Statistical Measures of Data

1. Which of the following is NOT a measure of central tendency?

(a) the range (b) the mode (c) the mean (d) the median
2. Which percentile is equivalent to the first quartile Q1?
(a) 25th (b) 50th (c) 75th (d) 100th
3. When a population is skewed to the left or right with a very long tail, what is the best measure to
use for central tendency?
(a) the population mean; (b) the population mode;
(c) the population median; (d) the population standard deviation.
4. For a sample of six observations: 9, 12, 13, 17, 17, 64, the median will be:
(a) 15 (b) 17 (c) 22 (d) 64
5. Which of the following is a measure of variation in a data set?
(a) standard deviation (b) range
(c) variance (d) all of the above
6. An outlier is:
(a) a measure of central tendency;
(b) a measurement that is separated from most of the other measurements in the data set;
(c) a method to predict future observations based on sample data;
(d) equivalent to the 90th percentile of a data set.
7. Which percentile is equivalent to the median?
(a) 25th (b) 50th (c) 75th (d) 100th
8. The difference between the smallest and the greatest values of items in a series is:
(a) mean deviation (b) first quartile
(c) third quartile (d) range
9. IQR is the difference between:

(a) mean deviation and standard deviation;

(b) median and mean;
(c) the third quartile and the first quartile;
(d) the highest value and the lowest value.
10. The Pearsonian coefficient of skewness is:
  mean  mode    mean  median 
(a) sk  (b) sk 
s.d s.d

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   median  mode   median  mean 
(c) sk  (d) sk 
s.d s.d
11. How might an extreme value in the sample data set affect the value of the mean?
(a) one extreme value is still only one value, so it cannot affect the mean very much;
(b) all values are treated equally when determining the mean, so an extreme value cannot
affect it;
(c) an extreme value cannot affect the mean if it is close to the mean;
(d) since all values are summed, any extreme value can influence the mean to a large extent.
12. How many elements of a data set are between the first and third quartiles?
(a) 25% (b) 50% (c) 75% (d) 33%
13. Which of the following measures become larger as the data is more dispersed?
(a) mean, variance, and standard deviation
(b) range, variance, and standard deviation
(c) mean and median
(d) median and range
14. The sum of deviations about the arithmetic mean is always equal to:
(a) 1 (b) 0
(c) geometric mean (d) variance
15. How is the arithmetic mean related to the variance?
(a) they are not related. One is a measure of central tendency, and the other is a measure of
variance;
(b) variance is not related to the mean, but standard deviation is;
(c) variance has the square of the mean in its formula;
(d) variance measures the variability of the values about the mean.
16. The difference between a data value and the arithmetic mean, divided by its standard
deviation is called:
(a) the empirical rule (b) mean variation
(c) z score (d) coefficient of correlation

17. If the mean of a distribution is greater than the median, then the distribution is:
(a) not skewed (b) symmetrical about its mean
(c) skewed to the left (d) skewed to the right

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18. For a bell shaped data, approximately what percentage of the values would be within 2
standard deviations of the mean?
(a) 95% (b) 68% (c) 50% (d) all of the data
19. A commuter travels to work each morning. She has timed this trip 5 times during the last
month. The time (in minutes) required to make this trip was 44, 39, 41, 35, and 41. The average
time required for this trip was 40 minutes. What is the mean absolute deviation for this sample
data?
(a) 2 (b) 12 (c) 3 (d) 2.4
20. A commuter travels to work each morning. She has timed this trip 5 times during the last
month. The time (in minutes) required to make this trip was 44, 39, 41, 35, and 41. The average
time required for this trip was 40 minutes. What is the variance for this sample data?
(a) 8.8 (b) 11 (c) 3.32 (d) 3
21. The director of human resources of ICMA is exploring employee absenteeism. A sample of six
personnel records produced the following data: 0, 2, 4, 7, 2, 9. The modal number of absences
per employee is:
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5.5 (d) 4
22. The average life of a particular brand of light bulb is 1000 hours and the standard deviation is 50
hours. If the life of the bulb is approximately normally distributed, then approximately 68% of
the bulbs will last between:
(a) 800 and 1200 hours (b) 850 and 1150 hours
(c) 900 and 1100 hours (d) 950 and 1050 hours
23. The average starting salary for graduates of ICAP is $25,000 with a standard deviation of $2,000.
If a histogram of the data is bell shaped, then approximately 95% of the graduates would have a
starting salary between:
(a) 23,000 and 27,000 (b) 19,000 and 31,000
(c) 21,000 and 29,000 (d) 24,000 and 26,000
24. The average starting salary for a sample of 25 CAs is Rs 40,000 with a standard deviation of
Rs 4,000 If the distribution of salaries is bell shaped, then how many CAs earn
more than Rs 44,000?
(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 10
25. The ages of students in a class have been put into the frequency distribution below.
Age Number of Students
18 3
19 5
20 28
21 4

