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Name:_______________

FM HOLIDAY HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

Examination 1 style questions

MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS /20

Core – Data analysis

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The following information relates to Questions 4 to 6.

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The following information relates to Questions 7, 8, 9 and 10.

Question 7

Question 8

Question 9

Question 10

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Question 11

The following information relates to Questions 12 to 14.

Question 12

Question 13

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Question 14

The following information relates to Questions 15 and 16.

Question 15

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Question 16

Question 17

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The following information relates to Questions 18and 19.

To test the temperature control on an oven, the control is set to 180 °C and the oven is heated for 15

minutes. The temperature of the oven is then measured. Three hundred ovens were tested in this

way. Their temperatures were recorded and are displayed below using both a histogram and a boxplot.

Question 18

Question 19

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Question 20

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Examination 2 style questions

QUESTION AND ANSWER /30

Core – Data analysis

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b. Complete the display by constructing and drawing a boxplot that shows the distribution of

heights for the 18-month-old boys.

2 marks

c. Use the appropriate boxplot to determine the median height (in centimetres) of the 27-month-

old boys.

1 mark

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Question 2

The histogram below shows the distribution of mean yearly rainfall (in mm) for Australia over 103

years.

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Question 3

In a small survey, twenty-fi ve Year 8 girls were asked what they did (walked, sat, stood, ran) for

most of the time during a typical school lunch time.

Their responses are recorded below.

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Question 4

In a larger survey, Years 6, 8 and 10 girls were asked what they did (walked, sat, stood, ran) for most

of the time during a typical school lunch time. The results are displayed in the percentage segmented

bar chart below.

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Question 5

The arm spans (in cm) were also recorded for each of the Years 6, 8 and 10 girls in the larger survey.

The results are summarised in the three parallel box plots displayed below.

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Question 6

Table 1 shows the number of rainy days recorded in a high rainfall area for each month during 2008.

Table 1

The dot plot below displays the distribution of the number of rainy days for the 12 months of 2008.

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Question 7

Table 1 shows the percentage of women ministers in the parliaments of 22 countries in 2008.

The ordered stemplot below displays the distribution of the percentage of women ministers in

parliament for 21 of these countries. The value for Canada is missing.

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Question 8 A development index is used as a measure of the standard of living in a country.

The bar chart below displays the development index for 153 countries in four categories: low,

medium, high and very high.

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Question 9 The development index for each country is a whole number between 0 and 100. The dot plot below displays the values of the development index for each of the 28 countries that

has a high development index.

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Question 10

The segmented bar chart below shows the age distribution of people in three countries, Australia, India and Japan, for the year 2010.