DEL MONTE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Del Monte, Talacogon, Agusan del Sur

CHAPTER TEST IN STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY

(General Academic Strand)

A. Choose the letter that corresponds to the correct answer.

1. Which of the following is a discrete random variable?
a. The average amount of electricity consumed
b. The number of patients in a hospital
c. The amount of paint used in repainting a building
d. The average weight of female athletes
2. If two coins are tossed, which is NOT a possible value of the random variable for the
number of heads
a. 0 c. 2
b. 1 d. 3

3. Which of the following is NOT a true statement?

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.
4. Which formula gives the probability distribution shown by the table?

X 2 3 6
P(X) 1 1 1
2 3 6
1 6
a. P(X) = c. P(X) =
x x
x 1
b. P(X) = d. P(X) =
6 6

x
5. If P(X) = , what are the possible values of X for it to be a probability distribution?
6
a. 0,2,3 c. 2,3,4
b. 1,2,3 d. 1,1,2

For numbers 6-8, refer to the probability distribution shown below.

X 0 1 2 3
P(X) 1 3 3 1
8 8 8 8
 6. What is the mean of the probability distribution?
a. 1.5 c. 1.6
b. 1.2 d. 1.8
7. What is the variance of the probability distribution?
a. 0.75 c. 1.25
b. 1.00 d. 0.50
8. What is the standard deviation of the probability distribution?
a. 1.00 c. 1.12
b. 0.87 0.71
For numbers 9-10, refer to the probability distribution shown below.

X 0 2 4 6 8
P(X) 1 1 1 1 1
5 5 5 5 5

9. What is the mean of the probability distribution?

a. 1.5 c. 3.5
b. 2.0 d. 4.0
10. What is the variance of the probability distribution?
a. 4.15 c. 8.00
b. 6.35 d. 7.50
B. Identify whether the given variable is discrete or continuous. Write D if it is discrete and C if
it is continuous.
1. The number of books in the library
2. The lifetime in hours of 15 flashlights
3. The number of tourists each day in museum
4. The capacity of water dams in a region
5. The weight of grade 1 pupils
C. Construct the distribution for each given formula and determine whether it is a probability
distribution.
x x
1. P(X) = for X= 1,2,3 2. P(X) = for X= 0,1,2
6 x+2
D. Find the mean and the variance of the following distributions.
1.

X 1 6 11 16 21
P(X) 1 1 2 1 2
7 7 7 7 7
2.

X 1 2 3 4 5
P(X) 1 3 1 2 3
10 10 10 10 10
“The most important thing in life is to stop saying ‘I wish’ and start saying ‘I
will’. Consider nothing is impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.”
-Charles Dickens-