3RD QUARTER EXAM IN STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY

S.Y. 2017-2018

Name: ________________________________ Date: __________________

Section: _______________________________ Score: _________________

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: Read each item carefully. Use your answer sheet in shading the circle that
corresponds to the letter of your choice.

1. A random variable that takes on any values infinitely on a scale is called____________.

A. Range
B. Continuous
C. Discrete
D. Sample

2. Which among the following describes a discrete variable?

A. It is countable.
B. It assumes infinite number of possible values.
C. It includes the decimal between two counting numbers.
D. It refers to measurement.

3. Which among the following refers to a continuous variable?

A. The number of defective computers produced by a manufacturer.
B. The speed of a car
C. The number of sibling in a family of a region.
D. The number of voters favoring a candidate.

4. Which of the following statement is FALSE?

A. The value of a random variable could be zero.
B. Random variables can only have one value.
C. The probability of the value of a random variable could be zero.
D. The sum of all the probabilities in a probability distribution is always equal to one.

5. If two coins are tossed, which is not a possible value of the random variable for the number of heads?
A. 0
B. 2
C. 1
D. 3

6. Which of the following is also called a probability mass function?

A. Binomial distribution
B. Probability distribution
C. Normal distribution
D. Standard Normal Distribution

7. Which among the distributions represent a probability distribution?

A.
X 1 3 5 7 9
P (X) 1/7 3/7 2/7 1/7 2/7

B.
X 5 10 15 20 25
P (X) 1/12 2/12 2/12 3/12 4/12
C.
X 2 4 6 8 10
P (X) 0.5 0.23 0.13 0.3 0.1
D.
X 10 12 14 16 18
P (X) 0.1 0.9 0.2 0.4 0.3
 8. Which formula gives the probability distri`bution shown by the table? X 2 3 6
P (X) ½ 1/3 1/6
A. P (X) = 1/X
B. P (X) = 6/X
C. P (X) = X/6
D. P (X) = X/2

9. If possible P (X) = X/6, what are the possible values of X for it to be a probability distribution.
A. 0,2,3
B. 2,3,4
C. 1,2,3
D. 1,1,2

10. What is the probability of getting an even number in a single roll of a die?
A. 1/2
B. 1/6
C. 1/3
D. 2/3

11. It is the central value or average of its corresponding probability mass function.
A. standard deviation
B. range
C. variance
D. mean

12. Which of the ff measures variability?

A. variance
B. range
C. interval
D. mean

For numbers 13-15, refer to the probability distribution shown below.

X 0 1 2 3
P 1 3 3 1
/ / / /
( 8 8 8 8
X
)
13. What is the mean of the probability distribution?
A. 1.2 B. 1.6 C. 1.5 D. 1.8

14. What is the variance of the probability distribution?

A. 1.12 B. 0.75 C. 1.00 D. 0.50

15. What is the standard deviation of the probability distribution?

A. 0.71 B. 1.00 C. 0.87 D. 1.12

16. Find the mean of the probability distribution below.

X 1 2 3 4 15
P (X) 0.6 0.28 0.07 0.03 0.02

A. 1.59
B. 1.79
C. 1.69
D. 1.89
 17. A player draws a card at random from a standard deck of 52 cards. If the card drawn is red, the
player wins P1000, but if it is black, he loses the same amount. Find the expected value of the game.

A. 0
B. 2
C. 1
D. 3

18. Which among the following statements describe a normal distribution?

A. All the values for a normal variable are close to the mean.
B. The normal curve is a bell-shaped curve symmetric about the mean.
C. A normal distribution has a mean that is equal to the standard deviation.
D. A larger mean value corresponds to a wider normal curve.

19. What is the total area under the curve bounded by the x-axis in normal distribution?
A. 0.5
B. 1.00
C. 0.75
D. 1.25

20. Find the standard deviation of the normal distribution where 95.4% of the values fall between 30 and 60.
A. 2.5
B. 7.5
C. 5.0
D. 1

21. What is the approximate spread of the normal curve within one standard deviation of the mean?
A. 50.5%
B. 95.4%
C. 68.3%
D. 99.7%

22. Find the area under the standard normal curve between 0 and 2.07.
A. 0.4788
B. 0.4803
C. 0.4798
D. 0.4808

23. These are data that can be counted.

A. Continuous
B. Countable
C. Discrete
D. Quantitative

24. What do you call the set of all possible values of a variable?
A. Population
B. Probability
C. Possibility
D. Set

25. It is a characteristic that is observable or measurable in every unit of the universe.

A. Variable
B. Universe
C. Statistics
D. Probability

26. It is a set of whose elements are the numbers assigned to the outcomes of an experiment
A. Variable
B. Outcomes
C. Probability
D. Random Variable
 27. It is the collection of all sets.
A. Collection
B. Universe
C. Sets
D. Union

