Test bank
Principles of Statistics
مبادئ إحصاء
1-In an experiment of rolling a die twice, the probability that the sum of the two
numbers is 7 or 10 equals
A. 0.19 B. 0.25 C. 0.22 D. 0.14
2-If the variance of χ, у, z is 2, then the variance of
−𝟏
у= x +3 is
𝟐
A.0.5 B. 3.5 C. 3 D. 4
3-If the mean of a set of scores is 5 and the stander deviation is 4, then the z-
score for the score 8 is
A.-0.5 B. 0.75 C. -1 D. 1
4-Let A and B are independent event such that P(AᴖB) =0.2 and P(A) =0.5 then
P(B) =
A.0.25 B. 0.67 C. 0.6 D. 0.5
5-The stander deviation of 1.2,1.2,1.2,1.2 is
A.1.2 B. 1 C. 2 D. 0
6-If E and D are mutually exclusive (disjoint) events and P(E) = 0.4 , P(D) = 0.3
then P(EᴖD) =
A. 0 B. 0.4 C. 0.7 D. 0.12
7-The median of 3,5,4,6,10,5,6,9,2,8 is
A. 5.5 B. 5.8 C. 58 D. 5
8- For the increasing ordered data set 13,a,25,b,c,58,[Link] half the rang equals
the median, then the value of b is
A. 32 B. 33 C. 31 D. 34
9- Let A and B two events in the sample space (s) such that P(A)=0.65, P(B)=0.3
and P(A∩B)=0.185, then P(A∩B)= ∪
a. 0.45 b. 0.1 c. 0.2 d. 0.515
10- Let A and B be two events in the sample space that A B, P(A)-0.4 and
P(B)=0.5, then P(AB)=
a. 0.95 b. 0.85 c. 0.9 d. 0.8
11- If A and B are two independent events in the sample space (S) such that
P(A)=0.42 and P(B)=0.31, then the value of P(AB)=
a. 0.1302 b. 0.28 c. 0.35 d. 0.1875
12- In a large Jordanian shopping mall, a marketing agency conducted a survey
card on credit cards. The results are shown in the following contingency table:
Employment Credit Card Status Total
Status Owns a credit Does not own a
card (O) credit card (D)
Employed(E) 29
Unemployed 28 34
Total 109
If a person is selected at a random from this group, then find the probability that
the person owns a credit card given that the person is employed?
a. 0.383 b. 0.609 c. 0.707 d. 0.206
13- If the sample mean of 9,14,6,x,3,2 is 6.66 then the value of x is
A) 14 B ) 1.1 C) 3.2 D) 6. 5
14- The mode for the data set 10,11,19,19,10,10,18,11 is
A) 10 B ) 19 c) 11 D) 10 and 19
15- If the standard deviation of a sample of 16 observation is 64 then the
varience of the sample is
A) 4096 B.) 256 C) 8 D) 4
16- If the mean of a random sample is 64 and their standard deviation is 16 then
the coefficient of variation is
A) 20% B.) 100% C) 25% D) 50%
17-The sample median of 15, 13,14,16,14,14,17 is
A) 14 B.) 15 C) 14.5 D) 15.5
18-Let P(A) = 0.2, P(B) =0.4 If A and B are independent, then P(A\B) =
A) 0.6 B.) 0.2 C) 0.8 D) 0.4