OQ5 - 1011 (Questions & Answers)
1. Given 𝑋 = 69.2, 𝜇 = 63.6, and 𝜎 = 3.7, indicate on the curve where the given 𝑋
value would be.
Correct Answer:
2. The diagram below is an illustration of the empirical rule. Select the missing label for the
diagram from the list of choices.
A) 𝜇+𝜎
B) 𝜇
C) 𝜇 + 3𝜎
D) 𝜇 + 2𝜎
Correct Answer: 𝜇 + 3𝜎
3. The diagram below is an illustration of the empirical rule. Select the missing label for the
diagram from the list of choices.
A) 𝜇+𝜎
B) 𝜇−𝜎
C) 𝜇
D) 𝜇 + 2𝜎
Correct Answer: 𝜇 + 𝜎
4. Find the area under the standard normal curve to the left of 𝑧 = −2.38. Round your
answer to four decimal places, if necessary.
pnorm(-2.38)
Answer: ____________________
Correct Answer: 0.0087
5. Find the value of 𝑧 such that 0.05 of the area lies to the right of 𝑧. Round your answer
to two decimal places.
qnorm(0.05,[Link]=FALSE)
Or
1- qnorm(0.05)
Answer: ____________________
Correct Answer: 1.65
6. What value of 𝑧 divides the standard normal distribution so that half the area is on one
side and half is on the other? Round your answer to two decimal places.
Answer: ____________________
Correct Answer: 0
7. Find the area under the standard normal curve to the right of 𝑧 = −2.38. Round your
answer to four decimal places, if necessary.
pnorm(-2.38,[Link] = FALSE)
Or
1- pnorm(-2.38)
Answer: ____________________
Correct Answer: 0.9913
8. Find the area under the standard normal curve between 𝑧 = −0.88 and 𝑧 = −0.78.
Round your answer to four decimal places, if necessary.
pnorm(-0.78)-pnorm(-0.88)
Answer: ____________________
Correct Answer: 0.0283
9. Find the value of 𝑧 such that 0.11 of the area lies to the left of 𝑧. Round your answer to
two decimal places.
qnorm(0.11)
Answer: ____________________
Correct Answer: −1.23
10. The diameters of ball bearings are distributed normally. The mean diameter is 130
millimeters and the variance is 9. Find the probability that the diameter of a selected
bearing is between 127 and 135 millimeters. Round your answer to four decimal places.
pnorm(135,130,3)-pnorm(127,130,3)
Answer: ____________________
Correct Answer: 0.7938
11. Suppose SAT Writing scores are normally distributed with a mean of 493 and a standard
deviation of 108. A university plans to send letters of recognition to students whose
scores are in the top 10%. What is the minimum score required for a letter of
recognition? Round your answer to the nearest whole number, if necessary.
qnorm(0.9,493,108)
Or
qnorm(0.1,493,108,[Link] = FALSE)
Answer: ____________________
Correct Answer: 631
12. The life of light bulbs is distributed normally. The variance of the lifetime is 100 and the
mean lifetime of a bulb is 580 hours. Find the probability of a bulb lasting for between
591 and 598 hours. Round your answer to four decimal places.
pnorm(598,580,10)-pnorm(591,580,10)
Answer: ____________________
Correct Answer: 0.0998
13. The diameters of bolts produced in a machine shop are normally distributed with a
mean of 5.71 millimeters and a standard deviation of 0.08 millimeters. Find the two
diameters that separate the top 4% and the bottom 4%. These diameters could serve
as limits used to identify which bolts should be rejected. Round your answer to the
nearest hundredth, if necessary.
qnorm(0.96,5.71,0.08)
qnorm(0.04,5.71,0.08)
Answer: ____________________
Correct Answer: 5.57 millimeters and 5.85 millimeters
14. The life of light bulbs is distributed normally. The variance of the lifetime is 625 and the
mean lifetime of a bulb is 530 hours. Find the probability of a bulb lasting for at least
480 hours. Round your answer to four decimal places.
pnorm(480,530,25,[Link] = FALSE)
Or
1-pnorm(480,530,25)
Answer: ____________________
Correct Answer: 0.9772
15. A philosophy professor assigns letter grades on a test according to the following
scheme.
A: Top 12% of scores
B: Scores below the top 12% and above the bottom 57%
C: Scores below the top 43% and above the bottom 17%
D: Scores below the top 83% and above the bottom 9%
F: Bottom 9% of scores
Scores on the test are normally distributed with a mean of 81.2 and a standard
deviation of 8.1. Find the minimum score required for an A grade. Round your answer
to the nearest whole number, if necessary.
qnorm(0.88,81.2,8.1)
Answer: ____________________
Correct Answer: 91