Practice Test-1

(For each question choose the most correct answer)

population size
1. A company employs 5000 individuals. To ascertain whether the employees would favor or
disfavor a new group health insurance plan, 200 employees were selected randomly. First they
were given a presentation about the new plan, and then the proportion of these 200 employees
favoring the new insurance plan was recorded. Choose the most correct statement:
(a) The variable = number of employees who favored
(b) The parameter = proportion of those 200 employees who favored statistics
(c) Here the population size is unknown
(d) All the above statements are incorrect
(e) All the above statements are correct

2. A survey conducted by the University of California interviewed 5000 randomly selected

young men who didn’t go to college. Among the interviewees, of those who took factory jobs,
one in two reached a higher-level blue collar job and one in four reached the managerial position.
Choose the correct statement:
(a) The population = those 5000 young men interviewed
(b) The variable = income of an interviewee
(c) The sample is the collection of those who took up factory jobs
(d) For the population under study, the sample size is unknown
(e) All the above four statements are incorrect

3. For a group of individuals, everyone is given a raise of $100 per month. Choose the correct
statement
(a) The median income of the group remains same (after the raise)
(b) The standard deviation as well as the mean increases by $100 (after the raise)
(c) The distance between Q1 and Q3 remains the same (after the raise)
(d) The mode of the income values remain same (after the raise)
(e) None of the above

[The following statement is needed to answer questions 4 – 9.]

The level of various substances in the blood is known to influence our health. During his
long career as a teacher, spanning over three decades, Mr. M regularly visited his doctor’s clinic
once in every three months to have his blood tested. Below are measurements of the level of
phosphate in his blood, in mg / deciliter (dcl), observed during 7 randomly selected such visits:
5.6 5.2 4.6 4.9 5.7 6.4 5.9

4. The population is (choose the correct answer) -

(a) The collection of all patients who have visited their doctors once in every 3 months
(b) The collection of all teachers with careers spanning more than three decades
(c) The collection of all quarterly visits that Mr. M made to have his blood tested
(d) The collection of 7 visits that Mr. M made when he got his blood tests done
(e) None of the above
5. The median phosphate level for the 7 clinic visits is –
(a) 5.65 mg/dcl
(b) 5.7 mg/dcl
(c) 5.6 mg/dcl
(d) 6.4 mg/dcl
(e) None of the above

6. The standard deviation of the above dataset is (correct up to fourth decimal) –

(a) 0.5699 mg/dcl
(b) 0.8210 (mg/dcl)2
(c) 0.6157 mg/dcl
(d) 0.7293 mg/dcl
(e) None of the above

7. A particular drug, when injected, can increase the phosphate level in blood immediately by
about 1 mg/dcl. If, hypothetically, Mr. M were administered the drug right before his blood test
during all the above 7 clinic visits, then the standard deviation of the new blood levels would
have been –
(a) 0.7293 mg/dcl
(b) 0.5699 mg/dcl
(c) Unaffected (i.e., would have remained same as the one with the original data)
(d) 0.8210 (mg/dcl)2
(e) None of the above

8. A particular drug, when injected, can increase the phosphate level in blood immediately by
about 50%. If, hypothetically, Mr. M were administered the drug right before his blood test
during all the above 7 clinic visits, then the mean of the new blood levels would have been –
(a) Same as the one with the original measurements
(b) Decrease by 50% (compared to what it would have been with the original sample)
(c) Increase by 50% (compared to what it would have been with the original sample)
(d) Increase by 25% (compared to what it would have been with the original sample)
(e) None of the above

9. A simple dot plot makes us think that the sample histogram of the phosphate level in blood is
roughly -
(a) Exactly symmetric
(b) Mildly negatively skewed
(c) Mildly positively skewed
(d) Highly positively skewed
(e) Highly negatively skewed

10. Suppose the UL Lafayette Math Dept. wants to know whether the STAT-214 students (in
Spring 2023) find the Sample Test Booklet useful or not. There are about 800 students spread
across 20 sections. So it was decided to take five students at random from each section so that all
instructors are covered, and hence the sample is a cross section of the population. Thus, the
sample is –
(a) A simple random sample (without replacement)
(b) A cluster sample
(c) A stratified sample
(d) A systematic sample
(e) None of the above

11. Suppose the relative frequency histogram of a quantitative dataset is heavily positively
skewed. Then choose the most appropriate answer:
(a) The mean is expected to be greater than the mode
(b) The mode is expected to be less than the median
(c) The median is expected to be greater than mean
(d) Both (a) and (b) are correct
(e) Both (b) and (c) are correct