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 What is the average age of the students?
(a) 19.50 years (b) 19.85 years
(c) 20.00 years (d) 28.00 years
26. The ages of students in a class have been put into the frequency distribution below.
Age Number of Students
18 3
19 5
20 28
21 4
What is the median age of the students?
(a) 18 years (b) 19 years
(c) 19.5 years (d) 20 years
27. The ages of students in a class have been put into the frequency distribution below.
Age Number of Students
18 3
19 5
20 28
21 4
What is the standard deviation for this sample set of data?
(a) 0.494 years (b) 0.712 years
(c) 1.12 years (d) 1.25 years
28. Which measure of central tendency can be used to compute the average rate of growth?
(a) median (b) geometric mean
(c) weighted mean (d) arithmetic mean
29. Which of the following has a specific use in the computation of average speed, average price,
average profit etc., under various conditions?
(a) arithmetic mean (b) median
(c) harmonic mean (d) geometric mean
30. The value of the variate that has the maximum frequency in a data set is called:
(a) mean (b) quartile (c) mode (d) median
31. If a curve is drawn for a frequency distribution, the value of variable, at which the curve reaches
its peak, is known as:
(a) mean (b) mode (c) median (d) quartile

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32. For moderately skewed frequency distribution, the empirical rule is:
(a) mode  3 median − 2 mean (b) mode  median − mean
(c) mode  2 median − 3 mean (d) mode  median − 2 mean
33. Which of the following statements about the median is NOT true?
(a) it is more affected by extreme values than the mean
(b) it is a measure of central tendency
(c) it is equal to Q2
(d) it is equal to the mode in bell-shaped distributions.
34. When extreme values are present in a set of data, which of the following descriptive summary
measures are most appropriate?
(a) coefficient of variation and range (b) mean and standard deviation
(c) median and interquartile range (d) mode and variance
35. The tendency of the observations to concentrate around a central point is known:
(a) beginning point (b) variation
(c) central tendency (d) mode
36. To calculate an average, that takes into account the importance of each value, to the overall total,
is known as:
(a) median (b) arithmetic mean
(c) mode (d) weighted mean
37. Which of the following is an example of a continuous variable?
(a) income (b) number of students in Graduate level
(c) ID codes of students (d) ICC cricket rankings

38. A ‘statistic’ is:

(a) typically represented as a Greek letter such as  or 
(b) a formula used to calculate a correct answer.
(c) a single number which summarizes the sample.
(d) a single number which summarizes the population.
(e) none of the above answers is correct.
39. In the ICMA canteen, students paid Rs 120 in most cases, but half of the students paid even more.
Then:
(a) mode  Rs 120 , median  Rs 120 (b) mode  median  Rs 120

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 (c) mode  median {but  Rs120} (d) all of the above
40. What are the boundaries of the class 1.87  3.43?
(a) 1.82  3.48 (b) 1.37  3.93 (c) 1.879  3.439 (d) 1.865  3.435
41. At the beginning of the year, every employee gets a 10% pay raise in a company with 10
employees, then …
(a) there will be no change in average salary and standard deviation;
(b) the average salary increased by 10%, but the standard deviation does not change;
(c) the average salary and the standard deviation, will increased by 10%;
(d) average salary remains same, but the standard deviation will increased by 10%;
(e) none of above.
42. Which of the following symbol is used to represent a parameter?
(a) x (b) s (c)  (d) ~
x

