Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives

1. What is any subset of the sample space called?

A. an event B. an experiment C. a mutually exclusive event D. Independent events
2. Which of the following are the similarities between the standard normal distribution and the t
distribution?
A. Both distributions are symmetric (bell–shaped) about the mean.
B. Neither distribution meets the horizontal axis.
C. Total area under each of these curves is 1.0.
D. The mean of both of these distributions is zero.
E. All of these
3. A definite plan for obtaining a sample from a sample frame can be termed as:
A. Sampling design B. Sampling unit C. Sampling frame D. Sampling error
4. Branch of statistics which study the unknown aspects of a population distribution is
A. Estimation B. Hypothesis testing C. Inferential statistics D. Descriptive statistics
5. The mistakes or biases which are considered as causes of non-sampling errors must includes
A. Incorrect enumeration of population C. Incomplete questionnaire
B. Non-random sample selection D. All of these E. None of these
6. Which of the following represents the disadvantages of using the sample range to measure dispersion?
A. It produces spreads that are too large
B. The largest or smallest observation (or both) may be an outlier
C The sample range is not measured in the same units as the data
D. The sample range is measured in the same unit as the data
7. In systematic sampling, the population is 200 and the selected sample size is 50 then the sampling
interval is?
A. 250 B. 0.25 C. 4 D. 40 E. None of these
8. If a perfectly round and balanced coin is tossed four times, the probability of getting exactly three
heads equals:
1 1 1 1
A. 8 B. 4 C. 2 D. 32 E. None of these

9. Which one of the following is not true about the characteristics of normal probability distribution?
A. It is symmetrical about its mean
B. The normal curve is bell-shaped and has a single peak at the exact center of the distribution.
C. The mean, median and mode of the distribution are not equal and located at the peak
D. The normal curve falls off smoothly in either direction from the central value asymptotically
10. For a population consisting of four (4) members, how many samples of size two (2) can be formed
with replacement and without replacement respectively?
A. 16 & 2 B. 16 & 12 C. 16 & 6 D. 8 & 6 E. None of these

11. among the types of sampling, which one of the following different from the others
A. Stratified sampling B. Cluster sampling C. Convenience sampling D. Systematic sampling
12. The number of products manufactured in the factory in a day are 3500 and the probability
that some pieces are defected is 0.55 then the standard deviation of binomial probability
distribution is:
A. 43.87 B. 29.43 C. 39.69 D. 1925 E. None of these
13. Which one of the following probability distribution uses continuous data for their estimation?
A. Poisson distribution B. Normal distribution C. Binomial distribution D. None of these
14. Which one of the following did not considered as a need for sampling?
A. Greater speed B. Greater scope C. Reduction of cost D. Narrow information can be obtained E. None
15. What is a numerical descriptive measure calculated from the sample called?
A. a parameter B. a statistic C. a population D. a sampling distribution
16. A type II error is committed if we:
A. Reject a true null hypothesis D. Reject a true alternate hypothesis
B. Accept a true alternate hypothesis E. None of these is correct
C. Accept both the null and alternate hypotheses at the same time
17. If ti’s, i = 1, 2, …, n are possible estimators of a parameter , and if ti is also an estimator of 
whose variance is less than the variances of all other estimators of , then ti is said to be
A. Sufficient estimator B. Consistent estimator C. Unbiased estimator D. Efficient estimator
E. None
18. In hypothesis testing, the hypothesis tentatively assumed to be true is
A. the alternative hypothesis C. either the null or the alternative
B. the null hypothesis D. None of these alternatives is correct
19. Which of the following refers to numbers that indicate the spread or scatter of observations in
the data set?
A. measures of center B. measures of location C. measures of variability D. measures of shape
20. An experiment involves selecting a random sample of 256 middle managers for study. One
item of interest is annual income. The sample mean is computed to be $45,420, and the sample
standard deviation is $2, 050. What is the 95 percent confidence interval?
