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eschor 4,6, 7,8, 10, 10, 11,12 The mesa waitin 2 mninutes, is (ay 80 BS ©, 20 () 120 2. Under which of the following conditions, for # population divided into strata, ist preferable tose stratified random sampling rather than simple random sampling? (A) Individuals ineach strataare alikein many ways. (B) _Largenumbersofstratacontainonly afew individuals. (©) Individuals in each strata are very different. (D) Strata are of equal size and cach individual is equally likely to be selected. ‘A random sample of nine people is selected from a group of 80 people. This was carried out by first allocating a two-digit number to each person, starting at 01 and ending with 80, then selecting the sample using random number tables. This type of sampling is called (A) stratified random sampling (B) systematic random sampling (C) simple random sampling (D) quota sampling 6. wvely-tkewed distribution, hich of pilowing #8 valid? (A) mode < median < mean (B) mean = median < mode (C) mean < mode < median {D) mode < mean < median Hem. refers to the following frequency distribution x{ 203 s ko yrs 4 on 013 W If the 5% trimmed mean of the distribution is 8, then the value of kis w 6 (B) 7 8 @) 9 Item 6 refers to the following table which shows yearly expenditure to the NEAREST dollar for an adult. Item Clothing Expenditure ‘Transport 1000 Entertainment 1650 Telephone 300 A pie chart is drawn to illustrate these data, with the sector representing transport measuring 80°. The TOTAL expenditure for the year is (A) $1765 (B) $2294 (C) $2903 (D) $4500 Se The a Bes, in years, are neg RYSRE Of9 teachers a scat 23,28, > 3.28, 28, 29, 31, 32, 37,38, 33 ‘The upper quartile for these data iz (A) 28- ®) 31s () 375 (D) 38 pens ts to the following table whic g requency distribution of ri, line to be seen by a doctor. we (minutes) malas + 0-6 s 713 14-20 3 21-27 20 28-34 8 The width of the class interval 14-20 is (A) 6 mimutes (B) 7 minutes (C) 17 minutes (D) 30 minutes The secretary of a club wants to obtain the opinions of the members about the club's facilities, ‘The club has 339 members of whom 113 are males. The secretary decides to conduct a survey using a random sample of 42 members. The representative sample would be (A) 14 males and 28 females (B) 28 males and 14 females (c) 21 males and 21 females (D) 12 males and 30 females 10. i. 12. Item 12 refers to the information below. ‘Two ordinary fair dice are thrown. probability that the sum ofthe scores obtained is 5? Whatie tte w 4 (B) Z © ¢ o ¢ yn astock exch: Item 13 refers to the following histogram which shows the closing prices of stack o1 ty Frequency deastt Stock price (5) The class that contains the median PRICE is ‘ (A) 10-20 ~ * (B) 20-30 (C) 30-40 (D) 40-50 os. zandom Cecimal pele Of for numba, sing Tan ets that he SM torighs, the 2:43, ggg? 2181.37 between 0. et : Randons DetMeen Gand inclusive, ixtobe siecle correct 102 sven hy andom Sampling apa eb teed? Tow frera ig * top andthe scond (24) column from the leh with 2.43, Tesulingrandomarapieie Negatively skewe (C) norma” **4 Positively skewed Which of the followin, il i 1g describe the features of the normal distribution? 1 Itis bell-shaped. Il It is symmetrical about the mean, it. The total area under the curve is 1. IV. It extends from 0 to «, (A) Land IV only (B) Mand I only (C) 1, Mand I only (D) 1,11, MM and1V 19. 4n unbiased tetrahedral die with faces aarked 1, 2,3, 4 is tossed three times. A sember of the possibility space is 4) 2,3,6 ) 3,51 ) 64,5 ) 4,3,4 ‘The probability thata pepper picked at random. from a bag is bad is 0.25. The standard deviation of the number of bad peppers ina sample of 80 peppersis wa vis ) vo © 15 () 20 IfZ~N(O,1), then P(-1 | Fy | 037 | osn | 080 The P= 3)is (A) 9.20 (By 021 «C) 022 (D) 037 ‘The standard deviation of a discrete random variable Xis «Er (B) [Vary (©) > EGY) - EH ©) Var) If A and B are two events such that P(A\B) = 0.6, P(4)= 0.2 and P(B)= 03, then PAA B)= (A) 005 ®) 0.18 (©) 045 () 1.60 26. 27. Mem 26 refers to the information below A continuous random variable ¥ having values between Oand 4 only has probability denity nction given by a) = t= The graph f(x) is shown below. fay 1 PU 30. At the 10% significance level, the critical z region is (A) z> 1,282 (B) 2> 1.645 (C) -z> 1,960 (D) -2>2.576 37. The time, x minutes, taken for an ait conditioning unit to reach its desired temperature, °C, when switched on 9 different occasions is summarized by Ex= 68.8, Ex? = 753.9, Dy = 180 Ey? = 5100, Day = 1960 The sample product-moment correlation coefficient to3 significant figures, is (A) 0999 (B) 0.756 (© 0.500 (D) 0153 38, 39. 40. Ifthe product-moment correlation coefficient between two variables x and y is 1, then the regression lines x on y and yon x will (A) have a negative slope (B) not imersect (C) beat right angles (D) coincide A testis usually used when testing population with ire mean of anormal (Ay thememnet wi when the seine ize 8 * wy 2) eter ennal population ® unknown variance whether the ‘sample size is large or small (©) _themean ofa normal population with ‘unknown mean and when the samplesizeissmall ()__themean of anormal population with ‘unknown mean and when the sample size is large f the following conditions are Which 0 i e central limit satisfied for the use of th theorem? (A) The large samples are taken from non-normal populations. (B) The small samples are taken from non-normal populations. (C) The small samples are taken from normal populations. (D) The sample can be of any size from normal ornon-normal populations. oto. UL refers to the following information, em 4 fers to the contingency table below The time, x days, taken to repair faults on esthe rests of marist tam over 100 telephone lines is summarised by 40 matches. which AZ* significance test for Bee 904 and Tote 136 independence is conducted on the effect of i the weather on the team’s performance. 41. A.90% confidence interval forthe populati ‘mean length of time taken to repait Weather | Weather | Totat (A) 32442326 5 Win 13 5 18 | Draw[ 2 8 10 241.960 2 ®) SAE ESO 10 Lose 2 10 12 (©) 3241645 % fom, | a7 a #0 e 44, ‘The expected frequency for the number of (D) 3.24 + 1.282 10 Josses in bad weather is ay 10x12 42. If 200 samples are chosen and a 95% “OD confidence interval calculated for each, the 23x10 number of samples one would expect NOT. ®) to include the population mean is, 40 co Bx2 (a) 5 © 40 (B) 10 (95 wo Bx (D) 100 40 43. The cholesterol levels of 8 women are 45. If X is a random variable with mean p and 31 4627°«213si variance o? and if n is the number of random 17330 2419 samples taken, then the sample mean X will have a variance of In conducting a ¢-test on the mean, the number of degrees of freedom is wu (A) 6 BY 7 2 Ka 8 ® 5 (D) 9 (c) (D) YOU FINISH BEFORE TIME IS CALLED, CHECK YOUR WORK ON THISTES

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