INSTITUTE OF SKILLS QUALIFICATION & DEVELOPMENT ISQ/JPTS
PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATIONS
LEVEL 1 SEPTEMBER/DECEMBER DIET
COURSE TITLE: FUNDAMENTAL OF COMPUTER AND STATISTICS II (GST 121)
TIME ALLOWED: 1½ HOUR
RETURN THE QUESTION SHEET ON COMPLETION OF THE EXAMINATION
INSTRUCTION: ANSWER ONLY FOUR (4) QUESTIONS
SECTION A: QUESTION ONE (1) IS COMPULSORY
1. In an examination 75% of the candidates passed. Use the binomial distribution to
calculate the probability that in a random sample of 6 candidates contains:
(i) Exactly 2 (ii) between 1 and 3 inclusive and (iii) at most 2 passes
SECTION B ATTEMPT ONLY THREE (3) QUESTION IN THIS SECTION
2. Test the hypothesis that there is no association between the Student results and the
teaching methodS of instructors at 0.05 Significance of Level.
INSTRUCTORS TEACHING METHOD
MR. X MR. Y MR. Z TOTAL
PASSED 50 47 56 153
RESULT FAILED 5 14 8 27
TOTAL 55 61 64 180
2
If the Tabulated value equals: X Tab: 7.815
3. A population consists of five numbers 1, 2, 4, 7 and 8. Consider all possible samples of
size two which can be drawn without replacement. Find:
(a) The mean of the population
(b) The standard deviation of the population
(c) The mean of the sampling distribution of means
(d) The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of means
4.
(e) Show that σ x =
√
σ N −n
√ n N −1
Give two (2) definitions of Statistics and
a. List and Explain Four (4) Random/Probability Sampling Techniques
b. List and Explain Four (4) Non-Random/Non-Probability Sampling technique
5 a. Define Computation and Computational Theory
b. List and explain the three (3) divisions of Computational theory
c. Write short note on any four (4) of the following:
(i) Algorithm (ii). Flowchart (iii). Programming Language (iv). Branching
(v) Iteration (vi). Looping