QUIZ NO.

2_3RD Quarter
STATISTICS & PROBABILITY

A. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Read and Analyze each question. Write the letter of the answer you
have chosen.
1. The following are the properties of the normal
distribution EXCEPT: 10. A normal distribution is standardized by the
A. The curve is unimodal and symmetrical to the formula
mean. A. nπ
B. The normal distribution curve is bell-shaped. B. nπ ¿)
C. The mean, median, and mode are not equal. C. ( x−μ)/σ
D. The curve never touches the x-axis.
D. None of these
2. The total area under the normal distribution
11. The average age of bank managers is 40 years
curve is equal to.
and standard deviation is 5 years. Assume that the
A. 90%
ages of bank managers are normally distributed.
B. 95%
Which of the following are the values of z if the age
C. 99%
range is between 35 and 46 years old.?
D. 100%
I. -1.00 II. -1.20 III. 1.20 IV. 1.00
A. I and II
3. What is the area under the standard normal
B. I and III
curve between 0 and 1.96.?
C. II and IV
A. 0.4713
D. II and III
B. 0.4750
C. 0.4726
12. The average age of bank managers is 40 years
D. 0.4744
and standard deviation is 5 years. Assume that the
ages of bank managers are normally distributed.
4. What is the area under the standard normal
What is the area of z of if the x value is between 35
curve between -1.87 and 0?
to 40 years old?
A. 0.4641
A. 0.3413
B. 0.4686
B. 0.3849
C. 0.4693
C. 0.7262
D. 0.4706
D. 0.0436
5. What is the area under the normal curve to the
13. The mean score and the standard deviation in
right of z=1.91?
the Statistics test are respectively equal to 80 and
A. 0.0281
B. 0.0287 2.5., whereas in the Mathematics test they are
C. 0.0274 respectively equal to 70 and 2. Liza got a score of
D. 0.0233 85 in Statistics and 75 in Mathematics. Assuming
the scores are normally distributed. Find the z-
6. The normal distribution is a score in Statistics.
A. continuous distribution A. -2
B. discrete distribution B. 2
C. subjective distribution C. 3
D. historical distribution D. 4
17. How many standard deviations is x= 68 if μ=
7. For the normal distribution, which of the 65 and σ=6?
following statement is NOT always true?
A. The value 68 is 0.5 standard deviation below the
A. It is symmetric.
mean.
B. It is unimodal.
C. The mean, the median, and the mode are equal. B. The value 68 is 0.5 standard deviation above the
D. It requires a continuity correction. mean.
C. The value 68 is -0.5 standard deviation above
8. What percentage of a normal distribution is the mean.
within 2 standard deviations of the mean? (Select D. The value 68 is -0.5 standard deviation below
the closest answer) the mean.
A. 50%
B. 95% 15. The mean of the standard normal distribution
C. 75% is
D. 100% A. 0
B. 1
9. Which of the following statements is true for a C. 100
normal distribution? D. 1000
A. It has two parameters: a mean and a standard
deviation. 16. Assume that woman’s heights are normally
B. Half of the values are greater than the mean. distributed with a mean given by 𝜇 = 62.3 inches
C. It goes to infinity in both directions. and a standard deviation σ = 1.8 inches. If a
D. All are correct. woman is randomly selected, find the probability
that her height is between 61.7 inches and 62.7
inches?
A. 20.75% A. 44.53%
B. 72% B. 44%
C. 21.64% C. 4.4355%
D. 86.65% D. 44.35%

17. The average number of milligrams (mg) of 25. What does the three normal distributions as
cholesterol in a cup of a certain brand of ice cream
shown tell about the mean and standard
is 660 mg, and the standard deviation is 35 mg.
deviation?
Assume the variable is normally distributed. If a
cup of ice cream is selected, what is the probability
that the cholesterol content will be more than 670
mg?
A. 0.1141
B. 0. 2257
C. 0.3859
D. 0. 3869
A. The same mean, the same standard deviation
18. For every normal distribution, about what B. The same mean, different standard deviations
approximate percentage of the area under the C. different means, the same standard deviation
curve is within 1 standard deviation? D. different means, different standard deviations
A. 34%
B. 50% 26. Given the figure at the right. Which is true
C. 68% about the given distribution?
D. 95%

19. What describes the shaded area under the

standard normal curve shown below?
A. Between z=115 and z=120
B. Greater than 115?
C. Between z=-115 and z=-120
D. Less than 120?
A. The standard deviation of the lower curve is 10
20. What is the probability of P (-2.87 < Z < 0)? while the higher curve is 5.
A. 0.4979 B. The two curves have the same mean.
B. 0.0021 C. The two curves have different means.
C. 0.9979 D. Both A and C.
D. -0.4979
27. Which distribution has different means but
21. Which of the given statements is true about equal variances?
normal distribution?
A. The normal distribution is negatively skewed.
B. The normal probability distribution is a
continuous probability distribution.
C. The total area under a normal curve is infinite. I. II.
D. The normal distribution is completely described.
by the mean only

22. What is the total area under a normal curve?

A. -1 III. IV.
B. 0
C. 0.5
D. 1

23. What is the equation of a normal probability A. I Only

distribution? B. II Only
x−μ 2
1
( x− μ)2
2 σ2 f (x )=
1
e
( σ ) C. III Only
D. IV Only
f ( x )= e
I. σ √2 π II. σ √2 π
( x−σ μ )
¿
1 28. What normal distribution has a mean 0 and a
1
1 1 2
f ( x )= e 2 f ( x )= e standard deviation 1?
III. σ √ 2π IV. √2 π A. Gaussian distribution
A. I only B. Bell-shaped distribution
B. II only C. Standard Normal Distribution
C. III only D. Binomial Distribution
D. IV only
29. What percent of the area under the normal
24. If scores are normally distributed with a mean curve is between z= 0.85 and z= 2.5?
of 30 and standard deviation of 5, what percent of A. 30.23%
the scores is between 28 to 34? B. 49.46%
C. 19.15%
D. 79.69%

30. What is the total area under the standard

normal curve to the right of z=1.15 and to the left
of z= -1.85
A. 0.1573
B. 0.4678
C. 0.3749
D.1.0573