43. The range of scores on a statistics test was 42. The lowest score was 57. What was the highest
score?
(a) 99 (b) 97 (c) 15 (d) need more information
44. A graphical presentation of classified data in which the number of items in each class is
represented by the area of the bar is called:
(a) an ogive (b) a histogram
(c) a bar chart (d) a multiple bar chart
45. For the two samples:
Sample 1: 2 , 5 , 5 , 12
Sample 2: 1,3,5,8,8
Which of the following statistics has the same value in both samples?
(a) arithmetic mean (b) standard deviation
(c) median (d) mode
46. Which of the following is NOT a part of Descriptive Statistics?
(a) organizing (b) analyzing
(c) presenting (d) predicting
47. A student has decided to construct a frequency distribution for a set of data containing 60
observations. The lowest observation is 23 and the highest is 68. If 7 classes are used, then the
class width should be approximately:
(a) 6 units (b) 6.5 units (c) 7 units (d) 7.5 units
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48. In a frequency distribution graph, frequencies are typically presented on the ____ , and the data
values are presented on the _______.
(a) y axis, x axis (b) x axis, y axis (c) f axis, N axis (d) N axis, f axis
49. For the frequency distribution, how many observations are less than 28.5?

Class Boundaries f
13.5 – 18.5 4
18.5 – 23.5 9
23.5 – 28.5 12
28.5 – 33.5 15
33.5 – 38.5 17

(a) 12 (b) 13 (c) 25 (d) 44

50. Class intervals of the type 30 ― 39 ; 40 ― 49 ; 50 ― 59 represents:
(a) inclusive type (b) exclusive type
(c) open-end type (d) none.
51. Following is a service time (in minutes) of a sample of five customers at one particular
checkpoint in a supermarket:
3 , 2 , 1 , 5 , 4
The standard deviation of these service times is closest to:
(a) 3.5 minutes (b) 2.0 minutes
(c) 1.5 minutes (d) 1.0 minutes
52. If the minimum value in a set of data is 9 and its range is 57, then the maximum value of the data
set is:
(a) 33 (b) 66 (c) 48 (d) 24
53. A pie chart is to be drawn to represent the following data, which shows the breakdown by
department of the number of employees working on a particular project:

Department Number of Employees

Marketing 7
Finance 5
Personnel 8
Sales 10

The angle of sector (slice), in degrees, of the pie chart representing ‘Sales’ will be:
(a) 30o (b) 60o (c) 90o (d) 120o

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54. What is a portion⁄part of a population called?
(a) random survey (b) sample
(c) tally (d) frequency distribution
55. Which of the following is always true?
(a) the median is always one-half of the mean;
(b) the mode is always greater than the mean;
(c) the mean is always equal to the median;
(d) the standard deviation is always the square root of the variance.
56. 25% of the unemployed in Karachi searched for new jobs for at least 5 months; then:
(b) Q1 = 25 (b) median  25 (c) Q3  5 (d) none
57. A kilo of Rice costs at least Rs 45 in Karachi, then:
(a) Rs 45 is the mean. (b) Rs 45 is the minimal value.
(d) Rs 45 is the standard deviation. (d) none
58. In case of a right-skewed distribution:
(a) Q3 – median  median – Q1 (b) Q3 – median  median – Q1
(c) Q3 – median  median – Q1 (d) median − Q1  Q3 − median
59. If 75% of the students in a class get more than 45 scores, then:
(a) the average score is more than 45 (b) the upper quartile is 45.
(c) the lower quartile is 45 (d0 the median is 45
60. What are the boundaries of 25.6 grams?
(a) 25 ‒ 26 grams (b) 25.55 ‒ 25.65 grams
(c) 25.5 ‒ 25.7 grams (d) 25.1 ‒ 26.1 grams

61. A data set contains the observations 6, 5, 2, 7, 4. Calculate  x   .

(a) 9 (b) 39 (c) 27 (d) 21

62. Which expression represents the sum of the squares of the observations in a data set?

(a)   x  (b)  x  
(c)  x (d)  x
63. Calculate the variance for a sample of 5 observations for which  x   ,  x   1320.
(a) 8 (b) 40 (c) 10 (d) 3.16

