If X ~ N ( = 8,  2 = 25) and X1, X2 ,…, X16 is a random sample 9) What is the decision rule for the test H0:

test H0: μ=155 versus

of size n=16, write the following quantities. H1:μ≠155 if α=0.03?

1) P(X< 9) a) Reject H0 if z < -1.88 or z > 1.88

b) Reject H0 if z < -1.88
a) 0.2119 b) 0.5793 c) 0.2347 d) 0.2037 e) 0.4207 c) Reject H0 if z > 1.88
d) Reject H0 if z > 2.17
2) P(7<X<10) e) Reject H0 if z < -2.17 or z > 2.17
a) 0.2119 b) 0.5793 c) 0.2037 d) 0.7653 e) 0.2347
10) Find the value of test statistic (z).
3) P( X  9) a) -0.53 b) 0.53 c) -1.42 d) 1.69 e) -1.69

11) Find the p-value for the test given in the previous question.
a) 0.4207 b) 0.7653 c) 0.2037 d) 0.2119 e) 0.7881
a) 0.091 b) 0.0455 c) 0.9545 d) -0.53 e) -1.69
4) P(9  X  11)
12) Consider a normal population distribution with the value of
a) 0.2119 b) 0.7653 c) 0.2037 d) 0.5793 e) 0.8760 σ unknown. What is the confidence level for the interval
s
5) A manufacturer claims that the life of its spark plugs is x  2.624 .
normally distributed with mean 36000 miles and standard 15
deviation 4000 miles. For a random sample of sixteen of a) 0.01 b) 0.02 c) 0.99 d) 0.98 e) 0.95
these plugs, the average life was found to be 34500 miles If
the manufacturer’s claim is correct, what would be the 13) (114.4, 115.6) is a confidence interval for the true average
probability of finding a sample mean that is smaller than (i.e., population mean) resonance frequency for all tenis
34500 miles? rackets of a certain type. What is the value of the sample
mean resonance frequency?
a) 0.852 b) 0.352 c) 0.4666 d) 0.9332 e) 0.0668
a) 114 b) 115 c) 114.5 d) 115.1 e) 115.6
A random sample of six cars from a particular model year had
the following fuel consumption figures, in miles per galon: 14) A coal is acceptable if the hellium porosity value is in the
interval (4.00,7.00). If the true mean porosity value (  ) is
18.6 18.4 19.2 20.8 19.4 20.5 5.00, what is the probability that a selected coal specimen is
Given this information, answer the questions 48 to 50. acceptable (  = 1 ) ?

a) 0.1836 b) 0.1952 c) 0.9212 d) 0.8185 e) 0.2130

6) Find the sample mean.
a) 19.48 b) 18.4 c) 19.12 d) 19.62 e) 19.2 15) A cigarette manufacturer claims that the average nicotine
content  of brand B cigarettes is at most 1.5 mg. Which
7) Find the sample standard deviation. null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis pair is
appropriate to test this claim?
a) 0.852 b) 0.96167 c) 0.98065 d) 0.8014 e) 0.8952 a) H 0 :   1.5 b) H 0 :  = 1.5 c) H 0 :   1.5
8) Find a 90% confidence interval for the population mean H A :   1.5 H A :   1.5 H A :   1.5
fuel consumption for cars of this model year, assuming that d) H 0 :   1.5 e) H 0 :   1.5
the population distribution is normal. H A :   1.5 H A :   1.5

a) 18.943 < μ < 20.017 b) 18.674 < μ < 20.286

16) When a process producing ball bearing is operating
c) 18.968 < μ < 19.992 d) 19.062 < μ < 19.898 correctly, the weights of the ball bearings have a normal
e) 18.822 < μ < 20.138 distribution with mean 5 ounces and standard deviation 0.1
ounce. An adjustment has been made to the process, and
the plant manager suspects that this has raised the mean
A melting point test of n=10 samples of a binder used in weight of ball bearings produced, leaving the standard
manufacturing a rocket propellant resulted in a sample mean deviation unchanged. A random sample of sixteen ball
of 154.2oF. Assume that melting point is normally distributed bearings is taken, and their mean weight is 5.038. What
with standard deviation 1.5oF. should be the value of the test statistic, decision and the
conclusion for  = 0.10 ?
Given this information, answer the following questions.
a) z=1.52, rej. H0, there is a decrease in the mean weight of
the ball bearings.
1
 b) z=1.52, can not rej. H0, there is no increase in the mean c) H0: μ ≥ 5000 d) H0: μ < 5000
weight of the ball bearings. e) b or c
c) z=-1.52, rej. H0, there is an increase in the mean weight
25) Suppose that a one-tail t test is being applied to find out if
of the ball bearings.
the population mean is less than 100. The level of
d) z=0.80, can not rej. H0, there is an increase in the mean significance is 0.05 and 25 observations were sampled. The
weight of the ball bearings. rejection region is:
e) z=1.52, rej. H0, there is an increase in the mean weight of a) t < -1.708 b) t < -1. 711 c) t > 1.318
the ball bearings. d) t < -2.064 e) t > 1.708
If 𝑿~𝑵(𝝁 = 𝟏𝟎, 𝝈𝟐 = 𝟑𝟔) and X1, X2 ,…, X16 is a random 26) A company will buy a cable produced by a manufacturer if
sample of size n=16, write the following quantities for q. 63-64. the mean breaking strength of the cable is greater than
1800 lb. The company took a sample of 50 cables, and it is
17) P(7<X<10) found that the sample mean breaking strength is 1840 lb.
and the sample standard deviation is 100 lb. What should
a) 0.4773 b) 0.9773 c) 0.6915 d) 0.1915 e) 0.3085 be the value of the test statistic, decision and the conclusion
for  = 0.10 ?
18) P(7  X  13)
a) z=-2.83, rej. H0, the mean breaking strength is less than
a) 0.4773 b) 0.9545 c) 0.9773 d) 0.5228 e) 0.4886 1800 lb, so company can not buy the cables from this
manufacturer.
19) The weights of boxes of Crunchy breakfast cereal are b) z=2.83, cannot rej. H0, the mean breaking strength is
normally distributed with a mean of 450 grams and a greater than 1800 lb, so company can buy the cables from
standard deviation of 2 grams. What is the probability that this manufacturer.
a box weighs at most 453 grams?
c) z=2.83, rej. H0, the mean breaking strength is greater
a) 0.5 b) 0.0668 c) 0.7734 d) 0.2266 e) 0. 9332 than 1800 lb, so company can buy the cables from this
manufacturer.
If Z ~ N ( = 0,  2 = 1) , (standard normal distribution), write d) z=0.80, rej. H0, the mean breaking strength is less than
the following quantities for the following questions. 1800 lb, so company can not buy the cables from this
manufacturer.
20) P(1.13<Z<2.10) e) z=2.83, rej. H0, the mean breaking strength is at least
1800 lb, so company can buy the cables from this
a) 0.2320 b) 0.1230 c) 0.1113 d) 2.10 e) 0.1520 manufacturer.