A. ($45, 169; $45, 671) B. ($46, 168; $ 47, 668)
C. ($45, 210; $45,630) D. ($46, 000; $47, 000) E. None of these
21. The measure of location which is the most likely to be influenced by extreme values in the
data set is the
A. range B. median C. mode D.. mean
22. In order to test the following hypotheses at an α level of significance
H0: µ ≤ 100
Ha: µ > 100
The null hypothesis will be rejected if the test statistic Z (Zcal.) is
A. ≥ Zα B. ≤ Zα C. < -Zα D. < 100
23. The estimate of the population proportion is to be with in  0.05, with a 95 percent level of
confidence. The best estimate of the population proportion is 0.15. How large a sample is
required?
A. 190 B. 196 C. 200 D. 170 E. None
24. The ability of an interval estimate to contain the value of the population parameter is
described by the
A. confidence level C. precise value of the population mean μ
B. degrees of freedom D. degrees of freedom minus 1 E. None of these
25. The 0.01 level is used in an experiment and a one-tailed test with the rejection region in the
lower (left) tail is applied. Computed Z is –1.8. This indicates:
A. Ho should not be rejected C. We should take a larger sample
B. We should reject Ho and accept H1 E. None of these is correct
D. We should have used the 0.05 level of significance
26. What is the type of sample statistic that is used to make inference about a given type of
population parameter?
A. The estimator of that parameter C. The confidence interval of that parameter
B. The confidence level of that parameter D. The point estimate of that parameter
27. Which statement is not true about the 95% confidence level?
A. Confidence intervals computed by using the same procedure will include the true population
value for 95% of all possible random samples taken from the population.
B. The procedure that is used to determine the confidence interval will provide an interval that
includes the population parameter with probability of 0.95.
C. The probability that the true value of the population parameter falls between the bounds of an
already computed confidence interval is roughly 95%.
D. If we consider all possible randomly selected samples of the same size from a population, the
95% is the percentage of those samples for which the confidence interval includes the population
parameter.
28. Branch of statistical inference which assumes that the underlying population distribution is
known is
A. Parametric statistical inference C. Distribution free methods
B. Non-parametric statistical inference D. All the above
29. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. If we use the chi-square method of analysis to test for the difference between proportions, we
must assume that there are at least 5 observed frequencies in each cell of the contingency.
B. A test for whether one proportion is higher than the other can be performed using the chi-
square distribution
C. If we use the chi-square method of analysis to test for the difference between two proportions,
the squared difference between the observed and theoretical frequencies should be large if the
null hypothesis is true.
D. When using the χ2 tests for independence, one should be aware that the expected frequencies
that are too small will lead to too big a type I error
30. If two events are independent, then
A. they must be mutually exclusive
B. the sum of their probabilities must be equal to one
C. their intersection must be zero
D. None of these alternatives is correct.
31. Chi-squared is computed by first squaring the differences between
A. Observed frequencies and expected frequencies.
B. Observed frequencies and the total sample size.
C. Observed frequencies and observed percentages.
D. Expected values and observed percentages.
32. The degrees of freedom for the Chi-Square test statistic when testing for independence in a
contingency table with 4 rows and 4 columns would be
A. 12 B. 5 C. 7 D. 9
33. Which of the following is not an assumption of parametric inference methods?
A. Data is quantitative C. Sample is sufficiently large.
 B. Population has a known distribution. D. Data is qualitative.
34. The chi-square test can be used:
A. For pairwise multiple comparisons of means. C. To test for homogeneity of proportions
B. To test for difference in two variances. D. To make inference about a population mean.
35. The boundaries of the confidence interval are called:
A. Confidence level B. The test statistics C. The degree of confidence D. The confidence limits
E. Significance level
36. Considering the sample statistics, if the mean of sampling distribution is equal to population
mean then the sample statistic is classified as
A. Unbiased estimator B. Biased estimator C. Interval estimator D. Hypothesis estimator
37. If the point estimate is 8 and the margin of error is 5 then the confidence interval is
A. 3 to 13 B. 4 to 14 C. 5 to 15 D. 6 to 16
38. To develop interval estimate of any parameter of population, the value which is added or
subtracted from the point estimate is classified as:
