Critical Thinking Case 6-2

question 50

Multiple Choice

Critical Thinking
Case 6-2
Over the Spring Break, you decide to clean up the files on your computer to make sorting and searching faster.  You cannot remember the best methods to accomplish this task, so you consult a friend.
Your friend also reminds you that the index will not perform well if

• A) it grows too large.
• B) it is too small.
• C) it contains program and system files.
• D) it is searching an SSD.

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Definitions:

Normal Distribution

A continuous probability distribution that is symmetric around its mean, indicating that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean.

Negative Value

A number that is less than zero, representing a deficit or loss in various contexts.

z

A statistical measure that represents the number of standard deviations an element is from the mean of its population.

Standard Normal Random Variable

A variable that follows a normal distribution with a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1.