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64. Compute the standard deviation for a sample of 6 observations for which  x   830,  x   .
(a) 46 (b) 6.78 (c) 6.19 (d) 164
     
65. Compute s2 and s of the data set , , , , , .
     

(a) 0.111 , 0.333 (b) 0.028 , 0.167

(c) 2.229 , 1.493 (d) 11.067 , 3.327

66. The temperature fluctuated between a low of o F and a high of o F. Which of the following
could be calculated using just this information?
(a) standard deviation (b) median
(c) Inter-quartile range (IQR) (d) range
67. Following is a list of 25 observations:
12 18 14 17 19 14 16 18 15 17 11 13 14 11 16 18
15 13 17 15 14 19 12 16 17
How many observations are within one standard deviation of mean?
(a) 13 (b) 16 (c) 18 (d) 25
68. A standardize test has an average score of 500 with a standard deviation of 100. The score of five
students are given below:
A: 575 , B: 690 , C: 750 , D: 280 , E: 440

Which of the students have scores within two standard deviation of the mean?
(a) A, B, C, E (b) A, B (c) C, D (d) A, B, E

69. The distribution of scores on a test is symmetric with an average score of 78. If 68% of the
student’s marks are between 72 and 84, then which of the following is most likely to be the
standard deviation of the distribution?
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 12
70. Which of the following is a measure of relative standing?
(a) mean (b) standard deviation
(c) quartile deviation (d) z-score
71. A retail store’s customer satisfaction rating is at the 88th percentile. What percentage of retail
stores has higher customer satisfaction ratings than this store?
(a) 12% (b) 44% (c) 50% (d) 88%

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72. The graph of a cumulative frequency distribution is known as:
(a) ogive (b) pie chart (c) frequency polygon
(d) histogram (e) bar chart
73. A clothes store manager has sales data of trouser sizes for the last month's sales. Which measure
of central tendency should the manager use, if the manager is interested in the most sellable size?
(a) mean (b) median (c) mode
(d) standard deviation (e) interquartile range(IQR)
i
74. Given that x1  2, x2  3, x3  5, x4  7, x5  9, calculate   x i   .
i 

(a) 5 (b) 10 (c) 11 (d) 14

75-76.
A set of data values has a mean of 4 and a standard deviation of 2. A new set is calculated by
multiplying each value by 3 and then subtracting 1.
75. The mean of the new values will be:
(a) 4 (b) 9 (c) 11 (d) 12
76. The standard deviation of the new values will be:
(a) 18 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 6
77. What number is missing from the following table?

Grades on test Frequency Relative Frequency

A 6 0.24
B 7 ?
C 9 0.36
D 2 0.08
F 1 0.04

(a) 0.07 (b) 0.28 (c) 0.72 (d) 0.70

78. What number is missing from the following table?

Stage⁄Level Frequency Relative Frequency

Fundamental 600 0.30
Graduate 560 0.28
Professional ? 0.22
Chartered 400 0.20

(a) 220 (b) 440 (c) 480 (d) 520

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79. The number of daily complaints to a railway company has an average (arithmetic mean) of 12 and
a standard deviation of 3 complaints. The coefficient of variation, measured as a percentage, is
therefore:
(a) 0.25% (b) 4% (c) 25% (d) 400%
80. The following table shows the annual returns for Fund Y:

Return (%)
2012 19.5
2013 − 1.9
2014 19.7
2015 35.0
2016 5.7

The average return for the fund is:

(a) 14.9% (b) 15.6% (c) 19.5% (d) none
81. The average monthly return and the standard deviation for three industry sectors are given in the
following table:

Sector Mean monthly return (%) Standard deviation of return (%)

Utilities 2.10 1.23

Materials 1.25 1.35
Industrials 3.01 1.52

Based on coefficient of variation, the riskiest sector is:

(a) utilities (b) materials (c) industrials (d) none
82. The numbers of hours worked last week by a company’s 11 employees were:
P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

35 36 36 36 40 38 40 37 35 42 43
The median number of hours worked last week was:
(a) 36 (b) 37 (c) 38 (d) 39
83. Which of the following measures of variability is not dependent on the exact value of each
observation?
(a) range (b) variance
(c) standard deviation (d) coefficient of variation

