Q1 the j.o supplies company buys calculators from a supplier.

The probability of
a defective calculator is 10%. If 100 calculators are selected at random, what is
the standard deviation of the number of defectives.

N=100 p=0.1 q= 0.9

Sqrt n.p.q = std dev.= 3

Q2 A batch of 5000 electric lamps has a mean life of 1000 hours and a standard deviation
of 75 hours. Assume a normal distribution.

i) How many lamps will fail before 900 hours? Ans 456 lamps
ii) How many lamps will fail between 950 and 1000 hours? Ans 1238 lamps
iii) What proportion of lamps will fail before 925 hours? Ans 794 lamps
iv) Given the same mean life, what would the standard deviation have to be to
ensure that no more than 20% of lamps fail before 916 hours Ans 100 hrs

Q3 i have 4 areas where i wish to conduct survey & wish to ensure all income
groups are equally represented .however i wish to draw samples at random from
within the various groups I will conduct

Ans Stratified sample

Q4 an agency has been hired by a political party to asses the chances of victory.
Data can be categorized as

Ans Primary Data

Q5 If my null hypothesis is Dutch people do not differ from English people in
height. What is my alternative hypothesis ?

Ans Dutch People differ in height from English people

Q6 Characterstics of Hypothesis test are? Ans All of the above

Q7 Select a statement which is true for standard normal variate

Ans The standard normal distribution is a normal distribution with a

mean of zero and standard deviation of 1
Q8 An estimate of a population parameter that provides an interval of values
believed to contain the value of the parameter is known as Ans Interval estimate
Q9 The variance of a population is known to be 400. At 95% confidence, the
margin of error will be Ans 3.92 or less

Q10 If a hypothesis is rejected at a 5% level of significance, it Ans may be

rejected or not rejected at the 1% level

Q11 A salesman collected the foll. Cash from his retailers. To quicky arrive at
highest & lowest value he should draw a Ans Histogram

Q12 Independent simple random samples are taken to test diff. b/w the means of
two pop. Whose variances are not known. The sample size are n1=32 & n2=40.
The correct distribution used is the Ans T distribution with 70 degrees of
freedom

Q13 The Securities and Exchange Commission has determined

that the number of companies listed in NYSE declaring
bankruptcy is approximately a Poisson distribution with a mean
of 2.6 per month. Find the probability that exactly 4 bankruptcy
occur next month. Ans 0.1414

Ans i.e .lamda = 2.6 per month. Let x be the number of

bankruptcies occurs.

Q14 the company wishes to determine top 20 distributors of particular product.

he would have to construct a Ans Pie Chart

Q15 A bar chart can be plotted when %’s don’t add upto 100 Ans sometimes

Q16 Convulation METHOD TO EXPRESS THE DESIRED SAMPLE AS THE

STATISTICAL SUM OF OTHER EASY TO SAMPLE RANDOM VARIABLES

Q17 For the interval estimation of μ when σ is known and the sample is large, the
proper distribution to use is Ans the normal distribution
Q18 In constructing a frequency distribution, the approximate
class width is computed as Ans (largest Data value - Smallest
data value)/number of classes

Q19 Analysis of variance is a statistical method of comparing the

Ans Means of several populations

Q20 i take a list of students from principal & decide to take a

random sample I should ensure Ans equal representation from all
the categories

Q21 In the most recent election, 19% of eligible students voted.

If a random sample of 20 stu. Were surveyed, find the probability
that exactly half voted in the election ? Ans 0

Q22 What is the assumption made for performing the hypothesis test with T distribution?

Ans that the distribution follows a normal distribution.

Q23 Multi dimensional contingency table can be created using a

Ans Pivot table

Q24 symbol used to represent chi square ? Ans X2

Q25 Which Chi Square distribution looks the most like a normal
distribution?

