QAS 20 Skill Builder Two Name:____________________

1. (40 points) Multiple Choice Question (Only one is correct):

(1) If the probability distribution of X is:

X 3 4 5 6
f(X) 1/8 1/8 3/8 3/8
(2)
What is the expected value of X? _________
a. 1.0
b. 5.0
c. 2.25
d. 2.24

(2) Which one of the following statements is not an assumption of the binomial
distribution? __________
a. The experiment consists of n identical trials.
b. The probability of success remains constant from trial to trial.
c. Trials are independent of each other.
d. Each trial results in a finite number of mutually exclusive outcomes.

(3) According to a survey of adults, 64% have money in a regular savings

account. If we plan on surveying 50 randomly selected adults, find the mean
number of adults who would have regular savings accounts. ________
a. 12
b. 22
c. 32
d. 42

(4) A fair die is rolled 36 times. What is the variance of the even number (2, 4, or
6) outcomes? ________
a. 18
b. 9
c. 3
d. 1.732

(5) For any continuous random variable, the probability that the random variable
takes on exactly a specific value is ___________
a. 1.00
b. 0.50
c. any value between 0 to 1
d. almost zero

(6) For the standard normal probability distribution, the area to the right of the
mean is_____________
 a. -0.5
b. 0.5
c. any value between 0 to 1
d. 1

(7) A study shows that employees that begin their work day at 9:00 a.m. vary
their times of arrival uniformly from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. The probability
that a randomly chosen employee reports to work between 9:00 and 9:20 is:
a. 40%
b. 20%
c. 10%
d. 30%

(8) In a standard normal distribution, the range of values of z is from________

a. minus infinity to infinity
b. -1 to 1
c. 0 to 1
d. -3.09 to 3.09

(9) The fill weight of a certain brand of adult cereal is normally distributed with a
mean of 910 grams and a standard deviation of 5 grams.
If we select one box of cereal at random from this population, what is the
probability that it will weigh less than 900 grams?
a. 4772
b. .9772
c. .9544
d .0228

(10) Which of the following is not a characteristic of the normal probability

distribution?______________
a. symmetry
b. The total area under the curve is always equal to 1.
c. 99.72% of the time the random variable assumes a value within plus or
minus 1 standard deviation of its mean
d. The mean is equal to the median, which is also equal to the mode.

2. (20 points) According to data from the state blood program, 40% of all
individuals have group A blood. If six (6) individuals give blood,
a. find the probability of none of the individuals has group A blood?

0.0467
 b. Find the probability of exactly three of the individuals has group A blood?

0.2765

c. Find the mean number of individuals having group A blood.

2.4

3. (20 Points) Suppose that the waiting time for a license plate renewal at a local
office of a state motor vehicle department has been found to be normally
distributed with a mean of 30 minutes and a standard deviation of 10 minutes.

a. What is the probability that a randomly selected individual will have a

waiting time at least 15 minutes?

0.9322

b. What is the probability that a randomly selected individual will have a

waiting time no more than 20 minutes?

0.1587

c. Suppose that in an effort to provide better service to the public, the

director of the local office is permitted to provide discounts to those
individuals whose waiting time exceeds a predetermined time. The
director decides that 15% of the customers should receive this discount.
What are the numbers of minutes they need to wait to receive the
discount?

40.4 minutes

4. (20 points) The weights of the contents of cans of tomato sauce produced by a
company are normally distributed with a mean of 8 ounces and a standard
deviation of 0.5 ounces.

a. What percentage of all cans produced contain more than 8.3 ounces of
tomato paste?

27.43%
b. Ninety five percent of cans will contain at least how many ounces?

7,17757 = 7 ounces