Statistics Final Exam

The 40 yards sprint times for a soccer team are found to be normally distributed with a mean of 5.2 seconds and a standard deviation of 0.3 seconds.  What is the z-score for a player who runs a time of 5.6 seconds?

• -1.33
• 1.33
• 0.88
• 1.02

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CCSS.HSS.ID.A.4

Between what two standard deviations of a normal distribution contain 68% of the data?

• one below and one above
• two below and two above
• two below and zero
• zero and two above

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CCSS.HSS.ID.A.4

The average waist size for teenage males is 29 inches with a standard deviation of 1.4 inch. 
If waist sizes are normally distributed, estimate the proportion of teenagers who will have waist sizes greater than 31 inches?

• 92.4%
• 10.5%
• 16%
• 7.6%

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CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1B

The shelf life of a particular dairy product is normally distributed with a mean of 12 days and a standard deviation of 3 days.

About what percent of the products last between 12 and 15 days?

• 68%
• 34%
• 16%
• 2.5%

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CCSS.HSS.ID.A.4

What is the area under the curve to the left of z = 0.55 ?

• .2912
• .5500
• .9394
• .7088

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CCSS.HSS.ID.A.4

What is the area under the curve between z = 0 and z = 1.45?

• .9265
• .4265
• .4500
• .5000

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CCSS.HSS.ID.A.4

How is the graph distributed?

• Normally

• Skewed to the Left

• Skewed to the Right

• Uniform

Thirty-five randomly selected students took the calculus final. If the sample mean was 92 and the standard deviation was 9.4, construct a 99 percent confidence interval for the mean score of all students from which the sample was gathered.

• 89.08 < μ < 94.92

• 87.27 < μ < 96.73

• 87.29 < μ < 96.71

• 87.91 < μ < 96.09

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

A 90% confidence interval for the mean speed driven by cars on Due West Road is given by (21, 45). What was the sample mean of this study?

• 12

• 24

• 33

• None of these.

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

A 90% confidence interval for the mean speed driven by cars on Due West Road is given by (21, 45). What was the margin of error of this interval?

• 12

• 24

• 33

• None of these.

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4