Example Quiz #4: Statistics - Math 340

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Directions:

   This is test has multiple choice, True/False, and fill in the blank answers.  Select the option
 that BEST represents the correct answer. 

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1.  Which of the following is not one of the properties of the Normal Distribution?


a.  It is bell-shaped
b.  It is symmetrical about the mean
c.  It is bimodal
d.  The curve is continuous

 


 


2.  The z-value is actually just the number of standard deviations that a particular X-value is away from the mean.


TRUE                               FALSE

 

Use the tables in Appendix C to answer the following questions:
 
 


3.  Find the area between z = 1.2 and z = 2.4


 
 
 

 


 
 


4.  Find the area between z = -0.6 and z = -1.9


 
 

 


 


5.  Find the area to the right of z = -1.68


 
 

 


 
 


6.  Find the area to the left of -2.21


 
 

 


 


7.  The average hourly wage of workers at a fast-food restaurant is $5.85 with a standard deviation of $0.35.  Assume that the distribution is normally distributed.  If a worker at this restaurant is selected at random, what is the probability that the worker makes more than $6.50 an hour? 


 

a.  0.4686
b.  0.0314
c.  0.8312
d.  0.9686
 
 


 


8.  At the same restaurant, what is the probability that a worker, selected at random, will make less than $5.50 an hour? 

a.  0.8495
b.  0.0212
c.  0.2296
d.  0.1587
 
 


 
 

END OF QUIZ!