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84. A measure of dispersion which is insensitive to extreme values in the data set is the:
(a) standard deviation (b) average absolute deviation
(c) quartile deviation (d) all of the above
85-86.
Over the past fifty years it has been observed that the monthly inflation rate in a country has
hovered between 0 and 2.0 percent ten percent of the time, between 2.0 and 4.0 percent about
forty percent of the time, and between 4.0 and 6.0 percent rest of the time.
85. What has been the median inflation rate during this period?
(a) 0.03% (b) 3.0% (c) 0.04% (d) 4.0%
86. What has been the average inflation rate?
(a) 3.8% (b) 4.0% (c) 4.5% (d) 5.0%
87. A measure of dispersion which expresses variation in the same units as the original data is the:
(a) standard deviation (b) coefficient of variation
(c) variance (d) all of the above

88. For a certain data set, it is given that  x i     . Find the mean of the data set.
i 

(a) 1.81 (b) 5.56 (c) 25 (d) 25.25

89-91.
Following is the starting salaries of a sample of recent business graduate:

Income (in Rs 1000s) Number of Graduates

15 ‒ 19 40
20 ‒ 24 60
25 ‒ 29 80
30 ‒ 34 18
35 ‒ 39 2

89. What percentage of graduates in the sample had starting salaries of at least Rs 30,000?
(a) 2% (b) 10% (c) 18% (d) 20%
90. Of the graduates in the sample, what percentage had starting salaries of less than Rs 25,000?
(a) 40% (b) 50% (c) 60% (d) 70%
91. Based on this sample, what percentage of all business graduates do you estimate to have starting
salaries of at least Rs 20,000?
(a) 70% (b) 75% (c) 80% (d) 90%
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92. A frequency distribution was developed. The lower endpoint of the first class is 9.30, and the
midpoint is 9.35. What is the upper endpoint of this class?
(a) 9.40 (b) 9.60 (c) 9.80 (d) 10.00
93. A cumulative frequency polygon is also known as:
(a) a histogram (b) a bar chart
(c) a frequency polygon (d) an ogive
94. The mean, median, and mode for the set of data 18, 19, 20, 20, 21, 22 is 20. If the highest
observation were changed from 22 to 44, which of the following would be most affected?
(a) mode (b) median
(c) mean (d) sample size
95. If the standardized deviate 1.5 came from a bell shaped distribution with mean 5 and standard
deviation 2, then the original value was:
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 9
96. In a sample of six observations, five individuals have scores of 10. The mean of the sample is 11.
What is the sum of squared deviations from the mean?
(a) 40 (b) 30
(c) 83.3 (d) need more information
97. What is the shape of the distribution for the following set of scores?
25, 26, 24, 26, 25, 3, 7, 6, 15, 10, 25, 24, 26
(a) symmetrical (b) positively skewed
(c) negatively skewed (d) cumulative
98. The smallest score in a population is 5 and the largest is 10. Based on this information you can
conclude that:
(a) the mean is somewhere between 5 and 10.
(b) the standard deviation is smaller than 6.
(c) the mean is between 5 and 10, and the standard deviation is less than 6.
(d) the mean is between 5 and 10, and the standard deviation is greater than 2.5.
99. If you have a score of 75 on an exam, which set of parameters would give you the highest ranking
within the class?
(a)   70 ,   5 (b)   60 ,   10
(c)   70 ,   10 (d)   60 ,   5

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100. The term ‘Statistics’ refer to:
(a) values derived from the sample data;
(b) facts expressed in numerical form;
(c) a branch of mathematics;
(d) all of the above.
101-102.
The numbers of errors discovered during an audit of a sample of 12 invoices were as follows:
0 , 4 , 2 , 1 , 1 , 0 , 3 , 8 , 4 , 2 , 6 , 5.
101. The mode of the data is:
(a) 0 (b) 2
(c) 4 (d) there are multiple modes
102. The standard deviation of the data is:
(a) 2.38 (b) 2.49
(c) 3.06 (d) not possible to calculate
103. A car rental firm has experienced the following weekly demand for its hire cars over the last 50
weeks:

