The Dean of Admissions in a Large University Has Determined

question 56

Multiple Choice

The dean of admissions in a large university has determined that the scores of the freshman class in a mathematics test are normally distributed with a mean of 82 and a standard deviation of 8. Based on this information, what is the mean of the sampling distribution of the sample mean if a sample of 64 students is selected at random from the entire freshman class?

• A) between 74 and 90
• B) between 78 and 86
• C) 64
• D) 70
• E) 82

---

Definitions:

Activity Rate

The activity rate is a cost accounting term that refers to the rate at which indirect costs are allocated to products or services based on specific activities.

Activity-Based Costing

An accounting method that assigns costs to products or services based on the activities and resources used in the production or delivery process.

Activity Rate

In cost accounting, it's the cost driver rate used in activity-based costing to assign indirect costs to products or services based on each activity's frequency and intensity.

Manufacturing Overhead

All manufacturing costs that cannot be directly traced to individual units produced, such as electricity, maintenance, and factory management salaries.