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1. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a 9. What is the measure of the "tailedness" of a
normal distribution? distribution?
A) Symmetric shape A) Skewness
B) Mean, median, and mode are equal B) Variance
C) Bimodal distribution C) Kurtosis
D) Asymptotic to the x-axis D) Standard deviation
2. In a normal distribution, the total area under the 10. A distribution with heavy tails is called:
curve is: A) Mesokurtic
A) 0 B) Leptokurtic
B) 1 C) Platykurtic
C) 50 D) Normal
D) 100 11. What is the kurtosis of a normal distribution?
3. The empirical rule states that approximately what A) 0
percentage of data falls within one standard B) 1
deviation of the mean in a normal distribution? C) 3
A) 50% D) 5
B) 68% 12. Which of the following represents a platykurtic
C) 95% distribution?
D) 99.7% A) High peak, thin tails
4. Which of the following is true about a normal B) Moderate peak, normal tails
curve? C) Low peak, thick tails
A) It is skewed to the left D) Low peak, thin tails
B) It is skewed to the right 13. If a distribution has a kurtosis greater than 3, it is
C) It is symmetric about the mean considered:
D) It has a long tail on one side A) Mesokurtic
5. If a normal distribution has a mean of 50 and a B) Platykurtic
standard deviation of 5, approximately what C) Leptokurtic
percentage of values fall between 40 and 60? D) Uniform
A) 68% 14. What happens to a normal curve if the standard
B) 95% deviation increases?
C) 99.7% A) It becomes narrower and taller
D) 50% B) It becomes wider and flatter
6. Which of the following describes a negatively C) It remains unchanged
skewed distribution? D) It becomes skewed
A) Mean < Median < Mode 15. The standard normal distribution has a mean of:
B) Mean > Median > Mode A) 0
C) Mean = Median = Mode B) 1
D) Mean and median are greater than the mode C) 50
7. What does a positive skew indicate? D) 100
A) The mean is greater than the median 16. What is the z-score for the mean in a standard
B) The median is greater than the mean normal distribution?
C) The distribution is symmetric A) -1
D) The distribution has no skewness B) 0
8. A perfectly symmetrical distribution has a C) 1
skewness value of: D) 2
A) -1 17. In a standard normal distribution, a z-score of 2
B) 0 means the value is:
C) 1 A) 2 standard deviations above the mean
D) Undefined B) 2 standard deviations below the mean
C) Equal to the mean
D) Outside the normal curve
18. The probability of obtaining a z-score greater 24. If a dataset has extreme outliers, which of the
than 1 in a normal distribution is closest to: following is most affected?
A) 0.34 A) Mean
B) 0.68 B) Median
C) 0.16 C) Mode
D) 0.50 D) Interquartile range
19. A normal distribution with a mean of 80 and a 25. The shape of a normal curve is determined by:
standard deviation of 10 is transformed into a A) Mean and range
standard normal distribution. What is the z-score of B) Mean and median
a value of 90? C) Mean and standard deviation
A) -1 D) Mean and variance
B) 0 26. A z-score of -3 corresponds to what percentile?
C) 1 A) 50%
D) 2 B) 99.7%
20. Which of the following is true about skewness C) 0.15%
and kurtosis in a normal distribution? D) 95%
A) Skewness is 0, and kurtosis is 3 27. The total probability under a normal distribution
B) Skewness is 1, and kurtosis is 0 curve is always:
C) Skewness is undefined, and kurtosis is 1 A) 100%
D) Skewness is 3, and kurtosis is 0 B) 1%
21. A symmetric distribution with heavier tails than C) 1
a normal distribution is called: D) Infinite
A) Leptokurtic 28. A negatively skewed distribution has its tail
B) Platykurtic extended towards:
C) Mesokurtic A) The right
D) Skewed B) The left
22. The mean and standard deviation completely C) Both sides
define a: D) The center
A) Normal distribution 29. If a dataset has a kurtosis less than 3, it is
B) Skewed distribution considered:
C) Bimodal distribution A) Mesokurtic
D) Uniform distribution B) Leptokurtic
23. If a normal distribution is transformed into a C) Platykurtic
standard normal distribution, its mean and D) Bimodal
standard deviation become: 30. Which of the following best describes the
A) 0 and 1 standard normal distribution?
B) 1 and 0 A) Mean = 0, Standard Deviation = 1
C) 50 and 10 B) Mean = 1, Standard Deviation = 0
D) Unchanged C) Mean = 100, Standard Deviation = 15
D) Mean = 50, Standard Deviation = 10