CE Comprehensive Review

PROBABILITY & STATISTICS

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1. It is concerned with scientific methods for collecting, organizing, summarizing, presenting and analyzing data as well
as drawing valid conclusions and making reasonable decisions on the basis of such analysis.
a. probability b. statistics c. permutation d. combination
2. It is a tabular arrangement of data by classes together with the corresponding class frequencies
a. frequency distribution b. probability distributionc. tabular distribution d.nota
3. These are collected data that have not been organized numerically.
a. raw data b. table c. range d. class
4. It is the difference between the lower and upper class boundaries
a. class width b. class interval c. class area d. class range
5. It is the midpoint of the class interval and is obtained by adding the lower and upper class limits and dividing by 2
a. class width b. class interval c. class mark d. class range
6. It is an arrangement of raw numerical data in ascending or descending order of magnitude.
a. raw data b. table c. range d. array
7. It is the difference between the largest and smallest numbers.
a. raw data b. matrix c. range d. class
8. It is a line graph of the class frequency plotted against the class mark.
a. frequency curve b. frequency graph c. frequency median d. frequency mean
9. This frequency curve is characterized by the fact that observations equidistant from the central maximum have the
same frequency.
a. normal curve b. minimal curve c. median curve d. modal curve
10.It is a frequency curve which has maxima at both ends.
a. bimodal b. bimaxima c. biminima d. bipeak
11.It is the value obtained by adding all the measurements and dividing by the number of measurements
a. mark b. mode c. median d. mean
12.It is either the middle value or the arithmetic mean of the two middle values of a set of numbers arranged in order of
magnitude
a. mark b. mode c. median d. mean
13.It is that value which occurs with the greatest frequency; that is the most common value.
a. mark b. mode c. median d. mean
14.It refers to the smaller number in a class interval.
a. lower class limit b. lower class boundary c. lower class value d. minimum
15.It consists of a set of rectangles having bases on a horizontal axis, with centers at the class marks and lengths equal
to the class interval sizes, and areas proportional to the class frequencies
a. histograph b. histogram . c. histomatrix d. histochart
Grouped Data
The table below is the frequency distribution of the recorded unit weights of 40 soil samples extracted from various test
pits
Weight (pcf) Frequency
118 –126 3
127 – 135 5
136 – 144 9
145 – 153 12
154 – 162 5
163 – 171 4
172 – 180 2

16.What is the class size?

a. 7 b. 8 c. 9 d. 10
17.What is the upper class boundary of the 6th class interval?
a. 162.5 b. 163.5 c. 171.5 d. 172.5
18.What is the class mark of the 3rd class interval?
a. 140 b. 142 c. 136 d. 138
19.What is the mean unit weight?
a. 144.975 b. 145.975 c. 146.975 d. 147.975
20.What is the median unit weight?
a. 145.8 b. 146.8 c. 147.8 d. 148.8
21.What is the modal unit weight?
a. 146.45 b. 146.54 c. 145.64 d. 145.46
22.What is the unit weight of the 1st quartile?
a. 135.50 b. 136.50 c. 137.50 d. 138.50
23.What is the unit weight of the 4th decile?
a. 146.50 b. 145.50 c. 144.50 d. 143.50
24.What is the unit weight of the 25th percentile?
a. 135.50 b. 136.50 c. 137.50 d. 138.50
25.What is the quartile deviation?
a. 8.4 b. 8.7 c. 8.9 d. 10.2
26.What is the geometric mean of the numbers 2, 4 and 8?
a. 6 b. 5 c. 4 d. 3
27.What is the harmonic mean of the numbers 2, 4, and 8?
a. 3.44 b. 3.43 c. 3.42 d. 3.41
28.The RMS(Root Mean Square) of the set 1, 3, 4, 5 and 7 is
a. 4.47 b. 4.57 c. 4.67 d. 4.77
29.Find the mean deviation of the set 2, 3, 6, 8, 11.
a. 2.7 b. 2.8 c. 2.9 d. 2.6
30.If the probability that a man wins a P1M prize is 1/5, what is his expectation?
a. 5M b. 2M c. 500K d. 200K

A survey of 500 students taking one or more courses in algebra, physics and statistics during one semester revealed the
following numbers of students in the indicated subjects:
Algebra 329 Algebra & Physics 83
Physics 186 Algebra & Statistics 217
Statistics 295 Physics & Statistics 63
31.How many students were taking all three subjects?
a. 10 b. 53 c. 30 d. 164
32.How many students were taking algebra but not statistics?
a. 112 b. 164 c. 103 d. 233
33.How many students were taking statistics but not physics?
a. 112 b. 164 c. 103 d. 232
34.How many students were taking algebra or statistics but not physics?
a. 314 b. 205 c. 171 d. 257
35.How many students were taking algebra but not physics or statistics
a. 93 b. 68 c. 82 d. 53
36.If 20% of the bolts produced by a machine are defective, determine the probability that out of 4 bolts chosen at
random, all bolts are working?
a. 0.1024 b. 0.2084 c. 0.3048 d. 0.4096
37.If the probability of a defective bolt is 0.1, find the mean for the number of defective bolts in a total of 400 bolts.
a. 48 b. 44 c. 40 d. 36
38.If the probability of a defective bolt is 0.1, what is the standard deviation for the number of defective bolts in a total of
400 bolts.
a. 8 b. 6 c. 4 d. 2
39.Ten percent of the tools produced in a certain manufacturing process turn out to be defective. Find the probability that
in a sample of 10 tools chosen at random, exactly 2 will be defective, by using binomial distribution.
a. 0.1856 b. 0.1937 c. 0.2012 d. 0.2214
40.What is the computed probability if Poisson approximation to the binomial distribution is used?
a. 0.1839 b. 0.1942 c. 0.2067 d. 0.224