21) If P(Z<z*)=0.0320, z*=?

The producer of a type of a fluorescent light bulb is investigating
a) 1.85 b) -1.85 c) 1.81 d) 0.9678 e) 0.0322 the mean lifetime of the bulbs. If  is the mean life time of all
the bulbs produced by the company, test the hypothesis
22) A confidence interval estimate is desired for the gain in a  = 1600 hours against the alternative hypothesis   1600
circuit on a semiconductor device. Assume that gain is hours using a level of significance of  = 0.05 depending on a
normally distributed with standard deviation (  ) 20. Find sample of 100 produced by the company. The standard deviation
a 95% CI for µ when n = 10 and X = 1000 . of the sample (s) is computed as 120 hours. Answer the following
questions depending on this information.
a) 997.2 < μ < 1002.8 b) 985.7 < μ < 1014.3
c) 987.6 < μ < 1012.4 d) 996.8 < μ < 1003.2 27) If the sample mean ( X ) is found to be 1570 hours, what will be
e) 999.1 < μ < 1000.9 the value of the test statistic z?

23) Mr Rumpole believes that the mean income of lawyers is a) 2.79 b) -2.50 c) -2 d) -2.85 e) 2.18
now more than $65 thousand per year. Which is the correct
set of hypotheses to test this belief? 28) If the calculated value of the test statistic z were -2.14, what
would be the p-value?
a) H0: μ = 65 b) H0: μ ≥ 65 c) H0: μ < 65
H1: μ 65 H1: μ < 65 H1: μ ≥ 65 a) 0.10 b) 0.9838 c) 0.0162 d) 0.0324 e) 0.05
d) H0: μ > 65 e) H0: μ ≤ 65
H1: μ ≤ 65 H1: μ > 65 29) Test the hypothesis that the average yield of a chemical
process manufactured in a chemical plant is 880 tons per
24) Suppose a business person wishes to open a store in a local day. Which null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis pair
shopping centre only if there is strong evidence that the is appropriate to conduct this test?
average number of people in the centre is greater than 5000
per day. The null hypothesis will be a) H 0 :  = 880 b) H 0 :   880 c) H 0 :   880
a) H0: μ ≤ 5000 b) H0: μ > 5000 H A :   880 H A :   880 H A :   880
2
 d) H 0 :   880 e) H 0 :   880
H A :   880 H A :   880

30) Refer to the previous example, the sample mean ( X ) is found

to be 871 and the sample standard deviation (s) is 21 based on
n=50 measurements, what will be the value of the test statistic
z?

a) 2.79 b) -3.03 c) -2 d) 2.85 e) 2.18

31) The drying time of a certain paint under specific test

conditions is known to be normally distributed with mean
value 75 min. Chemists have proposed a new additive
designed to decrease the average drying time. The company
will consider using the new additive only if it decreases the
drying time. Which null hypothesis and alternative
hypothesis pair is appropriate to decide whether to use the
additive or not?
a) H 0 :  = 75 b) H 0 :   75 c) H 0 :   75
H A :   75 H A :   75 H A :   75
d) H 0 :   75 e) H 0 :   75
H A :   75 H A :   75

32) To decide whether or not to buy the additive proposed by

the chemists in the previous question, n=16 trials have been
done and, the mean drying time is 72 with s = 9 . If we
assume that the sample is normally distributed, write the
test statistic, the decision and the conclusion with  = 0.01 .
b) t=-1.33, fail to c) t=-1.33, fail to
a) t=-1.33, rej H0,
rej H0, use the rej H0, Don’t use
use the additive
additive the additive
d) t=1.33, fail to rej e) z=-1.33, rej H0,
H0, use the additive Don’t use the
additive