Weekly demand for hire cars 0 1 2 3 4 5 or more

Number of weeks 10 5 15 15 5 0

The expected value (average) of weekly demand equals:

(a) 2 cars (b) 3 cars (c) 4 cars (d) none
104. In 2016, a person allocated his retirement savings in the following categories:

Asset Allocation Return

Categories
% %
Large equities 20.0 8.0
Small equities 40.0 12.0
Emerging equities 25.0 −3.0
High-yield bonds 15.0 4.0

The portfolio return in 2016 is closest to:

(a) 5.1% (b) 5.3% (c) 6.3% (d) not possible
105. Find the standard deviation of the set of sample data y + 1 , y + 2 , y + 5 , y + 9 , y + 8.
(a) 3.16 (b) 3.53 (c) y + 3.16 (d) y + 3.53

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106. If the average of the set of data 2x 3 , 2x , 2x 1 , 2x 5 , 2x 2 is 9, then x 
(a) 5 (b) 9 (c) 45 (d) none
107. If the mean and the standard deviation of x1, x2,…., x7 are −6 and 4.3 respectively, find the
mean and the standard deviation of x1 + 3 , x2 + 3,……, x7 + 3.
(a) mean  −6 , s.d  4.3 (b) mean  −3 , s.d  7.3
(c) mean  −6 , s.d  7.3 (d) mean  −3 , s.d  4.3
108. The following table shows the mean salaries of employees of two companies:

Company A B
Average salary Rs 8000 Rs 7000

If an employee having salary Rs 7000 in company B leaves the company and joins company
A with a new salary Rs 8000, what are the effects on the mean and the standard deviation of
the salaries of the employees of companies A?

standard
mean
deviation
(a) increased increased
(b) unchanged increased
(c) unchanged decreased
(d) decreased unchanged
109. Given the heights (in cm) of two groups of students:
Group A: 131 cm, 150 cm, 147 cm, 138 cm, 144 cm
Group B: 139 cm, 148 cm, 132 cm, 151 cm, 140 cm
Which of the following is⁄are the true?
I. The ranges of the heights of the two groups of students are the same.
II. The means of the heights of the two groups of students are the same.
III. The inter-quartile ranges of the heights of the two groups of students are the same.
(a) I only (b) II only
(c) II and III only (d) all are true.
110. For a sample of ten data values, Σ x  100 and Σ x2  1900. The standard deviation is:
(a) 9.5 (b) 10 (c) 90 (d) 100

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111-113.
Following are the percentage marks obtained by a sample of 80 students taking the Math and
Statistics exam:
Percentage
No. of students Class Mark x2  f
Mark
20 ― 40 10 30 9000
40 ― 60 20 50 50000
60 ― 80 30 70 147000
80 ― 100 20 90 162000

111. What are the mean marks?

(a) 43 (b) 54 (c) 63 (d) 65
112. What was the standard deviation of the marks?
(a) 19 (b) 21 (c) 23 (d) 25
113. A student taking a deferred examination had a mark of 35%. What is the z-score for this student?
(a) −1.54 (b) 1.54 (c) 154% (d) 1.54%
114-115.
A set of data values has a mean of 5 and a standard deviation of 2. A new set is calculated by
multiplying each value by 2 and adding 1.
114. The mean of the new values will be:
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 10 (d) 11
115. The standard deviation of the new values will be:
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
116. A manager invests Rs 5000 annually in a security for four years at the following prices:

Purchase Price of
Security (Rs)
Year 1 62.00
Year 2 76.00
Year 3 84.00
Year 4 90.00

The average price paid for the security is closest to:

(a) Rs 76.48 (b) Rs 77.26 (c) Rs 78.00 (d) none

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117-122.
A study of failures of small businesses looked at the time to failure amongst those that failed
within 8 years of starting:

