MAS 201 Zohar

Exam 1 Extra Practice Problems Chapters 1-4

Chapter 1:
1. The following shows the temperatures (high, low) and weather conditions in a given Sunday for some
selected world cities. For the weather conditions, the following notations are used: c = clear; cl =
cloudy; sh = showers; pc = partly cloudy.
City
Acapulco
Bangkok
Mexico City
Montreal
Paris
Rome
Toronto
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Hi
99
92
77
72
77
88
78

Lo
77
78
57
56
58
68
61

Condition
pc
pc
sh
pc
c
cl
c

How many elements are in this data set?

How many variables are in this data set?
How many observations are in this data set?
Name the variables and indicate whether they are categorical or quantitative.
For which variables are arithmetic operations appropriate and for which are they not
appropriate?

2. The following table shows the starting salaries of a sample of recent business graduates.
Income (In $1,000s)
Number of Graduates
15 - 19
40
20 - 24
60
25 - 29
80
30 - 34
18
35 - 39
2
a.
b.
c.

What percentage of graduates in the sample had starting salaries of at least $30,000?
Of the graduates in the sample, what percentage had starting salaries of less than $25,000?
Based on this sample, what percentage of all business graduates do you estimate to have
starting salaries of at least $20,000?

Chapter 2:
3. A student has completed 20 courses in the School of Arts and Sciences. Her grades in the 20 courses
are shown below.
A
B
A
B
C
C
C
B
B
B
B
A
B
B
B
C
B
C
B
A
a. Develop a frequency distribution and a bar graph for her grades.
b. Develop a relative frequency distribution for her grades.

4. Below you are given the examination scores of 20 students.

52
63
92
90
a.
b.
c.
d.

99
72
58
75

92
76
65
74

86
95
79
56

84
88
80
99

Construct a frequency distribution for this data. Use a class width of 10 and give the first
class a lower limit of 50.
Construct a cumulative frequency distribution.
Construct a relative frequency distribution.
Construct a cumulative relative frequency distribution.

5. The SAT scores of a sample of business school students and their genders are shown below.

Gender
Female
Male
Total
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

SAT Scores
20 up to 25
168
96
264

Less than 20
24
40
64

25 and more
48
24
72

Total
240
160
400

How many students scored less than 20?

How many students were female?
Of the male students, how many scored 25 or more?
Compute row percentages.
Compute column percentages.

6. A sample of the ages of 10 employees of a company is shown below.

20
30

30
20

40
30

30
20

50
40

Construct a dot plot for the above data.

Chapter 3:
7. In 2005, the average age of students at UTC was 22 with a standard deviation of 3.96. In 2006, the
average age was 24 with a standard deviation of 4.08. In which year do the ages show a more
dispersed distribution? Show your complete work and support your answer.

8. The following data show the yearly salaries of football coaches at some state supported universities.
Salary
University
(in $1,000)
A
53
B
44
C
68
D
47
E
62
F
59
G
53
H
94
For the above sample, determine the following measures.
a. The mean yearly salary
b. The standard deviation
c. The mode
d. The median
e. The 70th percentile, and interpret the meaning.
f. Was University H an outlier by IQR definition?
g. Was University H an outlier by z-score definition?
9. The following observations are given for two variables.
y
x
5
2
8
12
18
3
20
6
22
11
30
19
10
18
7
9
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Compute and interpret the sample covariance for the above data.
Compute the standard deviation for x.
Compute the standard deviation for y.
Compute and interpret the sample correlation coefficient.
Sketch a scatter diagram for the data set.

10. The standard deviation of a sample was reported to be 7. The report indicated that

980. What was the sample size?

Chapter 4:
11. A college plans to interview 8 students for possible offer of graduate assistantships. The college has
three assistantships available. How many groups of three can the college select?
12. From a group of seven finalists to a contest, three individuals are to be selected for the first and
second and third places. Determine the number of possible selections.

13. Assume you have applied for two scholarships, a Merit scholarship (M) and an Athletic scholarship
(A). The probability that you receive an Athletic scholarship is 0.18. The probability of receiving
both scholarships is 0.11. The probability of getting at least one of the scholarships is 0.3.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

What is the probability that you will receive a Merit scholarship?

Are events A and M mutually exclusive? Why or why not? Explain.
Are the two events A, and M, independent? Explain, using probabilities.
What is the probability of receiving the Athletic scholarship given that you have been
awarded the Merit scholarship?
What is the probability of receiving the Merit scholarship given that you have been awarded
the Athletic scholarship?

