AP Statistics · Full practice exam 2012

45 questions, each with its course unit and the official scoring guidelines.

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Question Section I · 1

Multiple choice
Question Section I · 1 — 1. Of the following dotplots, which represents the set of data that has the greatest standard deviation? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

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Question Section I · 2

Multiple choice
Question Section I · 2 — 2. A random sample of 374 United States pennies was collected, and the age of each penny was determined. According to the boxplot below, what is the approximate interquartile range (IQR) of the ages? (A) 8 (B) 10 (C) 16…

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Question Section I · 3

Multiple choice
Question Section I · 3 — 3. The histogram above shows the number of minutes needed by 45 students to finish playing a computer game. Which of the following statements is correct? (A) The distribution is skewed to the right. (B) The distribution…

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Question Section I · 4

Multiple choice
Question Section I · 4 — 4. A bank surveyed all of its 60 employees to determine the proportion who participate in volunteer activities. Which of the following statements is true? (A) The bank should not use the data from this survey because…

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Question Section I · 5

Multiple choice
Question Section I · 5 — 5. The histogram below displays the frequencies of waiting times, in minutes, for 175 patients in a dentist’s office. Which of the following could be the median of the waiting times, in minutes? (A) 2.50 (B) 7.25 (C)…

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Question Section I · 6

Multiple choice
Question Section I · 6 — 6. Data were collected on the amount, in dollars, that individual customers spent on dinner in an Italian restaurant. The quartiles for these data are given below. Q1 Q2 Q3 $36.27 $44.27 $58.97 Which of the following…

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Question Section I · 10

Multiple choice
Question Section I · 10 — 10. A compact disc (CD) manufacturer wanted to determine which of two different cover designs for a newly released CD will generate more sales. The manufacturer chose 70 stores to sell the CD. Thirty-five of these…

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Question Section I · 11

Multiple choice
Question Section I · 11 — 11. The manager of a public swimming pool wants to compare the effectiveness of two laundry detergents, Detergent A and Detergent B, in cleaning the towels that are used daily. As each dirty towel is turned in, it is…

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Question Section I · 12

Multiple choice
Question Section I · 12 — 12. In the design of a survey, which of the following best explains how to minimize response bias? (A) Increase the sample size. (B) Decrease the sample size. (C) Randomly select the sample. (D) Increase the number of…

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Question Section I · 13

Multiple choice
Question Section I · 13 — 13. For a sample of 42 rabbits, the mean weight is 5 pounds and the standard deviation of weights is 3 pounds. Which of the following is most likely true about the weights for the rabbits in this sample? (A) The…

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Question Section I · 15

Multiple choice
Question Section I · 15 — 15. A polling firm is interested in surveying a representative sample of registered voters in the United States. The firm has automated its sampling so that random phone numbers within the United States are called. Each…

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Question Section I · 36

Multiple choice
Question Section I · 36 — 36. The computer output below shows the result of a linear regression analysis for predicting the concentration of zinc, in parts per million (ppm), from the concentration of lead, in ppm, found in fish from a certain…

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Question Section II · 1

Open answer
Question Section II · 1 — 1. The scatterplot below displays the price in dollars and quality rating for 14 different sewing machines. (a) Describe the nature of the association between price and quality rating for the sewing machines. (b) One of…

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