Year Count
1 10
2 8
3 9
4 15
5 10
6 7
7 7
8 4
N  70

117. The cumulative frequency to 3 years is:

(a) 10 (b) 18 (c) 27 (d) 42
118. The relative frequency of year 3 failures is:
(a) 0.09 (b) 0.13 (c) 0.26 (d) 0.38
119. The mean time to failure is:
(a) 4.00 (b) 4.09 (c) 4.31 (d) 4.50
120. The median time to failure is:
(a) 4.00 (b) 4.09 (c) 4.31 (d) 4.50
121. The IQR (mid-spread) of the time to failure is:
(a) 3.00 (b) 3.50 (c) 4.00 (d) 4.50
122. The estimated probability of failing in year 3, given survival for 2 years, is:
(a) 0.128 (b) 0.471 (c) 0.173 (d) 0.529
123. What are the boundaries for 8.6 ― 8.8 ?
(a) 8.1 ― 8.85 (b) 8.5 ― 8.9
(c) 8.55 ― 8.85 (d) 8.65 ― 8.75
124. Except for rounding errors, relative frequencies should add up to what sum?
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 50 (d) 100

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125-128.
A manufacturing company uses 3 main raw materials. The daily usage, in tonnes, for material X,
over a sample 50 day period was as follows:

Usage No. of days Class mark fx f  x2

16 ― 18 1 17 17 289
18 ― 20 7 19 133 2527
20 ― 22 14 21 294 6174
22 ― 24 16 23 368 8464
24 ― 26 7 25 175 4375
26 ― 28 3 27 81 2187
28 ― 30 2 29 58 1682

125. Calculate the mean daily usage.

(a) 18.75 tonnes (b) 20.35 tonnes
(c) 22.52 tonnes (d) 24.65 tonnes
126. Calculate the standard deviation for the daily usage.
(a) 18.45 tonnes (b) 6.94 tonnes
(c) 3.17 tonnes (d) 2.63 tonnes
127. Data for usage of materials Y and Z was obtained over a similar time period and the following
results obtained:
Y: mean  2786.4 litres , standard deviation  530.6 litres
Z: mean  478.6 kilos , standard deviation  147.5 kilos
For which of the three materials, is the day-to-day variation in usage the greatest?
(a) material X (b) material Y
(c) material Z (d) cannot compare, since units are different.
128. On particular day, the following amounts were used:
X: 27 tonnes , Y: 3370 litres , Z: 683 kilos

Which of these represents the largest consumption?

(a) material X (b) material Y
(c) material Z (d) cannot compare, since units are different.

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Answers:
1. (a) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4.(a) 5. (d) 6. (b)
7. (b) 8. (d) 9. (c) 10. (b) 11. (d) 12. (b)
13. (b) 14. (b) 15. (d) 16. (c) 17. (d) 18. (d)
19. (d) 20. (b) 21. (b) 22. (d) 23. (c) 24. (a)
25. (b) 26. (d) 27. (b) 28. (b) 29. (c) 30. (c)
31. (b) 32. (a) 33. (a) 34. (c) 35. (c) 36. (d)
37. (a) 38. (c) 39. (b) 40. (d) 41. (c) 42. (c)
43. (a) 44. (b) 45. (c) 46. (d) 47. (c) 48. (a)
49. (c) 50. (a) 51. (c) 52. (b) 53. (d) 54. (b)
55. (d) 56. (a) 57. (b) 58. (a) 59. (c) 60. (b)
61. (a) 62. (d) 63. (c) 64. (b) 65. (a) 66. (d)
67. (b) 68. (d) 69. (c) 70. (d) 71. (a) 72. (a)
73. (c) 74. (a) 75. (c) 76. (d) 77. (b) 78. (b)
79. (c) 80. (a) 81. (b) 82. (b) 83. (a) 84. (c)
85. (d) 86. (a) 87. (a) 88. (d) 89. (b) 90. (b)
91. (c) 92. (a) 93. (d) 94. (c) 95. (c) 96. (b)
97. (c) 98. (c) 99. (d) 100. (d) 101. (d) 102. (b)
103. (a) 104. (c) 105. (b) 106. (a) 107. (d) 108. (c)
109. (d) 110. (b) 111. (d) 112. (a) 113. (a) 114. (d)
115. (c) 116. (a) 117. (c) 118. (b) 119. (b) 120. (a)
121. (a) 122. (c) 123. (c) 124. (b) 125. (c) 126. (d)
127. (c) 128. (a) 129.

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