Ans Chi Square distribution with 16 degrees of freedom

Q26 For a value of P=0.5, the value of P(1-P) is Ans maximized

Q27 A bar chart has been plotted but my boss prefers a donught
chart. Is its possible? Ans with one more item of information

Q28 A & B are mutually exclusive & collectively exhaustive

events. Prob. of A is 0.6. Probability of B is Ans equals to 0.4

Q29 A sample of 100 elements from a population is selected, and

the standard deviation of the sample is computed.
For an interval estimation of I^u, the proper distribution to use is
the

Ans t-distribution with 99 degree of freedom

Q30 There is a 60% chance that a party A is supplied by X & a

40% chance that it is from Y. The probability of a part supplied
by Y being bad is 0.05 when I detect a bad part, what is the
probability that it is from company X?

Ans 0.4

Q31 In a one-tailed hypothesis test(lower tail) the test statistic is

determined to be -2. The p-value for this test is Ans 0.4772

Q32 What are the assumptions of a One-Way ANOVA? Ans All of the above
(normality/homo. Of variance /randomness & indep.)

Q33 Which of these is true? Ans sum of differences b/w the mean & each
element of the data set is 0

Q34 we can evaluate the assumption of Ans Independence of the errors by

plotting the residuals in the order of sequence in which the data were
calculated

Q35 In problem solving approach, you define the business objective as

determining whether there is a difference in the mean Ans Pool variance T
test

Q35 A survey sheet contains a person who expressed his preference for a
particular brand of cigarette. In a reply to another question he says that he
would not prefer to pay a higher value for the same. His response should be
characterized as Ans Non-response

Q36 which of the following does not need to be know in order to compute p
value ?

Ans None of the above is correct

Q37 As the sample size increases, sampling error Ans decreases

Q38 An interval estimate is a range of values used to estimate Ans a

population parameter

Q39 If null Hypothesis is false then which is accepted ? Ans Alternative

hypothesis

Q40 In a 2 tailed Hypothesis test the test statistic is determined to be -2.5.

The p value for the test is Ans 0.0062

Q41 A 95% confidence interval for the pop. Mean is determined to be 100 to
120. If the confidence coeff. Is reduced to 0.9, the interval for m Ans
becomes narrower

Q42 T distribution is applicable whenever Ans both a & b

Q43 Following a two-way, b/w n-subjects ANOVA a simple effect would

involve

Q44 In order to estimate the avg time spent on the computer terminals per
student @ local university, data were collected for a sample of 81 students
over a one week period. Assume the population std. dev. Is 1.2 hrs. The
standard error of mean is Ans 0.014

Q45 Which of the following is an assumption of one-way annova comparing

samples from 3 or more experimental treatments ? Ans all of the above

Q46 A two-tailed test is performed @95% confidence. The p value is

determined to be 0.09. the null hypothesis Ans shouldn’t be rejected

Q47 The following test can be used to determine the type of distribution of
any data set

Q48 Poisson distribution is applied for ? Ans Discrete random variable

Q49 The t value for a 95% confidence interval estimation with 24 degrees of
freedom

Ans 2.064

Q50 Find variance for an F-distribution with v1=5 & v2= 9 ? Ans 1.587
Q51 Sum of squares error (SSE) represents Ans random variation
Q52 Which of the following would be an appropriate null hypothesis?
Ans The population proportion is less than 0.65

Q53 In the ANOVA with 4 groups and a total sample size of 44, the calculated
F-statistic is 2.33. In this case, the p-value is- Ans exactly 0.05

Q54 which of the following best describes the form of sampling

distribution of the sample Ans It is approximately normal as long
as n >=30

Q55 The chi square test is extended to compare more than two
Ans independent population

Q56 For which of the following values of p is the value of P(1-p)

maximized? Ans P=0.50

Q57 If a random variable x is normally distributed wth mean 20 &

std dev 10, then for what value of x zscore is 2.5 ? Ans 45

Q58 In syntax linear model lm(formula, data), data refers to? Ans
Vector

Q59 Find the Expectation for a F- Distribution variable with v1 =

7 and v2 = 8.