28. What is the most commonly used sampling technique?

A. Simple random sampling
B. Stratified sampling
C. Systematic sampling
D. Cluster sampling

29. Identify the nonprobability sampling associated with the scenario “John conducted an online survey
about the mostly preferred presidential candidate.”
A. Convenience sampling
B. Quota Sampling
C. Snow ball sampling
D. Surposive Sampling

30. What is a numeral that describes the whole population?

A. Parameter
B. Probability
C. Statistic
D. Sample

31. Which of the following statements represent a statistic?

A. A researcher wants to determine the mean electric consumption of families in a barangay.
B. From a random sample of 30 families, a mean consumption of 130 kWh was identified.
C. A school principal surveys the mean general weighted average (GWA) of the students in the present school
year.
D. The Chief Executive Officers of a TV network wants to determine the median salary of his employees.

32. What is a frequency distribution using the means computed from the all possible random samples of a
specific size taken from the population.
A.Probability distribution
B.Standard normal distribution
C.Normal distribution
D.Sampling distribution

33. A sample of three cards are drawn at random from a population of eight cards numbered 1 to 8. How
many possible samples can be drawn?
A. 54
B. 56
C. 55
D. 57

34. It is a categorical attribute.

A. Qualitative
B. Quantitative
C. Variable
D. Universe

35. From what word was statistics derived from?

A. Stat
B. State
C. Static
D. Tactics

36. Which of the following is NOT TRUE between point estimation and interval estimation?
I. Point estimation has a single value
 II. Interval estimation has single value
III. Point estimation is also called confidence interval
IV. Interval estimation describes a range of values within which a population parameter lies with a degree of
confidence.

A. I and III
B. II and IV
C. II and III
D. III and IV

37. A random sample with size 16 is selected from a normal distributed population with a mean of
16 and a standard deviation of 3.2. What is the probability that the mean of the sample falls between
14 and 16?
A. 49.38%
B. 29.38%
C. 39.38%
D. 19.38%

38. A population has a mean age of 34 with standard deviation of 10. What is the probability that the mean
age of the sample with size 9 falls between 32 and 35, considering that the given population follows a normal
distribution.
A. 24.36%
B. 44.36%
C. 34.36%
D. 54.36%

39. The heights of the students in a certain college are normally distributed with an average height of 0.8 ft.
If a random sample of 49 students is chosen, what is the probability that their height fall between 6.6 ft and 7
ft?
A. 24.36%
B. 44.36%
C. 34.36%
D. 54.36%

40. It involves the process of determining parameter values.

A. Sample
B. Interval
C. Population
D. Estimation

41. What is a specific numerical value of a population parameter?

A. Interval estimate
B. Sample estimate
C. Point estimate
D. Population estimate

42. What is a range of values that may contain the parameter of a population?
A. Interval estimate
B. Sample estimate
C. Point estimate
D. Population estimate

43. The mean and standard deviation for the quality point indices (QPi) of a random sample of 40 college
sophomores are 2.8 and 0.4, respectively. To find the 99% confidence intervals.
Which of the following is the appropriate form of the confidence interval estimation for the population?

I. X -

44. What is the estimated variance of the shoe size of Filipino teens in question number 43?
A. 6.81
B. 8.81
C. 7.81
D. 9.81

45. Find the interval of values for Z so that P(-z < Z < z) = 0.8836
A. -1.57 < Z < 1.57
B. -1.59 < Z < 1.59
C. -1.58 < Z < 1.59
D. -1.60 < Z < 1.60

46. It is a family of curves based on the degrees of freedom.

A. z- distribution
B. c. t-distribution
C. t-distribution
D. Chi-Square Distribution

47. Find the value of tα/2 for a 95% confidence interval when the sample size is 20.
A. 2.093
B. 2.086
C. 1.729
D. 1.725

48. The t-value of 2. 492 in a one tailed test can be identified using what values of degrees of freedom (df)
and confidence interval?
I. df = 25
II. df = 24
III. confidence interval = 99%
IV. confidence interval = 95%

A. I and III
B. II and III
C. I and IV
D. II and IV

49. Carlo wants to find for the value of t L/2 for a 90% confidence interval when the sample size is 20. He
listed down the given data he needed:

I. L = 0.01
II. Lf=20
III. Two-tailed test

Which of the following given data is NOT CORRECT?

A. I only
B. I, II
C. II, III
D. I, II, III

50. The height of a random sample of 300 people from a city is 1.75 m. It is known that the height of the
population are random variables that follow a normal distribution with a variance of 0.16. to determine the
95% confidence interval for the average heights of the population, below is the given data needed:

I. X= 1.75 m
II. O= 0.16
III. n= 400

which of the given data is/are not CORRECT?

A. I only
B. II only
C. III only
D. I and III