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ARELLANO UNIVERSITY
Senior High School Department
PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS

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1. What is the probability of getting the sum of 9 after tossing two dice?
a. 5/36 b. 4/36 c. /36 d. 2/36
2. This is more amenable to other mathematical manipulations thus, can be used for the computation of many
types of statistical tools.
a. Variance b. Standard Deviation c. Mean of Absolute Deviation d. Coefficient of Variation
3. Which of the following illustrate discrete random variables?
a. Height of students b. Student grade level c. Speed of light d. Time it takes to get to school
4. If most of the observations tend to cover at the middle.
a. Normal b. Positive c. Negative d. Skewed
5. Sk>0
a. Normal Distribution b. Positively skewed c. Negatively skewed d. Zero
6. In tossing a coin, what is the probability of getting tail?
a. 1.5 b. 0.5 c. 1.0 d. 0.2
7. If the standard deviation is 2.0 and the number of sample is 30, what is ns4?
a. 550 b. 580 c. 600 d. none of these
8. Which of the following is the class size of 19-24?
a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6
9. What is the area above z=-1?
a. 0.1040 b. 0.8413 c. 0.1587 d. 0.9430
10. Determine the region indicated P(-1.5<Z<2.5)
a. 0.7230 b. 0.9270 c. 0.8270 d. 0.9970
11.This type of probability sampling selects a sample using the concept of the lottery method.
a. Stratified Random b. Random Sampling c. Systematic Sampling d. Cluster Method
12. Which is not belong to non-probability sampling
a. systematic b. quota c. purposive d. convenience
13. The right number of sample if N=4551 using e =3%.
a. 800 b. 893 c. 890 d. 894
14. The researcher divided the subjects into four groups according to year level and then selected members
from each group for sample. What sampling method was used?
a. cluster b. random c. systematic d. stratified
15. How many possible outcomes can occur in flipping three coins?
a. 6 b. 10 c. 8 d. 12
16. It is a measure calculated on the basis of data taken from the population
a. sample b. data c. variable d. slovens
17. It refers to the data obtained directly from the original source
a. primary data b. secondary data c. dependent d. independent
18. It refers to the drawing conclusions or judgment about a population based on a representative
sample systematically taken from the same population.
a. descriptive method b. inferential method c. interview d. questionnaire
19. A special bar graph constructed by plotting the class boundaries against frequency
a. graphical form b. histogram c. tabular form d. ogive
20. This show the distribution into parts
a. Pie Graph b. Bar Graph c. Line Graph d. Pictograph
21. What percent of the area under the normal curve lies within 1 standard deviation below and above mean?
a. 68% b. 90% c.95% d. 99%
22. What is the area between z = 1.25 and z = 0.35?.
a. 0.2576 b. 0.4121 c. 0.2796 d. 0.5312
23. This refers to the number of observation of a certain class.
a. Tally Marks b. Midpoint c. Class Boundaries d. Frequency
24. A graph of cumulative frequency
a. Ogive b. Polygon c.. Histogram d. Pie
25. The difference between the highest and the lowest score
a. Range b. Class Limits c. Class Size d. Class Boundary
26. It refers to the frequency over the total frequency times 100%
a. Size b. Relative Frequency c. Frequency d. Interval
27. It is equal to the total of scores over the number of observation
a. Mean b. Mode c. Median d. quartile
28. The middlemost score.
a. Mean b. Mode c. Median d. Fractiles
29. The most frequent score(s) in a distribution
a. Mean b. Mode c. Median d. Fractiles
30. Which fractiles divide the distribution into 100 equal parts.
a. Quartiles b. Percentiles c. Deciles d. Median
31. The sampling technique is based on the criteria laid down by the researcher as to the convenient number of
respondents in a perfect area.
a. purposive b. convenience c. quota d. none of these
32. Rate the skill of your teacher. ( Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair and Poor)
a. Nominal b. Ordinal c. Interval d. Ratio
33. The Sales of the fast food chain in Metro Manila.
a. Nominal b. Ordinal c. Interval d. Ratio
34. The dollar exchange rate.
a. Nominal b. Ordinal c. Interval d. Ratio
35. Which of the following sampling techniques should be used when higher precision is needed?
a. probability b. non-probability c. judgement d. non-random
36. These are observations when information have been sorted into categories.
a. primary b. quantitative data c. qualitative data d. secondary
37. If the following are the scores of the students in statistics class. (84 86 86 88 92)
What is the mean ?
a. 85 b. 86 c. 87 d. 90
38. If the following are the scores of the students in statistics class. (84 86 86 88 92)
What is the medianscore ?
a. 85 b. 86 c. 87 d. 90
39. If the following are the scores of the students in statistics class. (84 86 86 88 92)
What is the mode score ?
a. 85 b. 86 c. 87 d. 90
40. If the following are the scores of the students in statistics class. (84 86 86 88 92)
Find the range ?
a. 7 b. 5 c. 8 d. 4
# 41-43. The score of a group of students in a standardized test are normally distributed with a mean of 60 and
standard deviation 8.
41. How many percent of the student got below 72?
a. 72.50% b. 89.32% c. 90.00% d. 93.32%
42. What part of the group scored between 58 and 76?
a. 57.59% b. 67.89% c. 59.59% d. 88.05%
43. If there were 250 students who took the test, about how many students scored higher than 64?
a. 48 b. 79 c. 77 d. 82
44. If it has a Mean > 4.0
a. one-tailed b. two-tailed c. no tailed d. none of these
45. Rejecting the null hypothesis when it is in fact true.
a. type 1 error b. type 2 error c. no error d. none of these
46. The applicable tools in statistics if the sample size is small or n<30.
a. z-test b. f-test c. chi-square d. t-test
47. A non-parametric statistics for nominal type of data?
a. z-test b. f-test c. chi-square d. t-test
48. What is a powerful procedure for testing the homogeneity of two or more sets of mean?
a. z-test b. f-test c. chi-square d. t-test
49. If the computed value lies or falls on the rejection region, the null hypothesis is _____
a. accepted b. rejected c. either a or b d. neither a or b
50. If p-value is greater that the level of significance, then null hypothesis is __________
a. accepted b. rejected c. either a or b d. neither a or b