Republic of the Philippines normal curve?

Department of Education A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 4
Caraga Administrative Region 9. A researcher surveyed the households in a small
SAMPAGUITA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL town. The random variable X represents the number of
Sampaguita, Veruela, Agusan Del Sur college graduates in the households. Does the table
School ID: 304733 illustrate a probability distribution?
S.Y. 2022 - 2023
STATISTICS & PROBABILITY- SUMMATIVE
TEST 2 10. The graph of a normal distribution is symmetrical
3rd QUARTER about the ________.
A. mean
Name:______________________________________ B. standard deviation
Grade & Section:_________________ Date:________ C. mean and standard deviation
D. none of the above
Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the best answer. 11. A random variable X has the probability
Encircle the letter of the correct answer. distribution below. What is the expected value or the
mean?
1. Which of the following is a variable whose possible
values are determined by chance?
A. Random Variable B. Independent Variable
C. Extraneous Variable D. Dependent
Variable
2. What must be the sum of all the probabilities of a
random variable? 12. What is the area under the normal curve if
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3 the z-score given is 2.14?
A. 0.4927
3. Which of the following illustrations represents B. 0.9927
normal distribution? C. 0.9838
D. 0.4838
13. Mean is the expected value or the weighted
average of all the values that the random variable X
would assume. What are the steps in computing the
mean of a discrete random variable?
I. Add the results obtained in multiplying the random
variable X by the corresponding probability.
4. What is another name for normal distribution? II. Construct the probability distribution for the
A. Bernoulli’s distribution random variable X.
B. Poisson distribution III. Multiply the value of the random variable X by the
C. Gaussian distribution corresponding probability.
D. Probability distribution A. III, II, I B. I, II, III C. II, III, I D. III,
5. If P(X) = X/6 , what are the possible values of X for I, II
it to be a probability distribution? 14. What is the z-score if the area under the
normal curve is 0.4515?
A. 0, 2, 3 B. 1, 2, 3 C. 2, 3, 4 D. 1,
A. -1.66 C.1.68
1, 2 6. Which of the following is a discrete random B.-1.67 D.1.69
variable? 15. What is the area under the normal curve
A. Height of basketball player between the z-scores -1.99 and 1.56?
B. Length of time in watching TV A. 0.9639 C.0.9369
B.0.9317 D. 0.9173
C. Number of books in the library
16. A random variable X can take only two values, 1
D. Weight of a newborn baby
and 2, P (1) = 0.8 and P (2) = 0.2. What is the variance
7. Which of the following is a parameter of normal
of X?
distribution?
A. mean A. 0.16 B. 0.26 C. 0.4 D. 0.76
B. standard deviation
C. mean and standard deviation
D. none of the above

8. What is the total area in the distribution under the For numbers 17-18, refer to the problem below.
From past experience, a company has found that in 1.224 cm. Assuming this data is normally distributed,
carton of transistors, 92% contain no defective what is the mean?
transistors, 3% contain one defective transistor, 3%
A. 1.19 cm C. 1.21 cm
contain two defective transistors, and 2% contain three
defective transistors. B. 1.20 cm D. 1.29 cm
17. What is the mean of the probability distribution? 27. What is the standard deviation of item number 26?
A. 0.10 B. 0.15 C. 0.20 D.
A. 0.001cm C. 0.019cm
0.25
B. 0.008cm D. 0.12cm
18. What is the variance of the probability
distribution? 28. 68% of the marks in a test are between 51 and 64.
Assuming this data is normally distributed, what is the
A. 0. 3075 B. 0. 2525 C. 0.3500 D. mean and standard deviation?
0.4
A. 57.5, 3.25 C. 57.5, 4.5
19. Suppose three coins are tossed. Let H be the
random variable representing the number of heads that B. 54.25, 3.25 D. 54.5, 4.5
occur. Which of the following is NOT a possible value 29. It is the number obtained by multiplying all the
of the random variable for the number of heads? possible values of the variables by the respective
probabilities and adding these products together.
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
A. Mean of a probability distribution
20. What percentage of the normal curve is µ ±σ?
B. Variance of a probability distribution
A. 50% B. 68% C. 95% D. 99.7%
C. Mean of a discrete random variable
21.What is the probability distribution for a box that
contains three 20 peso bills, two 50 peso bills, one 100 D. Variance of a discrete random variable
peso bill and one 200 peso bill?
30. Find the area under the standard normal curve
which lies between z= 0.50 and z= 1. 55.
A. 0.4394 C. 0.2479
B. 0.1915 D. 0.6309

22. 95% of the students at school weigh between 62kg

and 90kg. Assuming this data is normally distributed,
what is the mean?
A. 66kg B.72kg C. 76kg D. 86kg
23. Refer to item 22, what is the standard deviation?
A. 2kg B. 7kg C. 14kg D.
17kg
For numbers 24-25, refer to the probability distribution
shown below.

24.What is the mean of the probability distribution?

A. 1.5 B. 2.0 C. 3.5 D. 4.0
25.What is the variance of the probability distribution?
A. 4.15 B. 6.35 C. 8.00 D.
7.50
26. A machine produces electrical components. 99.7%
of the components have lengths between 1.176 cm and