conducted with 50 dogs. Each dog is given a dish of dry dog food and
a dish of canned dog food at the same time, and the food that is eaten first is considered
the "preferred" food. The dogs are classified as small (under 40 lbs.), medium (40100
lbs.), and large (over 100 lbs.). The results are tabulated as follows:
What is the probability that a dog chosen at random from the group will be large and
will prefer canned food?
A) 6/10
B) 6/37
C) 4/50
D) 6/50
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Preferred
Canned
Small Dogs 2 18
Medium Dogs 7 13
Large Dogs 4 6
Preferred Dry
31. Four fair dice are rolled. What is the probability that all 4 dice show the same number?
A) 1/24
B) 1/216
C) 1/1296
D) 1/6
32. A boy is playing an adventure game. At one point, he has to make a decision to go right
or go left. If he goes right, the probability that he will "die" is .30. If he goes left, the
probability of "death" is .40. He has an equal probability of choosing either direction.
What is the probability that he will "die" after making his decision?
A) .12
B) .70
C) .40
D) .35
33. All 400 employees at an accounting firm are asked what size of vehicle they drive:
compact car, mid-size car, large car, or truck. The following table gives a two-way
classification of their responses.
If one employee is selected at random, what is the most likely outcome?
A) The employee is a male and drives a mid-size car
B) The employee is a female and drives a mid-size car
C) The employee is a male and doesn't drive a mid-size or large car
D) The employee is a female and doesn't drive a compact or mid-size car
34. A game is played with a fair die and bag of marbles. The player rolls the die, and if the
number on the die is above four, then the player may draw from the bag of marbles. The
player wins if a black marble is drawn from the bag, which contains seven white
marbles and three black marbles. If the number on the die is four or less, the player loses
without drawing from the bag. What is the probability of winning the game?
A) .33
B) .30
C) .63
D) .10
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Compact Car Mid-Size Car Large Car Truck
Male 41 82 24 49
Female 52 75 38 49
35. The probability that a randomly selected person from a certain community has been on
the Internet and can point out the location of Guinea on a world map is .08, and the
probability that the person can point out Guinea given that he/she has been on the
Internet is .20. What is the probability that a person in the community has been on the
Internet?
A) .40
B) .016
C) .80
D) 2.50
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Answer Key
1. A
2. D
3. A
4. B
5. D
6. B
7. B
8. B
9. D
10. B
11. D
12. C
13. C
14. C
15. C
16. B
17. B
18. D
19. B
20. D
21. C
22. C
23. A
24. D
25. D
26. A
27. C
28. C
29. A
30. D
31. B
32. D
33. C
34. D
35. A
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