A. Margin of efficiency B. Margin of consistency C. Margin of biasedness D. Margin of error
39. Which of the following statement is correct?
A. An interval estimate is an estimate of the range of possible values for a population parameter
B. An interval estimate describes a range of values that is likely not to include the actual
population parameter
C. An interval estimate is an estimate of the range for a sample statistic
D. All of these E. None of these
40. A estimator which provides all the information provided by a sample with respect to the
parameter is called
A. Unbiased B. Consistent C. Efficient D. Sufficient
41. In hypothesis testing, if the sample size is large and the population is assumed normal, then
the test statistics used is
A. t B. 2 C. Z D. F E. None
42. Two events, A and B, are mutually exclusive and each have a non-zero probability. If event
A is known to occur, the probability of the occurrence of event B is
A. One B. any positive value C. zero D. any value between 0 to 1
43. The method used to arrive at the “best-fitting” straight line in regression analysis is referred to
as the:
A. Freehand method C. Least square method
B. Determination method D. Correlation method
E. None
44. Which of the following is not a distribution-free test?
A. The median test C. Chi-square test
B. The student t test D. Wilcoxon test E. None
45. A list of 5 pulse rates is: 70, 64, 80, 74, 92. What is the median for this list?
A. 74 B. 76 C. 77 D. 80
46. Statistics that is used to make valid inferences from the data for effective decision making
among managers or professional is
A. Descriptive statistics C. None of the above
B. Inferential statistics D. All of the above
47. A professor asked the students in a class their heights. On the basis of this information, the
professor states that the average height of all the students in the university is 21 years. This is an
example of
A. census B. descriptive statistics C. an experiment D. Inferential statistics
48. A measure describing the characteristics of the population is known as
A. Parameter B. Sample C. Statistics D. Census
49. Which of the following terms best describes the data collected for the first time keeping in
view the objective of the survey?
A. Primary data B. Secondary data C. Important data D. Personal data
50. Histogram is useful in locating graphically the value of:
A. Arithmetic mean B. Harmonic mean C. Mode D. Median
51. Which of the following graphical depictions of data represents cumulative frequencies?
A. Histogram B. Frequency polygon C. Ogives D. Pie charts
52. What is one of the distinctions between a population parameter and a sample statistic?
A. A population parameter is only based on conceptual measurements, but a sample statistic is
based on a combination of real and conceptual measurements.
B A sample statistic changes each time you try to measure it, but a population parameter remains
fixed.
C. A population parameter changes each time you try to measure it, but a sample statistic
remains fixed across samples.
D. The true value of a sample statistic can never be known but the true value of a population
parameter can be known.
53. Which one of the following variables is not categorical?
A. Age of a person.
B. Gender of a person: male or female.
C. Choice on a test item: true or false.
D. Marital status of a person (single, married, divorced, other)
54. On a December day, the probability of snow is 0.30. The probability of a cold day is 0.50.
The probability of snow and cold is 0.15. Are snow and cold weather independent events?
A. No
B. Yes
C. Only if given that it snowed
D. Only when they are also mutually exclusive
55. given that event E has a probability of 0.31, the probability of the component of event E
A. 0.31 B. 0.69 C. Cannot be determined with the above information
D. Can have any value between 0 and 1
Information to answer question 56, 57 and 58:- The student body of a large university consists
of 50% female students. A random sample of 8 students is selected
56. What is the probability that among the students in the sample exactly two are female?
A. 0.0896 B. 0.1094 C. 0.0007 D. 0.2936
57. What is the probability that among the students in the sample at least 7 are female?
A. 0.0168 B. 0.0461 C. 0.0352 D. 0.0313
58. What is the probability that among the students in the sample, 6 or more are male?
A. 0.1446 B. 0.0079 C. 0.0413 D. 0.0499
Information to answer the next three questions:- In order to estimate the average time spent on
the computer terminals per student at a local university, data were collected from a sample of 81
business students over a one week period. Assume the population standard deviation is 1.2 hours
59. The standard error of the mean is:
A. 7.5 B. 0.014 C. 0.160 D. 0.133
60. With a 0.95 probability, the margin of error is approximately:
A. 0.26 B. 1.96 C. 0.21 D. 1.64
61. If the sample mean is 9 hours, then the 95% confidence interval is:
A. 7.04 to 11.96 hours C. 7.80 to 10.20 hours
B. 7.36 to 10.64 hours D. 8.74 to 9.26 hours
62. The range of probability is:
A. any value larger than zero
B. any value between minus infinity to plus infinity
C. zero to one
D. any value between -1 to 1