G161 Quantitative Literacy - 2014 Summer Quarter Final Exam
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For an argument to be valid, the conclusion must follow necessarily from its:
A) logic
B) fallacy
C) contrapositive(s)
D) premise(s)
The ____________ of a false statement is always a true statement.
A) proposition
B) negation
C) set
D) conjunction
Area has 2 dimensions (length and width) and is measured in square units; while Volume has 3 dimensions (length, width and height) and is measured in cubic units. Another way dimensionality is revealed or expressed is by the __________ of the units of measure.
A) power
B) number
C) position
D) subset
If the price of a hotel room in France is 65 euros per night, what is the price in U.S. dollars (assume $1.256 = 1 euro)?
A) 51.75 euros
B) $81.64
C) $51.75
D) $70.34
When a quantity triples in value, its relative change is:
A) 100%
B) 200%
C) 300%
D) 400%
The proper rounding rules for adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing allow you to arrive at a result with the:
A) greatest justifiable precision
B) order of magnitude
C) least justifiable precision
D) random error
________________ exposes how data from a whole group can yield inconsistent results from those results that are given by the data of its constituent subgroups.
A) Gambler’s fallacy
B) relative error
C) Simpson’s paradox
D) order of magnitude
The interest that is computed on the principal and any accumulated interest is the:
A) general interest
B) simple interest
C) compound interest
D) annual percentage rate
When the correlation coefficient of a regression line (or line of best fit) is interpreted as showing a negative correlation between two data variables, the coefficient is:
A) relatively insignificant
B) between 0 and 1
C) zero
D) at or very near -1
None of the following are examples of quantitative data except:
A) The breeds of 5 purebred dogs
B) The birth months of incoming freshmen at a college
C) The amount of rainfall each month of a year in Orlando, Florida
D) The eye colors of 100 randomly selected people
The difference between what is observed and what is expected is said to be _______________ when this difference is too great to be explained by chance alone.
A) inconsequential
B) interesting
C) relative frequency
D) statistically significant
______________ can alter the mean significantly and render the mean unrepresentative of a set of data.
A) outliers
B) population bias
C) placebo effect
D) margin of error
Which law basically states that as a process of trials is repeated over and over, the empirical probability gets closer to the theoretical probability.
A) the law of large numbers
B) the law of repeated trials
C) the law of empirical statistics
D) the law of theoretical probability
The probability of an event is always:
A) 100%
B) greater than 1 or equal to 1
C) between 0 and 1, including 0 or 1
D) 50/50
Exponential growth:
A) can described as a linear function
B) increases at a constant rate
C) leads to repeated doublings but cannot continue indefinitely
D) leads to repeated doublings and can continue indefinitely
If your salary is increasing at a rate of 3.5% per year, about how long will it take your salary to double?
A) 7 years
B) 70/3.5 years
C) 70·3.5years
D) 3.5/70 years
These use functions to show how quantities are related and how one quantity varies with respect to another quantity.
A) statistical probabilities
B) Venn diagrams
C) population parameters
D) mathematical models
When presented graphically, ______________ decreases and appears to level off while continuing to decrease less and less.
A) exponential growth
B) logarithmic scale
C) exponential decay
D) linear decay
Which country, when its population is graphed as a function of time, will have the steepest slope?
A) a country growing at a constant rate of 1 million people per year
B) a country growing at a constant rate of 1.5 million people per year
C) a country growing at a constant rate of .5 million people per year
D) a country growing at a constant rate of .75 million people per year
An object’s surface-area-to-volume ratio ____________ as the scale factor increases.
A) increases
B) decreases
C) remains constant
D) over shoots and collapses
Given - Premise: If you enjoyed Mrs. Jackson’s algebra class, then you’ll really appreciate Mr. Smith’s calculus course. Premise - You did not enjoy Mrs. Jackson’s algebra class. Conclusion: You will not appreciate Mr. Smith’s calculus course. This is an example of denying the hypothesis.
A) True
B) False
(3 weeks)/(21 days)=1/7
A) True
B) False
Three ways of using percents are as fractions, to describe quantitative change, and to make value comparisons
A) True
B) False
Net income is negative and the budget has a deficit when there are less receipts than outlays.
A) True
B) False
The driving records of 20 drivers were pulled and 6 were found to have been fined for at least one moving violation in the last 3 years. This 30% represents cumulative frequency.
A) True
B) False
About 68% of data in a normal distribution is within 3 standard deviations of the mean?
A) True
B) False
When someone wins the lottery, coincidence is most likely the reason for their windfall.
A) True
B) False
Funding support from the state is falling by 2% per year. This is an example of exponential decay.
A) True
B) False
Three basic ways to represent a function are as a data table, a graph and an equation.
A) True
B) False
When the lengths of the edges of a cube are doubled, the volume of the cube is quadrupled.
A) True
B) False
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