STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY

SECOND SUMMATIVE TEST

Name: Grade & Section: Score:

Directions: Read and understand each question very well. Then, write the letter of the correct answer on
your answer sheet.

1. Which of the following represents normal distribution?

a. c.

b. d.

2. Which term refers to normal distribution?

a. Gaussian distribution c. Bernoulli’s distribution
b. Poisson distribution d. Probability distribution
3. What is the total area in the distribution under the normal curve?
a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3
4. Which of the following is a parameter of normal distribution?
a. mean c. mean and standard deviation
b. standard deviation d. none of the above
5. Where is the symmetry of the graph of a normal distribution?
a. mean c. mean and standard deviation
b. standard deviation d. none of the above
6. What percent of the area under the normal curve is within 2 standard deviations?
a. 63.3% b. 95.4% c. 99.7% d. 100%
7. What marks the change in the curve’s concavity?
a. curve b. inflection points c. mean d. standard deviation
8. Which value is found at the center of the normal curve?
a. mean b. median c. mode d. all of the above
9. Which symbol denotes the mean?
a. ϴ b. µ c. α d. ∞
10. What percent of the area under the normal curve is within one standard deviation?
a. 63.3% b. 95.4% c. 99.7% d. 100%
11. Which denotes a standard normal distribution?
a. A b. X c. Y d. Z
12. Which describes a standard normal distribution?

a. it has a mean of zero (0) and a standard deviation of 1.

b. it has a mean of 1 and a variance of zero (0).

c. it has an area equal to 0.5.

d. it cannot be used to approximate discrete probability distributions.

13. What formula is used to find the z-score?

x−μ μ−σ
a. z = c. z =
σ x
σ−μ x−σ
b. z = d. z =
x μ
14. Suppose the mean is 60 and the standard deviation is 5, which of the following is the correct sketch
of the normal curve for the distribution?
a. c.

b. d.

15. What is the z-value if the area is 0.9608?

a. -1.76 b. -1.77 c. 1.76 d. 1.77
16. What is the area if the z - score given is -1.83?
a. 0.0344 b. 0.0336 c. 0.0329 d. 0.0322
17. If the z-value is 0.42, what is the area?
a. 0.0800 b. 0.0279 c. 0.1628 d. 0.3129
18. What is the z-value if the area is 0.4977?
a. 1.63 b. 1.97 c. 2.01 d. 2.83
19. What is the z-value given the area of 0.8888?
a. 1.91 b. 1.20 c. 1.21 d. 1.22
20. A random variable X has a mean of 4 and a standard deviation of 2. What is the corresponding
z-score for x = 7?
a. 0.5 b. 1.0 c. 1.5 d. 2
21. What is the raw score of a standard score of z = -12 in a normally distributed population with mean
30 and standard deviation 4?
a. 23 b. 24 c. 25 d. 26
22. The score of STEM students in their final examination for General Mathematics has a mean of 32
and a standard deviation of 5. What is the z-score of the raw score 37?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
23. Using the standard normal curve, what is the approximate area of P(1.63 < Z < 2.79)?
a. 0.0049 b. 0.0490 c. 0.9484 d. 0.9974
24. The weights (in kg) of STEM students follow a normal distribution and have a mean of 50 and a
standard deviation of 5. How many students have weights greater than 57?
a. 1.4 b. 0.0808 c. 0.9192 d. 0.9332
25. What is the value of 97.5th percentile in a standard normal distribution?
a. -1.96 b. -1.97 c. 1.96 d. 1.97
26. What is the value of 67th percentile in a standard normal distribution?
a. -0.43 b. -0.44 c. 0.43 d. 0.44
27. A certain university only admits the top 5% of the total examinees in their entrance examination.
The result of this year’s entrance exam follows a normal distribution with the mean of 285 and a
standard deviation of 12. What is the least score of an examinee who can be admitted to the
university?
a. 300 b. 301 c. 305 d. 306
28. What is the area of the proportion in the probability notation P(1<z<3)?
a. 0.1573 b. 0.1574 c. 0.1575 d. 0.1576
29. What is the proportion of the area of the probability notation P(z>1)?
a. 0.1585 b. 0.1586 c. 0.1587 d. 0.1588
30. Given =180 and  = 15 in a college entrance examination, find the corresponding z-value of the
score by the following students if X = 150.
a. 2 b. -2 c. 2.5 d.-2.5