12. Consider the following two datasets: Dataset-1 = {1, 1, 3, 3, 3, 5, 5};

Dataset-2 = {2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4}. Choose the most correct answer.
(a) The means of the two datasets are different
(b) The two standard deviations are the same
(c) Both the datasets have multiple modes
(d) The IQRs of these two datasets are the same
(e) None of the above is correct

13. If we have a dataset with a single entry, then its standard deviation is always -
(a) Zero
(b) Same as the entry value
(c) Undefined
(d) Always negative
(e) None of the above

14. If all the entries in a dataset are negative, then -

(a) Both mean and median must be negative
(b) Mean is negative, but standard deviation is nonnegative
(c) Both (a) and (b) are correct
(d) One of the quartiles can be positive
(e) None of the above

15. If all the entries in a dataset are same, then -

(a) Mean and standard deviation are same
(b) Median and standard deviation are same
(c) The inter quartile range length is larger than the standard deviation
(d) Mean, median and mode are same
(e) All of the above are correct

16. Choose the most correct answer for any relative frequency histogram
(a) About 25% of the entries are below Q1
(b) About 50% of the entries are between Q1 and Q3
(c) About 25% of the entries are above Q3
(d) About 75% of the entries are below Q3
(e) All of the above are correct

17. Suppose you have the following dataset (the number of cats in seven households selected
randomly): {3, 6, 0, 2, 5, 1, 0}. The median number of cats is
(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) 2
(d) 3
(e) None of the above

18. A random sample of 20 UL Lafayette students yielded the following response whether he/she
is a smoker (S) or a non-smoker (N):
N, N, N, S, N, S, N, N, N, N, N, S, N, S, S, N, N, N, S, N
Choose the most correct statement:
(a) The sample proportion of smokers (which is 6/20 or 0.30) is a statistic
(b) The variable of interest is qualitative
(c) The population is the collection of all UL Lafayette students at the time of the study
(d) All of the above are correct
(e) None of the above is correct

19. When it comes to graphical or pictorial representation of a dataset, then – (choose the most
correct answer):
(a) We can draw a bar diagram for the age distribution of UL students
(b) It is possible to draw a Pie-diagram for a study dealing with ethnicity of students
(c) A histogram is exclusively reserved for a qualitative variable (such as - eye color)
(d) A box-plot can’t be drawn if we have too many entries in a dataset
(e) All of the above are correct

20. Consider the two datasets: Dataset-1 = {−1, −1, −1, 1, 1, 1}; Dataset-2 = {−2, −2, −2, 2, 2, 2}
(a) The two means are same
(b) The two medians are same
(c) The datasets have different and multiple modes
(d) All of the above are correct
(e) None of the above is correct

21. Consider any relative frequency histogram

(a) The area under the histogram between Q1 and Max is always 75%
(b) The area under the histogram between Min and Q3 is always 75%
(c) The area under the histogram between Min and Max is always 100%
(d) All of the above are correct
(e) None of the above is correct

22. Think of any quantitative dataset with 20 or more entries. Choose the most correct answer
(a) The median remains the same if the Max is increased by 1 unit
(b) The median remains the same if the Min is decreased by 1 unit
(c) The mean can be impacted if any one entry is changed by 1 unit
(d) All of the above are correct
(e) None of the above is correct

23. A random sample of dollar bills from a collection box yields the following information: 10
$1 bills, 7 $5 bills, 9 $10 bills and 4 $20 bills. The median denomination is
(a) $1
(b) $5
(c) $10
(d) $20
(e) None of the above

24. A random sample of cars at a parking lot yields the following information about the color
distribution: 5 Red, 7 Blue, 10 Black, 6 Silver and 2 Other colors. A student wants to represent
this data through a Pie-diagram. The segment (i.e., the pie slice) representing the red cars should
have an angle at the center as given below:
(a) 24 degrees
(b) 60 degrees
(c) 72 degrees
(d) 84 degrees
(e) None of the above

25. A random sample of 50 children showed that 10% are allergic to peanuts. Then (choose the
most correct answer)
(a) This 10% is a parameter value
(b) This 10% is a statistic value
(c) The parameter is somewhat close to 10%, but unlikely to be exactly 10%
(d) Both (b) and (c) are correct
(e) All three of (a), (b) and (c) are correct