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STA 112 / STA 114 Practice questions on Normal Probability Distribution

1. A standard normal distribution is a normal distribution with:


a. a mean of zero and a standard deviation of one.
b. a mean of one and a standard deviation of zero.
c. a mean always larger than the standard deviation.
d. None of these choices.
ANS: A

2. What proportion of the data from a normal distribution is within two standard deviations from the mean?
a. 0.3413
b. 0.4772
c. 0.6826
d. 0.9544
ANS: D

3. Given that Z is a standard normal random variable, the area to the left of a value z is expressed as
a. P(Z  z)
b. P(Z  z)
c. P(0  Z  z)
d. P(Z  z)
ANS: B

4. If X has a normal distribution with mean 60 and standard deviation 6, which value of X corresponds with the value
z = 1.96?
a. x = 71.76
b. x = 67.96
c. x = 61.96
d. x = 48.24
ANS: A

5. Which of the following is not a characteristic for a normal distribution?


a. It is symmetrical.
b. The mean is always zero.
c. The mean, median, and mode are all equal.
d. It is a bell-shaped distribution.
ANS: B

6. Given that Z is a standard normal variable, the variance of Z:


a. is always greater than 2.0.
b. is always greater than 1.0.
c. is always equal to 1.0.
d. cannot assume a specific value.
ANS: C

7. Given that Z is a standard normal random variable, a negative value (z) on its distribution would indicate:
a. z is to the left of the mean.
b. the standard deviation of this Z distribution is negative.
c. the area between zero and the value z is negative.
d. None of these choices.
ANS: A

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8. A larger standard deviation of a normal distribution indicates that the distribution becomes:
a. narrower and more peaked.
b. flatter and wider.
c. more skewed to the right.
d. more skewed to the left.
ANS: B

9. In its standardized form, the normal distribution:


a. has a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1.
b. has a mean of 1 and a variance of 0.
c. has an area equal to 0.5.
d. cannot be used to approximate discrete probability distributions.
ANS: A

10. Most values of a standard normal distribution lie between:


a. 0 and 1
b. 3 and 3
c. 0 and 3
d. minus infinity and plus infinity
ANS: B

11. Bob took a math test whose mean was 70 and standard deviation was 5. The total points possible was 100. Bob's
results were reported to be at the 95th percentile. What was Bob's actual exam score, rounded to the nearest whole
number?
a. 95
b. 78
c. 75
d. 62
ANS: B

12. Bob took a statistics test whose mean was 80 and standard deviation was 5. The total points possible was 100.
Bob's score was 2 standard deviations below the mean. What was Bob's score, rounded to the nearest whole
number?
a. 78
b. 70
c. 90
d. None of these choices.
ANS: B

13. Bob took a biology exam whose mean was 70 with standard deviation 5. He also took a chemistry exam whose
mean was 80 with standard deviation 10. He scored 85 on both exams. On which exam did he do better compared
to the other students who took the exam?
a. He did better on the biology exam, comparatively speaking.
b. He did better on the chemistry exam, comparatively speaking.
c. He did the same on both exams, relatively speaking.
d. Cannot tell without more information.
ANS: A

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14. Suppose Bob's exam score was at the 80th percentile on an exam whose mean was 90. What was Bob's exam
score?
a. 76.81
b. 72.00
c. 80.00
d. Cannot tell without more information.
ANS: D

15. If we standardize the normal curve, we express the original X values in terms of their number of standard
deviations away from the mean.

ANS: T

16. A normal distribution is symmetric; therefore the probability of being below the mean is 0.50 and the
probability of being above the mean is 0.50.

ANS: T

17. A random variable X is standardized by subtracting the mean and dividing by the variance.

ANS: F

18. A random variable X has a normal distribution with mean 132 and variance 36. If x = 120, its corresponding
value of Z is 2.0.

ANS: F

19. A random variable X has a normal distribution with a mean of 250 and a standard deviation of 50. Given that
X = 175, its corresponding value of Z is 1.50.

ANS: T

20. Given that Z is a standard normal random variable, a negative value of Z indicates that the standard deviation
of Z is negative.

ANS: F

21. In the standard normal distribution, z0.05 = 1.645 means that 5% of all values of z are below 1.645 and 95% are
above it.

22. The probability that a standard normal random variable Z is less than 3.5 is approximately 0.

ANS: T

23. If the value of Z is z = 99, that means you are at the 99th percentile on the Z distribution.

ANS: F

24. The 10th percentile of a Z distribution has 10% of the Z-values lying above it.

ANS: F

25. The probability that Z is less than 2 is the same as one minus the probability that Z is greater than +2.

ANS: F

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26. The recent average starting salary for new college graduates in computer information systems is $47,500.
Assume salaries are normally distributed with a standard deviation of $4,500.

A, What is the probability of a new graduate getting a starting salary in excess of $55,000?

ANS: 0.0475

B. What is the probability of a new graduate receiving a salary between $45,000 and $50,000?

C. What percent of starting salaries are no more than $42,250?

D. What is the cutoff for the bottom 5% of the salaries?

ANS: $40,097.50

E. What is the cutoff for the top 3% of the salaries?

ANS: $55,960

27.A worker earns $16 per hour at a plant and is told that only 5% of all workers make a higher wage. If the wage
is assumed to be normally distributed and the standard deviation of wage rates is $5 per hour, find the average
wage for the plant workers per hour.
ANS: P(X > 16) = .05  (16  ) / 5 = 1.645   = $7.78

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