Ans 4/3

Q60 Which parametric test can be used to find the difference in

perception about metro services in Delhi from Male & Female
passengers ? Ans Independent sample T-test

Q61 Using a goodness-of-fit test, we can assess whether a set of

obtained frequencies differ from a set of Expected frequencies

Q62 While collecting secondary data following need to be kept in

mind ?

Ans Reliability of the investigator & methods used

Q63 Plotting of mortality percentages in corona against
percentage of population below 65 yield a Ans Scatter plot

Q64 There are 12 horses in a race. A &b are two of these horses.
Each horse has an equal chance of winning. Let the probability of
A winning the race be 0.2. What is the probability that B wins the
race if prob. of others are equal Ans 0.09

Q65 The sum of the relative frequencies for all classes will
always equal Ans 1

Q66 For a one-tailed test (Upper tail), a sample size of 26 at 90%

confidence, t= Ans 1.316

Q67 A Type 2 error occurs when we: Ans . do not reject a false null hypothesis

Q68 Standard deviation used more frequently than variance

because Ans It provides more accurate idea of the variability

Q69 As the number of degrees of freedom for a t distribution

increases, the difference between the t distribution and the
standard normal distribution

Ans becomes smaller

Q70 The sum of the percent frequencies for all classes will
always equal

Ans 100

Q71 While studying the heights of a particular population group, I

encounter a 7 ft tall person. He will be called a Ans An outlier

Q72 A multiple choice test has 30 questions & each one has five
possible answers, of which one is correct. If all answers were
guesses, find the probability of getting exactly 4 correct
answers. Ans 0.1325
Q73 In developing an interval estimate, if the population std dev. Is unknown
Ans It is impossible to develop an interval estimate

Q74 I measure the marks scored by students of a class in various subjects. This
is an eg. of

Q75 There are 30 employees left this year. How many are expected to take VRS
this year given that it is not yet known how many are planning to take

Ans None of these

Q76 . Annova techniques help uncover relationships between variables

Q77 In testing a hypothesis using the chi square test, the theoretical frequencies
are based on the: Ans Null Hypothesis

Q78 used to measure autocorrelation Ans The Durbin-Watson statistic

Q79 In a one way ANOVA Ans an interaction effect can be tested

Q80 Using an a=0.04 a confidence interval for the population proportion is

determined to be 0.65 to 0.75. If the level of significance is decreased, the
interval for population proportion Ans Becomes narrower

Q81 I have considered only 10 items from a sample of 100 only. It is an example
of Ans Non response error

Q82 Using the following prob. distribution table of the random variable X, what is
the prob. of X=3? Ans 1/15

Q83 The data set 12,13,27,18,32 is Ans Right skewed (If mean is less than
median so left skewed & vice versa)

Q84 Multi dimensional contingency table can be best visualized

through a

Ans Pivot table

Q85 Which statement is trur for normal curve? Ans Area under the normal curve is
equal to 1

Q86 In the data set 1,2,5,7,9,2 by changing the 3 rd variable to 6 Ans Mean & median are
altered
Q87 Biased random sampling is made from among alternatives which have?

Ans Unequal Probability

Q88 the most common graphical presentation of quantitative data? Ans histogram

Q89 In a scatter diagram, a line that provides an approximation of the relationship

between the variables is known as Trend line

Q90 . If two independent large samples are taken from two populations, the sampling
distribution of the difference between the two sample means

Ans can be approximated by a normal distribution

Q91 What is the meaning of heteroscedasticity ? Ans Variances of the dependent/

predicted variable are not constant

Q92 Qualitative data can be graphically represented by using a(n) Ans Bar graph

Q93 A tabular method that can be used to summarize the data on two variables
simultaneously is called Ans crosstabulation