1.

For the standard normal probability distribution, what is the value of the area
a. To the left of 0; h. To the right of +1.96;
b. To the right of 0; i. To the left of 1.0;
c. To the left of -1.96; j. To the right of 1.0;
d. To the right of -1.96; k. To the left of -1.645;
e. To the left of -1.0; l. To the right of -1.645;
f. To the right of -1.0; m. To the left of +1.645;
g. To the left of +1.96; n. To the right of +1.645

2. For the standard normal random variable Z, what is the value z of Z if the area to the left of z
is
a. 0.025 e. 0.900;
b. 0.050; f. 0.950;
c. 0.100; g. 0.975.
d. 0.500;

3. For the standard normal random variable Z, what is the value z of Z if the area to the right of
z is

a. 0.025 e. 0.900;
b. 0.050; f. 0.950;
c. 0.100; g. 0.975.
d. 0.500;

4. For the standard normal random variable Z, what is the value z of Z if the area between –z
and +z is

a. 0.754; d. 0.99;
b. 0.90; e. 0.50;
c. 0.95; f. 0.999.

5. The starting salaries of individuals with an MBA degree are normally distributed with a mean
of $40,000 and a standard deviation of $5,000. What is the probability that a randomly
selected individual with an MBA degree will get a starting salary of
a. At least $30,000; b. At most c. From $35,000 to
$45,000; $50,000.

6. A normal distributed population has a mean of 300 and a standard deviation of 12. A sample
of 64 observations will be taken. What is the probability that the sample mean will be
a. less than 300; b. greater than 290. c. between 295 to
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7. The travel time for a college between student home and the college is uniformly distributed
between 20 and 70 minutes. What is the probability that a student will finish his trip
a. In 60 minutes or less;
b. In 30 minutes or less;
c. In more than 40 minutes;
d. In more than 50 minutes;
e. Between 20 and 30 minutes.

8. A sample of 66 observations will be taken from an infinite population. The population

a. Less than 0.1969; e. More than 0.08;

9. In Ha Noi National University, 30% of the students live in the dormitories. A random sample
of 75 students is selected for a particular study. What is the probability that the sample
proportion (the proportion living in the dormitories) is
a. At most 0.40;
b. At least 0.10;
c. A number between 0.15 and 0.35.

10. Thirty percent of the employees of a large company are female. Use the normal
approximation of the binomial probabilities to answer the following questions. What is the
probability that in a random sample of 60 employee’s
a. 12 or fewer will be female? d. Exactly 14 will be female?
b. 16 or more will be female? e. 10 or more will be female?
c. Exactly 18 will be female?

11. A random sample of 1000 people was taken. 750 of the people use cell phone, among those
300 use the Viettel service, 350 use the Vinaphone service. What is 95% confidence interval
for the true proportion of people who use
a. Cell phone;
b. The Viettel service;
c. The Vinaphone service.
 What about the 90% confidence interval for the above proportions?

12. In the past, 75% of the tourists who visited Vietnam went to see Ha Long Bay. The
management of the Tourism companies’ system recently undertook an extensive promotional
campaign. They are interested in determining whether the promotional campaign actually
increased the proportion of tourists visiting Ha Long Bay.
a. The correct set of hypotheses is H0: ………………, Ha: ………………..;
b. In a random sample of 400 tourists, 308 went to see Ha Long Bay. Test the hypotheses
using a 5% level of significance: ;
c. Test the hypotheses using a 10% level of significance.

13. In 2022, 20% of households in Ha Noi City had an internet connection. A sample of 360
households taken in 2023 showed that 25% of them had an internet connection. We are
interested in determining whether or not there has been a significant increase in the
percentage of the households in Ha Noi City that have internet connections. Test the
hypotheses at the 5% level of significance.

14. In order to estimate the average electric usage per month, a sample of 64 houses was selected
and the electric usage was determined. Assume a population standard deviation of 320
kilowatt-hours. Calculate the size of the margin of error and the confidence interval of mean
value
a. At 95% confidence level;
b. At 90% confidence level;
c. At 80% confidence level.

15. From a normal distributed population, a sample of 225 elements is selected. It is known that
the variance of the population is 900. Calculate the size of the margin of error and the
confidence interval of mean value
a. At 95% confidence level;
b. At 90% confidence level;
c. At 80% confidence level.

16. A random sample of size 49 is taken from a normal distributed population. The population
variance is unknown. The sample has a mean of 180, and a variance of 196. Calculate the
size of the margin of error and the confidence interval of mean value
a. At 95% confidence level;
b. At 90% confidence level;
c. At 80% confidence level.
17. A grocery store has an average sale of $8000 per day. The store introduced several
advertising campaigns in order to increase sales. To determine whether or not the advertising
campaigns have been effective in increasing sales, a sample of 100 days of sales was
selected. It was found that the average was $8200 per day. From past information, it is
known that average sales has normal distribution with the standard deviation of the
population equal $1500. Compute the value of the test statistic.

18. In order to determine the average price of hotel rooms in Atlanta, a sample of 64 hotels was
selected. It was determined that the average price of the rooms in the sample was $108.50
with a standard deviation of $16. With α = 0.1, let determine whether or not the average
room price is significantly different from $112.

19. Random samples of size 49 are taken from a population that has 200 elements, a mean of
180, and a variance of 196. The distribution of the population is unknown. What is the
standard error of the mean and the confidence interval of mean value
a. At 95% confidence level;
b. At 90% confidence level;
c. At 80% confidence level.

20. From a population of cans of coffee marked "12 ounces" a sample of 50 cans was selected
and the contents of each can were weighed. The sample revealed a mean of 11.8 ounces with
a standard deviation of 0.5 ounces.
a. Formulate the hypotheses to test if the mean weight of the population is at least 12
ounces.
b. Compute the test statistic.
c. Using the p-value approach, what is your conclusion? Let α = .05.

21. Regarding the regression model on the relationship between the travel time (in minutes) for a
college student traveling from his home to his college (dependent variable Y) and the
distance (in kilometers) from his home to his college (independent variable X), the slope is
equal 1.8 and the intercept is equal 6.8. Besides, the value of the linear correlation coefficient
between the y-variable and the x-variable is equal 0.80.
a. What is the regression equation of this model?
b. What is the best predicted value for y given x = 5 kilometers?
c. Find the coefficient of determination for this regression model.