Balungag National High School

Balungag, San Fernando, Cebu

Midterm exam in probability and statistics 11
Name: _______________________________________ Grade &Section:_____________________Score:___________
Directions:MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the letter that corresponds to the correct answer. Write your answer
before each number.
1. Which of the following refers to a numerical description of the outcome of an experiment?
a. Probability Distribution b. Random Variable c. Range Space d. Sample Space
2. Which of the following refers to the set of all possible outcome in an experiment?
a. Probability Distribution b. Random Variable c. Range Space d. Sample Space
3. The following are examples of a continuous random variable EXCEPT:
a. The temperature in Cebu during summer c. The height of grade 11 students in Sangat NHS
b. The time it takes to finish a race d. The number of diamonds in a poker hand
4. Suppose three cell phones are tested at random. Let D represent the defective cell phone and let N
represent the non-defective cell phone. Let X be the random variable for the number of non-defective cell
phones. Which of the following is the sample space of the given situation?
a. {0,1,2,3} c. {DDD, DDN, DND, DNN}
b. {1,2,3} d. {DDD, DDN, DND, DNN, NNN, NND, NDN, NDD}
5. Determine the range space in item no. 4.
a. {0,1,2,3} b. {1,2,3} c. {DDD, DDN, DND, DNN} d. {DDD, DDN, DND, DNN, NNN, NND, NDN, NDD}
6. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about a probability distribution?
a. The sum of all its probabilities is always equal to 1.
b. It contains probabilities associated with the value of a random variable.
c. Each probability in a probability distribution can be any real number.
d.0≤𝑃(𝑋)≤1, where X is a random variable and P(X) is its corresponding probability.
7. Which of the following is an example of a discrete random variable?
a. The temperature in Cebu during summer c. The height of grade 11 students in Sangat NHS
b. The time it takes to finish a race d. The number of diamonds in a poker hand

8. A pair of fair dice is rolled.Let X denotes the sum of the number of dots on the top faces, find the P(X≥ 9)?
5 1 1 5
a. b. c. d.
18 2 9 6
9. Which of the following refers to the set of all possible values of a random variable?
a. event b. outcome c. range space d. sample space
10. Complete this analogy, Discrete: Counting; Continuous: _____________
a. decimal b. whole numbers c. interval d. measuring
For numbers 11-15.
The daily demand for copies of a movie magazine at a variety store has the probability distribution as follows
No. Of copies (x) Probability P(x)
0 0.02
1 0.12
2 0.15
3 0.14
4 0.12
5 0.10
6 0.09
7 0.07
8 0.06
9 0.06
 10 0.07

____11. What is the probability that three or more copies will be demanded in a particular day?
a. 0.14 b. 0.29 c. 0.57 d. 0.71
____12. What is the probability that lesser than three copies will be demanded in a particular day?
a. 0.14 b. 0.29 c. 0.64 d. 1
____ 13. What is the probability that greater than seven copies will be demanded in a particular day?
a. 0.07 b. 0.13 c. 0.19 d. 0.80
____ 14. What is the probability that 5 or less copies will be demanded in a particular day?
a. 0.65 b. 0.64 c. 0.55 d. 0.80
____1 5. What is the probability that the demand will be at least two but lesser than six?
a. 0.08 b. 0.16 c. 0.54 d. 0.60

16-18.Refer to the illustration above. Thelifetime of a certain battery are normally distributed.The mean life is
400 hours , and the standard deviation is 5 hours.For a group of 5000 batteries , how many are expected to
last….
____17.between 350 hours and 450 hours?
a.3400 b.5000 c. 81.5 d. 4867.5
____18.more than 300 hours?
a.3400 b.5000 c. 0.68 d. 4867.5
____19. less than 300 hours?
a. 200 b. 250 c. 118 d.350
____20. Complete this property: The mean of the sampling distribution of sample means is _______ the population mean,
a. less than b. greater than c. equal to d. not equal to
____21.What is the area of the region from the mean to z-score 2.5 in a standard normal curve?
a. 0.4744 b. 0.4793 c. 4.798 d. 0.4842
____22. On the nationwide mathematic test, the mean was 65 and the standard deviation was 10 . If you scored 81, what
was your z-zcore?
a. 0.38 b. 0.7698 c. 1.6 d. 1
For 23-27..Use the table to:
____23. find the probability of P(Z< 2.05)?
a. 0.0202 b. 0.2020 c. 0.9897 d. 0.9798
____24. Identify the area in the normal curve which is -1.72?.
a. 0.0427 b. 0.2704 c. 09573 d. 0.5973
____25. Compute the probability in the normal curve that z is 3.45.
a. 0.0003 b. 0.3907 c. 0.0097 d. 0.9997
____26.Find the value of z that yields the given probability P(Z<z)= 0.0075.
a. -1.4 b. -2.4 c. 2.4 d.1.4
____27. Find the value of z that yields the given probability P(Z<z)= 0.8997.
a. 0.30 b. 0.28 c. 1.28 d. 1.36
____28. Nutritionists measured the sugar content of 32 drinks in grams at a coffee shop. The measure has a mean of 18g
and a standard deviation of 5g. Given that the distribution is normal, calculate the standardized score if the drink contains
14g of sugar.
a. 0.5 b. 0.6 c. 0.8 d.The data given is insufficient.
____29. Which of the following is the advantages of the sampling method?
a. Statistical manipulations are much easier with smaller data sets
b. There is a room for potential bias in the selection of suitable subjects for the reseach
c. It requires a knowledge of statistics and the entire design of the experiment depends upon the exact sampling method
required.
d. All of the above.
____30. Which of the following is the value of the mean in a standard normal curve?
a. -1 b. 0 c. 1 d.The data given is insufficient.
____31. Which of the following is equal to 23%?
a. 0.0023 b. 0.023 c. 0.23 d. 23
____32. Which of the following describes a parameter?
a. Population b. sample c.statistics d. data
____33. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the graph of a normal distribution?
a. The shape of the graph is bell-shaped.
b. the graph is symmetrical about its center.
c. The graph is asymptotic to the baseline.
d. The mean, median and the mode are unequal.
Test II.
Directions: Compute the product of each row and complete table 4 to obtain the expected value or mean of
random variable X.
34-40.
x P(x) x•Px
3 0.25 0.75
6 0.50 _______________
9 0.15 ______________
12 0.07 _______________
15 0.03 _______________
𝜇=_____________

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answer are complete and
correct. 1 point deduction
for every incorrect detail
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