Exam 5: Continuous Random Variables and Probability Distributions

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THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: A continuous random variable X has the probability density function: f(x)= 2e-2x,x ≥ 0. -What is the probability that x is at most 2?

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THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: The number of orders that come into a mail-order sales office each month is normally distributed with a mean of 298 and a standard deviation of 15.4. -The probability is 0.3 that the sales office receives less than how many orders?

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What does the uniform and normal probability distribution have in common?

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Let the random variable Z follow a standard normal distribution.Find P(0 < Z < 0.57).

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THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: Sales at a local wholesaler consist of both retail as well as online sales.During the course of a month,retail sales have a mean of $96,780 with a standard deviation of $12,520.Over the same time period,online sales average $229,620 with a standard deviation of $23,100.Assume that the retail sales are independent of online sales. -A car owner determines that annual repair costs (R)can be estimated based on the number of miles driven in one year (M)through the expression R = 800 + 0.05M.If the average number of miles driven is 12000 with a standard deviation of 2500 miles,what is the standard deviation of the expected annual repair costs?

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If the covariance of two random variables X and Y is positive,then Var(X - Y)will be larger than Var(X + Y).

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THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: Let the random variable Z follow a standard normal distribution. -What is P(0.33 < Z < 0.45)?

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Which of the following is not true for an exponential distribution with parameter λ?

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The cumulative distribution function can be illustrated by using a simple probability structure.

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THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: Let the random variable Z follow a standard normal distribution. -Find the value k such that P(0 < Z < k)= 0.35

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THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: Consider a random sample of size n =1800 from a binomial probability distribution with P = 0.40,and X = number of successes. -Find the probability that the percentage of successes is less than 0.37

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The normal distribution is used to approximate the binomial under certain conditions.What is the best way to approximate the binomial using the normal?

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THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: Investment A has an expected return of 8% with a standard deviation of 2.5%.Investment B has an expected return of 6% with a standard deviation of 1.2%.Assume you invest equally in both investments and that the rates of return are independent. -What is the standard deviation of the return on your portfolio? Assume that the returns on the two investments are independent.

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The function that may be used to find the probability that the random variable falls within a specific range is called the:

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THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: The amount of time you have to wait at a particular stoplight is uniformly distributed between zero and two minutes. -Eighty percent of the time,the stoplight will change before you have to wait X seconds,what is the value of X?

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Any set of normally distributed data can always be transformed into a standard normal distribution with a mean = 0 and a standard deviation = 1.

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The mean of a normally distributed group of weekly incomes for a group of executives is $2,400 and the standard deviation is $600.What is the z-score for an income of $1,500/week?

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THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: Let the random variable Z follow a standard normal distribution. -The distribution of annual incomes of a sample of college graduates is normally distributed with a mean of $52,000 and a standard deviation of 1,000.About 68 percent of the incomes lie between what two income levels?

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Let the random variable Z follow a standard normal distribution.Find P(-2.21 < Z < 0).

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If the mean of an exponential distribution is 2,then the value of the parameter λ is:

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