COLLEGE BILINGUE LE PETIT ROUSSEAU – COBIPERO - 2025
PURE MATHS STATISTICS REVISION QUESTIONS.
1) Let A and B be independent events such that 𝑃(𝐴𝑈𝐵) = 0.8 , 𝑃(𝐴) = 0.3 , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑃(𝐵) =
a) 0.5 b) 0.24 c) 0.71 d) 0.81
2) If X is a discrete random variable such that 𝑃(𝑋 ≤ 2) = 0.75 , 𝑥 = 0,1,2,3 then 𝑃(𝑥 = 3) is
a) 0.75 b) 0.3 c) -0.5 d) 0.25
3) If 𝑋~𝐵𝑖𝑛(10 , 0.3) , the values of 𝐸(𝑋) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑉𝑎𝑟(𝑋) 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑦
10 70
a) (2.1, 3) b) (3.2,1) c) (3,3) d) ( 3 , 9 )
4) The continuous random variable X has a probability density function 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑎(3 − 𝑥) 𝑓𝑜𝑟 1 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 3.
Then the value of the constant a is
1
a) 2 b) 7 c) 2 d) 7
5) For 6 pairs of ranking, ∑ 𝑑2 = 25 . the spearman’s coefficient of correlation rank is
6 2 5
a) -4 b) 7 c) 7 d) 7
6) A type II error is defined to be the probability of
a) Not rejecting a true 𝐻0 b) not rejecting a false 𝐻0 c) rejecting a false 𝐻0 d) rejecting a true 𝐻0
7) Given that the equations of y on x and x on y regression lines are 𝑦 = 2.3𝑥 + 7.4 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑥 = 2.1𝑦 = 9.2.
the value of the product moment correlation coefficient is
a) 48.3 b) 18.08 c) 8.25 d) 2.20
8) If 𝑥~𝑃0 (2), then the mode of X is/are
a) 2 b) 2.5 c) 1 and 2 d) 1 and 3
9) Given that a single die is tossed . the probability that a number greater than or equal to 4 appears is
1 1 2 1
a) b) 2 c) 3 d) 6
3
10) The mean of 40 observations is 5 . a random sample of 10 observations is taken and its mean is found
to be 4 . the mean of the remaining 30 observations is
16
a) 8 b) 5 c) d) 4
3
11)The class width of the data 2 – 5 , 6 – 9 , 10 – 13 is
a) 2 b) 3 c) 3.5 d) 4
12) The ranks of six students in mathematics and physics are represented on the table that follows ;
maths 6 5 4 3 2 1
Physics 4 6 2 3 5 1
The kendall’s rank correlation coefficient for the data is
1 3 1 1
a) b) − c) − d)
3 5 6 3
13) Ten observations of each of the two variables X and Y give rise to 𝑋̅ = 39.4 , 𝑌̅ = 147.7 and
∑ 𝑋𝑌 = 58456.
The covariance of the Xand Y is
a) 26.22 b) 687.49 c) 5658.5 d) 40.61
2 12
14) Given that T~𝐵𝑖𝑛 (𝑛, 5 ) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐸(𝑇) = . The value of n is
5
a) 4 b) 12 c) 24 d) 6
15) Given that X is a normally distributed variable with a mean of 80 and a standard deviation of 12. the
value of 𝑃(𝑋 ≥ 68) TO 4 DECIMAL PLACES IS
a) 0.0001 b) 0.01587 c) 0.6587 d) 0.8413
16) A hypothesis test which looks for any change in the population parameter may be called;
a) A two tailed test b) a one tailed test c) a sign test d) a weak test
17) The quartile deviation of the data 2,16,8,12,18,15 is
a) 1 b) 6 c) 5 d) 12
18) Given that the mean of the geometric distribution is 4. the value of q, the probability of failure is
a) 0.25 b) 0.125 c) 0.75 d) 0.875
19) The mode and mean of a distribution are given by 7 and 8 respectively. then the median is
1 13 23
a) b) c) d) 33
3 3 3
20) If 𝑋~𝑁(30,12) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑌 = 𝑁(20,16), 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛
a) 4𝑋 − 2𝑌 ~𝑁(80 , 128 ) b) 4𝑋 − 2𝑌 ~𝑁(160 , 128 ) c) 4𝑋 − 2𝑌 ~𝑁(160 , 256)
d) 4𝑋 − 2𝑌 ~𝑁(80 , 256 )
21) The lengths of certain items follow a normal distribution with mean 𝜇 𝑐𝑚 and standard deviation 6cm.
it is known that 4.78% of the items have length greater than 82cm. the value of 𝜇 to 2 significant figures is
a) 71 cm b) 71.99cm c) 71.98cm d) 72cm
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