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This document outlines the questions and sections of an exam for a quantitative analysis course. It includes 6 multiple choice questions in Section A across various quantitative analysis topics, worth 15 marks each. Section B includes 2 longer form questions worth 40 marks total, including calculating rank correlation from data and probabilities related to average account lifespan. Students have 3 hours to complete the exam, which is worth 70% of the overall grade for the management program term.

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MS 8

This document outlines the questions and sections of an exam for a quantitative analysis course. It includes 6 multiple choice questions in Section A across various quantitative analysis topics, worth 15 marks each. Section B includes 2 longer form questions worth 40 marks total, including calculating rank correlation from data and probabilities related to average account lifespan. Students have 3 hours to complete the exam, which is worth 70% of the overall grade for the management program term.

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MS-8

MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME
Term-End Examination
June, 2014
MS-8 : QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS FOR
MANAGERIAL APPLICATIONS

O
Q

Time : 3 hours

Maximum Marks : 100


(Weightage 70%)

Note : (i) Section - A has six questions, each carrying 15 marks.


Attempt any four questions from this section.
(ii) Section - B is compulsory and carries 40 marks.
Attempt both questions.
(iii) Statistical tables may be supplied on request.
(iv) Use of calculator is permissible.

SECTION - A
1.

Solve the system of simultaneous linear equations


by using matrix algebra :
+ 4x2 + x3 = 8
3x1 + 3x2 + x3 =16
3x1 + x2 + 2x3 = 8

2.

Following is the data of sales figure of a company


for 100 days :
Sales
40 - 50 50 - 60 60 - 70 70 - 80 80 - 90 90 - 100
(Rs. thousands)
No. of days
10
15
25
30
12
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ompu e the Average Deviation.

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P.T.O.

3.

Suppose that a manufactured product has


2 defects per unit of product inspected. Use
Poisson distribution and calculate the probabilities
of finding a product without any defect, with
three defects and with four defects.
(Given e -2 = 0.13534)

4.

Discuss the role of Chi-square distribution in


testing of hypothesis.

5.

A marketing manager wants to know if there is


any difference in the proportion of consumers
who like the taste of his product. He finds that 40
out of a sample of 85 consumers respond that they
like the taste of his product. Similarly 35 out of a
second sample of 65 consumers respond that they
like the taste of the product when they are
administered a product of the next competing
brand. Based on these observations what should
the marketing manager conclude at a 5%
significance level ?

6.

Write short notes on any three of the following :

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(a)

Marginal Revenue

(b)

Deciles

(c)

Marginal Analysis

(d)

Non-sampling error

(e)

Moving average models


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SECTION - B
7.

Suppose the ranks obtained by a set of 10 students


in a Mathematics test (X) and a Physics test (Y)
are shown below.
Rank (X)
Rank (Y)

1
3

2
1

3
4

4
2

5
6

6
9

7
8

8
10

9
5

10
7

Find the rank correlation.


8.

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A banker claims that the life of a regular saving


account opened with his bank averages 18 months
with a standard deviation of 6.45 months.
Answer the following :
(a) What is the probability that there will still
be money after 22 months in a savings
account opened by a depositor ?
(b) What is the probability that the account will
have been closed before two years ?

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