14. An experiment consists of throwing two six-sided dice and observing the number of spots on the
upper faces. Determine the probability that
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.

the sum of the spots is 3.

each die shows four or more spots.
the sum of the spots is not 3.
neither a one nor a six appear on each die.
a pair of sixes appear.
the sum of the spots is 7.

15. Assume two events A and B are mutually exclusive and, furthermore, P(A) = 0.2 and P(B) = 0.4.
a.
b.
c.

Find P(A B).

Find P(A B).
Find P(A B).

16. You are given the following information on Events A, B, C, and D.

P(A) = .4
P(B) = .2
P(C) = .1

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.

P(A D) = .6
P(AB) = .3
P(A C) = .04
P(A D) = .03

Compute P(D).
Compute P(A B).
Compute P(AC).
Compute the probability of the complement of C.
Are A and B mutually exclusive? Explain your answer.
Are A and B independent? Explain your answer.
Are A and C mutually exclusive? Explain your answer.
Are A and C independent? Explain your answer.

17. The following table shows the number of students in three different degree programs and whether
they are graduate or undergraduate students:

Business
Engineering
Arts & Sciences
Total
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Undergraduate
150
150
100
400

Graduate
50
25
25
100

Total
200
175
125
500

What is the probability that a randomly selected student is an undergraduate?

What percentage of students is engineering majors?
If we know that a selected student is an undergraduate, what is the probability that he or she
is a business major?
A student is enrolled in the Arts and Sciences school. What is the probability that the student
is an undergraduate student?
What is the probability that a randomly selected student is a graduate Business major?

18. Assume a businessman has 7 suits and 8 ties. He is planning to take 3 suits and 2 ties with him on
his next business trip. How many possibilities of selection does he have?
19. The results of a survey of 800 married couples and the number of children they had is shown below.
Number of Children
0
1
2
3
4
5

Probability
0.050
0.125
0.600
0.150
0.050
0.025

If a couple is selected at random, what is the probability that the couple will have
a.
b.
c.

Less than 4 children?

More than 2 children?
Either 2 or 3 children?

Exam 1 Extra Practice Solutions Chapters 1-4

1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

7
3
7
Hi: quantitative, Lo: quantitative, Condition: categorical
Hi: appropriate, Lo: appropriate, Condition: not appropriate

2.
a.
b.
c.

10%
50%
80%

3. Grade
A
B
C
Total:

Frequency
4
11
5
20

a.

4.
Score
50 - 59
60 - 69
70 - 79
80 - 89
90 - 99
Total

Frequency
3
2
5
4
6
20

Relative Frequency
0.20
0.55
0.25
1.00

b.

c.

Cumulative
Frequency
3
5
10
14
20

Relative
Frequency
0.15
0.10
0.25
0.20
0.30
1.00

d.
Cumulative
Relative
Frequency
0.15
0.25
0.50
0.70
1.00

5.
a.
b.
c.

64
240
24

5d.
Gender
Female
Male

Less than 20
10%
25%

SAT Scores
20 up to 25
70%
60%

25 and more
20%
15%

Gender
Female
Male
Total

SAT Scores
Less than 20
20 up to 25
37.5%
63.6%
62.5%
36.4%
100%
100%

25 and more
66.7%
33.3%
100%

e.

6.

10

20

30

40

50

Total
100%
100%

60

7.
Coefficient of Variation for 2005 = 18%,
Coefficient of Variation for 2006 = 17%
Therefore 2005 shows a slightly more dispersed distribution.
8.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.

9.
a.

b.
c.
d.

60
15.8
53
56
62 At least 70% of the data is < or = to 62 and at least 30% is > or = to 62.
The upper limit is 87.5, so yes, University H was an outlier by IQR definition.
Hs z-score was approximately 2.15, so it would not be considered an outlier by the z-score
definition.

19.286 (rounded). Since the covariance is positive, it indicates a positive relationship

between x and y. Larger xs tended to go with larger ys and smaller xs tended to go with
smaller ys.
6.32
8.83
0.345. There is a positive linear relationship between x and y. The linearity of the
relationship is not very strong. Meaning that a linear function is not the best model to
represent this relationship.

10. 21
13.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

11. 56

0.23
No, because P(A M) 0
No, because P(A M) P(A) P(M)
0.4783
0.6111

4.

14. a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.

2/36
9/36
34/36
16/36
1/36
6/36

15.
a. 0.0
b. 0.6
c. 0.0
16.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.

0.23
0.06
0.4
0.9
No, P(A B) 0
No, P(A B) P(A)
No, P(A C) 0
Yes, P(A C) = P(A)

17.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

0.8
35%
0.375
0.8
0.1

18. 980
19.
a. 0.925
b. 0.225
c. 0.75

12. 210

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