S1101

Lebanese University Final Exam

Time : 90 minutes
Faculty of Sciences 2021/2022

Note : This exam consists of 6 pages - Calculators are allowed. For each of the following
33 questions, choose only one correct answer and fill the table in the page 6.

Q1) Statistics :
A) Is the collection, analysis and interpretation of numerical data C) Are numerical data

B) Is the process for making informed business decisions D) All answers

Q2) Classification according to some attribute is an example of :
A) Quantitative data C) Measurement statistics

B) Qualitative data D) None of the answers

Q3) The number of classes in a frequency distribution depends on :
A) Range of observations in the data set C) Number of data points

B) Size of the population D) (A) and (C)

Q4) The size in intervals, for constructing a frequency distribution from a set of data
which have values ranging from 84 to 182 is :
A) 13 B) 17 C) 6 D) Cannot be computed without more data

Q5) A data has a high value of 110 and a low value of 61. A frequency distribution in
descending order with 7 classes is to be constructed. The second-class interval shall
be :
A) 103 and less than 110 C) 96 and less than 103

B) 61 and less than 68 D) 68 and less than 75

Q6) With the help of ogive curve one can find :
A) Median B) Deciles C) Percentiles D) All of the answers

Q7) If median of a series is 10, two observations 8 and 21 are added to the series, the
median of new series is :
A) 12 B) 8 C) 10 D) 11

Q8) If the mean of certain observations is 10 and a constant quantity 15 is added to each
observations, the mean will be :
A) 10 B) 15 C) 25 D) None of the answers

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 Q9) If the mean of certain observations is 15 and if each observation is multiplied by 10,
the mean will be :
A) 15 B) 25 C) 5 D) 150

Q10) The sum of the deviations about mean is :

A) Minimum B) Maximum C) Zero D) None of the answers

Q11) The mean of the first sample of 20 times is 12 and that of second sample of 15 is
20. The mean of the whale group is :
A) 16.5 B) 15.42 C) 18.0 D) None of the answers

Q12) A motor cyclist covers a distance of 20 km at a speed of40 km/hr. Then he covers
10 kms at a speed of 25 km/hr. The average speed of motorcyclist is :
A) 37.5km/h B) 33.33 km/h C) 35 km/h D) None of the answers

Q13) The average value of the median of 2, 8, 3, 7, 4, 6, 7 and the mode of 2, 9, 3, 4, 9,

6,9 is :
A) 7.5 B) 6 C) 5 D) 4

Q14) Among five people with annual income (in $) 15,000, 26,000, 16,000, 19,000 and
50,000 how many will have income less than the mean income of five people ?
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4

Q15) If the sum of a few numbers in 450 and their mean is 50 and if another number 100
is included in them, then the mean would become :
A) 55 B) 60 C) 75 D) 150

Q16) The average of 40 observations is 22. If the average of first twenty observations is
44, the average of remaining twenty observations is :
A) 0 B) −22 C) 22 D) None of the answers

Q17) There are 30 children in class A, 40 in class B and 50 in class C. The average ages
of children in class A and C are equal while the average age of children in class B
is 6.6 years. If the average age of all the 120 children is 7.2 years, then the average
age of children in class A is :
A) 6.8 years B) 7.0 years C) 7.5 years D) 7.8 years

Q18) Sum of deviations of a set of values x1 , x2 , . . . , xn measured from 50 is −10 and the
sum of deviations of the values from 46 is 70. Then n and the mean are respectively :
A) 20, 49 B) 20, 49.5 C) 28, 3500 D) None of the answers

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Q19) The mean of 100 observations is 25 and their S.D. is 9. If 6 is subtracted from each
of the observations, then the mean and S.D. respectively are :
A) 19, 9 B) 31, 9 C) 19, 25 D) 31, 54

Informations for the next 4 questions. The table Below is a list of the number of
pieces of chocolate Easter egg that 50 randomly selected children got on Easter night.
This data is in the list chocolate eggs

62 66 72 75 76 78 81 86 91 106
62 67 73 75 77 78 81 88 95 111
63 70 73 76 77 79 82 89 96 112
65 71 73 76 77 80 82 89 99 120
66 72 74 76 78 80 85 91 100 130

Q20) The third quartile is :

A) 73 B) 78 C) 89 D) 82

Q21) The interquartile range is

A) 9 B) 10 C) 15 D) 16

Q22) The outliers are :

A) no outliers B) 120 C) 130 D) 120 and 130

Q23) The distribution is :

A) Right skewed B) Symmetric C) Left skewed D) We cannot conclude

Q24) If the correlation coefficient between X and Y is r, then the correlation coefficient
between 2X and −2Y will be :
A) −4r B) 2r C) r D) −r

Q25) If both the regression lines are perpendicular to each other we say that :

A) There is perfect correlation between X and Y

B) There is no correlation between X and Y
C) There is positive correlation between X and Y
D) There is a perfect correlation between X and Y

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Q26) Let x and y two variables with same variance s2 and zero correlation. If u = x cos a + y sin a
and v = x sin a − y cos a where a ∈ R, then u and v have :

A) The same variance s2 and zero correlation

B) Different variances and zero correlation
C) The same variance s2 and zero correlation
D) Different variances and non zero correlation

Q27) The coefficient of correlation between the ages of husband and wife at the time of
marriage for a given set of 100 couples is 0.72. Assume that all these couples survive
to celebrate the silver jubilee of their marriage. The coefficient of correlation at that
point will be :
A) Higher B) Lower C) The same D) Almost equal to 1

Informations for the next 4 questions. In order to determine the relationship between
two variables X and Y , we collect the following data :

X 2.1 4.9 9.8 11.7 5.9 8.4 9.2

Y 1.3 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.5 1.7 1.7

Let consider : Z = log X and T = log Y . Moreover, we have the following

X X X X X X
xi = 52; yi = 11.2; zi = 13.1955; ti = 3.253; x2i = 451.36; yi2 = 18.1;
X X X X
zi2 = 26.9396; t2i = 1.5878; xi yj = 86.57; zi ti = 6.5224

Q28) The determination coefficient (R2 ) for the model 1 (Y on X : Y = a X + b + ) is :

A) 0.9849 B) 0.9700 C) 0.9598 D) 2.015

Q29) The determination coefficient (R2 ) for the model 2 (T on Z : T = c Z + d + ) is :

A) 0.9797 B) 0.9700 ; C) 0.9598 D) 2.015

Q30) Use the best of the previous regression models (model 1 : ŷ = 1.2153 + 0.0518x,
\ = 0.1080 + 0.1892 log(x) to predict Y for x = 8.
model 2 log(y)
A) 1.6297 B) 0.2789 C) 1.3217 D) None of the answers

Q31) In a group of 6 boys and 4 girls, four children are to be selected. In how many
different ways can they be selected such that at least one boy should be there ?
A) 209 B) 56 C) 210 D) 60

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Q32) A digital keypad allows you to dial the entry code of a building, using two different
letters (among 26 letters) followed by a number of 3 distinct digits (among 10 digits).
How many codes are there without the number 1 ?
A) 492804 B) 327600 C) 1405 D) None of the answers

Q33) 8 persons buy one of the three products A, B, and C. How many different outcomes
are there where exactly one person buys product A ?
A) 6561 B) 128 C) 1024 D) None of the answers

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 S1101
Lebanese University Time : 90 minutes Answers Sheet
Faculty of Sciences 2021/2022

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